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The kitchen of my dreams

That I even have a dream kitchen still surprises me...I grew up figuring I'd be the type of person who kept only beer and leftover take-out in the refrigerator and used the oven as storage. But somewhere along the line I fell hard for Corian, to the point where I'd go fondle the samples in the kitchen section every time I had to go to Home Depot.

This morning I filed my taxes and was approved for a home equity loan (that's one thing I can say for this insane market...I got equity) so I went to pick out my dream elements.

Cabinets...plain white:

Counter...blue with flecks:

Floor...bluish-tanish-grayish:

I still haven't signed or ordered anything, so this is still largely theoretical. And oddly, re-doing the kitchen seems like a bigger plunge than buying the house was. But I'm taken aback by how much I really want this.

When I got home from the hardware store I planted my tomato and pepper seeds in the little peat moss cups, visions of making fresh salsa in my beautiful kitchen dancing in my head.

I can dream.

Posted by Nic at March 12, 2005 01:21 PM