Home Tour: Kitchen

Lindsey at The Bargain Blonde featured kitchens last week in her home tour.

Better late than never, right?

This is the kitchen view from our living room that you read about here. I LIVE for the island and would never buy a house without one. Dan and I often have our weekend breakfasts here. I also love to bake and this is the perfect workspace.

This is the eat in kitchen. I love the table even though it is second hand, it came from a great family! Just ask Mandy at Tickled Pink :) We can seat 6 here, 8 at the dining room table and 3 at the island; a grand total of 17. This comes in handy considering a dinner with the in laws could be anywhere from 12 to 20!

I promise I put out place mats and cloth napkins for guests! You can usually find us eating dinner at the coffee table or island...guilty.

The baker's table came from my mother in law, it houses my cookbooks, recipe boxes etc., and the drawer keeps all of my themed paper napkins. Underneath are our trash and recycle bins.

We get tons of light which is great except during the afternoon in the summer (like now) when it is 113 degrees and the house heats up, whew!

I would give ANYTHING for a gas stove because I loathe the glass cook top. You can't simmer anything, it's a pain to clean and stays hot forever! I do however feel slightly better about life thanks to my Mackenzie Childs tea kettle and kitchen accessories.

Look familiar? You might have seen them here...

Caroline Manzo's kitchen (from Real Housewives of New Jersey) Or maybe in Kris Jenner's (Kardashian according to her lately) kitchen as well. We have good taste, what can I say ;)

Seriously though, I love Mackenzie Child's; based in upstate NY down the road from my family and while their items are pricey, they are great collectibles and I can't get enough! I strongly recommend you at least request their catalogue, it's so fun to look through and wish you could have one of everything! I'm going to visit soon so I'll be accepting orders :)

Thanks for checking out my kitchen, stop by for a cup of tea anytime!