Lisa, from As Thyme Goes Buy, tagged me to “show and tell” seven favorite things in my kitchen. So, welcome to the hub of my home!
- My oven. Shortly after we moved to this house about two and a half years ago, we ran across this like-new oven at an auction. My mom snatched it for me for a very reasonable price. I’ve always wanted a flat cooking surface, and my husband was thrilled to not have to remove old cooking coils and clean up nasty, cooked on “oopses” anymore!
- My red counter top and back splash. I love this red color, especially in the kitchen. It was a nice surprise in an otherwise “fixer-upper” home.
- My apple pottery canisters (and salt and pepper shakers, and spoon rest, and other things that you will see in the photo below, and still others that are not displayed…). When we registered for wedding gifts 10 years ago we passed on fancy china and went for the apple crocks. How excited was I when they fit right in with my new kitchen counter!?!
- The professional artwork adorning my cabinets. ‘Nuff said.
- My Kitchen Aid Mixer. Wow, what a surprise when I opened up that package last Christmas! I didn’t even know I needed one, but my mom must have thought it would come in handy. She was right!
- Our buffet. The other stuff might be “mine,” but this bird’s eye maple buffet was given to us by Lance’s antique-collecting grandma. I have (film) pictures of her refinishing it for us in our garage at age 83ish. What a woman!
- This picture of our budding chef. Broken glass (I’ll get that fixed some day) and all. It will always have a place in my kitchen!
There you have it. The best of my kitchen. I’ll save “the worst” edition for another post, but believe me… there is a dark and somewhat strange side to my kitchen! Now, I would love to see the following kitchens. Please participate when you get a chance!
Michele, from Frugal Granola (I hear you have a brand new kitchen!)
Kate, from A Simple Walk and Cooking During Stolen Moments
JessieLeigh, from Parenting the Tiniest of Miracles
Sherry, from Lamp Unto My Feet
Donna, from Mom’s Frugal
Thanks for sharing your kitchen with us! I love your red counters too… though I never would have thought of it on my own.
Thanks for tagging me; I’ll start working on it! Because I operate with dial-up (grr) uploading pics to Blogger can be an event in and of itself. But I promise to do my best.
Amy –
I absolutely love the red countertop and backsplash. Now thats my kind of counter! We are in the process of gutting and remodeling our 2nd bathroom (2nd one we’ve done in about 2 months). Once we are done with that we are thinking it’s time to move onto the kitchen. I might have to steal your counters! I’m loving them.
Thanks for playing along.
I like the counters, but my favorite thing is the artwork! I think I’m going to do that with my new cabinets.
The picture of your budding chef is too cute.
And thank you for sharing that your kitchen has a “dark” side… I appreciate that.
Oh how fun! Thanks Amy, I’ll try to get mine up tomorrow night.
Did you know that your kitchen, and especially your crocks, color-coordinate with your blog?
I LOVE your red counters! And that picture is awesome. I want one.
I love your red counters and backsplash!! My kitchen walls are similar to that color- barn red. I would like new cabinets and counter tops, but having the red on the walls makes up for it.
I love your kitchen, Amy!
I would love to participate once my kitchen is finished, and not filled with boxes. Thanks! 
Blessings,
Michele
Thanks for the tag!
Here’s my post: http://momsfrugal.blogspot.com/2008/11/tagged-im-it-7-things-i-love-about-my.html
Love that red!-and the buffet! Very pretty!…and the chef hat and the cute little fellow under it! Precious!
Thanks for the tag, Amy! You have a beautiful kitchen!! I love your buffet and counters!
Sorry it took me a couple days. My post: http://lampuntomyfeetandalightuntomypath.blogspot.com/2008/11/favorites-in-my-kitchen.html
We are buying a mixer for my future mil for christmas this year. I’m happy to see that it is well worth the investment!