Category: Doggos

With the major house projects done I’ve been keeping busy by creating some storage pieces for our kitchen.

Our stove is a stand-alone so I created a small shelf to sit next to it to serve as both a shelf and to hide the giant stove outlet in the floor. I also made a shelf for above the stove. And I ordered a paper towel holder from Amazon to replace the cheap plastic one the previous owners had.

The total cost of all three came to about $19.

Shelf above stove: The board is from a FREE pallet Melissa got from work. I sanded it and stained it using stain we already had. The brackets we bought at Menards for $1.99/each. After buying some mounting hardware, the total cost came to around $5.

Shelf next to stove: The top boards are from the same pallet as the above stove shelf. We had some leftover 2×4’s as well. Total cost of this project was free.

Paper towel holder: $12.99 +tax on Amazon.

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I made a new pantry shelf to replace the metal IKEA one we had (it’s now in the garage holding tools). It was too small and the aesthetic didn’t fit the rest of our kitchen. This new shelf is by far my favourite piece I made (so far).

Total cost for this project was around $22.

Well, technically $66 since Melissa bought me a fun toy from Lowe’s. A new Black + Decker Mouse Sander! Prior to this sander we had a vintage 1960’s style sander which, did do a decent job but, was old and the sandpaper didn’t stay on very well.

The only part I bought were the boards which I got from Lowe’s. I stained them using the same stain as the other pieces. The back of the shelf was a piece of old paneling from our kitchen wall demo that I cut and painted using the same paint as the upper part of our kitchen focal wall. Screws and nails we already had as well.

I much prefer shallow shelves vs deep shelves. I’m an “out of sight out of mind” brained person. So I love that everything on this shelf I can see. I no longer have to move other jars around or place things on the floor to pull out a jar. Plus, it’s super cute and I can better showcase all of the jars which is part of my design style.

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I don’t like to let things go to waste, even scrap wood. So I decided to create a cute little painting using the leftover piece of pallet board. In our next house it will hang with our wooden map but since we don’t want to put any unnecessary holes in our brand new walls, it sits above the stove.

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Our garden and my flowers are coming along nicely. We added a few more plants as well; some more tomatoes, summer squash, and zucchini.

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The boys have adapted to all the major house changes quite well.

Since the new kitchen floor is slippier than the old linoleum they’ve learned the hard way not to run super fast through the kitchen!

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Now that our major home projects are complete we are just relaxing and enjoying our hard work.

If I begin feeling stir-crazy again while Melissa is at work I may paint the guest room. I also plan on repainting all of the big trim pieces throughout the house, paint the small area between the bedrooms, and possibly build some more things. But we shall see!

Summer is on its way, thankfully, so we are excited about warmer days ahead!