Making Our Apartment Our Home: Kitchen

Today's post on our apartment tour is the kitchen (aka pain in the butt).  Okay, so agree with me that all apartment kitchens are kitchens from hell...they are all so small and crowded!  However, in comparison to my apartment kitchen when I was living in university housing, this is much better.  We at least have three sets of outlets, a bit more counter top space, and more cabinet space.  But after all the wedding gifts, the storage just wasn't enough.  That's why we implemented the coffee bar (which is just to the left of our stove in the dining area). 

We were able to stack a candy jar and the panini grill on top of the microwave - I'm sure we use it much more often when it is in sight than if we packed it away every time.

Above our cabinets, we hung one of the signs our friend made for my bachelorette party/wedding.  Those came in handy not only for wedding decorations, but for home decorations too!

Our friends made us the spoon hangers that we hung and currently have pot holders on.  Haven't decided what else would hang well on there, unless we get some oven mitts.

Oh, and did I mention that I love the orange and red poppy towels?

We asked for the tall glass canisters on the left for our wedding registry, and are really glad that we received them!  They are super helpful for keeping our often used dry ingredients such as flour, sugar, and brown sugar in.  Then of course we have the coffee pot (which is not on the coffee bar because we didn't want to worry about spills staining the carpet).

By the sink, I put some large rocks in a mason jar to hold our cleaning brushes.  Every once in a while I toss the jar and rocks in the dishwasher to sterilize them.

I'm really a fan of hanging things in the kitchen, so we have our measuring cups and spoons hanging from the cabinets.  One day when I have our own house, I'll definitely be implementing some exposed hanging utensils.  Maybe on a copper pipe?  Maybe I'm just dreaming now...

All in all, for an apartment kitchen, it works pretty well.  Behind the red curtain is the laundry area, as well as where we keep a utility shelf and the trash can (super crowded in there).  But hoping one day will allow for a larger kitchen!

If you missed the other posts from the Making Our Apartment Our Home series, you can see them all HERE!

Also, don't forget to check out the coffee bar post, as it is adjacent to the kitchen and offers us some extra storage space!