Home Kitchen Remodeling and Having Fun

Welcome to LilacsNDreams with Home Kitchen Remodeling and Having Fun. Happy that you stopped by. We are still working on our home. Never ending job these past few weeks. Once the house is in order I will return to a little more norm of the postings I was doing about my vintage collectibles, my repurposing, restyling, upcycling, and some of the fun things. 

Remodeling, updating, fixer upper homes can be quite the chore. For us this is something new to be working on. Our first time going to this extent of redoing a home. It can be fun, exciting, fulfilling with accomplishment, and yes a few ups and downs too. Those ups and downs are mostly to the things you find, come across in the home as you remove some of the old, and are doing some of the new. I understand cutting costs where you can. We all do it. But, some of the things we are coming across....well, I still have my hair thankfully! 

Saturday we went to look at, and buy an unfinished pantry cupboard that was located for us. Wanted this done before we started to paint the kitchen cupboards. Keeping in mind we were focused on 1 cupboard to replace the spot where we removed an old one by our refrigerator. We got to Home Depot with intentions of 1 cupboard. Our home kitchen is small. Something we are not use to. Small kitchen with not much storage either. So, we have been putting into our minds pictures, and how we wish to revise the kitchen. Behind our kitchen is the laundry room which I always felt that maybe should have been a laundry pantry like room. Unfortunately, we are not able to knock the wall out to make the room bigger. So, with some changes we are revising it. 

Have you ever noticed how you go to a place to shop, you have 1 thing in mind to do, but along the way you view other things, decide to check on something for this or that, start thinking how maybe this can work there or maybe it would be great over here, and so on. Lol! Yep, we did the same thing. It’s almost like cutting a child loose into a candy store. 

We left Home Depot with 2 pantry cupboards, and 1 of the smaller cupboards you usually find next to 1 side of your stove. We roughly had measurements in mind, and were hoping we were close enough to do what we wanted, or able to revise a bit. Unfortunately, if we would have gotten the 2 matching pantry cupboards they would have worked greatly with our first thought of thinking. We came home with 2 different pantry cupboards, 2 different sizes, and a few inches short of them fitting. We brought them in, set them 1 way, moved the refrigerator, moved this there, and that there, and this over there, and after thinking, moving around a little bit, measuring, we finally came to a finalization of everything. The bigger cupboard by the refrigerator, and the smaller one will go into the laundry room which now is transforming into the laundry pantry room. Remove a shelf that can go out into the garage...by the way the garage has been cleaned, organized, restructured with the old kitchen cupboard we had removed. Gotta get the new floor laid in the laundry room just a little sooner than scheduled. In about 1-2 weeks new washer and dryer will be placed in there too. 

So, Saturday became a very eventful day with the cupboard issues, and was exhausting too! After all of that it was still fun, and enjoyable. We have slightly delayed plans, but it is much more enjoyable with the changes. What a change we are making, and how good it feels with it coming together too.

This is when cupboard was removed, before painting, etc.

 

Ok, here’s the new unfinished cupboard next to the frig. 

New unfinished cupboard next to the stove.

The new unfinished cupboard that will go into the laundry pantry room.

The corner the cupboard will go into once the shelf is removed, the floor is done, and a little organizing here. 

Can’t wait to see how this room will transform with the painted walls, new floor, new cupboard, and the new machines. I’m excited, and exhausted too. Lol! 

Thanks so much for stopping by LilacsNDreams today. Glad to have ya. Stay tuned for what comes next...lol! Take care everyone!

Reuse Repurpose Upcycle Items of Vintage Good or Bad

Reuse Repurpose Upcycle Items of Vintage Good or Bad, What do you think?


Welcome to LilacsNDreams, and hope all are having a wonderful day! Many things we do with repurposing, upcycling, reusing, saving landfills, avoiding garbage throwing, etc sometimes will stir up a few mixed feelings, and thoughts with it. 


Over time I have watched how it has been growing with using vintage items to refurbish, repurpose, upcycle, reuse, reimagine, and all of that good stuff. Now, some of those vintage pieces that get used is because they do need a face lift of their own. Some are being saved from the dumps, garbage, and landfills. Other vintage pieces are used because they might have a minor flaw, sometimes the items have not sold over a very long time and the room is needed, maybe they are a lonely piece from a set, and then there are some items that have no flaws, but have had a glorious life. The owners sometimes feels that they would like to show the item in an updated form that fits more with the times of today. I know that whatever the reason may be there are vintage items, and pieces that are being used with repurposing, upcycling, reusing, and etc. 


As you use some of these pieces please keep in mind that there are some who feel strongly about how they should not be used in this way. They feel it not to be right, and vintage items should be used in crafting of sorts. A long time ago I once seen a comment made about how repurposing will be the end of all antiques. 


Over time there have been ways to preserve items that have been come damaged of sorts, and greatly loved over the years too. So, why not make them into something wonderful since they have already seen their glory days. Sometimes taking something old, and making it new again in another way is appealing to some of the collectors of today also. Keep in mind that sometimes "antiques" reminds some of their grandmothers things, and that just is not the In Style for the younger generation of today. When being open minded about things it can be understood how some feel that vintage items are being destroyed by doing these things too. 

I myself LOVE antiques, I Love things old, I so adore things with a past, I very much enjoy learning about older pieces, and hearing some of the stories that follow them. Unfortunately, some of these pieces would not fit into our home, with our decor, and the way that we like things. 

Over time I have watched those who love vintage, and antiques. I have seen others who so enjoy repurposing some of these kind of pieces too. I have also seen some be upset over the crafting of these pieces as well. Like anything else there will always be the pros, and cons to things of what we do. I can understand all the feelings that would be involved with this issue. 

So, what do you think? How do you feel about this? Please remember everyone, no fighting about this, you are very welcome to share, and also keep in mind that everyone has their own opinions to things. There is no right, or wrong. Just some good people who like to share. 

Thanks for visiting LilacsNDreams today everyone, and wishing you all a wonderful day. Take care, and see you again soon.