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January 14, 2020

New Year & Winter Kitchen

Hello friends! I hope your new year is off to a great start. I put away all the holiday decor and, while I was at it, organized all of the storage areas in our basement. I purged a bunch of stuff and am feeling much more ready to begin the new year. We also packed away my mom's Christmas stuff AND at the cabin. Phew, I am SO glad the holidays are over!


I always enjoy the quieter winter months to putter around the kitchen and cook more. My 2 older boys have been around much more with their break from college and nothing makes me happier than having them all around me in the kitchen. 
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I love getting out my non-seasonal stuff and filling my spaces with things I enjoy being surrounded by. I definitely use less color at this time of year. I always take my decor cues from nature and this is a more simple time of year and my home reflects that.
Other than changing the decor with the seasons, I don't foresee many changes in our kitchen in 2020. It functions very well and I am happy with the updates we made over the last couple of years. I would love to change the countertops but we wouldn't see a return on that investment anytime soon so I doubt think we'll do that. The granite does function very well, I am just a bit tired of it.
I was so happy to to hang the pot rack back up! I missed having it during the holidays and found myself reaching up for kitchen tools and pots only to find they weren't there. My most-used items on the pot rack are the colanders, cheese grater and measuring cups/spoons. These hang on the back of the pot rack with the more decorative copper items on the front.
I hung a few more functional items on the Ikea rail at the end of our island. 
I cleaned out all the baskets and jars on our kitchen island. I don't know what we'd do without these open shelves. Since we don't have a pantry, this is a great alternative. Still dreaming of a pantry someday!
I'll share more of our dining and living spaces next. Have you been organizing with the start of the new year too?

29 comments :

  1. I love how welcoming and pretty your kitchen looks. Everything looks warm and inviting - I would happily putter around in this kitchen for hours !!!

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  2. beautiful kitchen,love the way you style your kitchen...function and fun!!!

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  3. I love your kitchen - it's so warm and fun.....it looks like you actually enjoy cooking with all your things readily at hand.

    Your copper cookware is beautiful hanging from your pot rack.

    We have a pot rack from my husband's old home with ridiculously high ceilings - I have it in basement with seasonal or decorative things hanging from it. Never used it in our old home when we were married and merged our two homes into one.

    I think it is a great practical use of vertical space - not sure how I'd feel about a more cluttered look though....I am a bit of a minimalist about that. Maybe I should try - I know hubs would love it! And he loves to cook too!

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  4. Hi Courtney,
    Looks beautiful as always. I am changing some things up in my little cottage now that Christmas is over too.
    Nice to have things clean and winter ready. We need to catch up soon.
    xoxo

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  5. I love your kitchen and its functionality. I'm determined to get to IKEA soon and get one of those bars for the end of our island. I think it would be so handy!

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  22. I love your cabin!!! It's actually a little too nice to be called a cabin. I can imagine that you find real peace there. Enjoy!!!

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