Yay - My Kitchen Looks Like Someone Actually Lives There!

I apologize in advance for having a third post of the day.  The other two posts I wrote 2 flipping days ago, but I was having issues getting the pictures to save on the public computers in the community center (yeah...I still don't have the shit I left in Pittsburgh), so this is a three post kinda day!

In case you forgot, when The Sailor and I got to California the only furniture we had was a mattress, a TV (that counts as furniture, right?), and a hideous TV stand (that I'm still working on replacing).  In the tiny ass hell hole apartment, it didn't really matter, because well, it was a hobbit hole.  Once we moved into our massive house on base it was a problem.  We moved all our stuff in, and it still didn't look like anyone actually lived there, haha.

Although I'm still working on most of the house, I'm happy to announce the kitchen/dining area is 99% complete and actually looks like people live in our house!

I had slowly but surely been filling the actual kitchen up (with a microwave, white board, etc.) and last week not only did my dining set that we ordered like a month ago finally come in, I also got a great deal on a shelf from Marshall's.  What's even cooler about the shelf is that I had been keeping my eye on it for a while, but I wasn't willing to pay $100 for it.  Even when it was marked on sale, it wasn't worth it (I forget what the original sale price was).  But last week, I finally bought it!

Tom likes it, too

Guess how much it cost.

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That's right..$35!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love looking at the "Compare at" price, even though I don't 100% believe that's how much it would actually cost half the time, but whatevs.  So, originally, the shelf was worth $195 but I got it for $35...That's 82% off the retail price bitches!

Then, like two days after I got the sick nasty deal on my wicked awesome dining area shelf, I got the call my dining set was in (finally - 1 to 2 weeks my ass)!  So, I went and picked that up and put it together, which was actually super easy to do.  Side note - it was actually more time consuming to break down all the boxes and fold them to the point where they would fit in my recycling bin. Et voila - my kitchen/dining area finally look complete (although I have 1 more project planned).

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 Check out my festive centerpiece.  Yeah, that's totally all from Marshall's and cost me about $7 for everything.  The bowl is actually really pretty and will stay there year round, and the crap in the bowl is good for October and November!

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 It's actually the super naked wall to the right of the cabinets that I have another project planned for.  Any ideas on where I can find a cool looking, mismatched fork, spoon, and knife?  The only place I can think of is my Papa's house, lol, and he might find it kind of odd if I ask for one setting of cutlery...

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 The clock on the right hand wall in the photo below totally has a fork and a knife for minute/hour hands and a hanging spoon for the seconds.  I flipping love it.  I love it even more because I found it at Ross Dress for Less for $7.99!!!  However, the swinging spoon totally teases poor Gabby.  She sees a spoon and she assumes there's food involved.  She has no idea why there's a spoon swinging from side to side on the wall.

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So, there you have it, my 99% complete kitchen/dining area; what do you think?

Until next time...