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Hanging Around in the Kitchen

9 Dec

Growing up, kitchen towels were not just a tool for drying your hands or the dishes, but also decoration. They were used to convey a theme and make the room seem cheerier, like the strawberries in my grandmother’s kitchen. And since a kitchen can only be decorated in certain ways and places due to fear of getting messy with food, I always liked the idea. And so I have done the same with ours.

But this tended to cause a disagreement between between my husband and I, silly as it is. For me, the current towel in use should reside hanging from the cabinet handles in the kitchen, while my husband likes to keep it out on the counter instead, even after he is done, leaving me to assume that it is dirty, and for him to then question where it is has gone.

But he did have a point – hanging the towels from the cabinet handles blocks the drawers below. So I challenged him to find us an alternative and he has finally delivered, a new type of towel hook that we can keep on the side of the cabinet instead of the front. And they’re super easy to install!

We first questioned how well they would stand up, considering how reasonably priced they are, but after 3 weeks of using the new hooks, I must say I’m impressed. I regularly dry my hands without removing the towels, and they’ve managed just fine.

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Still Growing Up – Office Style

19 Oct

I was looking back at old posts last week and was shocked by how much Chris and I have grown up since moving into our house. Is that still a thing even after you’re considered an adult? But I had previously cleaned out what was the Craft Room and put my touch on it, turning the room PINK and deciding to keep a lot of the previous clutter out. And now it has transformed again.

PINK and decluttered (compared to before)

He also decided to buy himself an official drum set (he’d been learning on a set of electronic ones), so I decided to upgrade my desk which transformed the entire room with a u-shape desk, bookcases and file cabinets. And with the white furniture, you can really see how light and bright the room turned out! It’s been nice having a place for my computer and to do crafting, with more organization, and room to display all of my keepsakes, like the flowers and cloche display from our wedding. And even a designated place for my official work, without too much adjustment.

YIKES! Before the first remodel

I mentioned that I started working from home at the end of last year, but that wasn’t even the catalyst for it. After our wedding in April, Chris decided to repurpose half of the rooms in our house. Our previous gym became a music studio/theater room, my previous office took on a storage role (the main thing our house is severely lacking) and the Craft Room became my new office.

My new (grown up) office after the wedding

When I started working from home, we really took a closer look at what that would look like. I had office jobs before, but they usually at least allow for opportunities to get up and go for a walk, usually for meetings – but mine were all online now which meant more sitting and less moving. We invested in what we thought would be a decent chair and a riser for my desk so I would at least have the option to stand.

The flexibility with the riser is nice, and it’s super easy to use since it is motorized. But I didn’t think how it might effect things when I am just sitting, which I’ve done more than I initially thought I would. At my previous job, I ended up developing an issue with my shoulder and figured out that it was because my desk was too high compared to my chair making me type with my shoulders shrugged all day. And the riser was starting to have the same effect since it raised my keyboard another couple of inches off my desk even at its lowest.

My chair was also starting to tilt to one side and it allows me slouch too much. So it’s now time for another change – I’m going to try it without the riser and trying out a new chair! We’ll see how it goes.

And for those keeping track of puppy status, the cords under my desk have now been tidied.

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Closet Refresh

28 Sep

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10 years ago, Chris outdid himself with my Valentine’s gift. I have to preface this with gifts for me are not about how much money they cost, but what kind of value they bring to my life or what meaning they have to them. With that said, his amazing Valentine’s gift was a box of pink velvet wrapped wooden clip hangers from a yard sale. It cost him $10 but it was something that I had been wanting, in the quality I wanted and in PINK! Everything else that I found was the plastic type like they have in the store that always gets tangled with whatever’s around it.

These have been amazing. With the wooden structure, they’re as thick as the metal clips, preventing them from getting tangled with other clothes and hangers. And sturdy enough to stand up to Chris or I pulling our clothes out of the clips instead of doing what we’re supposed to and using the clips properly. However, it has now been 10 years, and we have lost a few to normal wear and tear. So while I am not getting rid of my pink hangers, we do not have enough to manage both my Chris and I’s wardrobes, so it is time to get him some of his own and maybe a little less girly 😜.

I found the ones below on Amazon in the Mahogany color. They do have the wooden structure and and metal clips, but I can tell that mine are sturdier. But for $1.50 per hanger, we might be able to sacrifice a little quality and replace them more often. Makes me curious as to how much mine cost 10 (+) years ago though 🤔.

Chris’s new Hangers

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