A great idea

My husband had a fabulous idea.

We live in a small house which has some unique challenges. Over the last 4 years we have discussed different things we could do to improve the house & give us more space. Our kitchen is a nice size, with lots of cupboards but it is kind of weird. It is almost 2 seperate rooms. The stove, fridge, and sink are on one side and then there is a wall of cabinets  & there is another "room" with the dishwasher, another sink & more cupboards.

My husbands great idea is to enclose the second "room' & make it into a walk-in pantry. I think that is such a great idea! We would take out the second sink & dishwasher & that would give us room to have the washer& dryer in the pantry as well. Currently my washer & dryer are in the mudroom which is tiny, dirty, crowded & freezes. Not  a good place for them. So the thought of having them inside is exciting. (yes, I find pantries & inside washers exciting )

We would tear out some existing cabinets & put up wall to wall shelves. We would have to block off  1 doorway to the living room & build a small wall with a door on the kitchen side to make the pantry. We would have room for all the canned goods & buckets of rice & wheat inside. We could shift everything else around & I think it would make the kitchen much less crowded.

We also hope to remodel the rest of the kitchen soon. We need a new floor (hoping for wood laminate) & we need to replace the countertops. I also want a new sink--a really big deep farm sink. We want to move the counter down a few inches to make room for a side-by-side fridge.

Our house was built in the 20's or 30's but has no period details. It was remodeled in the late 60's  so our first year here I tore down hideous wall paper & painted & removed carpet. Now we want to do some bigger things & bring some 'charm' back. We plan on using a 1930's theme in our over all remodel.

We probably won't get it done for a few years but we have a plan .  We (still) have to finish our new roof & then I am hoping we can start on the new pantry & actually get that part done this winter. But we shall see....   It's still a fabulous idea .

Blessings.