Someone's in the kitchen!

The kitchen truly is the heart of the home at the Bachman's house. And I would so love to spend the day in this cozy and adorable kitchen!

Can't you just imagine how happy you'd feel baking in this setting? This is one of two that were my favorite rooms in the house. You'll have to wait for that second one!! :-)

I would kill to have a cookie cutter chandelier. I'd love to have all of the ones we grew up with on it. One of the things that was great about this house was that you could buy things from it in the garden center. They had a bare frame ... I'm still thinking about it ... wondering where I could hang it so I could enjoy it.

Look at this great idea for using old windows. It just fills up the wall and gives more reasons for showcasing little vignettes.

Sweet, huh?

Kids are what makes Christmas so much fun. If I had a little space like this, I'd create a countdown calendar, too! This one held ornaments with numbered tags under them. You take off an ornament each day and put it on the the tree until none are left and the tree is decorated. Or ... you leave it hanging in your kitchen untouched because it's cuter than cute!

I am so doing this when grandkids toddle into my life. Forehead slapping myself for not thinking of doing this when my boys were growing up.

I grew up in a Christmas cookie-baking household. Being in this kitchen ... I don't know ... it just makes me want to move in and start my life over again. Or start a new life. But only if I can have the kitchen, too!!

 

Comments

[Linda]

Oh my I love that Kitchen. Look at all the great ideas!! Thanks

[Grace]

Oh my, you brought a tear to my eye when I saw the picture with the Sunbeam mixer. My Mom used to have one just like that. It later got updated to a Kitchen I have the new one now, but I would give anything to have her old Sunbeam (just for sentimental reasons. The pictures of that other kitchen with the old windows is aqmazing! Image being able to cook in a fun kitchen like that. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[Karen]

Oh, Wow. That mixer is what caught my eye too. I have a Sunbeam mixer just like that! My mother and grandmother each had one. When my mother upgraded to a Kitchenaid mixer, I inherited her Sunbeam. We made lots and lots of cookies with that mixer when we were growing up!

[Bobbi D]

Another trip down memory lane! I have some of those old cookie cutters....who would have thought of turning them into a chandelier!Can't wait to see what other pictures you have for next timwe

[Leslie Schmidt]

I know "the good old days" weren't always good, but looking at those pictures brought back so many sweet, sad memories of my childhood. I wish I could recapture some of those experiences for my kids. Love the old window frames!

[Mary Ann]

Oh my goodness, my childhood redux! Although thsi is so much more artful. We'd all fight over the chandelier. Thanks for a wonderful trip with my coffee!

[Jeanne]

Thank you for sharing such wonderful pictures - I feel like I'm seeing the idea house without going there, it certainly brings back good memories and a smile with all their fun ideas.

[Linda P]

Love the cookie cutter chandelier also - I have a wooden tree with cutters on it, and the rest in a huge red wire basket. Love them!! Now, I'm slapping my head too - my little girls were here for Thanksgiving, and we forgot to measure them - we did start one, right next to my desk. I love looking at it!! I especially love the ones that they measured & wrote on the frame. We have it on the door frame. :)