We finally decided on a kitchen table! We had been using the Dining Room to eat in but although the table was left to us with the house it felt wrong to use it every day it is so beautiful.
The room off the kitchen was just a dumping ground to begin with because we didn't know what we wanted to do with it. When we bought our
living room suite we moved the old couches through to the kitchen room - it still doesn't really have a name I call it the back kitchen room I am not sure what it should be called.
It was ok but I didn't like sitting in it and as we use the back door all the time this is the first room everyone sees. My washing was also in here on rainy days on the airer and it was just an embarressment to me. The kids were liking it for playing in - Eliza on the xbox or watching tv and Sturrock playing with his cars and toys. It was also great to use for a sleepover - right next to the kitchen for helping themselves to food though 😟 We also have two budgies and this is where they have free rein so under the couches was very difficult to keep clean of feathers and mess because the couches are so heavy and the gap is very small the hoover doesn't fit underneath.
I woke up one Saturday and we were sitting having breakfast in the room when I told Grant I hate the room so much I want to change it and bin the couches. He quickly agreed!
We didn't want to spend too much on the room because it would still be used in the same way - somewhere to eat and play.
Ikea online it was!
Waiting for the delivery of furniture while the couches were gone - this seemed a long few days for Eliza not having a couch to lounge on playing the Switch!
Grant went away for a week so me and my little helper built the Poangs from Ikea
He needed a lot of little breaks though!
Next we built the bookcase - wanted to move a lot of the books out of the bedrooms because with baby number 4 on the way we are having a shift around upstairs too!
Eliza was a great helper
The cabinet at the left is a shoe unit because they kept ending up in a heap in this room too. The Trofast toy storage we have had since our last house but it works great in this room to keep Sturrock's toys together for playing downstairs. Two comfy Poangs we have not been fighting over yet!
The essential TV for gaming and watching Friends reruns...
Our table we got from
Great Furniture Trading Co and came with 2 benches and 2 chairs - we went for the bigger table because of our growing famiy and also I look after my nephews two days a week so this gives them all plenty of space to eat.
I love how the bookcase has made us sit and read more books downstairs - we always read before bed but now we include it more as part of our day. On top of the bookcase is some of the handmade wooden items I sell through Wairoa Wishes on
Facebook or
Instagram (Teepee, Clouds, Mountains and Name blocks). There are rainbows on the photo before at the window also.
I am so happy with how the room has turned out and I use it much more now and want to be in it. It also helps keep the rest of downstairs tidy because there are homes for everything that used to get left lying around.
Here are a few pics of when we first moved in and how the room has transformed
Still our little helper ❤
Oh my god the sawdust was unreal here when all the work was getting done!
The couple who owned the house before us used the room in a similar way. We closed off a door into the kitchen as there were two (where our tv sits now) and it meant in the kitchen we could fit a fridge freezer. I am glad we did this - one of those decision you question and it keeps you from sleep! We couldn't decide which door to keep open but this way works really well for us. We are waiting on getting new windows fitted this month hopefully then we can decide about whether to get curtains or blinds. We are lucky the house is really private so we have not had anything for over a year of living here but I think it would finish this room off nicely and be cosy for the winter. Can picture me sitting feeding the new baby in the Poang reading to Sturrock....dream on! What I can actually picture is Sturrock demanding me to put the baby down so he has my full attention. He is a needy little 2 year old whose world will be totally shaken by the arrival of a baby brother or sister! Wish me luck!
