My meddling in the kitchen was not done with yesterday’s post, it instead continued over to the fridge. Oh lovely fridge, we inherited you with this house and you work. You cool our food and freeze our ice so I have no reason to kick you to the curb just yet. But you’re kind of boring, no offense.
None taken, I’m sure. So to spice up Miss Fridge, I took a sheet of butcher paper and trimmed it a few inches smaller than the big bare side of the fridge. I thought about getting all crazy and doing something with chalkboard paint but this seemed like a less permanent solution . . .and I could always move on to the chalkboard if I ever got bored with the butcher paper.
So *ta da* – fridge tweaked:
(Pardon the extra-large case of beer, it was JT’s birthday and we celebrated with chicken, waffles and the Mick Jagger finale of Saturday Night Live. The Bud Light blue does seem to match the kitchen though . . .)
I sprung for some heavy-duty magnets on Amazon and mixed in some others I had purchased at Ikea.
Some baker’s twine holds a pen in place and with the butcher paper you can just scribble your heart’s desire on there – phone messages, obscenities, you name it. Right now we just have a few useful phone numbers. Double stick tape holds up a few classic fortune cookie fortunes for posterity. I also outlined the knives so they always have a place to go back to. . . .
The other knives just have one magnet but I got nervous and used two on the big guy. We’ve had them up for two weeks and it’s been a great solution since we demoed out the larger Ikea knife rack in favor of some artwork over the microwave.
That reminds me, I’m not sure if I ever really showed you guys the artwork over the microwave . . . I just printed out some song lyrics that seemed kitchen appropriate and added them to my Ikea frame (which was white upon purchase but became black thanks to my spray paint addiction.)
Can you spot Tiny Elvis in our kitchen? I think we may have Elvis in every room in our house . . . . so, kitchen finally tweaked? Not yet. I’ve still got to get to the back door which Shenanigan firmly kicks every morning to demand to be let out FASTER and then I also want to tackle some storage in the base cabinets and pantry . . . but that’s for later. More tweaking to come, just not in the kitchen. Cheers – CT
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oh goodness… our brains are working alike today! Little tweaks around the house that make us happy.. and help with our creative energy. LOVE the butcher paper – super creative. That deserves another bud light! HA!
I spotted tiny Elvis hanging from your pot rack! You’re house is so wonderful. Great job.
Yeah, we are definitely on the same brainwave — especially because one of my upcoming tweaks also involves plants and a similar-ish plant pot treatment. . . . We have a tiny Bowie in our Music Room (really it’s just an ad for the Bowie fan club that was stashed in a record husband bought but it got framed because who doesn’t love Bowie!!!)