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This Little EstateWe’re getting really really close to being able to say that we’re mostly done with our little kitchen update!For now, at least!

We always have big plans/dreams for the future, but some of these smaller projects that we do really help us to enjoy our home so much even when we don’t have the time or the budget to do the bigger renovations right away..This particular project is kind of weirdly specific, but it came about because of the fact that we decided to re-do the trim at the tops of our cabinets to give the whole room a more open and updated feel.So that left this area over the range hood, that had previously been covered up, exposed.

We looked at our options and we discovered that the maker of our range hood does sell just the plain stainless steel tube to cover the vent pipe if yours is exposed, but that tube is really kind of expensive for something so plain and unexciting.And it would still probably end up being a lot of work because we’d still probably need to to cut it down to fit our weird wonky space exactly.

So we thought we could DIY something better!

So here’s the area that we’re working with here:.Whenever we had a piece of furniture that we didn’t need, or a toy that wasn’t being played with anymore, we would just put it in the basement.

Or the garage attic.Seriously, it was bad.. And I knew it was bad, but I didn’t really realize how bad it was.

I was so confused at why I would “declutter” every week by filling an extra garbage bag or two with stuff from the basement or random closets and yet I never really seemed to make a big dent in it at all.. You know all of those amazing built-in projects that Chris puts together?This is what happens afterwards in the garage if you don’t have any kind of system for storing all of that extra stuff..