Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Forte.  As always, all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. Through the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing reviews about each of the appliances I selected for our kitchen in case you’re in the market for a new range, fridge, dishwasher, or range hood insert and my review might be helpful.  As I stated above, this post is sponsored by Forte, the maker of the fridge I am reviewing today, but I didn’t receive any talking points or boundaries about what I can write about their products.  They gave me free rein to write honest reviews, so that’s what you’re going to get.  I will share the pros and cons of each appliance so you can make an informed decision. Let’s first talk about why I selected a e.  When I first started planning out our kitchen renovation, I assumed we

Alright, my friends who have been waiting to see more of the kitchen renovation, we’re going to take a little tour of the kitchen eating area as well as a look at how the space has changed over the past few weeks.  Even as I was pulling up the before pictures, I had a hard time believing what the kitchen looked like before our renovation started.  We’ll definitely have to do a full before & after comparison post, but I thought I would share a few today. As a frame of reference here is a before and after of the floor plan.  I think some of the before pictures aren’t going to make sense since we removed some walls and have views we didn’t have before. This is the before view looking into the eating area standing just to the left of the sink… And this is the same view

A few people have asked about my love-it-or-hate-it pot rack.  Let me answer that question right now.  Yes, the pot rack is making an appearance.  I’ve had a pot rack or pot rail in my kitchen for almost 20 years and I just can’t go cold turkey.  After a few months without one, I missed it almost daily.  Yes, I like how it looks and it’s a great way to display my pretty pots, pans, colanders, and molds, but it’s where we store our everyday pots and pans.  Keeping them stacked in a cabinet or drawer just isn’t the same.  I wasn’t 100% sure I wanted to hang the pot rack in my new kitchen, though.  But, once things were more settled, I knew it needed to be a part of this kitchen.  So, Jeff helped me hang it over the weekend. And then, on Monday, we hung the pot

Last week I shared that I was sanding, priming, and painting some shelves to install in the kitchen.  Open shelving wasn’t in my original plan for the kitchen, but once I started unboxing all of my kitchen stuff and moving in, I realized I wanted more storage/display space as well as a place to put my stand mixer.  I thought it would go on the shelf under the antique baker’s table, but it was just a tiny bit too tall.  So, I thought back to my Minnesota kitchen and how much I enjoyed the open shelves we put in an awkward niche.  You can see those HERE.  I knew I had just the spot for something similar in this kitchen. I looked into fancy wood and brass brackets, but we’re getting to the end of our kitchen renovation budget and expensive brackets weren’t going to work.  I also wasn’t sure