Hi everyone! It’s Walter here. Ever since our kitchen was finished my pawrents have been adding a few more touches to make it even better.
One thing they did was buy a couple of new carpet runners. The old carpet we had in the kitchen was too small and they wanted something in front of both the main work areas of the kitchen but not have it cover up the entire floor.
This rust colored one is about 8′ and fits perfectly in front of the sink area and the grey one is 10′ long. The carpets were purchased from Oriental Rug Mart in Victor, NY. They will let you take rugs home and try them out before you even buy them. These two are from a “collection” which means the same color threads are used throughout the entire collection so they coordinate very well.
Millie & I really like having the runners so we don’t go slipping and sliding through the kitchen. Now on to the other improvements in the kitchen. These are ones you can’t see when you just look at the kitchen. You have to open some of the drawers to see what my dad has been doing to help keep the drawers organized.
First up is the silverware drawer. There are lots of things you can buy in the stores to help you organize your drawers but they are mostly made of plastic and cost way too much money. Having a handy dad helps a lot. All of the inserts were made using a 1/4″ maple plywood for the base and 1/4″ or 1/2″ solid maple for the dividers. There also were no nails used. Everything is carefully glued together and dado joints were used to make sure the pieces lined up well.
By making the inserts himself, my dad was able to custom fit them to make sure all the utensils or silverware fit perfectly. My mom really loves the utensil drawer. For one thing it’s a 36″ wide drawer and it is what they call “full access”. That means it pulls all the way out so you don’t have to reach under anything to get at the items in the back. She no longer has to stack as many items on top of each other and it is well organized.
Here is a different type of insert for storing all my mom’s spices.
The insert for the spices takes up about two thirds of the drawer so there is also room for some pot holders and other things. This one is made using a 1/4″ maple plywood for the base and the angled pieces are made from 3/8″ baltic birch plywood.
The knife drawer is the last one for now. With our new kitchen we finally have room to be able to store things so they aren’t all piled on top of each other.
The knife drawer has room in the back for additional items too. As you can see there is also space in the middle for our bread knife that has an adjustable guide.
For this drawer my dad used 1/2″ and 3/4″ thick solid maple for the dividers and 3/4″ maple for the handle rests.
Well that is all the new stuff that has been added to our kitchen. We sure are lucky to have such a handy dad. Next up he is going to make an insert for all his coffee pods but I will have to show you that later.
I love the runners… maybe that are even flying carpets when you find the right magic spell? and the mama is in love with your spice drawer, that is the bestest idea to have everything you need for creating a fabulous meal. well done apaws apaws!
Mom says she learned all she knows about dado joints on Yankee Workshop with Norm Abrams. We miss that show. Your dad did a great job. The knife drawer keeps a big knife storage block off the counter too.
Walter I’m purrty sure you peeps bought that runner to match your furs
Hugs mdi yotu bfff
MOL Hugs Madi your bfff
WOW!!! That is one organized kitchen!! My humom is very jealous of all those drawers!
The runners are fantastic for snoopervising dogs! And the kitchen so organised! We’re more of a ‘now where is that spatula’ kind of people.
Those runners are very nice. We have runners too but they aren’t anywhere as nice. Mom says we have to wait until somePup is old enough to stop chewing the edges:)
And Mom wants to know where she can hire someone as talented as your Dad – those drawer inserts are outstanding!!!
Woos – Lightning and Misty
Holy Cow Cindy! That is THE most organized kitchen!! Charlie sure is talented!! Love your fabulous new kitchen!
You do have one handy dad and we know how good that wood smells when you open up the drawer! We love the new runners! They make your kitchen even more perfect!
Wow, so organized!
Wow it’s looking awesome
Lily & Edward
Your new kitchen is just so beautiful beyond words.
I am showing this to my dad so he maybe will make
a place for moms knives too.
xo Astro
Oh we love all the drawer organizers – especially the knife drawer!!
hugs
Hazel & Mabel
Wow! That looks amazing. Maybe Dad should make some drawer organizers like that.
Oh, wow! OK, I LOVE the carpets! I’d love runners in our kitchen, too, so I didn’t slip! But my mom went NUTS over the inserts your dad made! She especially likes the ones in the spice drawer! He did a great job!
Cammie!
We need the spice drawer. We don’t have any runners in the kitchen. We are glad it is all coming together.
We love your drawers!
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
Our Mom loves all your drawers especially the spice drawer. Everything looks super nice and we bet your family will really enjoy the kitchen renovations.
OMD..Mama is drooling over that spice insert!!!
xoxo
Arty & Jakey
hello millie and walter its dennis the vizsla dog hay wow yoo hav got all kinds of kool drawers to put stuf in now!!! i like yore karpet runners too owr karpet runners do not luk like that they ar mayd of sisal and now they ar beeing yoozed as floor baysd skratching posts by the hipster kitties!!! ok bye
Oh my goodness – I am so jealous of your organization! Your dad sure is handy with wood. Wow! He could start a business just making such beautiful organizers!
Love the organized drawers, especially the spice drawer. We would never point the camera into our chaotic drawers!