Although we have a nice dining room, most meals are eaten around this little kitchen table. I love our kitchen for the space it has, the huge bright window over the kitchen sink, and the inoffensive tiling (much of the tiling here is very eclectic – our last kitchen tile design was a confusing combo of coffee cups and seashells, paired with bright red cabinets).
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There’s an okay amount of cabinet space in the kitchen, but we like the ease and efficiency of this wall/shelf pantry we installed. It gives us the feeling of being in a cramped New York apartment, which we like for some reason. 😆 And I got to have fun with a labeler and storage containers.
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All walls are concrete here so drilling is an ear-splitting workout, especially for shelves with multiple brackets. I miss the days of hanging frames with a couple swift hammer taps on a nail. 🔨 Now if we want to hang anything, the kids need to be corralled into another room while we hammer drill into the wall, spraying concrete particles everywhere, and shove in a wall anchor in order to finally put in a screw. The whole building knows if someone decides to hang something. God help us if we measure incorrectly.
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Our next kitchen project is to find a garbage disposal. They aren’t common here and we’re doubtful we can find a quality one that will last, but we will give it our best shot!
Our Journey through the Land of Midian in Saudi
When I was a child, learning about Moses in Sunday school and watching VeggieTales and The Prince of Egypt, I thought of places like the
