Hood Out

In my last post, I was considering removing the stove/oven and installing a mini-fridge, then using a small countertop hotplate for cooking.  After thinking about it some more, I decided just to go ahead and do it.  So before I left for San Francisco for a week of training for work, I ordered the Nostalgia Electrics fridge/freezer in black, and a Black and Decker 2-burner hotplate, and they were waiting for me when I got home yesterday!

This morning, I removed the metal hood above where the stove used to be.  I'm not sure if I'll need it with the hotplate, so I'll store it in the garage.  Easy to take off: two screws and done.



Before:  brown metal stove hood.

After:  gone!  The square hole is to the outside vent.

Also before I left for SF, I ordered a new vintage-looking towel rack, to replace the Chick's old rusty one.  This came off today, too:



I like the nostalgic feel of this little rack - it reminds me of being at my
Grandma's house in Missouri when I was little.
This one's seen better days, so a new one will replace it.

While in San Francisco, I went a little crazy buying some decorative stuff for Lil' Chick.  In the basement of a shop in Chinatown, tucked onto a shelf in the corner, I found some fabulous hand-crocheted pillow covers.  They're a generous 30" x 30" and lined/backed with a crisp white cotton.  I saw them and thought, "Curtains!"  At only $5.95 each, I scooped up 4 of the 5 they had.

 

 

I popped into Anthropologie on my last day in the city, and found the cutest mugs in the Chick's signature yellow!  I added two of them to her treasure chest:

This decorative buying frenzy was started a few weeks ago when I saw the perfect little chandelier and HAD to get it as the Chick's first piece of jewelry:

Since black and white damask will be the accent color and pattern, this mini-bling (it's only about 8" tall) will look fab!  I also ordered some damask dish towels and contact paper and am waiting for it to come from Amazon.

Geez, I gotta stop with the shopping already!!!  (But it's so much fun!)