Show Us Where You Live Friday

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Show Us Where You Live Friday!

Kitchen Edition

Kelly, over at Kelly's Korner, is hosting a home blog tour, every Friday. Today, is the kitchen edition.

We moved into our home a little over a year ago. We love it! One of our favorite parts about our new home, is the kitchen. The previous owners, remodeled the kitchen and added tons of upgrades and very unique touches. I hardly ever cook, but the kitchen is actually where we spend about 90% of our time. I guess because it is open to the living room and because our house is a two story and the kids seem to always want to be downstairs with us. All that being said, Welcome to the McWhorter kitchen! Come on in!

View from our living room.

View from the other side of the kitchen.

View when you walk in from the garage.

Love my vent hood!

Our back splash is all mirrored (that is a reflection you are seeing behind the stove top). Strange? Yes, it was to me at first, too. But, it has grown on me and now I really like it.

View out of my kitchen window. Yes, our house is that close to our neighbors. Very hard for us, coming from living on an acre of land in the country for 3 years.

I bought these while on a girls shopping trip to Canton. No, I have not filled them yet. Probably should do that. Actually, I didn't notice until I took the picture. HA!

This jar is ALWAYS filled with animal cookies. This is also where Conn "unloads" his pockets every day (phone, keys, wallet, etc.). He always grabs a handful of cookies before he walks off. They have also gotten us through many long nights of bouncing babies. :)

Our "breakfast nook". I love the chandelier hanging above it. I also love the windows that look out onto our screened-in back porch/toy room. We have beautiful flowers that bloom in our backyard and you can see them through those windows.

This is a funny little built in shelf that I had no idea what to do with it. We decided to place plates and tea cups up on it. Well...there use to be a lot more. But, some little girls have made some disappear. Hmmmmm.... :)

I love these from Anthropologie!

Gotta love Hobby Lobby 1/2 price! This is where we hang the girls back packs and Cash's diaper bag.
I love our island! It was custom built and has so many neat features. This is where the girls sit and eat all of their meals.

Built into the island, is a wine rack and a wine cooler.
Conn and I do not drink wine. But, we still manage to put it to good use. :)

Our laundry room and our powder bath are both in our kitchen. I don't like it at all, but I have honestly looked all around our house and really have no idea where else they could go. So, I guess the builder knew what he was doing after all. :)

When we registered for dishes, almost 9 years ago, we chose to not register for China. Gasp! I know! But, we have not regretted it one single time. Conn was a youth pastor when we first got married (and for the next 5 years after that), so we were pretty sure that our "guest" would never really need to eat on China.

Aren't we classy???
We had a sign painted that has the fruits of the spirit painted on it. It also hung in the kitchen of our old house, so it brings back many memories.

Last, but not least. This is really funny and always a great conversation starter when people first come to our house. Yes, this is a doggy door. If you know our family at all, you know this is so funny because we are not animal people. Sorry. We just aren't. Hey, but the girls have a ball with it. Anytime Conn or I open the garage door from being gone, they run and stick their heads out to say hello to us. Funny!!! :)

Thanks for stopping by! See ya next Friday for another tour!