Help Me Decide About My Kitchen Mirror

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Today, I want you to help me decide what to do with the mirror in my kitchen. The other side of my galley kitchen, I should say.

You’ve really only seen one side of it. Now I want you to help me figure out the other side of this kitchen.

All suggestions are welcome.

You’ve seen the coffee bar, though I’ve hung more decor on the wall over there since then. And you’ve seen the section with the open doors and red and white dishes, etc.

The Other Side:

Now look across, and this is the other side of the kitchen.

As you can see, there is a mirror above the sink. I guess it’s to give the illusion of light and more open space.

I’ve been racking my brain about what to do there. It’s not in my nature to just leave it alone. And I really don’t like mirrors over a kitchen sink.

If I can’t have a window, then I’d rather just have a wall. At least I could choose a painting or wall decor if it was just an empty wall.

I considered hanging curtains over the mirror. I’ve ordered the hardware to hang curtains on the window that looks out to the front. I’m doing the same for the patio doors and the window behind my recliner.

The light above the mirror is not centered. Now why, if you’re putting a light in the ceiling over something, wouldn’t you center it? I don’t get it.

So that is one decision I’m trying to make.

Once again, here is the wall you’ve already seen, and I’m happy with it.

And here is the other side. What if I took off those two doors as well? On either side of this mirror.

Closed Cabinet Doors Or Open Ones:

Here’s my reasoning for why I’d consider doing this. Say I hang curtains over the mirror and kind of pretend it’s a window.

Then if the doors on either side were taken off, it would somewhat distract from what’s in the middle.

If I took off the doors, I could put more pretties up there to display, like my collection of white pitchers.

What’s up there now is just odds and ends. And I can always adjust the shelf height. Other ideas are swimming around in my head.

I could put a shelf in the middle of the mirror. But I’m thinking that might be a bit much.

I’d considered hanging my red pots and pans from hooks below a shelf if I put one there.

But that would mean going to Lowe’s or somewhere to have a board cut to size, then trying to hang it straight.

Then again, I’m kind of clumsy. What if I knocked one of the pots against the mirror and broke it? I don’t need 7 years of bad luck.

By the way, I ordered an unbreakable hand mirror from Amazon, and it arrived yesterday. I’m hoping to stave off any more bad luck.

I ordered it because one of the movers broke my small hand mirror while packing it. His buddies kidded him about all the bad luck he was going to have.

The Kitchen Question:

Back to the kitchen. I’m perfectly happy with the other side and the coffee bar. But the problem at hand is this other side.

So help me figure this out.

Cute Plants From Trader Joe’s:

Oh, I have to show you these three little cuties I picked up from Trader Joe’s the other day. I think each pot and plant was around $5. So about $15 total.

Just too adorable to pass up. Can you see the faces on the gray pots?

One Half Of The Master Gardener Couple Dies:

Steve, my next-door neighbor, knocked on the door a little while ago. I guess he saw me in the kitchen hammering nails and cursing the walls.

His wife died earlier this week. I didn’t know. He said they were going to cremate her and have a service in a town about an hour from here. Apparently their original home.

She never came home from the hospital.

I wasn’t here 2 weeks before my next-door neighbor died. I’d only seen her one time. She was 75. (Think I brought bad karma with me?)

Steve seemed fine. I guess he’s had about 4 days to adjust to her death. And when you get older, I suppose it’s less of a surprise. But still.

I had considered sending flowers to the hospital when I first knew she had gone there. But I don’t even know their last name. I remember the name “Steve”, but her name, which I think began with an “M”, escapes me.

I’ve met him a few times and talked a bit. Remember he shoveled snow off my sidewalk. Was that just a week ago? I forget.

But it’s sad that he’s lost the woman with whom he apparently (I’m assuming) had a son and a daughter, and spent a good part of his life.

So today I had kitchen questions and a sad death to share with you. There’s one-half of the master gardener couple gone, I suppose, to some great big garden in the sky.

I hope he stays here so he can help me a bit with my garden decisions in a few months.