What I Did About That Kitchen Mirror

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So here’s what I came up with for the problem of that kitchen mirror over the sink. I hate it.

My signature solution is to hide things. And so that’s what I really ended up doing.

I took a bunch of photos, only to realize I hadn’t had the media card in the camera. So that problem had to be rectified.

If there had been a gun next to my chair, I might have shot myself in the foot just to make that ankle, thus the hip, stop aching.

So once I figured out that I had no images to download, I had to go back into the kitchen and start over again.

Adjustments Will Be Necessary:

There will have to be some adjustments because I didn’t get the hook high enough with the adhesion tape, and you can see it beneath the valance.

I tried so hard to get the adhesive hooks in the right place, which I’ll admit was not an easy task. When you’re on the second or third step of the step ladder leaning over the sink, you’re not seeing things as you’d see them from floor level.

That will have to be a job for another day. I’m worn out from this project.

To get the adhesion hook to be affixed well, you must wait at least 12 hours after adhering it to a surface before hanging something from it.

The adhesive hooks need to be higher up on the mirror, so I’ll need to deal with that.

I told you I’d have this project to show you today, but it will have to wait.

Doing Things the Easy Way:

The curtain rod above the sink is just sitting on a nail. Because nothing, and I mean nothing, would go in front of or behind that damned boob light. It goes all the way to the edge of the wall on either side.

I may come up with something else later. But this is the best I could think of for now. At least I still have light from the darned thing, and the light looks pretty glowing through the red-and-white checked valance.

The Metal Sign That I Designed Around:

I found the metal sign I used to cover the mirror at the antique mall. You know me and the idea of gardening. Anything with the word gardening or garden on it draws me like a moth to a flame.

As soon as I saw it, I knew it would work. It has every single color I would have asked for on the sign. Red, yellow, green, and black.

Do you recognize the shelf below the sign? It was in my bathroom in the other apartment. I took it down and brought it here. And now it’s in my kitchen.

I asked management if I could put a hole in whatever that is just below the sink, laminate or Formica, and they said yes. They sent the “Can-Do” man over to install it on the wall for me.

I now have a place to put my little Trader Joe’s plants I recently picked up while shopping there.

Isn’t Trader Joe’s the best?

Here are the curtains I already had, cut to size, and hemmed with that adhesive you iron on. And now they are gracing my kitchen window looking out to the sidewalk, landscaping, tall trees, and the apartment in front of me.

All The Curtains Have Now Been Hung:

Now I have curtains hanging on every single window. Yea! And the red-and-white checked curtains look so pretty next to the green coffee bar I set up.

I settled on using the green sideboard as the base for my coffee bar. Then I added a lamp, coffee maker, and the coffee mug tree with white mugs.

So for now, covering that hideous mirror is the last project in my little kitchen.

It took me a month to get the kitchen looking the way I wanted it to look, to cover the mirror. But really, is anything ever “finished” when it comes to decorating your home?

Probably not, because ideas keep swirling in your head.

As you already know, I took the upper cabinet doors off next to the stove so I could showcase my signature red-and-white dishes. I stored the cabinet doors in the hall closet.

Marley & the Refrigerator:

I laugh when I think of my granddaughter Marley looking at the refrigerator so strangely. Like it was prehistoric. I guess to her it was.

She was in my kitchen one day, and the freezer on top and the refrigerator on the bottom confused her. She’s accustomed to side-by-side refrigerators or the fancy ones with French doors. Like her mother has.

She wasn’t sure which door to open and looked so puzzled!

And so I’m wrapping up working on this room, my kitchen, by adding the sign I found at an antique mall. I so wanted to minimize the look of the strange mirror.

My solution was to hide the mirror with the sign and the valance. Then I had the red shelf attached to the wall beneath it to further distract the eye from the mirror. You can still see a bit of the mirror, but this is a much better look in my kitchen.

Why would you want a mirror over the sink in a kitchen? Maybe to look like a window?

I asked for your suggestions about the mirror, and I appreciate every one of them.

The Office Is Next On My List Of To-Do Projects:

I have some ideas about how to decorate the second bedroom, which I’m using as my office and sewing/craft room.

Below is the photo you asked for of the hall to the front door.

Ivy & Her Curtain Ties:

Yes, that’s Ivy’s red and white curtain tie, one of several she carries around every single day.

At night when I go to the bedroom to read, I try to get her to go in there with me.

The answer to my calling to her is that she makes the most mournful sound. At first, I thought she was sad for some reason, and I went to look for her.

When I found her, I saw that she had that darn curtain tie in her mouth.

So at night when I hear that really strange, almost hollow sound, I know it is just Ivy with her beloved curtain ties. Making a weird sound that only makes sense to her.

Recently, I read that when your cat brings you something, she is following her instincts to bring you a gift. Prey, I suppose. So you should praise them for doing it. And so that’s what I’ll do.