{ plans for our little apartment kitchen! }

this little apartment of ours is pretty small (i realize i still need to show you guys a full tour of the place!)  but our kitchen is actually a fairly decent size as far as apartments go. unfortunately, the space is a little wasted. the kitchen is in the back of the apartment away from the living area so we don't currently spend much time in it. however, i'd love to find a way to make the space a little more useable. for now, we just kind of plopped our desk there, but i typically end up working on my laptop in the living room because the kitchen just feels cold and uncomfortable. allow me to clue you in...(and sorry for the crappy photos - it was all i had at the moment!)

well that was embarrassing, but hey, i'm keepin' it real over here. so as you can see, there's a big empty space next to the fridge, and then there's a large area where the desk currently is, where most would put a breakfast table of some sort. see, we actually have the perfect little round table for that area, but we decided to place that in the living room for a combined living/dining area instead. the kitchen doesn't get a lot of light so we just weren't too thrilled at the thought of to holding all of our dinner parties or gatherings in the darkest corner of the apartment. i was sort of stumped on how i wanted to handle this area of the kitchen for a while, but the other day i was thinking that i actually think it would be a perfect place for a little breakfast banquette.

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i'm still trying to decide what configuration would work best, but i think for the sake of being in a rental we'd probably be better off with a settee/bench situation rather than a traditional banquette. i think it would work with the coziness of the room rather than against it, and add an element of comfort that just might inspire us to hang out in the kitchen after all. i'll keep you guys posted on this as the ideas develop. 

hope you're all enjoying your thursday! thanks so much for stopping in. lovelovelove.