The Kitchen -5 doors and a window


 So I am not sure if you can see my chicken scratch but these are the dimensions of my kitchen. This is just going to be photos of the kitchen. I have the appliances as you know and am thinking of doing a black iron kitchen. We were jacked again today and I will take photos of that tomorrow.
Door 1
Our basement door since the jacking....
The pine floor with its many layers of paint. I am not sure it can be saved. My husband wants to pull it. After the first jacking it seemed to be much better but now it has rolls. 

More floor shots....Notice how easy it is to take a chunk out of this floor...
And yet more floor photos- this was an area of a lot of mouse dirt so I think this was their attempt to plug in the holes. 
The soil stack and water pipes to the upstairs bathroom. The soil stack is going to be replaced. Too much jury rigging. 
I have 4 plugs in this kitchen. One on each wall. And a stove plug.
I am considering not closing up this wall as I get nice light in the kitchen with it open. 
Door 2 and door 3
Door 3
Door 1 and door 5
Door 4 and door 5
One of my plugs and door 4

 
The window is beside the fridge right now. So the only thing I want to make sure of is that when I am at the sink I get a view out the window. 

No pictures of where the rats nest was because, well, ewww. But everything in this kitchen is open to debate right now. Colour, layout, style etc. But I would like to be able to use my appliances soon. And I like an island. A big one with a good size prep area. Where I can have my friends over and I can cook and we can have a glass of wine together. 

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