The Miracle Clean

When I was recovering from labor with T, I spent my 48 hour hospital stay watching HGTV.  I was completely hooked on home improvement shows and loved all the kitchen they featured with granite counters and stainless steel appliances.  Not long afterward, we did our own kitchen remodel that I wrote about here.

We just finished the kitchen renovation of the apartment we rent out.  We wanted to upgrade our stove, so we planned a little switcheroo, our one-year old stove to the apartment and a new stove for us.  The problem is that after one year, our "stainless" steel stove looked like this:

I've tried several stainless steel cleaners and none of them removed the water stains.  It looked terrible.  I felt horrible sending it over to the new apartment kitchen.  A little research on Google turned up some recommendation for silver polish or Bartender's Keeper, but I was home alone with the girls sleeping upstairs and couldn't go anywhere, so my search continued for something I already had.  And that's when I discovered a recommendation for WD-40.

In disbelief, I tried a tiny area first.  I was completely shocked and in an instant, I had removed all of the water stains from the oven door!

Looks amazing, right?!  Like new, you might say?  I went on to remove the grease that had remained on the control panel as well.  Suffice it to say that when the stove went to the apartment, it fit right in with the new fridge and microwave!

All thanks to my new little friend!...

Play kitchen

Miss T has really been into playing with pretend food (check out this recent post), feeding us, and playing chef.  I would love for her to have a play kitchen, but I hate the plastic ones sold in stores.  I've been checking out pictures and blogs where people have repurposed other unwanted furniture, like entertainment centers and nightstands, into amazing play kitchens.  Here are some of my favorites:

Source: vintagesongbird.blogspot.com via Alisha on Pinterest

Source: designdazzle.blogspot.com via Alisha on Pinterest

Source: flickr.com via Alisha on Pinterest

We don't have the room for an entertainment center-sized play kitchen, but one of these nightstands/end table projects would be perfect!  Plus, it would provide a specific place to store all her pretend foods and you know how much I like organization and a place for everything!  Now, I just need to find the right table to tackle this job!  Anyone have a nightstand they are looking to get rid of?  Let me know!