Problem or Opportunity?

When you picture your dream kitchen, what do you see? Is it 60 square feet with no dishwasher but the only perfect spot in your home for the litterbox? I didn't think so. Mine either. So what to do when it's all you have? First, you look at all the kitchen items in their neatly packed moving boxes and sigh. Next, you invoke the gods of organization and start tackling the placement of said items. This means that beans go with beans, rice with rice, and randomly shaped and sized casserole dishes find nooks within each other and in the kitchen most likely previously unexplored. Once this is complete, you stop, think about all the lovely and new kitchen items you've added to your wedding registry and panic only to start anew to clear space. Wash, rinse, repeat. And when all the shiny glassware and basting sets are nestled in their homes you start to cook and find it's not so bad. After all, almost every item is within reach or no more than three steps away and I merely have to turn around to move from prep station to stove. It's not perfect, but if there's one room in this apartment that is unequivocally mine, it's the kitchen.