The year of the kitchen

I think it is well established that I am a fan of the color yellow. And yellow in the kitchen is totally the cream in my coffee so when I received and email from Crate and Barrel with the above image I had a styling crush of the utmost kind. Between the amazing Italian appliances and the bright tea kettle I was sold. I had already declared to myself that 2012 would be The Year of The Kitchen over here at the little mouse house so I figured what better way to kick off my plotting than to share this wonderful bit of inspiration. I'm giving myself the rest of January to pull together ideas and then start the projects in February, I'll be sure to share what is going on each step of the way.

But now I want to know if you have any big house plans for 2012, are you going to repaint, add-on, or start fresh? I'd love to follow your progress so please let me know, there is nothing like DIYing vicariously through the blogs of others! Oh and you know if anyone asks you, yes I'd love that yellow toaster, my birthday is only five months away! If you'd like to see how my kitchen looks right now you can take a quick tour right here.