Kitchen Furniture for Extra Storage

by Lisa

My husband I gave our kitchen a facelift this year. We were on a tight budget so we were pretty limited as to what we could do. We decided to replace the truly ugly black and white swirled vinyl floor with a beautiful slate grey porcelain tile. We also replaced the old range with a gorgeous new stainless model from Sears, added a hood that vented outside (the old hood just re-circulated the air into the room), replaced some plastic closet doors with some nice shuttered doors, and generally tried to liven the place up.

We didn’t replace the cabinets because we couldn’t really afford to. The only problem is that we still don’t have enough storage space in our kitchen. So we’ve been shopping for a new kitchen cart that will match our old cabinets but still be able to transition when we eventually do upgrade.

This is one of my favorites so far:

Kitchen Cart With Granite Top, $499 at Target

I really like this kitchen cart from Target.com. It has two big cabinets on either side with 2 shelves a piece in them, which are good for storing large items like mixing bowls or your blender. Plus it has four drawers in the certain for storing smaller items like silverware. There is also a towel rack on the side and a big granite countertop. The whole thing is on wheels which makes it perfect if you want to use it sometimes as a kitchen island and other times have against a wall.

I am not certain if we’ll want to go with a dark granite when we replace our countertops, which would be my only hesitation to buying this cart. However, I think that having a granite top is much nicer if you want to use the cart for prep work. I’ve seen a lot of kitchen carts with plain wood tops, and I don’t think that’s ideal for food prep. I am still going to shop around a bit, but I think this cart would make a great addition to any kitchen, and may end up in mine!

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