If I Could Redo: The Duplex Kitchen

Do you ever think how you would do it all over again knowing what you know now?

Sometimes through my mindless scrolling on Instagram I come across photos that make me think about how I would redo the places I used to live in. Case and point this kitchen by Tracey Tilley:

I stumbled upon Tracey’s home tour via Apartment Therapy’s Instagram, and when I saw it all I could think of was, “Damn why didn’t I do the duplex like this?”

Just to give you an idea, here’s how the duplex kitchen actually turned out:

To be fair to myself, I was 19 years old at the time, a broke college student living in my very first place on my own. I did the best I could with what I was given. Joshua and I had zero of the knowledge we do know with home repairs, not to mention everything in the Bay Area is expensive AF!

But oh man, if I could go back and make it look like this… 😍