When I moved to Colorado from Illinois I had very little furniture. I had a dresser and a desk which I jigsawed into my SUV for the move out here. I filled every crevasse with books, shoes, and clothes. Initially my roommates were given loaner furniture from a friend. Unfortunately those loaners didn't live at our house for long, including an awesome vintage hutch. Oh how I pined for that turquoise hutch. I have had hutch envy every since (just check my pinterest boards). But it was better in the long run because I know the longer that piece stayed at our house the more attached I would have gotten. Without a hutch my roommates and I were in desperate need of some kitchen storage. So I went on the hunt to craigslist. I made contact with a man who was getting a divorce and wanted to rid himself of anything his wife liked before she could get it. It was a sad situation but he was selling the hutch for cheap. Make lemonade! Amanda and I drove out to east Fort Collins and loaded the hutch ourselves! We don't need boys! That $150 craigslist find then went on to live in 2 rentals with my pre-marriage roommates and finally to the Burrow with my post-marriage roommate. The hutch has been needing some updating for quite some time. It has bead board and glass windows but also has a honey wood accent that has a bit of a 90's feel. It also has inexpensive geometric wood knobs. A little at a time I have been subtracting knobs and adding new ones. 
The final touch to our kitchen came with anthropology knobs! We owe our knob collection to inefficiency of the Anthropology Wish List. I have nothing against the anthropology Wish List, (I keep mine current just in case someone gets inspired to buy me things). I created one for our wedding and because the wish list doesn't delete items already purchased we received doubles and triples of items. I believe I got 3 Fleur Di Lis tea pots. So I kept one and returned all the extra items and bought knobs. I was like a kid in the candy store buying a few of my favorite things. 
Getting married offered a number of challenges. One of those challenges was communication. We were having problems particularly with communicating grocery needs, sometimes it would take weeks to buy black pepper because we had no where to write it down. We also needed a spot to put our monthly calendar so we didn't double book. From our marriage books we learned "communication is the lifeblood of every marriage," so we needed a way to communicate via whiteboard. For awhile we had a standard office-max white board with a calendar but it just wasn't cute enough for my taste. I couldn't find anything to suit our needs with a calendar and space for notes. Gosh I guess I will have to do it myself :) First I hunted for a window. I went to my favorite re-store (which sadly closed in November) and bought this $5 beauty!
