Grar.

I am seriously considering making "rearranged the kitchen" as one of my projects for thing a day.  Of course, I'd have to clear this with my roommate, but I'm starting to get frustrated.

There's a ridiculous amount of wasted space in our kitchen, mostly because it's up high.  This isn't an unsurmountable problem, we just need a taller stepladder.  There's also just a certain amount of inefficiency in where things are located.

The problem is that I don't want to piss off or anger my roommate.  The kitchen works for her, clearly, so she's not going to be inclined to change it, I suspect.  That's not entirely true.  I doubt she'd mind if I put things up high, though she'd laugh at me since I'm so short, but an actual rearrangement might be tricky.

I at least need to do something with my pantry space and see if I can expand into the higher areas.  I'm getting pretty tired of having to wander downstairs and out to the garage if I want to make something specialized.  Furthermore, I'm having a very hard time finding things I own when I'm in the garage.  I wanted to make pumpkin bread today, but my loaf pans are not to be found.  I strongly suspect they are in the garage, but I went looking through my kitchen boxes down their and did not find them.

I'm not much of a cook, honestly, but I do better when I have tools and counter-space.  Also, when the tools I have can be found (both not in the garage, and not jumbled up in the kitchen).  I really, really want to become a better cook, and I have access to a kitchen that's really wonderful.  I just don't know how to bring it to it's full potential for me without stepping on her toes.

I really like my roommate, and I recognize that there's a certain amount of accepting I need to do, since I'm renting a room from her.  But I am wondering if there's a polite way to ask and see if she's willing to let me or help me rearrange.