The electrician came and worked his magic, and I sweet-talked a kind contractor into fixing the corner-where-the-bricks-of-obstruction used to be! And how about that sweet shelf?
Unfitted or freestanding kitchen inspiration and thoughts!
As we prepare for the highly anticipated Longest Kitchen Renovation Ever Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You, let’s talk about inspiration! My inspiration comes from Christopher Alexander, whose book A Pattern Language is an analysis of what many of us already intuit in our appreciation of the timelessness of certain forms of building, and indeed he has another book called A Timeless Way of Building on the same theme. (I will touch on some of his ideas, good and bad!)
This kitchen might take a while!
If you’ve been here from the beginning, you know that we’ve taken the kitchen from dark to lighter, while working with what we have. And for that I have to give credit to Rosie and Suki, who insisted on forging ahead and painting. Suki in particular peeled a lot of wallpaper, which I don’t think I have any photos of, at least not handy. Rosie in particular spent many a hot hour in the driveway, painstakingly sanding and painting all the cupboard doors.
Kitchen Island DIY — the rehab of the rehab!
This kitchen island of ours has undergone so many changes! Basically, the butcher block top had experienced enough fluctuations between high humidity in the summer (remember, we don’t have AC) and intense dryness in the winter (wood-burning stove in the kitchen!) that it had rather fatally split. Remember the “before before”? When we first moved… Read More »
How To Get the Kids Doing Dishes… and Opening Up.
This past weekend I had the great idea to take advantage of the visit of Deirdre and the family to stage a little photo shoot of a sink piled with dishes and topped off with a high chair tray. It had come to Auntie Leila’s attention that some moms with lots of kids don’t know how… Read More »