Remember this situation? This historic picture was taken about 1 week into our "project." Note the "stained glass" chandelier, the dark cabinets, the classic black appliances, the brown tiles, the floral soffit. This was stuff we were honestly willing to live with. It turns out that we were, in fact,
not willing to live with this stuff.
The kitchen has a convenient little room that might have been a pantry at one time. The previous owner used it as a laundry room, and we decided that was a pretty nice feature. Matt noticed that some of that laundry room might be well suited to house the new, rather large refrigerator. We cut open an area and framed in the space that would be the fridge. As a sidenote, when I use the word "we" I use it as a sports fan might when describing his or her team. For example, a New York Yankees fan might currently say something like, "I can't believe how bad our starting pitching is and how many games out of first we are." Of course, I'm making that snide example as we're losing to the Tampa Bay Freakin' Rays, who are suddenly respectable.
I know I've also posted this picture before. This entire post is kind of like those "new" episodes of The Simpsons or Cheers that is 10% new, but the plot revolves around numerous flashbacks of old episodes. For instance, Marge might be cleaning out the closet and find the Mr. Plow jacket and we get 5 minutes of a clip from 4 seasons ago that we've seen 28 times in syndication...yet we still laugh. Anyway I just liked this picture because the floors look shiny and things are beginning to turn.
Here you can see the refrigerator sitting flush within the laundry room. It took Erika a loooong time to prime and paint those now-white doors. Those entire doors are her project. She even replaced the hardware.
Yep. This is it. All that is missing now are a couple of bar stools. The counter space is excellent. The lighting is great (recessed, by the way, in case you were wondering...which you probably weren't). There is enough room for everything and then some. We love this room and everything about it. It makes us excited to come home because that's what it feels like.
Remember this situation? This historic picture was taken about 1 week into our "project." Note the "stained glass" chandelier, the dark cabinets, the classic black appliances, the brown tiles, the floral soffit. This was stuff we were honestly willing to live with. It turns out that we were, in fact, not willing to live with this stuff.
The kitchen has a convenient little room that might have been a pantry at one time. The previous owner used it as a laundry room, and we decided that was a pretty nice feature. Matt noticed that some of that laundry room might be well suited to house the new, rather large refrigerator. We cut open an area and framed in the space that would be the fridge. As a sidenote, when I use the word "we" I use it as a sports fan might when describing his or her team. For example, a New York Yankees fan might currently say something like, "I can't believe how bad our starting pitching is and how many games out of first we are." Of course, I'm making that snide example as we're losing to the Tampa Bay Freakin' Rays, who are suddenly respectable.
I know I've also posted this picture before. This entire post is kind of like those "new" episodes of The Simpsons or Cheers that is 10% new, but the plot revolves around numerous flashbacks of old episodes. For instance, Marge might be cleaning out the closet and find the Mr. Plow jacket and we get 5 minutes of a clip from 4 seasons ago that we've seen 28 times in syndication...yet we still laugh. Anyway I just liked this picture because the floors look shiny and things are beginning to turn.
Here you can see the refrigerator sitting flush within the laundry room. It took Erika a loooong time to prime and paint those now-white doors. Those entire doors are her project. She even replaced the hardware.
Yep. This is it. All that is missing now are a couple of bar stools. The counter space is excellent. The lighting is great (recessed, by the way, in case you were wondering...which you probably weren't). There is enough room for everything and then some. We love this room and everything about it. It makes us excited to come home because that's what it feels like.
3 comments:
Do people have to make a reservation before coming over to this crazy awesome kitchen?
Reservations are slightly less backed up than at The French Laundry in Napa.
There are cats, though, so Andy will have to take his dinner al fresco.
Stunning on-line -- can't wait to see it in person. Do we get to eat off the china that matches the didning room walls? ;-)
Are you sure you want Claire running around your house? We'll bring a sander and urethane with us to repair any marks she leaves!
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