tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post3549858405815995935..comments2024-03-28T14:37:45.575-04:00Comments on 5 Acres & A Dream: The KitchenLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-66849100259601638612009-05-16T12:14:00.000-04:002009-05-16T12:14:00.000-04:00I love the swinging door and your high ceilings! ...I love the swinging door and your high ceilings! Those will help keep you cool in summer. It may be a blessing in disguise that you are going to move in before you re-do the kitchen. Before we moved I had some ideas about how the kitchen we are living in would have to be reconfigured to be functional, but now that I've been using it every day for a couple of months, discovering new and different inconveniences from the ones I expected (and visualizing how my altered kitchen would function), I've come on some much cleverer fixes that would actually be less work than my first plans.Trapuntohttp://trapunto.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-35196297721174755372009-05-11T22:51:00.000-04:002009-05-11T22:51:00.000-04:00Peg, I agree, it would be wonderful to re-do the k...Peg, I agree, it would be wonderful to re-do the kitchen before moving in. That's not possible unfortunately. Actually, although the "bones" of the house are good, it needs a lot of work. Our first big project will be a new roof. I think you're correct about those shallow cabinets being a pantry, originally. The previous owners added a pantry off of the kitchen, so only dishes and glassware were stored in those cabinets when we first looked at the house. <br /><br />Dot, I wonder about the original configuration of the kitchen too. As it is, it doesn't seem very well thought out, but if it suited the previous owner, then it was good enough for them. I'm continually contemplating those three doors and the traffic patterns through that area, as well as the "work triangle" kitchen designers make much ado about. <br /><br />Jewel, I thought the same thing about color on the walls. I was a little dismayed to see so many "country" kitchens in design books all in white. At the moment I'm thinking about possibly switching to natural wood cabinetry. My dishes are Blue Willow, so I will add blue too, to offset all that white. It does make the room light however. <br /><br />Peg, I haven't used a dishwasher in over 16 years. So besides being out of the habit, I'm at the point where I just don't have enough dishes in a day (especially when DH is on the road) to justify using one. Nor do I own enough dishes to keep using them until I can fill the dishwasher! Water conservation aside, there are other things I'd rather spend the money on.<br /><br />Janet, I didn't know you were moving back to the States! That's great!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-47803240743373452502009-05-11T14:29:00.000-04:002009-05-11T14:29:00.000-04:00Thank you for showing us the kitchen area. I'd t...Thank you for showing us the kitchen area. I'd think carefully about removing the dishwsher. New dishwashers actually use less water than hand washing, especially if you wait until they are full to run them through a wash cycle. You might research this angle and see what you learn.<br />The shallow cabinets I suspect were pantry cabinets. They need to be shallow or you fight your way to the back to find things (ask me how I know!). <br />A weaving room????? <br />The ideal thing would be to get the kitchen remodeled before you actually moved in.Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-21784311111095453532009-05-11T10:10:00.000-04:002009-05-11T10:10:00.000-04:00It's fun to read your new blog as we get ready for...It's fun to read your new blog as we get ready for our move to Seattle where we are buying our son's house 10 year old house.<br /><br />Janet in DublinJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-9820002712767404252009-05-11T09:32:00.000-04:002009-05-11T09:32:00.000-04:00What a great house, I love all the beadboard you c...What a great house, I love all the beadboard you can pay alot of money for that. Your doors are just like the ones I put in my house and so are the lights. It looks to me like all you need is a new floor and new cabints and some color on those walls.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775727376347737034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-11997712182594612492009-05-10T20:16:00.000-04:002009-05-10T20:16:00.000-04:00I find it very interesting to look into other peop...I find it very interesting to look into other people's houses - you wonder how they worked in there! I agree that it's best to try to live in rooms to make out how to set them up best for your own living! I envy you the high ceiling though - I wish I had a bit more headroom in our cottage (having been used to 12 feet ceilings in germany!) and I'd probably hang up loads of stuff on the "pillar" beam:)) right now it looks a bit like an empty canvas - all white and waiting for your own touch!Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-17102542548254029292009-05-10T17:29:00.000-04:002009-05-10T17:29:00.000-04:00There is something really exciting about an empty ...There is something really exciting about an empty house! <br /><br />The kitchen will be a challenge. My grandad built my grandma a kitchen in a similar sized room that depended on every cupboard & shelf handmade to give maximum use of the space, modern units with their standard sized boxes don't do the job half as well. BTW she had a traditional kitchen table to give working space as she only had about 6 foot length of counter top.<br /><br />I wonder if the stove might have stood where the fridge is now, and a smaller fridge under the cupboards?Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-39358749386052947352009-05-10T15:21:00.000-04:002009-05-10T15:21:00.000-04:00Aren't old house interesting? Not to mention chal...Aren't old house interesting? Not to mention challenging. I'm sure when you're finished fixing it up the kitchen will be great. Love the key box. I've never seen anything like that before.bspinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385723696922637454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-18744156535583920112009-05-10T11:59:00.000-04:002009-05-10T11:59:00.000-04:00Yay - now we have an official place to talk about ...Yay - now we have an official place to talk about your house!!!!<br /><br />Congrats & keep up the good work!!!<br /><br />SueLife Looms Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05522897791564181980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-61664182439355096512009-05-10T11:41:00.000-04:002009-05-10T11:41:00.000-04:00Yahoo! Yep, comments working!
BTW, I love the pict...Yahoo! Yep, comments working!<br />BTW, I love the picture key rack. I've seen these off and on through the years and I wonder if they were homemade or manufactured. Anyway, it's sweet and you never know, you might discover one of those keys works on something...somewhere.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574936988046982209noreply@blogger.com