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We just hooked up a super, original condition 1945-8ish Wedgewood stove, complete with griddle. The fire power on the cook top is pretty impressive. The griddle could be hotter, but it works pretty well. We are still acclimating ourselves to... [Read More]

In this cottage kitchen transformation series, I've written about how we addressed the natural lighting challenges, but now I will share how we improved our overhead lighting. {To long time readers - I apologize that you are seeing a lot of the same [Read More]

I s there life outside of studio projects? I was beginning to wonder! So this morning, I decided to take a break from all things studio and do a little baking instead. My first plan was to make a loaf of banana bread since my pile of over ripe banan [Read More]

A couple of months back, we bought a new corner unit and sink from Ikea. That's what initiated the whole kitchen remodel insanity that is still ongoing. We used to have a double-bowl stainles [Read More]

Good morning, dear blog readers! I want to first take a minute for a bit of a personal message to thank you all for your continued support, encouragement, and visits during this long remodeling process. I've been blogging for quite a few years now wi [Read More]

On Saturday, Oct 17th, we drove to Schaumberg, IL to get the last base cabinet unit for our kitchen project! In order to get the unit into the kitchen, we had to move the long Ikea 3 drawer co [Read More]

OK, maybe not "EVER"... When I bought the house several years ago, I decided I had to have a true vintage refrigerator in the kitchen.  I was in a time crunch to move in so  I started my search locally.  That came up empty, so I expand [Read More]

I thought while we're taking some much needed time to tackle some big studio projects, this would be a good time to bring to the top some of my older kitchen project photos. Most of my transformation photos are spread between posts, so I've decided t [Read More]

Not much, but the new shelves for my chimney cabinet are now painted red. This is the same red that one day you will see below the chair rail in my kitchen.I have the bulk of the old paint off of the chimney cabinet itself. But, since my last post on [Read More]

Real estate photo of kitchen pre-saleIt appears the Sow’s Ear underwent two major renovations -1950s/60s and 1990s. As a result, the kitchen has morphed into this enormous space. From what we can gather, the original bathroom occupied a section of [Read More]

An acrylic light shade in kitchen“If we buy this house, we’ll do up the kitchen straight away. You can have carte blanche,” said Jason eagerly, consoling me during our first house inspection.Ah yes, how those words appeased me during the drawn [Read More]

The waterless sink island bench with badly flaking paint on back wall view of kitchen from back deck doorsAs you can see, the kitchen is very slowly coming together. The granite was put in a few days ago and we are still living with the fine stone d [Read More]

Island bench with newly installed pendant lights View of inside from kitchen sink windowWorking tap and sink Super monster deluxe cookerThe plumber arrived!We are truly eating again. I will be popping out to the butcher's for my carnivorous family. [Read More]

Subway tiles Freshly painted french doorOn Saturday morning we had a surprise visit from the tiler (actually he was expected but we were surprised he showed up). And wow! The tiling has completed the kitchen.We were wondering how the white subway ti [Read More]

Almond butter biscuits and jam drops cooling Roast beef cooking evenly on the rotisserie I have never had a new oven before, let alone this super deluxe monster cooker which is gleaming ever so brightly in our renovated kitchen. With all sorts of kn [Read More]

I thought it might be interesting to blog about "what is on the top of my fridge"...It seems to be the place where I stick things when I can't find another available surface.But as I was taking these photos, I thought about how sometimes we may assum [Read More]

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Y ou all left such lovely comments in my last entry about our new hardwood flooring. Thank you! It was a backbreaking job as you may well know, but we are very pleased with how it turned out. I'm glad to hear that some of you have the same flooring a [Read More]

Y ou all left such lovely comments in my last entry about our new hardwood flooring. Thank you! It was a backbreaking job as you may well know, but we are very pleased with how it turned out. I'm glad to hear that some of you have the same flooring a [Read More]

I can hardly believe the turn out for this week's Make Your Monday event! You all have been super busy with your creative selves, haven't you?! Thank you so much for adding your link! I will be sharing with you the projects that caught my eye a littl [Read More]