House Update February 10, 2014
We installed the kitchen drawer pulls, drawer facings and the lower cabinet doors. Yay, I have drawers now! There's an actual place for cutlery, as opposed to the used plastic tubs it was dumped into. With more room to spread things out we were able to put the dinnerware and silverware at preschooler height, and turn over the job of setting the table to an excited 5yo. An excited 14yo got promoted to cook's helper/dryer, and a not-very-excited 12yo got promoted to dishwasher.
Now I can bring down some of our nonessential cookware, like the John Wright decorative cast iron muffin pans and cookie molds I bought at Service Merchandise (back when that store existed) 30 years ago. After 3 years exposure to humid Southern weather, their Victorian-era curves were hidden under a thick layer of rust. Repairing and re-seasoning them are giving my arms a workout.
I don't even know where you can get John Wright now. Someone said Williams-Sonoma, but there isn't one around here. I went in a Williams-Sonoma store once on vacation. It reminded me that there is a dividing line between "elitist" and "snob". My nose doesn't tilt high enough to shop there, and they didn't have any John Wright.
With a bigger kitchen I can also round out my Lodge collection. Cooking just got a lot more adventurous.
Dh is building a table for the arts-and-crafts shop with built-in storage for oversized art papers. After that it's on to the kitchen island.
Update: Today also begins the pre-spring gardening, with moving a willow sapling that had grown up too close to a building to a boggy spot in the backyard.
Now I can bring down some of our nonessential cookware, like the John Wright decorative cast iron muffin pans and cookie molds I bought at Service Merchandise (back when that store existed) 30 years ago. After 3 years exposure to humid Southern weather, their Victorian-era curves were hidden under a thick layer of rust. Repairing and re-seasoning them are giving my arms a workout.
I don't even know where you can get John Wright now. Someone said Williams-Sonoma, but there isn't one around here. I went in a Williams-Sonoma store once on vacation. It reminded me that there is a dividing line between "elitist" and "snob". My nose doesn't tilt high enough to shop there, and they didn't have any John Wright.
With a bigger kitchen I can also round out my Lodge collection. Cooking just got a lot more adventurous.
Dh is building a table for the arts-and-crafts shop with built-in storage for oversized art papers. After that it's on to the kitchen island.
Update: Today also begins the pre-spring gardening, with moving a willow sapling that had grown up too close to a building to a boggy spot in the backyard.