Comments on: Kitchen Transformation: Books in the kitchen

By: joanna

joanna — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:27:39 +0000

LOVE the bookcase! It looks so cool,so special, so unique.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:31:17 +0000

Your kitchen is looking so fabulous, and this is a great use of space. Beneath the countertop looks like the perfect “junk drawer” to me. What’s really going to go there? And what goes in the cabinet beneath (besides telephone books)? All of the unblemished possibilities in your new kitchen have me thinking about what’s not working in mine. I may need to rearrange some real estate.

By: Barbie

Barbie — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:02:29 +0000

Is the empty top book shelf for Paul’s cookbooks or for something else decorative? I understand why your cookbooks are not arranged there.

By: C.B.

C.B. — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:12:24 +0000

It really looks wonderful! I’m making a mental bookmark to incorporate these not only utilitarian but also lovely bookshelves in my future home. At the moment we are students and have books in front of books in front of books on our few shelves…!

By: lindy

lindy — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:32:49 +0000

Envy. My ill-designed apartment kitchen has a small useless counter against one wall- apparently intended as a sort of breakfast bar- but too narrow, and facing a solid wall. I’ve got a few of my more often consulted cookbooks lined up on that counter-between 2 bookends, next to the bread box. They are always sliding around and falling over.
A built in bookshelf in the kitchen, and floor to ceiling built in cases on all dining room walls has always been my dream. (No reason why a dining room can’t also be a library, right?-it even has a big table for reading and writing-between meals.)

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:49:27 +0000

Great use of that space. Do I see a telephone jack just above the little counter?

By: srp

srp — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:42:03 +0000

When I moved and packed the cookbooks, I discovered that there were way more cookbooks than would be expected in the amount of cooking I actually did. I must eventually go through and weed them out.