Music and Cats

As you can see from the latest photos, our kitchen remodel is almost finished. For the most part, I am thrilled with the result. Each time that some new part has been installed, I’ve been pleased, both with the individual item and with the way in which the overall look and feel of the kitchen […]

Our old kitchen was dark. Dark cabinets dark countertops dropped ceilings dark. In our old kitchen, there were few days when you wouldn’t want to turn on the kitchen lights. And those lights? They were insufficient. Dim. Our old kitchen was rarely bright.
On a foggy fall weekend morning, our new (though not quite finished) […]

Had I shown you photos of the kitchen at the beginning of the week, they wouldn’t have looked noticeably different from the shot I took almost two weeks ago. Our carpenter had made progress, but not the exhilirating sort that transforms the appearance of a space in a matter of hours. This week, however, the […]

We now have a sink, a faucet, and a dishwasher, all of which are functional! No more washing dishes in the bathtub!
Our lives have been transformed.

Oooh, look! A pretty shiny chrome thing! Do you know what it is?
Here are some clues:
1) It’s in the kitchen.
2) It’s attached to the wall.
2) I’ve mentioned it in a previous post.

While you puzzle over that, or smile the satisfied smile of one who knows, I’ll tell you the ‘one step back’ story from the […]