from the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association
Lumber Liquidators -- been hearing about this source for years, but reviews have always been mixed.
I'd love Brazilian Cherry, but they might be too dark for the kitchen. -- though with honey maple cabs, they just might work.
Other choices: the more environmentally friendly bamboo and cork
-- though I've heard negative reviews about bamboo and the quality of the wood after it "wears" for a while, and
-- and that cork emits some sort of strange smell....
more research.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Monday, August 15, 2005
Walker Zanger - WZ Products: Stone
Walker Zanger - WZ Products: Stone
My practical side probably won't let me get anything from Walker Zanger, but no one says I can't copy the look! Thinking of granite tiles for the kitchen counter.... since granite slabs will be 10X the cost of tile. I've always been a function-over-form type of gal.
My practical side probably won't let me get anything from Walker Zanger, but no one says I can't copy the look! Thinking of granite tiles for the kitchen counter.... since granite slabs will be 10X the cost of tile. I've always been a function-over-form type of gal.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Sinks: Franke Vision VNX-120-37
Franke KSD - Sinks
Franke Sinks. Love the shine. They really are a cut above the other sinks. (Although Kohler's offerings are tempting too. ) Some people have found Franke bargains on eBay, believe it or not.
Franke Sinks. Love the shine. They really are a cut above the other sinks. (Although Kohler's offerings are tempting too. ) Some people have found Franke bargains on eBay, believe it or not.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Ranges: Heartland Legacy
Heartland Legacy 36"
The new Heartlands remind me of Godin's ranges, but the colors are less exciting. BTUs are quite impressive, at 15,500. Simmer at 450 BTU. Blue Star's still leading the lineup with their 21K BTU. This is more elegant-looking, but at $6000+ I'd still be better off with the Blue Star. For looks alone, if I were to spend that much money, why not just spend $1K more for a Lacanche?
The new Heartlands remind me of Godin's ranges, but the colors are less exciting. BTUs are quite impressive, at 15,500. Simmer at 450 BTU. Blue Star's still leading the lineup with their 21K BTU. This is more elegant-looking, but at $6000+ I'd still be better off with the Blue Star. For looks alone, if I were to spend that much money, why not just spend $1K more for a Lacanche?
Monday, April 18, 2005
Why Another Blog?
From mid-'03 to early '04, I spent about 8 months researching, dreaming, planning, drawing, etc., etc. our dream house, and my dream kitchen. We had decided to purchase a lot and have a house built. So equipped with my architectural software and research skills, I went to work. Every day, every night, and almost every waking hour in between was spent on this "project".
In February '04 the bubble burst. We had narrowed down our choices to 3 lots. Showed them to our realtor and he didn't think two of them were in a good enough area. So the last one was our only hope. We finally got an appointment with the builder to come out and look at the lot, but in late February the ground was still covered with snow. He said it looked alright to him, but that he needed to see the lot after the snow was gone so he can make a more informed judgment (there was a slope at the end of the lot and he wanted to take exact measurements to make sure the house that we wanted would fit and be built safely). We could have bought the lot then, but we're not exactly a couple of risk-takers and wanted to be prudent. Two days later someone else bought the lot. I was heartbroken, but couldn't really do anything about it. There were other lots available, but double the price of the one we were hoping to buy, and had we opted for the more expensive lots we would have had to change our house plans drastically... something we weren't willing to do because of our specific needs as homeschoolers and a family of 6.
So we ended up buying a house. And while I'm happy with this house and my kitchen here, I still have small frustrations and keep dreaming about "the kitchen". In 3 or 6 years we'll move back to Cincinnati, and maybe I'll finally have the kitchen I want. But I didn't want all that research to go to waste, and I really can't keep all this junk sitting on my desk and in my hard drive either, so I thought I'd post all of it here. Hopefully in 3 or 6 years my final post here will be to a new link: my photoblog documenting our new house and my dream kitchen.
For now, this blog will contain all my "finds": appliances, lighting, equipment, cabinetry, tile, stone, wood, whatever tickles my fancy....
I do need to say thank you to everyone at the appliance forum on gardenweb -- some of those folks really gave me an education, and a few became cyber-friends. They opened up a whole new world to me and I have them to thank for all the knowledge and information they have unselfishly given.
To everyone visiting this blog, may you find something here that you can use, whether it's in your present kitchen or a kitchen in your own future.
In February '04 the bubble burst. We had narrowed down our choices to 3 lots. Showed them to our realtor and he didn't think two of them were in a good enough area. So the last one was our only hope. We finally got an appointment with the builder to come out and look at the lot, but in late February the ground was still covered with snow. He said it looked alright to him, but that he needed to see the lot after the snow was gone so he can make a more informed judgment (there was a slope at the end of the lot and he wanted to take exact measurements to make sure the house that we wanted would fit and be built safely). We could have bought the lot then, but we're not exactly a couple of risk-takers and wanted to be prudent. Two days later someone else bought the lot. I was heartbroken, but couldn't really do anything about it. There were other lots available, but double the price of the one we were hoping to buy, and had we opted for the more expensive lots we would have had to change our house plans drastically... something we weren't willing to do because of our specific needs as homeschoolers and a family of 6.
So we ended up buying a house. And while I'm happy with this house and my kitchen here, I still have small frustrations and keep dreaming about "the kitchen". In 3 or 6 years we'll move back to Cincinnati, and maybe I'll finally have the kitchen I want. But I didn't want all that research to go to waste, and I really can't keep all this junk sitting on my desk and in my hard drive either, so I thought I'd post all of it here. Hopefully in 3 or 6 years my final post here will be to a new link: my photoblog documenting our new house and my dream kitchen.
For now, this blog will contain all my "finds": appliances, lighting, equipment, cabinetry, tile, stone, wood, whatever tickles my fancy....
I do need to say thank you to everyone at the appliance forum on gardenweb -- some of those folks really gave me an education, and a few became cyber-friends. They opened up a whole new world to me and I have them to thank for all the knowledge and information they have unselfishly given.
To everyone visiting this blog, may you find something here that you can use, whether it's in your present kitchen or a kitchen in your own future.
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