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Kitchen Bar

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Above is an older pic of the kitchen nook. We had this Ikea Melltorp table and pair of Saarinen chairs which in the end weren’t very convenient to sit in and took up a lot of space in our narrow galley style kitchen.

So while Craig built our lovely built-in bookshelves I asked to also have this bar built with the leftover wood – because I’m a dick.

I designed a little storage area to show off lovely cooking things.

Craig installed a wood support for the bar top on both walls.

The Boy and Craig are trying to level out the back support for the bar top.

All installed!

And for the big finish…I painted it up.

I have a new pair of chairs I recently picked up going here, which I’ll reveal later with the fully styled bookcases and breakfast bar!

*By styled I mean filled with crap.

FILED UNDER: after, before, decorating, DIY, kitchen

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Kitchen Sink!

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Finally. Its done.

Before….and….

Here it is! Installed and totally functional. Now I can touch it without the fear of catching some sort of venereal disease.

More before and after action for you. Its so shiny – I must not be allowed to leave dirty dishes everywhere.

Remember that hole?

I’m doing all that I can to wipe my memory of it – mainly drowning my brain cells in vodka.

Retro Renovation had a great post about authentic cast iron choices for post war kitchens. I’m just to cheap for authenticity though…

I’m in love with the sink but not the faucet. I had to make a choice quickly and bought the cheapest – least offensive model I could find at Lowe’s. I feel like one day I’ll run into some beautiful – and heavily discounted faucet – that will replace the Peerless, Double Handle Chrome Faucet.

FILED UNDER: after, before, kitchen

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Kitchen Sink

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Looks like party time – and nothing says raging party quite like diet A&W root beer. We’re crazy bad-ass motherf*r’s at the Brick House.

This past weekend we had a birthday/housewarming/kitchen sink BBQ. The big lesson I learned: its not a great idea to remove a kitchen sink during a party. I probably should have planned better…

Below is the old sink, which seems to be original to the house. That sink was HEAVY, and had an awesome metal ring that locked it in place – it also turned into a total pain in the ass to remove.

What a lovely sink you say…oh yeah? Check this shiz out.

Ahhhh! The faucet leaked – pretty much out of every single part – it was rusty, and pitted and never would get clean. Also the interior of the sink was pitted, stained and the enamel flaked off in big chunks. It looked like you might get chlamydia from touching it.

All the boys came to the rescue during the BBQ. They pulled out the old sink and got the Youngstown steel cabinets ready for the replacement. My poor turquoise faux boise Formica!

Here’s a little preview…I’m still doing dishes from the party (in my brand new sink!). Pics soon…

American Standard, Lakeland Kitchen Sink (on clearance in stores, $98)
Peerless, Double Handle Chrome Kitchen Faucet (on sale in store, $48)