Eastern Exposure

Sometimes you want to hide all your dishes away in a cabinet where no one will see them. And sometimes you have an architect who loves the idea of a modern, european feel in the kitchen. And because I trust my architect I have these great, chunky, open shelves that run the length of the kitchen wall from just north of the sink down south to the edge of the refrigerator. 

If you've looked at this blog before you might have already noticed them, empty and waiting to bear their heavy load.

And now they hold my collection of super colorful new and vintage dishes

and glasses and various coffee making appliances. 

The rest of the kitchen stuff is mostly under the island,

                          

and there's a nice sized food pantry next to the fridge. 

There are some cabinets under the sink side too, along with a couple appliances and a spot for the trash can (très glam). What do you think of the mix of stainless and wood cabinets? I like it. The drawer pulls work well on both the stainless and the wood and they both look really good with the countertop stone. That was another smart kitchen idea from my architect. He liked the idea of the island looking like its own piece of furniture that just happened to be in the kitchen - rather than matchy matchy cabinets. I think it looks great. Thanks Bill.

Oh poo

Come on in and see the cutest little washroom in the world. You may have already read about my curtains on the blogosphere. And by that I mean my last post. They're red and made out of material. Read all about them here (really? you need to be linked to that? just scroll down. use your finger.)

Interesting note about the picture above. It was taken at 4:14.

I have two bats. One for me and one for you. Come on over.  

     I'm still loving the upstairs bath. The skylight keeps it light and bright and all that white marble and tile are looking sharp, clean and classic. It's pretty great.So those are the bathrooms. One more fun fact, they're pretty soundproof. So if you want to record an album I've got the perfect place for you. 

It's Curtains For Me

Well, things have been busy here at Huron.  After unpacking and unpacking and unpacking ad nauseam it's starting to feel like home. A home that looks directly into the homes next door. So in addition to unpacking I've also been doing a little sewing.

The kitchen got a straightforward white cotton. I bought this fabric a long time ago and made some pillow cases out of part of it. This remnant hung around all these years just waiting for its big moment to shine. I like it, it feels fresh and old fashioned at the same time.  Plus, after all these years I don't remember the moment of buying it so due to a faulty memory its pretty much like it was free.

This little number is working class red pinstripe ticking. So cute.

It was supposed to go in the kitchen but things didn't go as planned. I forgot about the old adage measure twice cut once. Oops. But if you remember the stuff I just wrote under the picture of the kitchen curtains you'll know that I like the white cotton fabric that ended up there. And this ticking looks super snappy in the little half bath. I think another good option in here would have been black and white toile,

like this. The walls in there are Anchor Gray and the toile would have looked great against that battleship color. But like I keep saying, I cut the red and white stripe wrong. And it fit perfectly in the window so there it stays.

Now I don't expect people to like these checks in the master bedroom. But just like Madonna back in the late 80's, I'm very provocative. I can't help it. These curtains are the fabric equivalent of "Papa Don't Preach." So I'll tell you now,

if you don't like them it's because you don't understand them.