Comments on: And So, It Begins http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on And So, It Begins by: Tom S. http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-8319 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:02:02 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-8319 I enjoyed reading about your travails in kichen remodeling. It brought back many memories, both positive and negative. My wife and I went through the same sort of thing when we moved into our house in the Texas Hill Country North of Austin on Lake Travis, a 65 mile long artifical lake. Our house is delightful and meets our needs nicely, except for one thing -- there is no gas available for the kitchen so we are stuck with electricity. We investigated propane as an alternative, but our lot is such that there is no convenient place for a tank. Your kitchen looks very nice and very workable. My wife and I spent a lot of time designing ours, as I know you did, as well. We took masking tape and laid out floor plans on the floor to be sure there was enough "butt room" between the island and the stove to allow two people to be in the kitchn at once. My wife decided that she wanted cabinets that went all of the way up to the ceiling instead of starting part way down, as most do. She saw no reason to give up that much needed storage space. I wanted the counters to be an extra six inches deep. This is an idea I got from Craig Claiborn's kitchen in the Hamptons. It allows me to keep mixers, food processors, and the like on the counters instead of stored away below. I always found it a hassle to have to retrieve them and then store them again when through. The convenince is GREAT. Likewise, our caqbinets use sliding shelves to allow acces to the back of the cabineet. This is a convenient feature for everyone, but particularly useful when you get older, as we are. I assume you are still happy with your new kitchen, which is a very personal thing, in my opinion. Yours is certainly attractive and looks beautiful. If you have any curiosity about mine, I can send you some amsll jpegs, off list, showing you how ours looks... Regards... Tom Tom Spillman Asst. Professor (retired!) Information Technology I enjoyed reading about your travails in kichen remodeling. It brought back many memories, both positive and negative.

My wife and I went through the same sort of thing when we moved into our house in the Texas Hill Country North of Austin on Lake Travis, a 65 mile long artifical lake. Our house is delightful and meets our needs nicely, except for one thing — there is no gas available for the kitchen so we are stuck with electricity. We investigated propane as an alternative, but our lot is such that there is no convenient place for a tank.

Your kitchen looks very nice and very workable. My wife and I spent a lot of time designing ours, as I know you did, as well. We took masking tape and laid out floor plans on the floor to be sure there was enough “butt room” between the island and the stove to allow two people to be in the kitchn at once. My wife decided that she wanted cabinets that went all of the way up to the ceiling instead of starting part way down, as most do. She saw no reason to give up that much needed storage space. I wanted the counters to be an extra six inches deep. This is an idea I got from Craig Claiborn’s kitchen in the Hamptons. It allows me to keep mixers, food processors, and the like on the counters instead of stored away below. I always found it a hassle to have to retrieve them and then store them again when through. The convenince is GREAT. Likewise, our caqbinets use sliding shelves to allow acces to the back of the cabineet. This is a convenient feature for everyone, but particularly useful when you get older, as we are.

I assume you are still happy with your new kitchen, which is a very personal thing, in my opinion. Yours is certainly attractive and looks beautiful.

If you have any curiosity about mine, I can send you some amsll jpegs, off list, showing you how ours looks…

Regards…

Tom

Tom Spillman
Asst. Professor (retired!)
Information Technology

]]> Comment on And So, It Begins by: Barbara Fisher http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-711 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-711 When they take that lamp down, Bry, I am planning on giving it to you for target practice. <BR/><BR/>Where that lamp is now, is where they are building in a desk with drawers below and cabinets above so I can put my laptop in there, loaded up with all my recipes. That way, if I want to remember exactly how to make the Aphrodite Cookies, I don't have to print it out, waste paper and drag it into the kitchen--I just call it up on the laptop and go from there. <BR/><BR/>Also, when I improvise something, I can go right over to the laptop and write it down to remember it.<BR/><BR/>Very nice! <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I took a picture of that damned lamp, but didn't post it. Maybe I should have.<BR/><BR/>I think we can get the kid to wait to see the big damned movie until Monday. I think. I am not certain, as she has of course, not seen it yet, whereas we all have. <BR/><BR/>So, I will consult. <BR/><BR/>;-) When they take that lamp down, Bry, I am planning on giving it to you for target practice.

Where that lamp is now, is where they are building in a desk with drawers below and cabinets above so I can put my laptop in there, loaded up with all my recipes. That way, if I want to remember exactly how to make the Aphrodite Cookies, I don’t have to print it out, waste paper and drag it into the kitchen–I just call it up on the laptop and go from there.

Also, when I improvise something, I can go right over to the laptop and write it down to remember it.

Very nice!

Oh, and I took a picture of that damned lamp, but didn’t post it. Maybe I should have.

I think we can get the kid to wait to see the big damned movie until Monday. I think. I am not certain, as she has of course, not seen it yet, whereas we all have.

So, I will consult.

;-)

]]> Comment on And So, It Begins by: Bryian http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-710 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-710 Yea! Death to the forehead smacking lamp!<BR/>(Notice you didn't include a pic of it!)<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/>-=Bryian=-<BR/><BR/>PS-Monday good for you 3 for the movie??? Yea! Death to the forehead smacking lamp!
(Notice you didn’t include a pic of it!)

:)
-=Bryian=-

PS-Monday good for you 3 for the movie???

]]> Comment on And So, It Begins by: knitvixen http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-709 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-709 Oh, I convulse every now and again. I suspect my kitchen was remodeled by the same guy who laid carpet over the phone and cable lines. It's...interesting. Oh, I convulse every now and again. I suspect my kitchen was remodeled by the same guy who laid carpet over the phone and cable lines. It’s…interesting.

]]> Comment on And So, It Begins by: Barbara Fisher http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-708 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/29/and-so-it-begins/#comment-708 The basic idea of the kitchen now isn't bad--it is better than when we moved in when it had yellow and white gingham wallpaper on the walls, teal green carpeting and teal countertops. ICK!<BR/><BR/>No drawers in a kitchen--whoa. That gives me hives just to think about, Kris! Good on you for now convulsing with frustration over it! The basic idea of the kitchen now isn’t bad–it is better than when we moved in when it had yellow and white gingham wallpaper on the walls, teal green carpeting and teal countertops. ICK!

No drawers in a kitchen–whoa. That gives me hives just to think about, Kris! Good on you for now convulsing with frustration over it!

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