Sarah’s House: Dissapearing Act

by Sarah on May 10, 2013, 2 comments

One of the to do’s on my Punch List for my house is the replacement of the now 24-year old Sub Zero fridge in our kitchen. Well guess what it finally happened. First, I had to locate a replacement fridge that would fit in the existing hole specifically one that was the right width and [...]

Grout Cottage: A Kitchen Plan

by Sarah on April 23, 2013, 8 comments

To review… the Grout Cottage is a Queen Anne built in 1895. It is a duplex that we began remodeling in December 2012. Here’s the introduction post to the house. Beginning at the early stages of planning the kitchen for the Grout Cottage project I knew I wanted to do gray lower cabinets and white [...]

Guest Cottage Kitchen Remodel Part III

by Sarah on September 13, 2011, 19 comments

I’m FINALLY getting around to showing you the finished images of the small cottage kitchen remodel I completed at the beginning of this year. To review here is Part I and Part II of the remodel in case you missed them. Lets get to it, stove wall before during demolition after sink wall before sink wall [...]

Mi Favorito

by Sarah on July 11, 2011, 2 comments

Over the weekend I was sitting quietly staring off at our house, next to my daughter DC as my husband was pushing her on the swing. She looked over and asked me what I was thinking about and my husband quickly answered “design”. Although I wanted to deny it I couldn’t…I was thinking about what [...]

Guest Cottage Kitchen Remodel Part II

by Sarah on April 26, 2011, 4 comments

In Part I, you saw the before pictures of the guest cottage kitchen. Moving right along, let’s discuss what we wanted/needed to do to improve this space. This was the plan, Gut the room and walls, keeping the ceiling and end wall Reuse stove, white cast iron sink Install faux brick flooring Add recessed lighting, fixture [...]