Virtual Tour
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Below is a short video tour or our living room/dining room/kitchen.
To start the video click on the small triangle at the lower left of the viewing window.
Archive for the 'Kitchen' Category
IKEA vs Painted Plywood
Sunday, January 6th, 2008 It is interesting how this house really lets us know if something will work.It’s a contemporary house; but the contemporary is 50 years old. We’ve found with furniture that what was contemporary in the 1950’s and 1960’s immediately settles in and feels right.We’re starting to find the same thing with the kitchen. Months ago, when we first bought our house, we drooled over modern kitchens in magazines like Dwell and Natural Home as well as in the IKEA catalog. We considered going that route, but something didn’t feel right. |
 As you can see from the pictures on the left, our hall and bathroom have the original plywood/particleboard painted cabinetry. It’s not a choice everyone would make, but we’ve come to realize the kitchen cabinets need to match.We wondered if it were even possible to have matching cabinets.A trip to Millers Custom Cabinets, a business that has been in La Grande since Anne grew up here in the 1950’s, answered that question. We are now working with Ben, a cabinet maker at Miller’s, to help us return the kitchen cabinets to their original style. Stay tuned as we discuss materials, layout, and color! |
Thinking about a kitchen remodel.
Saturday, October 20th, 2007 We are starting to give serious thought to remodeling our kitchen.The picture on the left is the kitchen as it is now. Though the existing cabinets give the kitchen a cozy country cabin look, that isn’t really what the house is all about. We want to bring the kitchen more into the mid century modern look in which it was originally designed. One thing we will be doing is putting on different cabinet doors that go better with the style of the house. We are also planning on installing new counter tops. We are still looking around for a material we like but haven’t made a decision yet. It will definitely not be granite. We are planning on putting an Energy Star refrigerator in the space where the fake bricks currently are and moving the oven under the stove. The lighting for the room is inadequate but we haven’t figured out what to do with it yet. That is definitely going to be a challenge. At this point we are still in the “early confused stage” of planning. However, we are to the point where we are ready to have a contractor come out and discuss how realistic our preliminary ideas might be. Once we’ve talked to the contractor we will regroup and figure out what we want to do next. |