Friends were recently discussion kitchen cupboards.  A well organized kitchen thrills me, so I offered to photo-document what’s going on in my cabinets. When I designed this kitchen in the fall of 2008, I centered my thoughts around working zones and storage. I’m a ‘everything in it’s place and a place for everything’ sorta girl, so I designated space for what we use where we use it.  Primarily I selected IKEA drawers because they keep [...]

Last Sunday my parents unexpectedly watched Lillian for the day.  What a treat! Instead of slothing around like we usually do, I wanted to get some kitchen remodeling projects wrapped up.  Our Japanese guest Kayoko arrived to stay with us Thursday and that motivated me to get a lot of things done last week! After a delicious, inexpensive, large portioned lunch at Lavash Cafe, Alex and I measured, measured, measured, then cut and installed the [...]

We are heading to Ikea West Chester this weekend to order cabinets.  We remeasured the kitchen to make sure everything is correct last night.  Here are our top three door choices.  What do you like best?

Check out the Master Plan page I just added.  It includes lots of pictures from the kitchen planner.  We’d love to know what you think – please comment!

We will be putting in linoleum floor in the new kitchen.  Lil and I are most attracted to madagascar violet, a lavender base with orange and peach patches.  Assuming the rest of the kitchen is in a moderate color palette, what do you think of the purple floor?  Would it negatively affect resale?