Happy New Year! Great beginning for 2009. We'll look forward to more photos as you fill it. Nell

Hi, I just ***NOW*** realized this forum was here, when Starpooh asked me about putting our newly finished kitchen in the FKB. Well, DUH!!! Where HAVE I been?!! So, anyway, here's the link from the kitchen discussion forum. And THANK YOU for looking! Lynn PS Kitchen and KITTY lovers BOTH should enjoy... ;o) Here is a link that might be useful: Finshed Kitchen (story and photos)

worldmom - the light fixture is from a company called architects and heros. I could have ordere it online myself, but I got it through my kd. The cabinets are semi custom from Greenfield. The perimeter are a painted maple called brie and the peninsula is maple stained amberglo with a light black glaze. The mudroom is new to the house and so is the dutch door. A friend of mine has one to her mudroom, and I always wanted one so I can keep muddy dogs in there but still be able to see them. Our house was also built in 1910 and it was very interesting to see the demo happening. The old kitchen has a cement hearth where and old woodstove probably used to sit and that has to be jack hammered out. We also had old knob and tube wiring and old plumbing that had to be replaced. We love the milding in the house, so we had that copied and carried over to the addition to keep the character of the house intact. elfmom, yes, the floor is white oak and the stain color is minwax English Chestnut with a tung oil finish. So far we are loving it, although the dut does show up more than on our old lighter floors. The paint color on the walls is BM potters clay, the trim is BM cream fleece and the ceiling is BM monroe bisque.

Hi, Suzanne - No cats..I'm afraid of what Riley might do to them. My dogs have always 'helped' me with any project, such as sewing, painting, wallpapering, you name it. It's nice that they want to be so close, but they end up with paint on them, sitting on fabric, etc. I had to pull Riley out of that chair and put him in another, as he did NOT want to get out of it. My dogs don't nap or sleep on the floor, they are always in a chair, sofa, bed... :-) My upholstered furniture is covered with sheets. They're great on cold nights! Laurie, the original foam cushion was in perfect shape and custom made for the chair, so I was able to reuse it. I used the old cover as a pattern and put in the zipper. I am going to cover the foam with batting, although the original was just the foam inside the blue fabric cover. I have replaced the foam on other chairs and I buy it locally. I get the densest grade and I cut it myself with an electric knife.