I saw a similar request last week but didn't have a chance to reply. Our kitchen in our new lake house will be somewhat of the style you are looking for, but it is far from complete so that is no help to you now. As mentioned in responses to the earlier post, there are a few kitchens in that style in the Finished Kitchens Blog. Also, there is Crown Point cabinetry's web site. Other than that, the best resource that I have found are magazines, particularly Arts & Crafts ones: American Bungalow, Style 1900, Old House Journal, and Old House Interiors. I know I collected several years worth of each of these while planning our new lake house. There are also a couple of books specifically written on Arts & Crafts kitchens --- one by Jane Powell is perhaps the best known. For this and other resources, look at the "Bunglalow Bookstore" listings at the back of any American Bungalow magazine. Hope this helps.

I think kids' art looks really cute on the walls of their rooms. I have used the art clips from PBK in DS#1's room so that he can easily change out his work. I have also framed some things (very simple gallery type frames). I think rather than transfering an outline on to canvas, you should just let him go for it. If you really want a fish/sea life theme, you can guide him in that direction. And, if you would like to see certain colors included (ie. pastels vs. brights, etc.) then simply make those colors "available". Part (most) of the beauty of children's artwork is that it expresses how THEY see the world. It's wonderful to capture their pure imagination before they learn to do everything the "right way"! My 9-year-old DS still has a fingerpainting above his bed -which is simply his name in bright red paint - which he did at school when he was three. I mounted it on white foam board. It's lumpy and perfect! Have fun, Lucy

Art is such a personal thing. The kincaid in the original post strikes my heart with fear (I hate them...they're creepy IMO) and yet my best friend loves the horrible things. I don't look for art and would never go shopping to fill a space, from a galary or mall, because it never works. Instead when I'm out and about, sometimes art just happens along my path. Sometimes I find it in the attic LOL You just never know. I have a gorgeous bronze nude in our front parlor. If you would have asked me if I'd have a gorgeous bronze nude in my parlor prior to us seeing it at an auction I'd have probably laughed in your face, but when I saw her I just had to have her. DH and I both love her and she fits perfectly in the room. In the same room there is a tin lithograph of a steam ship. Huge thing from the turn of the century. I tripped over it at an antique show and it wouldn't take no for an answer. As to the pet picture...I'd encourage you to have a good artist paint your puppy. A dear friend of ours just lost their kitty. They do not have children and their kitty was their baby. We had a local artist paint him from photo's for them as a suprise gift in his memory when he died. It did bring tears, but it also evoked positive memories for them as well. He was a wonderful friend to them and memorializing the dear boy in a quality art piece was worth every penny to us and to them :) Art should be that personal IMO Stay away from the Thomas Kincaids please :P

I don't have a functioning camera right now to make an electronic photo file, but will remark that it is easiest inside a nice cabinet to use combinations of pex tubing and push to connect fittings such as Sharkbite brand (among many others) to avoid sweat soldering damage. All that is needed is a means to cut the pex to a clean flat end. Mistakes are easily remedied by using a different size piece of pex. Adapters exist to go from the pex to the fitting that dangling faucet hoses use. 3/8 poly line along with John Guest type push to connect fittings will be good for RO lines or such. Pex and poly are at their limit when used for pressurized water at boiling temperatures, so the hot water source in the house needs to be under some form of temperature control. A boiler type of water heater with potential for overshoot to 220 or so would be a risk in my view without a working moderator (required anyway by code). Some water chemistries tend to degrade the modulator so that needs to be kept in mind. My primary sink cabinet base includes garbage disposal and DWV plumbing, stand pipe for dishwasher hose, hot/cold feed for main faucet and to moderating valve for dishwasher (gets mix of hot and cold). Also there is the touch faucet control box, the fiber-optic garbage disposal control box, and quad electrical outlet. RO connection to both hot and cold sides of a pull-down faucet are present. All of the plumbing is mounted on stand-offs on the back or side walls of the cabinet base. kas