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14 years ago

It looks better in person, but still...

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tracie.erin
14 years ago
It was worth the wait.. it's absolutely gorgeous. :)
steff_1
14 years ago
Just beautiful, I love it. All that planning and waiting was worth it your kitchen is looking so good.
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semi
14 years ago
Breaktaking, truly breathtaking. I was happy to read you are a quilter, you have such an artistic eye!

And now unveiling the HOOD. Oh what a hood.

Congratulations again, enjoy every merry day in that beautiful kitchen.
palimpsest
14 years ago
Wow. :)
sochi
14 years ago
Beautiful plllog, worth the wait indeed!
cj47
14 years ago
Wow, that is a jaw droppingly beautiful hood.
pinch_me
14 years ago
And I STILL lust after your counter/backsplash!
I wonder if you'd be interested in vacationing in Iowa.....
brickton
14 years ago
Tile? I don't see any tile. I'm still too mesmerized by the shiny hood. So shiny. So pretty. Oh... there's the tile. Yes of course it's gorgeous and totally unique, I would expect no less after seeing your counters.
plllog
Original Author
14 years ago
Yes, the hood, the hood!!! I can COOK now!!! I'm going out in the morning for roots and chickens and starting the stock.

Oh frabjous day!!! The plastic sheeting and drywall screwed into the doorway is gone!! I have a table! And a kitchen with a HOOD!!

Beware thou chickens!!! I'm coming for you!!!!!!
rhome410
14 years ago
Oh...these little teases. I can't wait to see the whole thing!! But have fun cooking! :-D
plllog
Original Author
14 years ago
LOL! Rhome, I don't mean to tease. I'm just so happy! And carefully taking pictures around all the boxes, dropcloths, stacks of unpacked things needing washing, bubble wrap, huge bag of wrapping tissue, more boxes, funky old table top for cutting linings with lead weights, 4 foot aluminum measure and L squares, etc., etc.
julie94062
14 years ago
Oh Happy Day!!! Definitely worth the wait! I'm just SMILIN' here, knowing that you're happy and having fun with it all. Just beautiful!
solman
14 years ago
No No. Not poor little chickens Plllog- PLEASE. They're too cute. Let them roam free, on the kitchen floor or in the back yard. Great company.

Think Tofurkey.

Awww that's so sweet to see that schoolgirl excitement in wanting to play house, I mean Kitchen!

Congrats on the hood. What a statement. It is Golden not silver right?
firstmmo
14 years ago
From Menlo Farmhouse

Watch out for Plllog!

The hood is wonderful wonderful wonderful!!
solman
14 years ago
Plllog, I hope I'm not being too direct but can I have your Kitchen!... please?
plllog
Original Author
14 years ago
NO! Solman, you may not!

And, yes, golden. Brass. Warm and sunshiny and goes with the yellow bamboo.

Firsthouse, thanks for spreading the warning. Solman, you figure out how to get stock out of a tofurkey and we'll talk...
segbrown
14 years ago
wow, is right!
desertsteph
14 years ago
AWESOME! can't see the b*mboo that well tho - maybe it's the reflection from the hood? better pic of cabs next time?
hood is great. I guess you cook up a storm. more'n a grilled cheese or egg sandwich (like me).

don't trip over all of that stuff still around there in your hurry to cook.
remodelfla
14 years ago
You are just off the hook artistic.... AMAZING!
bmorepanic
14 years ago
I haz great expectations, wayting for next pic.
{{!gwi}}
biochem101
14 years ago
Whoa! A GOLDEN hood! Impressive.

The c abinets looks like a bam boo forest. (That's good.)
Did you say what those knobs are made of?
They look like jadite.
pinch_me
14 years ago
I'm wondering how long those half filled boxes, bubble wrap and assorted hand tools will hang around. Every day I work on getting it out of here but it's like The Blob. It just multiplies itself and I have just as much as ever. I want to see the floor in every room! And I wouldn't mind walking into the basement and garage without cringing.
riverspots
14 years ago
Impressive and cozy at the same time. Amazing. Have the tile folks seen what you've accomplished?
cotehele
14 years ago
So you-artistic, unique, exuberant!
Mimou-GW
14 years ago
Please tell me about the cooking elements under the hood.
mbarbie
14 years ago
Fantastic!! I love your kitchen and the hood is fabulous!
Is the hood 18" tall? Hood envy...
honeysucklevine
14 years ago
Will the brass hood tarnish?
plllog
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks for all the kind words, everybody!

LOL! Steph, I'm having a couple dozen people to dinner in a couple of weeks! Yeah, I have cooking to do. But I love egg sandwiches. :)

E, thanks ;)

ROTFL!!! B'more, great picture! I promise I won't be as long as some for the complete package, but it really isn't all finished.

Biochem, the knobs are by Spectra Decor, and made out of recycled glass on lead free pewter shafts with a satin brass finish.

Pinch, I'll let you know when I find out! I'm going to have a big stack of boxes behind the sofa when my company comes. Sigh. But as of now I somewhere for them to sit, and I can cook so it'll be okay. Maybe we should have a secondary reveal day for when we clear out all the boxes?

Riverspots, "tile people"?

Nan, the left is Wolf 15", the right is Gaggenau european model 24" induction.

MBarbie, yes, I'm pretty sure that the hood is 18". It was ordered more than a year ago. :)

Honeysucklevine, yes, the brass can tarnish, but it shouldn't tarnish much if it's not handled. It can also be polished. :)
honeysucklevine
14 years ago
Hood envy. Such a delightful kitchen!
countrygal_905
14 years ago
Enjoy your kitchen and have fun cooking!!!
chicagoans
14 years ago
bee-yooo-tee-ful!!! love it!
malhgold
14 years ago
Breath taking!!!
Yvonne B
14 years ago
Oh.... My..... Goodness!! I'm so glad I logged in today. Pllog - that's one stunning kitchen! And a great reminder of why I LOVE tile!
kimkitchy
14 years ago
Every time I see a post by you I open it with great anticipation of breathing "Oohs and Ahhs"... and you do not disappoint! Your hood is spectacular! I love the brass! Congratulations... and I bet your cooking is as delectable as your design taste!
jterrilynn
14 years ago
Wow, I love love love love the Artistry and beauty of the whole thing...show me more please!!! Love love love love it!!!
lisa_a
14 years ago
After I saw the red hood and the red poppy you painted on the wall in your "before" kitchen, I knew that your "after" would definitely have an artistic curve or two (or three or four). I *love* that you don't march to the same kitchen drummer (not that I'm knocking the wondrous white/soapstone kit chens others have posted, I should be so lucky). I love the layers of color that you've intertwined (I could never pull it off so well).

LOL, bmorepanic!
steff_1
14 years ago
Checked in to see it again, still look gorgeous.

Wondering if that row of red tiles is the one that caused such a headache and had to be redone?
plllog
Original Author
14 years ago
You all are so nice!! I'm really tired, and can't respond individually to everybody, but I'm feeling it in my heart.

Steff, it's actually the peach line beneath the orange one that was the big trouble. A lot of the color depends on the temperature of the kiln or something. But it came out okay in the end :) The red tiles just have a lot of grout in the texture of the glaze still but it's coming out slowly but surely. I don't really want the heavy acid of grout release, but using vinegar takes a long time. :)
prill
14 years ago
Stunning! and you ARE teasing us. And isn't it you with the beautiful tile in your laundry room?
plllog
Original Author
14 years ago
Yeah, Prill, that's me. A reveal is coming! I promise! But I just found out that my antique-ish armoire has beetles and needs to be fumigated. Sigh. I promise a tour of the whole kitchen in a few weeks--even if I don't have a door!
cat_mom
14 years ago
That's just pure sculpture! (and way cool!)
pinch_me
14 years ago
You made those tiles, didn't you?? Wondering if I could accomplish something like that. Back to that Iowa vacation you said you've always wanted............Soon? There's a ceramic shop just 5 miles away.
Gena Hooper
14 years ago
So so beautiful. What an incredible hood!
plllog
Original Author
14 years ago
No, no, Pinch_Me!! I bought the tiles! They're handmade, but they're by pros: Architerra-NW. The stenciled patterns are glazed in. Very fancy. I'm not that good at clay. :)

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