How can I solve this tile around my fireplace problem? It's ugly!
beths96
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Comments (9)I think Marcolo is right. It's probably only a very few things that cause the problem. I've had 6 people working in my kitchen with only a few 'scuse mes. In my old kitchen, no matter what, there was no way to have more than one person in the work area without them having to move over because they were totally in the way. In the current one, it's just a can I reach in there for a sec kind of thing. Partly that's drawers instead of doors, I think, but partly it is from organization. One thing that helps is that the optimal place to stand for prep at the island is in front of my fridge drawers, and for all that they're great, they don't need a lot of opening. You could replicate that by putting less used things where the prep chef's belly is. My secondary island positions are on the ends, and, especially the sink end, also don't need getting in much. The other end just has wraps, junk, boards and racks. Not high demand. There's enough room at the clean-up sink for the washer not to be in anyone's way, and the work area there is above the DW. By stacking used prep dishes in the least used corner, on the other side of the sink, the DW doesn't have to be opened while someone is working there. I try to pull out any pretty bowls and pie plates that I'll need for serving from the baking area before the cooking starts, so the baking counter is more available. There are wooden spoons in both the baking utensils drawer and the under cooktop drawer. There are some odd flatware pieces in the baking utensils drawer, for stirring, tasting, spreading, etc., so that kitchen flatware doesn't have to be fetched from the far side of the kitchen. There are mixing bowls in the island and the baking area, and also Pyrex pie plates in both. There are small prep bowls on both sides of the main prep area, so accessible to everyone. The only things I bought extra for this doubling was a couple of table knives to be put in the baking drawer. The forks and spoons are from my college set but those knives are weird. I got a couple of heavy duty ones, with good spreading blades, in open stock at the Corning outlet. The other things I just salted around a little. Maybe this kind of process would work for you? Designating undisturbed stuff for the standing areas and spreading things around a bit?...See MoreHelp...my fireplace surround is ugly and I need to give it character.
Comments (9)HI -- There is two much texture and busy pattern with the brick going one way and the wood going another ...it's cluttered and dark looking . If the wood can be removed then do that and replace with drywall and or tile that in the same direction as the bricks , on the horizontal. I would paint that whole wall one color like the wall color . Then the texture speaks for itself . You say you don't want to spend too much so a live edge shelf/mantel would be very expensive . So basically you just need to simplify the look of that whole wall so it blends into the room and looks more modern ....See MoreSolve my blintz problem
Comments (13)Was that Costco hoop cheese aged? Deep yellow? Or fresh and white? Hoop cheese is still made in the South and the Midwest, but mostly sold aged, and it's the fresh that's needed for blintzes. OTOH, if they have sufficient produet to stock Costco, maybe they're come up with a way to make it in bulk? L, we had a milkman too, but around here they never stopped. For awhile, it was mostly men who had the trucks and kept on delivering after the dairies were consolidated, but now, when everything is being delivered, there's a resurgence of milkmen who bring the milk into your house. But it's not the boonies. ;)...See MoreSammy
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