New napkins for my new kitchen table
I made new napkins for my kitchen this morning, but I have only made three so far.
I ran into a snag until I realized that my overlock machine needed to be oiled, and then it was much easier to finish them. I used turquoise cotton twill that I've had since the 1990s, and this is fabric leftover from making pants. My brother wanted orange edging, although I had suggested that I use turquoise thread instead, since it would not show flaws as much. However, they came out better than I had expected, and this was the first project in which I did this type of rolled edge with my serger. I practiced making the corners on scrap fabric quite a few times before I felt confident enough to make these napkins.
Here are pictures of the new table:
with new pendant lighting
view at night.
I also replaced the recessed lighting in the ceiling
You can see the matching pendant over the sink in this photo, and here is the old recessed lighting:
I wanted to get rid of the brown and gold in the kitchen and replace it with my new color scheme, which will look like this:
I plan to make more napkins, as I have enough turquoise fabric to make three or six more, but I want to use different colors of thread for the additional napkins. I think I will make the next batch with the turquoise thread that I have, but I also have black thread that I could use. I don't have gray overlock thread, and I don't want to use white.
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Lars
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Jilly
2 years agoLars
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoHere's a photo taken with artificial lighting, which makes the napkins look the correct colors, but the rest is a bit off:
This photo makes the walls look green, but they are instead a neutral beige. I would prefer to change this wall color, but that would involve a massive painting project, and so that will have to wait. The kitchen is open to the dining room, which is open to the living room, which is open to the hall, etc., and this makes changing wall colors more difficult. We plan to start with changes by making feature walls different colors, and this is far from ideal. It would have been nicer if the walls had been white or off-white instead of beige/tan.Lars
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoLars
2 years agoHere is the old look:
The old table was a pub table and was bar height and had bar stools that would not slide and were very bulky. You can see the old pendants in this photo as well.
We lived with this furniture for two years, partly because it was functional, and I could use the pub table as additional counter space, and its height was good for working but not for dining.
Eventually, we got tired of putting up with it and want to replace the lower kitchen cabinets due to damage from leaks from the sink, which I have repaired, but the cabinet bottoms are not in good shape.
We plan to put in new quartz countertops that will be similar to the new table top but a bit darker, with more of the gray veining.
We have to wait until cabinet makers will be willing to give us estimates, as currently they are all booked solid. I've already done the drawings, but I will be making some revisions when I get back to L.A. next week. I have better CAD software on my desktop computer in L.A. than what I have on my laptop.
Lars
2 years agoThe new table is so much easier to clean around, and the dining chairs fit mostly under the table, giving us more room to move around in this very small kitchen. Before, with the old table, we had to move the table and all of the barstools in order to sweep or vacuum the floor, and the barstools did not glide easily.
I have two more dining chairs (plus my sewing chair) in the dining room, which I use mainly as a sewing room, but the sewing machines sit on a low cabinet most of the time. We could use the dining table for dining, but it's much larger, and we don't need it for that. I've had this dining table since 1989 - it is a trestle style that easily comes apart for storing, and so it was under a bed for many years until we decided to bring it here and get rid of the bar (that matches the pub table) that was in the dining room. The previous owners used the dining room as a bar area, it seems:
I think realtor photo, the bar is pushed against the wall, but it was much further from the wall when we bought the house - far enough so that barstools fit behind it. There was also a beer fridge and a wine fridge in this room. I'll post photos of this room as a sewing room later, once I have removed some of the temporary clutter.
Lars
2 years agoLars
2 years agoHere's a view of the dining room/sewing room from the kitchen:
I put the sewing machines on the cabinet so that the table can be used for other things, and I do use this table for cutting fabric.
We are thinking of painting the tan wall the same color as the kitchen wall, since no other wall in the house is this tan color. This wall is visible from the living room and the new color would tie in with the color scheme I have there. We can easily paint this wall ourselves, but Kevin said that he would have to hang different paintings on it
The liquor cabinet was already in the house when we bought it, but the low cabinet had been in the garage, and we switched it out with the bar that had been in this room.
When I am sewing, I have an ironing board set up between the table and the liquor cabinet, and there is plenty of space for this. The French doors on the right go to the pool.
Jilly
2 years ago
Fun2BHere
2 years agoLars
2 years agoJinx, yes Kevin did do the hat paintings, but the two small ones are actually colored pencil drawings. The large one is oil on panel board. We have more paintings in storage in the garage in L.A. that we can bring here, however.
Fun2BHere - thanks for that heads-up, but we already have all of the accessories that we could possible need or use, except for the carrying cover, which would be handy to have. However, I did make a cover myself, although it does not have handles.
Since we move the oven back into the garage every time we leave town, it would be helpful to have a carrier, however. I have materials to make a carrying strap, and so I'll probably do that instead. I made this cover out of Sunbrella fabric that I bought at a remnant sale that Nicole told me about.
petalique
last yearlast modified: last yearGood morning, Lars. I know this is a 4 month old post, but haven’t forgotten your cool napkins with the cool orange border.
Months ago, on a Food52 page, I came across something very similar from Atelier Saucier, I have to say I agree with Kevin about the orange serging on the acqua.
The shop has other colors and items.I don’t think they have your Ooni cover yet. Better hurry and patent it 🧐
Link: https://ateliersaucier.la/shop/
https://ateliersaucier.la/product/palm-springs-set/
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