Friday, April 24, 2009

Week 36: Nesting & finishing official business




So... 

If you haven't read the other blog... We ran into a few problems with the public works guy... 
after talking with a few very helpful folks... I will take next week to follow the chain of command... 

First I will talk with Larry's boss. If that goes no where... 
I'll talk with the city council person AND if for some reason THAT doesn't get me somewhere... I'll call Steve... the city building inspector AND he will sign off on our project without public works approval... 
and whaLA  we will be all done with this never ending project... 

I'm bummed that I have to play the politics game a bit... but if it will save us $1ooo ... I need to do it... cause our renovation money is ALL GONE... :( 

In other exciting news... 
I have a few more photos for you all... and a few requests for feedback from my creative... organized... or perhaps just opinionated friends...  


The kitchen

Shelves on the right... 
option 1
option 2
option 3
LEFT shelves
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3

I NEED feedback ideas suggestions... I'm pretty happy with them over all... functionally they work great... I just want the staging to pop... :)


I have NO CLUE what to do with all these candle things and little glass vases...
They use to fit right in and each had it's own little home in our home... but now... it just feel like... AAAAAAAAAA... why is THAT THERE!????!?!

I've been trying to decide whether we paint out the hooks... to swiss coffee the color of the trim OR refresh the black paint existing... THOUGHTS? 
AND
I'm planning on using this for an apron or two... 
this is the console... upclose in the laundry area... right now it holds a few odd cookbooks, crappy towels for whatever, a junk drawer box that needs sorting, clean basket liners

Paint projects
I want one of these to say EAT YOUR VEGGIES... 
I suspect the washer and dryer will need some sort of shelf directly on top so we don't loose too many things behind it :)





4 comments:

Susie said...

Yay, so fun to see the shelves! I like option 3 for both of the shelves pictures... a little greater visual consistency. Though I think with the left shelves you can still put the Kitchen Aid back in (didn't know if that was an intentional change for the option.)

Abby... the Oregonian said...

my experience with open shelving is that you change it around all the time... just put something up you like now and don't feel bad for changing it up every so often. beautiful kitchen sarah. i love it.

Lori said...

I like option 3 for both, too. I like the airiness of the glassware on the right shelves and the lightness of the items on the left.

Kellyry said...

What a great island! The entire kitchen is lovely with the white airiness and the contrasting darker wood.