Our first kitchen was an inverted U shape that one person could fit in comfortably. But, it was ours and I loved it! The bear minimum...no dishwasher, microwave (we had never heard of them at that time!) or ice maker in the fridge. But I had a double sink with a window over it and, best of all, a breakfast bar! It was so 60's....orange and avocado with harvest gold appliances. I hung lovely strands of green, gold and orange beads to separate the kitchen from the dining area. This was where I experimented with my first wall papering project. After all there was only one wall to put paper on so it was an easy one to learn on. My first attempt was with a beautiful print of orange poppies climbing a trellis. Well, the room was so tiny that the flowers became monstrous. That paper didn't last long...I quickly put up a subtle stripe in soft shades. Live and learn.
As happy as I was with that kitchen though there was always the yearning for bigger and better. We would walk through model homes and dream of, first a kitchen two people could fit in...then a dishwasher...sink with a sprayer...cabinets on both sides of the kitchen to store all those appliances I wanted to collect! Then it was an eat in kitchen....a built in stove...a cooktop with a grill....a wall oven and finally that wonderful island that everyone could gather around.
Well, we made it. We bought and sold and moved and finally had that dream kitchen. A beautiful island, a breakfast bar, double wall oven, glass cook-top, built in microwave, dishwasher, real wood cabinets with solid brass knobs, a pantry and all those appliances that I though I wanted but seldom used.
And now....well guess what...we are at the point where we are cleaning out the cupboards, giving away the appliances and looking at scaled down and more compact kitchens in smaller homes. So, we grow up and now it's time to shrink back down.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Upward Mobility
Our first kitchen was an inverted U shape that one person could fit in comfortably. But, it was ours and I loved it! The bear minimum...no dishwasher, microwave (we had never heard of them at that time!) or ice maker in the fridge. But I had a double sink with a window over it and, best of all, a breakfast bar! It was so 60's....orange and avocado with harvest gold appliances. I hung lovely strands of green, gold and orange beads to separate the kitchen from the dining area. This was where I experimented with my first wall papering project. After all there was only one wall to put paper on so it was an easy one to learn on. My first attempt was with a beautiful print of orange poppies climbing a trellis. Well, the room was so tiny that the flowers became monstrous. That paper didn't last long...I quickly put up a subtle stripe in soft shades. Live and learn.
As happy as I was with that kitchen though there was always the yearning for bigger and better. We would walk through model homes and dream of, first a kitchen two people could fit in...then a dishwasher...sink with a sprayer...cabinets on both sides of the kitchen to store all those appliances I wanted to collect! Then it was an eat in kitchen....a built in stove...a cooktop with a grill....a wall oven and finally that wonderful island that everyone could gather around.
Well, we made it. We bought and sold and moved and finally had that dream kitchen. A beautiful island, a breakfast bar, double wall oven, glass cook-top, built in microwave, dishwasher, real wood cabinets with solid brass knobs, a pantry and all those appliances that I though I wanted but seldom used.
And now....well guess what...we are at the point where we are cleaning out the cupboards, giving away the appliances and looking at scaled down and more compact kitchens in smaller homes. So, we grow up and now it's time to shrink back down.
As happy as I was with that kitchen though there was always the yearning for bigger and better. We would walk through model homes and dream of, first a kitchen two people could fit in...then a dishwasher...sink with a sprayer...cabinets on both sides of the kitchen to store all those appliances I wanted to collect! Then it was an eat in kitchen....a built in stove...a cooktop with a grill....a wall oven and finally that wonderful island that everyone could gather around.
Well, we made it. We bought and sold and moved and finally had that dream kitchen. A beautiful island, a breakfast bar, double wall oven, glass cook-top, built in microwave, dishwasher, real wood cabinets with solid brass knobs, a pantry and all those appliances that I though I wanted but seldom used.
And now....well guess what...we are at the point where we are cleaning out the cupboards, giving away the appliances and looking at scaled down and more compact kitchens in smaller homes. So, we grow up and now it's time to shrink back down.
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