the little house in the city

At this time last year we were deep in renovation mode, getting our apartment ready for us to move in. If a year ever passed more quickly,...

Speaking of kitchens, I was mightily impressed by this kitchen makeover that appeared on the One Kings Lane blog . A collaboration betwee...

Here's a small space solution that intrigues me: A mirror backsplash in the kitchen. I remember seeing photographs of designer T homa...

Thanks to a little blog called A Simple Life Afloat , I came across this image from while researching an article about houseboats (though th...

This post on Remodelista yesterday reminded me about this great house that was featured in The New York Times earlier this year. Remodelis...

This one's just for fun: I clipped a few Julia Child quotes out of an article Food & Wine magazine this summer. Here they are along ...

Mark Bittman had a great column in The New York Times last week about small kitchens. Apparently, when Bittman posted a photo of his kitche...

Last winter The New York Times ran a recipe for red lentil soup in the 'A Good Appetite' column . When I was trying to come up with...

Okay, the kitchen is almost done. I still haven't painted the counter, but that can wait until this weekend (or maybe even next). To rem...

I am in the home stretch with this kitchen project. Yesterday I returned from a lovely visit with my family and put on another coat of paint...

Another solid 4 hours of painting and there's still more to go. Egads, this is a bigger project than I thought, even though I have done ...

I spent the whole day yesterday painting. Literally: The. Whole. Day. I finished up around midnight, and I am not even close to done! I’ve g...

Two of my upper cabinets were hanging rather precariously from the walls, so addressing this was the first step to reviving my kitchen cabin...

So, I am finally getting around to all this painting I have been talking about. Yesterday I did all the prep for the kitchen and got the kit...