Tag Archives: kitchen

Design Idea: Microwave Cubby

By ADD | Published: August 23, 2010
Whether you’re planning a big budget kitchen renovation or a small budget kitchen upgrade, it’s the little details that matter.  One detail we took into account was the microwave.  Since we hardly ever use it, and since microwaves aren’t sexy, we didn’t want it to be front and center in our kitchen.  We definitely didn’t want [...]
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Kitchen Cabinet Inspiration

By ADD | Published: August 20, 2010
This lovely kitchen from Domino by photographer Melanie Acevedo reminds me that kitchen cabinets don’t have to be white.  I wasn’t interested in stained wood or laminate cabinets for our kitchen renovation.  I ultimately decided that we needed white painted cabinets to open up our tiny space, but I love these dark, matte, painted cabinets. [...]
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Summertime Blues

By ADD | Published: August 12, 2010
I’ve eaten so many blueberries this summer, I’m blue in the face.  We are lucky to live only a block from a great farmers market.  Most Saturdays, I pick up a few pints of Jersey blueberries and some Ronny Brook Farm heavy cream for whipping.  I’m no gourmet cook, but even I can make a [...]
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Slate

By ADD | Published: July 26, 2010
I’m not a practical gal and, according to conventional wisdom, neither are my slate counters.   Scott and I chose cleft slate counters simply because we love them.  We hope to never move again, so resale value wasn’t a consideration.  But, maybe it is for you and so slate might not be a great choice. [...]
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Photo: ©Moya Mc Allister

Your Kitchen Questions Answered

By ADD | Published: July 19, 2010
Some of you may remember that Scott and I recently completed our galley kitchen renovation, replete with hand-finished floors (which I goofed and still have to repair) and a DIY pot rack.  It was featured on Apartment Therapy and  in a guest post on BrooklynLimestone, but if you missed that, you can catch all of [...]
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photo via Lonnymag.com

Dishwashers aren’t sexy

By ADD | Published: July 18, 2010
How much, pray tell, do you love this kitchen?  It’s from Lonny and personally I adore it.  I wish I’d had the guts for marble counters.  But I drink far too much red wine in Winter to take that particular design leap.  I especially love that the door to this all-white kitchen is black.  It [...]
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Less is more in our compact kitchen

By ADD | Published: July 1, 2010
I’m not a kitchen designer, but I play one on my blog diywithadd.  I’m excited to guest post on brooklynlimestone because Stefanie’s blog was an inspiration to me when I was planning my own renovation, especially the photos of her gorgeous kitchen.  Like many a would-be Renovationista, my kitchen dreams were constrained by some serious space [...]
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DIY pot rack in kitchen shelve brackets.

Project: DIY pot rack

By ADD | Published: May 7, 2010
Scott added this stainless steel rod last weekend to our custom kitchen shelving.  The open shelving with a long pot rack was one of the cornerstones of our kitchen design.  It’s definitely convenient to have pots and pans within easy reach of the stove and not taking up precious cabinet space.  The rod was thirty [...]
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New Kitchen

It’s great to be home

By ADD | Published: April 29, 2010
We are all settled in to our newly renovated kitchen.   It is great to be back in our home, but the to-do list is long and the bills are daunting.  Forgive the blog silence, but Scott and I have been busy traveling, unpacking & DIY’ing. Here’s our kitchen to-do list that we hope to complete by [...]
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The downstairs hall.

Move in Day!!!!

By ADD | Published: April 18, 2010
Scott and I have packed up the art studio where we’ve been living for the past three and a half months and we are moving back to the brownstone tomorrow morning!!! While the project was fast by renovation standards, it felt like a long time for us to be out of our home. We are thrilled [...]
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