Comments on: Home Sweet Home http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/2009/09/03/home-sweet-home/ Food, Lifestyle, Newlywed Life and Crafts Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lynn http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/2009/09/03/home-sweet-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3042 Lynn Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/?p=5476#comment-3042 Your new home is adorable and like you said, has a lot of potential in areas such as the entryway. You have a great eye and a fresh approach and I will continue to follow your blog. I live in 100 year old farmhouse in New England and am on the verge of updating my kitchen in the next few years. Your new home is adorable and like you said, has a lot of potential in areas such as the entryway. You have a great eye and a fresh approach and I will continue to follow your blog. I live in 100 year old farmhouse in New England and am on the verge of updating my kitchen in the next few years.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/2009/09/03/home-sweet-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2919 Joseph Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:15:13 +0000 http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/?p=5476#comment-2919 You have started a very interesting discussion on design. I'm a cabinetmaker who really does not want to make kitchens for a living, because the most of what is done in the US is just boxes with a "choice of doors and drawer fronts," the most of which are made in a factory somewhere. Boring. I want to do something else if I can, but what? European design just absolutely blows my mind, and I find myself reading quite a bit on it, even though these are often modular kitchens that one would simply send away for and have installed by a local craftsman. But what fascinates me is the utter innovation of those designs, so I find myself returning to them quite a bit. I am also looking to design a kitchen for my wife in a too small space in a tract home, which necessarily lets out those wonderful European designs that excite me so. And whenever I find myself going out on a limb with some idea or another for our kitchen, my wife always grounds me by saying, "If you stick with the classics, you won't grow tired of them." So, what do you do that is different and yet timeless and practical and stimulating to make if you're a cabinetmaker? Damned if I know, but if I ever figure it out, I mean to make it for us and splash that baby all over the Internet! What you've written, though, has given me quite a bit to think about, and I thank you for sharing your concepts. You have started a very interesting discussion on design. I’m a cabinetmaker who really does not want to make kitchens for a living, because the most of what is done in the US is just boxes with a “choice of doors and drawer fronts,” the most of which are made in a factory somewhere. Boring. I want to do something else if I can, but what?

European design just absolutely blows my mind, and I find myself reading quite a bit on it, even though these are often modular kitchens that one would simply send away for and have installed by a local craftsman. But what fascinates me is the utter innovation of those designs, so I find myself returning to them quite a bit.

I am also looking to design a kitchen for my wife in a too small space in a tract home, which necessarily lets out those wonderful European designs that excite me so. And whenever I find myself going out on a limb with some idea or another for our kitchen, my wife always grounds me by saying, “If you stick with the classics, you won’t grow tired of them.”

So, what do you do that is different and yet timeless and practical and stimulating to make if you’re a cabinetmaker? Damned if I know, but if I ever figure it out, I mean to make it for us and splash that baby all over the Internet!

What you’ve written, though, has given me quite a bit to think about, and I thank you for sharing your concepts.

]]> By: Kristin http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/2009/09/03/home-sweet-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2916 Kristin Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:51:12 +0000 http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/?p=5476#comment-2916 We bought our condo in the city 3 years ago, at the height of the housing market. Now, we are essentially "stuck" with it since the value has gone down appx. $40k. We'd like to move into something larger, but will have to suck it up for awhile! Instead, we remodeled our kitchen & we both love our home more than we ever have. Best idea ever! We bought our condo in the city 3 years ago, at the height of the housing market. Now, we are essentially “stuck” with it since the value has gone down appx. $40k. We’d like to move into something larger, but will have to suck it up for awhile! Instead, we remodeled our kitchen & we both love our home more than we ever have. Best idea ever!

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