Everything old is new again

[captainsblog]

So when Eleanor first went to Lowes and ordered the tile for the now-laid new kitchen floor, I never saw exactly what she'd picked out.

"Oh, it's Armstrong commercial tile, [various specifications in essentially foreign language]- you know, pretty much the same one we had installed in our last house."

No recollection whatsoever of that. It's going on 18 years since we moved from there, and I had memories of something boxy and orange that are coming from gods-know-where.  Fortunately, we took a LOT of pictures back in the day. Including this one:



Yup. Something DOES compare 2U, floor:



Same tile. Same hutch. Same kid. Different tail, though.

Comments

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

What a lovely, warm kitchen you have. Looks like a nice place to hang out and unwind from the work day.

[firynze.livejournal.com]

The kitchen looks GREAT.

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

You have counters!

I have never had counters. This is what i get for living in Victorian buildings.

Sad to say, I am not seeing kid (or grown person) in the second picture!

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Wow. That kitchen is beautiful! It makes me want to reorganize my living space. The little drawers under the butcher-block island are so pretty.

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

Speaking of hang out and unwind, those hanging fixtures in the kitchen were designed (by the amazing spouse, of course) out of plumbing fixtures.

And thank you (and her:).

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

It's also significantly thinned out; we'd kept the younger dog's crate in there, which has now been moved to another hidey-hole, and the island top and wheeled table below the hanging cabinets have been majorly decluttered.

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

She wasn't home yet. I'll try to get one of her sticking her feet into my shoes; Mom's basically fit her now.

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

Thank you:) That island is itself an amazing story. The base was a left-behind desk in our last house. Eleanor replaced its top with a roughly same-sized piece of formica, and we used it in that kitchen until we moved. Once we got here, she got the idea of replacing it with the larger surface from what had been a bowlegged work table from her parents' cellar. I see more conventional islands in more expensive kitchens all the time, and can't imagine any of them working as well, or imaginatively, as this one always has.

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

The very first thought in my head was, "Little Cindy-Lou Who, who was no more than two."

[firynze.livejournal.com]

Decluttering is awesome; I wish I could do more of it!

[greenquotebook.livejournal.com]

Yes! What he said! :)

Also, I love, love, love the woodwork. Gorgeous!

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

Likely an easier thing to do when you're not worrying about disturbing buried ammunition;)