Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to photos of it.

The last bit I put in was a "feature" to break up the white expanse of the tile
floor and add a touch of whimsy to it. I wanted a compass rose and after not
finding anything pre-made suitable, ended up making one myself at a local pottery
shop. Fun little project.

<http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/Silvar_Beitel/media/New%20Kitchen/After/20140508_160532_1_zps7908f31c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>

Scroll back from that to see how it fits in the floor and to re-examine all the
rest of the "after" photos if you're interested. Yes, the yellow tip points to
true north.

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Silvar Beitel

On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 11:10:13 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to photos of it.
>
> The last bit I put in was a "feature" to break up the white expanse of the tile
> floor and add a touch of whimsy to it. I wanted a compass rose and after not
> finding anything pre-made suitable, ended up making one myself at a local pottery
> shop. Fun little project.
>
> <http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/Silvar_Beitel/media/New%20Kitchen/After/20140508_160532_1_zps7908f31c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>
>
> Scroll back from that to see how it fits in the floor and to re-examine all the
> rest of the "after" photos if you're interested. Yes, the yellow tip points to
> true north.

How's it going with that French Door refrigerator and the wall to the
left? At first, I didn't want a FD because the one I tested needed
the door to swing wide just to open any of the drawers. I think
they've worked that out with movable shelves on the doors now so you
can move them enough to let the drawers clear without the door
swinging wide. Is that the case with yours?

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On Monday, June 9, 2014 4:30:39 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> How's it going with that French Door refrigerator and the wall to the
> left? At first, I didn't want a FD because the one I tested needed
> the door to swing wide just to open any of the drawers. I think
> they've worked that out with movable shelves on the doors now so you
> can move them enough to let the drawers clear without the door
> swinging wide. Is that the case with yours?

Good observational skills! Short answer: yes.

But. In order to pull the drawer on that (left) side out *entirely*
(e.g to deal with a major spill), I have to pull the drawers on the
right side out and slide the left drawer over to get it out the right-side
door. Not a big deal.

It was either live with that or knock down that wall and reconfigure the
bathroom behind it, which was more work than we wanted.

We're very happy with the FD fridge and it's bottom freezer, especially
since that sucker puts out an enormous amount of ice :-)

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Silvar Beitel

On Monday, June 9, 2014 11:10:13 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to photos of it.
>
>
>
> The last bit I put in was a "feature" to break up the white expanse of the tile
>
> floor and add a touch of whimsy to it. I wanted a compass rose and after not
>
> finding anything pre-made suitable, ended up making one myself at a local pottery
>
> shop. Fun little project.
>
>
>
> <http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/Silvar_Beitel/media/New%20Kitchen/After/20140508_160532_1_zps7908f31c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>
>
>
>
> Scroll back from that to see how it fits in the floor and to re-examine all the
>
> rest of the "after" photos if you're interested. Yes, the yellow tip points to
>
> true north.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Silvar Beitel

Very very nice Silvar !!!! Beautiful job on the floor. Love the knife drawer under the cooktop as well.


Great idea.

On Monday, June 9, 2014 2:14:10 PM UTC-7, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Monday, June 9, 2014 11:10:13 AM UTC-7, wrote:
>
> > Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to photos of it.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > The last bit I put in was a "feature" to break up the white expanse of the tile
>
> >
>
> > floor and add a touch of whimsy to it. I wanted a compass rose and after not
>
> >
>
> > finding anything pre-made suitable, ended up making one myself at a local pottery
>
> >
>
> > shop. Fun little project.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > <http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/Silvar_Beitel/media/New%20Kitchen/After/20140508_160532_1_zps7908f31c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Scroll back from that to see how it fits in the floor and to re-examine all the
>
> >
>
> > rest of the "after" photos if you're interested. Yes, the yellow tip points to
>
> >
>
> > true north.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > --
>
> >
>
> > Silvar Beitel
>
>
>
> Very very nice Silvar !!!! Beautiful job on the floor. Love the knife drawer under the cooktop as well.
>
>
>
>
>
> Great idea.

Scrolling back and seeing the floor without the compass rose.....it really does add beautifully to the ambiance. What a cozy feeling place you have.

On 2014-06-09 2:10 PM, wrote:
> Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to photos of it.
>
> The last bit I put in was a "feature" to break up the white expanse of the tile
> floor and add a touch of whimsy to it. I wanted a compass rose and after not
> finding anything pre-made suitable, ended up making one myself at a local pottery
> shop. Fun little project.
>
> <http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/Silvar_Beitel/media/New%20Kitchen/After/20140508_160532_1_zps7908f31c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>
>
> Scroll back from that to see how it fits in the floor and to re-examine all the
> rest of the "after" photos if you're interested. Yes, the yellow tip points to
> true north.
>


Nice cupboards. They look like the same as my new ones. The job is half
done. They are coming back tomorrow to do the pantry.

On Monday, June 9, 2014 5:14:10 PM UTC-4, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Monday, June 9, 2014 11:10:13 AM UTC-7, wrote:
>
> > Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to photos of it.
>
> Very very nice Silvar !!!! Beautiful job on the floor. Love the knife drawer under the cooktop as well.
>
> Great idea.

That was a bit of a revelation. We wanted a compact but versatile cooktop
to maximize counter space, so chose one with the cluster of knobs on top
rather than in front. That gave us the opportunity for an additional drawer,
but only a really shallow one. So, we said, what use is a really shallow
drawer? The light bulb finally turned on and the knives moved from a knife
block on the counter to the drawer. Other randomly useful *flat* things
were added (kitchen timers, scale, toothpicks, flame-tamer, etc.) and we
became very happy with the result :-)

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Silvar Beitel

On Monday, June 9, 2014 5:17:27 PM UTC-4, ImStillMags wrote:

> Scrolling back and seeing the floor without the compass rose.....it really does add beautifully to the ambiance. What a cozy feeling place you have.

Thank you!

It's a classic original colonial built in 1742. There are many original
and funky bits (like the beehive oven). We just made our own contributions
for future owners to wonder about / laugh at / condemn :-)

(Like someone said in another thread recently, houses like this own
you as much as you own them :-) )

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Silvar Beitel

On Monday, June 9, 2014 5:39:39 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Nice cupboards. They look like the same as my new ones. The job is half
> done. They are coming back tomorrow to do the pantry.

They're Empire brand.

I have been following the thread on your reno.

I'm terribly jealous of your short time line. Our kitchen (OK, granted
there was a bit more to the work than just the kitchen) took many months
to complete, partly because the custom cabinetry got mis-made initially,
partly because the general contractor was a lazy but exacting SOB[1], and
partly because the demo/flooring/electrical subcontractor[2] was slow too.

[1] me
[2] me

(Hard to find good help these days :-) )

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Silvar Beitel

On 6/9/2014 2:10 PM, wrote:

> Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to photos of it.
>
> The last bit I put in was a "feature" to break up the white expanse of the tile
> floor and add a touch of whimsy to it. I wanted a compass rose and after not
> finding anything pre-made suitable, ended up making one myself at a local pottery
> shop. Fun little project.
>
> <http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/Silvar_Beitel/media/New%20Kitchen/After/20140508_160532_1_zps7908f31c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>
>
> Scroll back from that to see how it fits in the floor and to re-examine all the
> rest of the "after" photos if you're interested. Yes, the yellow tip points to
> true north.
>

Very nice! Thanks for sharing pics of it, and the rest of your renovation.

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Cheryl

> wrote in message
...
> Back on December 1st, 2013, I posted about my new kitchen, with a link to
> photos of it.
>
> The last bit I put in was a "feature" to break up the white expanse of the
> tile
> floor and add a touch of whimsy to it. I wanted a compass rose and after
> not
> finding anything pre-made suitable, ended up making one myself at a local
> pottery
> shop. Fun little project.
>
> <http://s1196.photobucket.com/user/Silvar_Beitel/media/New%20Kitchen/After/20140508_160532_1_zps7908f31c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>
>
> Scroll back from that to see how it fits in the floor and to re-examine
> all the
> rest of the "after" photos if you're interested. Yes, the yellow tip
> points to
> true north.
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel

It's really beautiful.

Cheri