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August 14, 2006
How's the kitchen these days
The photo on this page is of the kitchen before the new appliances arrived and the new countertop was put it. In this photo the wallpaper has already been stripped off the wall.
You'll notice the medium-dark blue countertop. Out of view is another, smaller counter the same shade. The wallpaper, while not terribly dark -- think Michael Jackson several treatments ago -- was darker than the plain white walls in this photo.
The new countertop is a lighter color with some brown flecks in it and the walls have been painted some sort of off-white. [I have a call into one of my gay friends and I'm hoping he'll come by and tell me the exact shade as I've thrown the paint cans away and I might need another gallon (gay men do a much better job of identifying paint color than even that machine at Home Depot does.)]
The appliances are all white as well.
The other day, as I glanced around the kitchen, I couldn't help but take in the hospital-operating-room feel of the place. Which is kind of odd inasmuch as I'm not posting a current picture of the kitchen as I've not been able to keep it clean long enough to snap a photo -- even using a high-speed lens. I guess the kitchen has a hospital-operating-room feel if, you know, the doctor cutting into your chest were to leave a stack of mail and crap laying on the table next to your head.
I'm not sure what to do with the kitchen. I lack whatever gene it is that allows a person to do any decorating. I know what I like when I see it -- I just wouldn't know how to get it to that point.
I was afraid my kitchen was going to be condemned to have a stark appearance until the end of time when I decided that I'd hang some of my Iron Man memorabilia on the walls. It looked better. Still stark ... but in a tony kind of way.
For the one or two of you who got that ...
Thank you. Thank you very much. I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your bartenders and waitpersons.
Rats ... I was unable to find my entry about my gay friends who had just had their home painted ... so I'm unable to provide a link to that story. It will appear as tomorrow's entry, with the link magically appearing in this paragraph.
Posted by delmer at August 14, 2006 8:44 AM