Comments for The Kitchen Project http://kitchen.gregbowne.com Rip out a wall, level a floor, remove a window... easy. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Done by feygele http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=86#comment-268 feygele Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:18:54 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=86#comment-268 Congratulations! Looking forward to the final pictures. Congratulations! Looking forward to the final pictures.

]]> Comment on 1:00 by greg http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=80#comment-42 greg Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:13:15 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=80#comment-42 Oh, while I'm at it, the total electricity cost for the machine, with gas water heater, 8 loads per week, is $11/year. Those are some efficient elves. Oh, while I’m at it, the total electricity cost for the machine, with gas water heater, 8 loads per week, is $11/year. Those are some efficient elves.

]]> Comment on 1:00 by greg http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=80#comment-41 greg Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:21:39 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=80#comment-41 It takes a full hour for the little Bosch Elves to hand scrub all of the cottons. Btw, I think we had a Bosch at our apartment in Paris. Or a Miele. All the same. I don't think the French make fancy little washing machines. It takes a full hour for the little Bosch Elves to hand scrub all of the cottons. Btw, I think we had a Bosch at our apartment in Paris. Or a Miele. All the same. I don’t think the French make fancy little washing machines.

]]> Comment on Ice Ice Baby! by greg http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=77#comment-40 greg Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:13:49 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=77#comment-40 Great idea! We'll look into that. Since we tend to have breakfast on the back porch anyway in the summer, we could move some of our breakfast items (jam, butter, cut up fruit) out there as well. -Greg Great idea! We’ll look into that. Since we tend to have breakfast on the back porch anyway in the summer, we could move some of our breakfast items (jam, butter, cut up fruit) out there as well.

-Greg

]]> Comment on Ice Ice Baby! by Barbara http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=77#comment-39 Barbara Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:02:36 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=77#comment-39 Mini or maxi? A SMALL new refrigerator may be the entertaining solution. It probably would use less power and be good for storage of soda cans. Maybe on the back porch. I don't think they cost a lot and you would have shelf space. We almost bought one after last Thanksgiving. Mini or maxi?

A SMALL new refrigerator may be the entertaining solution. It probably would use less power and be good for storage of soda cans. Maybe on the back porch. I don’t think they cost a lot and you would have shelf space. We almost bought one after last Thanksgiving.

]]> Comment on An abundance of cabinet space by greg http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=74#comment-38 greg Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:54:43 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=74#comment-38 Well, I can use the jigsaw to notch out a few shelves so they'll fit around where we have the hinges. That will lower some shelves and raise others to give us more appropriate heights. We do have a cordless jigsaw, you know. Well, I can use the jigsaw to notch out a few shelves so they’ll fit around where we have the hinges. That will lower some shelves and raise others to give us more appropriate heights. We do have a cordless jigsaw, you know.

]]> Comment on Getting a handle on things by mark http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=73#comment-37 mark Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:32:37 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=73#comment-37 Thanks for the tip. We started out at Home Depot, which is a lot closer to our house than Lowe's, and were disappointed by how incomplete and sloppy their cabinet hardware selection was. Multiple finishes were thrown together in the same bin in the same style, so we didn't feel comfortable picking out 25 bags for fear they wouldn't match. Lowe's was much better, but it did turn out that we were able to get the models we liked at Lowe's cheaper over the web in the end. What really drove us to Lowe's was the faucet selection. Home Depot just didn't have good mid-range faucets. We probably could have done better on-line with the models we researched at Lowe's, but we were in a mood just to buy one and go. Thanks for the tip. We started out at Home Depot, which is a lot closer to our house than Lowe’s, and were disappointed by how incomplete and sloppy their cabinet hardware selection was. Multiple finishes were thrown together in the same bin in the same style, so we didn’t feel comfortable picking out 25 bags for fear they wouldn’t match. Lowe’s was much better, but it did turn out that we were able to get the models we liked at Lowe’s cheaper over the web in the end.

What really drove us to Lowe’s was the faucet selection. Home Depot just didn’t have good mid-range faucets. We probably could have done better on-line with the models we researched at Lowe’s, but we were in a mood just to buy one and go.

]]> Comment on An abundance of cabinet space by mark http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=74#comment-36 mark Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:29:41 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=74#comment-36 The surprise for me is that 42" doesn't get us any more storage than 36" cabinets because we have the same number of shelves and some of that headroom simply can't be used. The surprise for me is that 42″ doesn’t get us any more storage than 36″ cabinets because we have the same number of shelves and some of that headroom simply can’t be used.

]]> Comment on Independence Day by greg http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=70#comment-34 greg Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:46:12 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=70#comment-34 When Mark says he worked in the garden, he understates the amount of work he did. I went out to water the tomatoes today and didn't really recognize the area he'd been working in. It went from overgrown and indecipherable to organized and controlled, while still looking natural. Great job Mark! When Mark says he worked in the garden, he understates the amount of work he did. I went out to water the tomatoes today and didn’t really recognize the area he’d been working in. It went from overgrown and indecipherable to organized and controlled, while still looking natural. Great job Mark!

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game… with Chuck Woolery by mark http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=69#comment-33 mark Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:47:41 +0000 http://kitchen.gregbowne.com/?p=69#comment-33 We were spoiled by the quick delivery of the cabinets. Now we're just on the previous schedule. My mother won't get to see the countertop, unfortunately. We were spoiled by the quick delivery of the cabinets. Now we’re just on the previous schedule. My mother won’t get to see the countertop, unfortunately.

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