So about a year and a half ago Chris signed up for a Pinterest account. It was about the same time that he was getting into wood working and I showed him that it was a great tool for getting inspirations and how-to's for projects. At first, him and his buddy spoke in code about things they saw on Pinterest because they were embarrassed that they had their own accounts. However, Chris and Alex Dieckmann (Yes you heard me right!) have now moved past the embarrassed stage and have embraced their identities as fellow pinners a.k.a. winners.
When Chris and I first looked at the house and discussed ways to make the space fit our lifestyle, we frequented Pinterest quite often. We both discovered that we had similar taste in just about everything! Who knew?! This made designing our remodel much much easier, and way more fun because no one had to ever compromise! With all this being said, we were both really drawn to the open-concept shelving instead of cabinets. We like the look, and we also like the idea that it forces us to refrain from stuffing clutter into cabinets and it forces us to keep things clean.
Our kitchen/living room remodel was a really organic process. We basically started with the idea of knocking out the wall, then the ideas continued to evolve and change as the project progressed. Once the beam went up and the dark wood turned out so nice, we decided to go with the open shelving and match the shelves to the beam. Plus, with the white walls I knew the dark wood would just pop! So we went for it! Mr. Carpenter got to work and got the shelves up where the cabinets used to be.
#selfie
Once the shelves were up, it was my turn. I got to organize, and re-organize all my kitchen stuff!
(Yep, I'm definitely still rocking my Christmas Pj's in March)
One of the versions of the display - it has changed multiple times since.
So the next project: hood over stove. We didn't want a bunch of grease and cooking smoke to ruin our freshly painted walls so we set our sights on a hood to top our black gas stove find at Habitat for Humanity's ReStore just up the street. Chris watched Craigslist for about a week for one, but all the hoods that go straight up into the ceiling were suuuuper pricey. So I suggested making a shelf to stick an "under cabinet" hood (much less expensive) on and piping it up to the ceiling from there. Basically I am brilliant.
Out of all the projects - this one was Chris' least favorite. But he persevered and finished strong with Mike Luczkiw's help!
Insert clever photo caption here - LOL
Photo cred - Laura Luczkiw
Next step = building a wood case to wrap the aluminum piping up to the ceiling.
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