Yellow kitchen

Celle sent this over to me from Better Homes and Gardens. She said she wants a yellow kitchen. This is color she's going for:

Yellow offset with white, with elements of red do tend to brighten this room up. I wonder how that will translate once the paint starts slapping down.

CU-Creations

I've been admiring the handy work of hoods at CU-Creations in Santa Monica, California. A nice copper hood would not go well with a stainless steel stove. You would have to go black. Here would be my pick. I love the accents and the hammered unfinished look. I bet it's pricey.

From their website here's what they say about themselves:

Cu-Creations offers Custom and standard Range Hoods at great prices and of highest quality! Hoods can be placed indoor or outdoors and made from copper, stainless steel, aluminum, galvanized, bonderized and kynar!

Cottage Bungalow

So Celle found out the Money Pit is a cottage style house from this article from Arts & Crafts Homes.

When we had begun to think about how we would redo the interior we agreed that a rustic old world flare rather than the modern look to the house would fit the Money Pit more.

I am a real fan of the claw-foot tub: the French bateau, slipper or double slipper. I like this setup:

 

Celle also found these neat farmhouse sinks from an Arts & Crafts Homes article as well that I think would work. Not a total fan of this particular setup.

But I am not in favor of stainless steel sinks. They're hollow, feel cheap yet are really expensive. Normal cast iron sink wears down eventually and shows its black iron core. I think something like Swanstone would be pretty cool. It's a single solid tough material throughout.

These are just our first thoughts as we think about the future of the Money Pit.