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4269. thoughtful - 7/14/2008 6:53:42 PM Arky, we are already planning on having a prep sink in the island, so this is really a clean-up sink near the dishwasher where all the dishes and other things will be washed. We also do not have a service sink or washtub or anything in the utility room so this one will have to do all those functions too. 4270. wonkers2 - 7/14/2008 7:05:11 PM Fitting all the kitchen components into the available space is tricky. 4271. arkymalarky - 7/14/2008 8:02:05 PM Oh, then it sounds like the bigger the better! 4272. wonkers2 - 7/14/2008 11:41:53 PM My wife informs me that the Rohl all-porcelain ceramic over-mount sink cost $550 with a discount, about the same as a comparable Kohler sink. However, the fancy Rohl faucet and hand soap reservoir with squirter cost $600. The sink came from Limoges. I don't know where the faucet came from--somewhere in France. So far the faucet works well and we like the sink. The kitchen contractors installed our old garbage disposal in the new sink. They said it was fine and there was no point in replacing it until it wore out. 4273. arkymalarky - 7/15/2008 12:16:22 AM Thoughtful, are you doing stainless steel sinks? I love porcelain, but I do have some permanent marks on it, and I don't use the kitchen much. 4274. thoughtful - 7/15/2008 5:56:58 PM SS for sure. I cook all the time and expect that once I retire, I'll cook even more often. I'm looking for durability and low maintenance.
We used to have the old porcelain sink but I found my tummy getting cold against it all the time when washing dishes...I'm much happier with the ss, tho it's not much to look at. 4275. judithathome - 7/15/2008 7:18:54 PM Wonkers, back in the early 70s, I had a sink with a faucet that came with an automatic soap dispensing thing AND another that held hand lotion! I used this liquid hand lotion called Golden Touch...pure glycerin and very good...I used to carry a bottle of it in my purse in high school, in fact.
I checked on the internet a several years ago to see if that hand lotion was still made and found the company that makes it. I oredered a half dozen bottles...smallest order you could make...and still have some of it left. 4276. arkymalarky - 7/15/2008 8:01:02 PM If they have a home expo, or whatever they call it, scheduled in your area any time before you start the interior, those are lots of fun to just walk around and see all the latest stuff and get ideas. SS sinks and appliances, and concrete countertops seem to be the big thing now, at least according to HGTV. ;-) Kitchens seem to be shifting in style to real use. My house is a country Victorian and I tried to pick stuff consistent with that and in consideration of the fact I've never used the kitchen much, but I wanted counter space and cabinet space. I still hope to start canning one day, and I already have the stuff and the room to do that, but I don't have a cook's kitchen. 4277. jexster - 7/15/2008 9:29:15 PM Hello Cruel World
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4279. judithathome - 7/16/2008 1:29:25 PM What a big-eyed cutie, Jex! 4280. thoughtful - 7/16/2008 1:32:04 PM OMG that first picture looks so much like Cas! Amazing!
When Cas was a wee one, he had those big ears and a spiky tail just like Sasha's. Fortunately, as he grew, so did his tail...it is now a really long tail and completely fluffed out, as is the rest of him.
I'm sure Sasha will be a lovely... 4281. jexster - 7/19/2008 5:06:43 PM War Kittens!
4282. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 7/19/2008 6:17:19 PM 4283. jexster - 7/19/2008 6:45:42 PM My nephew calls em Ninja Cats 4284. iiibbb - 7/21/2008 5:36:14 PM So I got a deal on a table saw several months ago. My wife didn't understand the can of worms she opened on my tool-buying.
Anyhow. We ordered a sofa and needed a new coffee table. There wasn't anything I liked at the store except one that was super-expensive and still not quite right for what we needed. I told P that I didn't want to buy something I thought I could make better. It was a dare.
So I made this.
Scandinavian inspired (working on staining and finishing it now). The top is an elongated amorphous shape that gives us the benefit of a round table without going so far into the room. The sofa is an L-shape so we can align it at any angle and it won't look wrong. I plan on adding a glass shelf below, but I'm still trying to find the right glass bracket.
Gluing up the top was a new trick to me, and the use of pocket screws to hold the frame together was also something new. My best ideas were with the method of attaching the top and frame, and also how to shape the legs and top.
4285. iiibbb - 7/21/2008 5:39:48 PM Oh.. the other good trick was building the frame... it's wider at one end than the other so I had to make some angled joints... that was tricky. I had to use almost as much wood on jigs as I did the table. 4286. thoughtful - 7/21/2008 6:13:00 PM Looks nice...what color will you stain it? 4287. iiibbb - 7/21/2008 6:18:41 PM Light brown with a tint of red in it. 4288. iiibbb - 7/21/2008 6:21:25 PM A little lighter than the floor. Slightly more red than the floor, although the floor looks like it has red in it in the picture. The floor is really more of a caramel.
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