Piggy Pancake

On snowy and rainy days like today, pancakes and hot coco are a can't miss kid's snack.  My mom bought this piggy pan for Amalie while she was here last fall.  Making each one is a little time consuming, but the piggies came out nicely.  Amalie wanted to chose which one she would eat, then she over decorated it with sugar confetti, and then she ended up only eating one or two while Luther ate several of them. 

今日は、雨とみぞれ時々雪。おやつは、パンケーキとホットココにしました。おもちゃの様なぶたちゃんのフライパンで意外にも綺麗な仕上がり。少し手間はかかるけど、子供達は大喜びです。三枚半ペロリと平らげるルーサーの隣で、アマリ巨匠はどれにするかを選ぶのにひと仕事、飾り付けにまたひと仕事、で口に入ったのは一枚だけ。もっとたくさんお食べ。

 

Kichen Remodel Update vol.15 -Before and After!

Finally, our kitchen remodel is finished.  We still need to install and work on some minor items.  I don't know if any of you know this is our second remodel of this kitchen in 9 years.  These are photos of this kitchen's history-Before and After.

BEFORE Spring 2003 

-Before we even made an offer on this house, our realtor thought we were kidding considering this crazy looking house:) These first few pictures are from before we moved in.-

 

 

 

 

2003-2011

-As soon as we got into this house, we ripped up the pink linoleum floor, and we installed tile.  I had to scrub in and out of every single part of the cabinets, then I primed and painted.  Oh, we did some trim work on the cabinet doors, and we changed all the hardware.  We got a new stove, fridge, and overhead microwave.-

And NOW Winter 2012

2003-2011

NOW Winter 2012

Kichen Remodel Update vol.14 -hardwear and lights.

Which one? 

 

The left is what we had in our kitchen for 8 years, and the right is the new one for this new kitchen.  We used Amerock Round Knob Crosley.

I didn't want too many colors since my kitchen always has so many things around.  I also thought the bronze knobs would pick up colors from the tiles. 

今までのキッチンで使っていたノブが左のステンレス製、新しく買ったのがこれ。買い換えなくても良かったのですが、 このブロンズ色の方がタイルとも合うし、すっきりしているかとも思い、これに決定。

 

What to do? 

Another thing I still haven't figure out is lighting.  I've looked at different light fixtures wherever we go, but couldn't find ones to fit our small new kitchen in our older house.  I should say I couldn't find anything to fit our budget.  Every thing I was happy with had WOW! price tags.  I finally found this used old light for $20, while we were running some errands at the Rebuilding Center.  I can paint this to turquoise.  Can we use it?

そして、未だに納得感のない電器類。古い我が家の小さいキッチンに合うものがなかなかなくて、難しい！この半年間ホームセンターやインテリアショップをいろいろ見て回りましたが、「あ、これだ！」と思っても 目玉の飛び出る値段だったりの繰り返し。そしてやっと、つい最近、資材を再利用するようなお店でこの電器を20ドルで見つけました。この安さなら失敗しても大丈夫。とりあえず取り付けてみよう。ターコイズブルーに塗ろうかな。

To match with this light, we bought an outside porch light for the center of the kitchen.  The one above the sink will be changed to a hanging one, which I'm making the shade right now.  I'll post when it's done.  

これに合わせて屋外用のポーチの電器をキッチンの中央に購入。窓のところにある小さい電器は後ほど取替えます。ただ今、シェードを製作中。

By the way, in our house, there is always a debate about how low or high to hang lights.  Ryan is super tall, so he claims he can't walk through if lights are hung too low.  But, don't you think that the tulip light is hung a bit too high?  I haven't paint it to turquoise, yet.  I might leave it as is.  What do you think?

それにしても、チューリップ型の電器、位置が高すぎると思いませんか？我が家ののっぽパパが「頭が当たって通り抜けられない。」と勝手に短くしたのですが、通り抜ける必要ないし・・・もう１０ｃｍ低くした方がいいと思うんだけどなぁ。
ところで、ターコイズには、まだ、塗っていません。どうなんだろう。 どうしよう。