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Beautiful job! Those kitchen mini chandeliers are fab! Who makes them? Do they give you enough light?

Thanks.

My Mother-In-Law has an original. Most uncomfortable chair I've ever sat in.

Great idea and so pretty!

Great idea. Very colorful! I keep mine on one of those multi-bar pants hangers which hangs on a hook attached to the inside of the entryway closet.

sagekitten85: Yes, the soffit is full. It contains a waste pipe that comes out from the wall and snakes horizontally as well as an oversized steel vent box that reaches from the wall to the inside edge of the soffit. Neither can be modified (according to the rules of the building).

mhg: The caravaggio is gorgeous. Wish a pendant would work, but we've got a 4.5" height (and 11" width) restriction to clear the swing of the cabinet doors. That's part of the difficulty in finding a (nice looking) fixture that will give appropriate ambient light.

Credit where credit is due: Image #3 is from Designer Sarah Richardson's "Sarah's House" series on HGTV.

Love the re-do. Going to be using the same white/gray with touches of blue color scheme in our kitchen reno. See you have a composting bin by your stove. Have been wanting one for all the scraps but keep wondering about odors. What's your experience?

Bets -

If you're talking about the starburst pattern dishes they are called Franciscan Starburst. I've been collecting that pattern for years; eve put it on my wedding registry! There is lots of it on Ebay.

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Or call Robert Soto, who I found through them. He's a smart, honest, reasonably priced guy. 646-377-7924.

I've had white floors in my NYC apt., though not in the kitchen, for 23 years. The difference is they were pickled, then poly'd - not painted. It was all the rage in the 80's. It is time to re-do them and I'm going to have it done the same way. It brightens the whole place up and no harder to clean than the oak floor in the bedroom.