MansardRoof's Profile

I think it's great you're continuing to pursue your interests while living abroad. I live overseas too, and I find that pursuing my hobbies and interests helps to keep me on an even keel. It's exciting living abroad, but it's also a bit difficult sometimes. Working on a project can bring a lot of personal satisfaction, and having a comfortable apartment to come home to every night feels great.

I think the tiles look fine, but I agree they might look better running straight, not diagonal. I really like the color of your cabinets! Good luck!

That's how people eat breakfast all over the Middle East.

That's pretty funny. The website that routinely applauds hipsters who discard their old kitchens for new ones is now lecturing us on "unnecessary and wasteful" banana covers.

If you have brown rice, cooked sweet potatoes and cooked squash on hand, they are so great added to a green salad w/balsamic dressing.

I hang it inside. Everything comes out stiff and creased and I hate it. Tumble dryers are the best.

I guessed Pier One.

Mustard would look good.

My mother does this. I didn't realize other people did it too. She also does it with water glasses, especially when there are lots of extended family visiting. Everybody gets a wooden clothespin with their name on it, and you stick it on your glass when you're done. That way, you don't have to wash a glass every time someone gets a drink of water.

I don't like the way hanging pots look, all messy, jumbled up and clangy looking. I'm not sure hanging the pots really "saves room" because they take up so much visual room, hovering in huge masses like an amateur Gehry kitchen installation. Admittedly, hanging pot racks are popular and considering them an eyesore and a sensory nightmare puts me in the minority. I always wonder whether people ever drop pots while getting them off the hanger?

Love the tile & color.

Shower rooms are common in Korea, where I live, but I wouldn't exactly call them popular. I find them pretty inconvenient and water gets everywhere. You need to keep rubber slippers in there for when you go in just to use the toilet or sink.

I do like the open look, but a shower pan and partial glass wall would be minimalist and still contain the water.

Great looking room, though.