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Lovely!

The kitchen tile is calling my name - any hint on source?

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oh, man! THIS i need!

Boy oh boy!

I was slow to sign up for the Cure, largely because I didn't think my kitchen was that bad. Sure, it had gotten a little cluttered, but it was the least of my issues.

Seems I was WAY wrong. I started with the pantry last night and was amazed at how much stuff had accumulated in there. It's strange -- I think that after some period of time my mind just unconsciously adjusted to not see things.

I found, among other things, a half full tin of hot chocolate. I couldn't remember when I bought it, but I noticed there was a "Star Market" price tag on it. Well, I shopped at Star Market when I lived in Boston, and I've been living in NYC since 2001. You do the (nasty) math.

After four solid hours (um, yeah), my pantry looks fantastic. I know what I have, it is organized and neat. I keep opening the pantry to look at my work!

One question for the group -- I have very deep shelves (about 26 inches). It is good storage for my rarely used appliances, etc, but not as useful for food storage. I find the the back half of the shelf just goes unused. Any clever ideas for how to use this space?

I am looking forward to the next assignment - bring it on!

My mother would wake me and my brother up for school in the mornings and she wasn't particularly forgiving of slow risers. We usually had a 60-second window after the initial "time to get up!" call. If there was still no movement after the grace period, she would come into our rooms, rip the sheets/cover entirely off of the bed (and us) with one hand and use the other hand to cover our entire faces with a washcloth that had been dunked in cold water.

There was nothing more jarring. Needless to say, we quickly learned to hop out of bed when we heard her footsteps coming.

anyone else wondering what happened to the site re-design that we were counting down? What's the update?

Looking for a great seamstress / curtain maker in NYC... I recently scored some beautiful fabric at a Brunschwig & Fils sample sale. I am hoping to get some curtains made, but can't seem to find anyone (my local drycleaner admitted that this was out of his area of expertise).

Any suggestions?