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After reading the featrued story on House Blogs by Jeanne ''Built-In... Form and Function'' , I began thinking about what built-ins we have done and which are my favorite. (Or favorite so far, as we've got a lot of house left that we haven't re-furbished.)  So far my favorites are the built-in drawers under the nook seats and the garbage ...

A few weeks ago I stopped by Second Use, one of our favorite salvage yards in Seattle. They had a lot of slate from two old Seattle High Schools that are being renovated. Being a teacher, I immediately wanted to pick out the biggest and nicest piece they had to bring home. Since I didn't have the van, I waited until Nick got home later that  ...

I haven't made any progress towards varnishing the baking center cabinets, unless you count cleaning the kitchen. But Nick's been working on the breakfast nook. He had me sit down to see if I liked the angle of the bench & it seemed perfect. I'll take some pictures as soon as he lets me back in the kitchen. (I'm not supposed to peak at the ...