Kitchen

Floating and Flying Frigidaires - Oh My!

My 1938 General Motors Frigidaire clunks when it starts up. And, sometimes it is a bit noisy while it runs. The original owner's manual...

To The Doubters

When my grandfather passed away in 2012, my "big" item from the estate was a 1938 Frigidaire that sat in the basement of my grandparents'...

Unsinkable

Like most New Year's resolutions, keeping on top of regular posts has gotten the best of me with the back-to-work, post-holiday funk and...

Merry, merry!

The season is upon us! The December 5th, full-stop/cleaned-out deadline did not happen, as family descended for my brother's wedding, but...

The Fridge Is In! ...Kind Of.

Big goal for this past weekend was to get my restored 1938 #Frigidaire OUT of the dining room and IN to its new home in the #kitchen. Now...

Quick Tip: Blue Painter's Tape

We all know that blue painter's tape is great for masking off trim and areas that you don't want to #paint. One of my other favorite uses...

Restore, Not Replace

All is quiet on the home front - while the bricks try to work their magic on the #kitchen floor, and I am waiting for a grease vent to be...

The Move to Marmoleum

As the 90 years of layers of flooring was being removed in my kitchen, it slowly became apparent that my goal of going all Nicole Curtis...

Inspired at Sea

I used to work aboard a (docked) 1930s luxury ocean liner - a total dream when it came to fine craftsmanship, details in every piece (I...