Julia Child’s kitchen yesterday and today
(Photo: Sony Pictures) Like many of you, I can’t wait to see “Julie and Julia”. I grew up with French cooking, with butter and cream and gallons of wine tossed in a pot. So along comes a movie with...
View ArticleAmerica’s Oldest Refrigerator?
It isn’t this one, although it’s close. This is a 1930s refrigerator. There’s a headline for you: A refrigerator built in the 1920s is found still running today. From the NY Post: It might have been...
View ArticleA Reader Asks: A stool for the sink?
Let’s get back to design. A reader contacted me a while back about an old lowered sink: I found your blog while trying to find out some information concerning an old farmhouse kitchen sink that is...
View ArticleKitchen flashback: 1946
So check out this kitchen from KBIS last week: Merillat has been around for how long? Here is one of their first kitchens, circa 1946. No, it’s not “what’s old is new again” but it is a nod to the...
View ArticleA blast from kitchens past: 1992
For those of you wondering about “timeless kitchens”, take a look at this kitchen I designed back in 1992. The more things change… It isn’t the best photo as it was shot long before the days of cell...
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