Archive for March, 2010

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March 20, 2010

Hanging Pot Racks

Whenever, and if ever I have the money to design my dream kitchen I will be sure to have a pot rack hanging directly over a butcher block island.   I attribute this directly to my love of the kitchen in Father of the Bride.  Not just the kitchen, I love the design of the entire house.  Nancy Meyers directed FOTB and I pretty much am in love with the set design of every single one of her movies… The Holiday, Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated.  If and when I ever finish my MA Interior Design degree I would love to be a set designer, but I digress, back to pot racks… (PS stay tuned for a post on my love affair with Nancy Meyers set design)…

I’ve written about my love for hanging pot racks here before, and I had totally forgotten about it until today.  I just however stumbled upon potracksource.com and now my life is complete.  Well, it will be when I own one.

Isn’t it lovely:

Especially over a butcher block island:

And beadboard cabinets painted butter yellow, a farm house sink, subway tile, nautical pendant lamps……  Ok, back to reality.

For now, here are some pictures of the Father of the Bride that has inspired my love for pot racks:

Nancy Meyers love affair post coming soon1  Stay tuned…

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March 12, 2010

Great Design: Awesome Orange Paint Color

Oh my mercy is this color and this room not GOREGOUS!  Rooms like this make me want to start my design degree again ASAP.

Check out more of this room and how the owner created this awesome orange color at the LiveLikeYou blog here.  It is Benjamin Moore Grand Canyon 118 with a coat of Antelope Canyon 125 on top.  Beautiful!

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March 11, 2010

Tea Time!

My girlfriends and I go to tea every year and this year we want to mix it up a bit, we are getting tired of the Ritz/ Four Season scene.  I’ve done a bit of researching and here are some fun local places to have tea.

The Pink Bicycle Team Room in Occoquan, VA

Hillwood in DC

Aylesbury Tea Room in Leesburg… this one looks so cute!

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March 9, 2010

My Kitchen Wish List

I already have a KitchenAid mixer but it was my mother’s, which means it is over 20 years old.  It is still holding up great though, except that the dough hook is MIA.

KitchenAid 5 Quart Mixer:

Or I could just buy a dough hook and keep on using my current KitchenAid:


Silpat baking mats in various sizes.  I have never baked with them but I have a feeling they will change my life when they do.  Until that life changing day, parchment paper will do.

A Cuisinart 14 cup food processor because I currently have a 5 cup Cuisinart and it is just too darn small to do anything with.

A cake stand.  My life will be complete when I have one.

I nearly screamed when I saw these measuring cups in odd sizes at Williams-Sonoma.  It would make baking so much easier to have a 2/3 cup or 3/4 cup handy.

And finally (for this post at least, there is plenty more I want) I am burning to get a Le Creuset Dutch oven.  No other brand will do, even though I am so tempted to get the Giada brand that Target is now carrying.

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March 1, 2010

DC Design House 2010

Whew been really busy… I have many posts coming but I quickly wanted to share with you the details for the DC Design House 2010.

This year’s design house is April 10- May 9 at a beautiful house in Chevy Chase…

Be sure to check it out!  I for sure am.

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