Kitchen Cure Update

Are we done? I’m very happy with my newly clean and organized kitchen thanks to Apartment Therapy’s Kitchen Cure. If I didn’t have someone nagging me, I’d never have done it. I still don’t have my kitchen island tricked out. I’m saving that for next week’s trip to New York. Here’s a shot of the left half of my kitchen, which I think looks rather smart.

We don’t use this counter for cooking, so I felt it was okay to have some attractive tchotkes arranged on it. misterarthur found the rusted lantern in the garage. I’m thinking of painting it a deep red lacquer. Opinions?

As I said, I’m headed for New York next week to shop for a client and spend some time with a friend of mine who is the Queen of Styling. We’re going to finish up the kitchen island together. I’ll keep you posted.

If you’re interested in doing the cure yourself, follow this link.

Sweet Paul’s Last Minute Pumpkin Carving Ideas

So those of us who have been busy with work, it’s not to late to get started on some last minute pumpkin carving. Thanks to my friend, Susan, I’ve discovered a new and terrific blog called Sweet Paul. This past week, this ?ºber-crafty genius featured a number of brilliant pumpkin carving ideas. I loved them so much I had to post on a Saturday.

Sweet Paul's brilliant pumpkins

Here is just one of several ideas from Paul. You’ll enjoy all his ideas – even those not related to pumpkins. Be warned, you might find yourself engrossed in Sweet Paul’s posts that you run out of time for pumpkins.

That’s on my To-Do list today, along with my third assignment for Apartment Therapy’s Kitchen Cure. We’re supposed to do a deep cleaning. Fortunately, I did that while I reorganized. I have one more cabinet to tackle and then all I have left is my kitchen island to style. I’m saving that for my trip to New York in a couple of weeks. Wouldn’t you know, I threw out a bunch of those little trees (see pumpkin, above) last week.

Closet of Terror becomes the pantry

Enjoy Sweet Paul and let me know how your pumpkins turned out.

Are You Taking The AT Cure?

Apartment Therapy is holding their second annual, 4-week long Kitchen Cure. Are you a player? Sign-up is closed. But you can come here and I’ll tell you what we’re working on each week. Play along at home! This week we’re cleaning out all our old food and lightly wiping out the cabinets and the fridge.

Here’s how I’m faring.

Look what a mess this is! It’s all misterarthur’s fault, of course.

Let’s see… We eat Ritz crackers, Cheese Nips (they were stale), peanut butter and those cheap ice cream cones. The oldest food I found was a tube of something mysterious that expired in 2002.

Look! Now there’s room for more food. That means I can move the food from the other cabinets into this one leaving a cabinet free for a new set of dishes. Yay!

EDITOR’S CORRECTION: Sign-up is not closed. Sorry about that. I think I needed to eat lunch that day.

Are You Taking The Kitchen Cure?

I love to cook. misterarthur loves to clean. But neither of us likes to tidy up. Which is why I’ve signed up for Apartment Therapy’s 4-week Kitchen Cure. It’s such a great idea! Kind of like having a personal trainer for your kitchen.

Sign up and on Friday you’ll receive your first homework assignment. By the middle of November your kitchen will be tidy, clean and beautiful! Just in time for Thanksgiving! Then, you can begin to undo all your hard work in preparation for next year’s cure.

To enter, follow this link. And don’t forget to follow my progress right here on Design Hole.