by Lora Frost | Nov 1, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
Last week in the One Room Challenge™, the trim had just been installed. This week we had the cabinets installed and the counters put in! I didn’t have time to paint all the trim before the cabinets came in, so I painted the lower corner by the far left window...
by Lora Frost | Oct 24, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
The drywallers came in and gave us some new walls! The dust that sanding drywall mud creates is just as fine as plaster dust, but it doesn’t spread as far as the plaster dust did. The fan shown in this photo will be moved to another room. These old fans with...
by Lora Frost | Oct 19, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
I find it fascinating how a house works from the internals out and incorporating the parts we see (switches, faucets and lighting) to be an integral part of the design process. I liken wiring, plumbing and HVAC lines to be similar to veins and arteries in our bodies....
by Lora Frost | Oct 11, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
I’ve lived in homes with some of the worst (aka) tiny kitchens out there. I’ve always been able to make them work, but let me tell you, having a custom kitchen designed for you is the BOMB! For the kitchen to be functional for both my husband and I we each...
by Lora Frost | Oct 4, 2018 | Custom Kitchen Design, Historic Renovation, Interior Design
“How about you just put the kitchen where the old kitchen was?” Every contractor that walked through the old Folk Victorian house asked me this question. My internal gut reaction every time was “No, no, no, no, no — Just no”. The old...