The Kitchen

I finished setting up the kitchen a few weeks ago. It just needed a roman shade to help cut down on the glare and heat of the afternoon sun. The venetian blind couldn't handle this task alone, which gives you a sense of how intense the western sun is in my high rise location.

The graphic black and white awning stripe fabric is from Ikea. I had the folks at Strosnider's cut down a 2" pine mounting board for me. I still had plenty of nylon cord, screw eyes and Velcro leftover from roman shade projects in both of our houses.

The starting point was a black and white palette. Details include an Italian cookie tin as a utensil holder, a tomato can as a spoon rest, and chalkboard paint on my grandfather's jelly cabinet. I've finished it off with several photos of and artwork by my kids, and a still life watercolor that I made many years ago.