It’s been just over a year since our kitchen renovation, so I thought it was a good time to share a few updates.  To fully bring my vision for this kitchen to life, we either had to have the gas company run a line to the house or add a propane tank.  I received a lot of questions about this during the renovation, so I wanted to circle back to it and share the cost, process, why we chose propane, and how it’s been cooking with propane instead of natural gas. When we first looked at the house, I immediately noticed the stove was electric and I called the local natural gas company to see if there was a line run to the house (that perhaps wasn’t being used) or if a line could be installed.  The bad news is there wasn’t an existing gas line and more bad news

If you’re thinking, “Didn’t I already read this post about the wall shelves in your kitchen?”  You are partially right.  You read my first draft of this post and, because of a technical glitch on my blog, my blog was down for several hours last week and had to be reverted to an earlier version.  This post ended up being the casualty.  I really liked this post, though, so I didn’t want it to be completely stricken from the Miss Mustard Seed record, but I knew I would never be able to rewrite it word-for-word.  I remembered enough, though, to be able to capture the spirit of the post and, perhaps, articulate things even better the second time around. As I was writing the series about some updates I made to the eating area in our kitchen, the thing that was most discussed was the white open wall shelves adjacent

As we use our newly renovated kitchen more and more, I want to provide some updates along the way.  I know I still need to share a full tour of the cabinets and how we have it all organized, so that is on my list.  I’ll likely make a video showing a complete look at the before and after of the space and then a tour of the cabinets so you can get a true sense of the space.  I know still images and drawings don’t always give a complete picture.  Anyway, in today’s post, I want to share an update on our handmade unlacquered brass faucet. I had my heart set on a brass bridge faucet to compliment the Edwardian feel I was going for.  I reviewed a lot of different options from name-brand faucets that were over $1,000 to used faucets on eBay to handmade faucets from Morocco.