Gail McGlamery

Week 9: 10/26/09 – Looking back on the week that began October 26, you’d think I’d do something related to Halloween. That would be a big ‘no’. I’m not one to get into holiday celebration that much. My focus that week was getting an estimate for kitchen cabinets for our Maine house renovation. I opted to glorify in my journal quilt the fact that we finalized a plan for the kitchen. This might seem like a pretty small feat, but for us it wasn’t.

Throughout the renovation, my husband and I have had, well, opposing viewpoints sometimes. I stopped short of saying we have butted heads, but there have been a LOT of compromises on both sides. Add to that the fact that the kitchen space in our old house is a complete blank slate. We had agreed to move windows around for optimum southern lighting. However, given it is such a complete redo became kind of overwhelming. We tried tons of different arrangements in an attempt to combine adequate lighting, storage, workspace, and a back door in a relatively small space.

I could go on and on, believe me, with all the discussions and debates and various layouts we tried. I guess as foodies who hope to cook a lot and have friends over, we wanted to get it right, for us, and do so on a budget. So having a final design is a cause to celebrate. Now its time to decide on the cabinets….