Ode to cork love
Posted by K Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:02:00 GMT
From the video we got of the house yesterday (mostly either scary in the “hey, is that a HOLE in the floor or a trick of the light?” way or worrisome in the “oh man, that is going to need a lot of cleaning or a lot of work or a lot of cleaning AND a lot of work” way) there were a few things of particular interest:
1- it looks like there is actually a real vent from the kitchen to the outside of the house (at least there is a ventlike thing in the brick) which means a real exhaust could maybe be put in
2- there is maybe a window in the kitchen. Covered up now, but it looks like a window from outside. I am not sure if this could work out (what would we do with a random window in the wall? is it worth giving up cabinet space? does it mean we can’t really move the sink? because I would really like to move the sink) but it is something to think about. I know it seems weird to discover this window now, but really, I had no idea there could even be one there.
This throws a big monkeywrench into my sort of set (in the roughest way possible, really) kitchen plans. I need to think more, and look at more kitchens. I wonder if I can go around the neighborhood and ask to see people’s kitchens? I am still looking at house listings to see what other people have done with similar kitchens.
The cork and honeycomb blind samples showed in the mail (cork from Gerbert Ltd, blinds from Just Blinds). The cork looks good and is sturdier than I expected and the blinds are okay although I worry they will be a pain to clean. They are not for the kitchen, that is sure. We might not even need kitchen flooring, if the wood is okay enough, although I might be a tiny bit sad about the lack of cork. I guess I could install the planks floating-style, since that is what they are, but then worry about floor unevenness. We could do cork tile in the bathroom, I guess, but I like the planks better (and you can’t use planking in a bathroom because it could get too wet and that is bad).
Oh, my favorite style of pattern comes in tiles, too. Maybe a floor or even a wall somewhere. When we have a million dollars. Although the wall might look dumb, I love cork walls (thanks for making me feel that way, A16).
