Thursday, November 12, 2009

Great new concept....bringing local foods to you kitchen

Recently we found about about Kelly Geary and her venture, Sweet Deliverance. As founder and head chef, she prepares seasonal meals using the best "local ingredients and her boundless culinary imagination".
We think this is a great new concept as she prepares meals for busy families, by using local ingredients, grown by local farmers.
Watch this video about Sweet Deliverance.

The Farm-to-Table Chef for Busy New Yorkers: Sweet Deliverance from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Kitchen sink




Many of our clients opt for a soapstone sink but when that is not an option....there is another favorite. The Shaws Original by Rohl is an impressive, fireclay sink - "crafted over one hundred years using time-honored, traditional methods and materials". The apron-front, farmhouse sink is offered in several sizes and configurations, including a spacious 36-inch model. Another bonus to this sink - its recyclable and environmentally friendly. Pictured above is a Shaws Original 30-inch sink housed in one of our kitchen islands and paired with a particularly figured slab of soaptone from Bucks County Soapstone.




Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Vintage lumber




As the green revolution continues, a popular choice for flooring is floor boards resawn from antique beams. We work closely with a company that disassembles old homes, barns and factories. The structural timbers that are pulled from these vintage buildings is often old growth lumber. The lumber is then "sliced" into floor boards.


While they specialize in resawn flooring, they are also a great source for antique flooring, beams for timberframing or fireplace mantels and custom sawing.

For a full list of our other partners, see our links page on our website.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

New Jamie Oliver show


I design and build kitchens but I also like to cook....and above all, I like to eat. I'm a big fan of Jamie Oliver and just read about his new show that will air on ABC during prime time this winter. While the focus seems to be educating folks so that they can cook healthier meals for their families, there is no doubt that these meals will be quite tasty if Jamie is doing the cooking. The "teach a man to fish" focus is also very encouraging.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Who wants one?

I REALLY want to make an "antique" kitchen island like these.....





Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Reinventing the wet bar or kitchen island....







I KNOW! I KNOW!..........These are terrible photos but I can't resist posting them because we are so pleased with this new concept. A huge faux pas for a good blog but I don't know when I will get quality images of this piece.

After a recent trip to Bucks County Soapstone, we were invited to create a wet bar for the Philadelphia Suburban Home Show. They left the cabinet design to us and we left the sink and countertop design to them. The result was this grand, 8ft long piece to serve as a wet bar or kitchen island.

There are runnels in the upper bar that drain into the sink for those mishaps that may occur during late night festivities. The bar area in the back, sports a comfortable foot rail. One admirer commented that it looked like it was "pulled out of an old tavern".

We are offering these free-standing bars as shown or customized.....SHIPPING NATIONWIDE.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Our latest work...











We are very pleased to have finished another beautiful kitchen. This historic home is located in Trexlertown, PA. We haven't sent in our favorite photographers yet so I can only share these snapshots for now.

Bucks County Soapstone provided the countertops, backsplash and the roomy 36" block sink. The brick tile on the floor (with radiant heat underneath) was made by Inglenook tile.

If you have plans to remodel a kitchen in your historic home, contact us today for a free kitchen design consultation.