• This Week: Beautify and Plan a Dinner Party
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Your kitchen is clean, restocked, and refreshed. You're adding a few finishing touches, like a jar of flowers on the windowsill. You're thinking ahead to having a few friends over to dinner, or hosting the Thanksgiving party. How are you doing? How is your kitchen feeling? Do you have a dinner party on the calendar yet?
It's been inspiring to see all your projects and progress. We really liked this nice setup from Heath & the B.L.T. boy via the Kitchen Cure Flickr Pool - a new set of storage and countertop space with an IKEA unit. Take a look at all the notes and annotations; very cool!
How are you doing on this week's assignment? Need any help? Any encouragement? Tell us, and happy dinner party planning!
• This Week's Cure Assignment: Kitchen Cure Week 4: Beautify & Plan a Dinner Party
And if you're still thinking about doing a special project, here's a list of some inspiration:
- Paint your fridge with chalkboard paint.
- Paint the whole darn kitchen, why not?!
- Make a custom glass back splash.
- Create your own knife storage solution.
- Replace the faucet.
- Strip the wallpaper.
- Replace your under-cabinet lighting.
- Convert a closet into a pantry.
- Make a kitchen mat.
- Build a kitchen island.
- Organize and label your spices.
- Upgrade your outlet and light switch plates.
- Cover up rusty dishwasher racks with this little hack.
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(Image: Flickr user Heath & the B.L.T. boy from The Kitchen Cure Flickr Pool)
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So funny. My husband & I moved into a new place in July and bought the exact same buffet (and even the shelf above). It looks amazing and provides fantastic counter space and storage.
We are having our dinner party this weekend - a revival of our Sunday Suppers, which we hosted about 20 of in 2009. (This year we got married, so that required its own entertaining whirlwind!) My husband is making short ribs from a Test Kitchen recipe. I'm thinking about Edna Lewis's potato casserole from the January 2008 Gourmet, and also the pimiento toasts from that issue for appetizers - we love both. May also try Dorie Greenspan's Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good, and perhaps a apple crisp for dessert. There are 2 kids coming, so maybe a mac and cheese should be added too...
I just finished my special project, sanding the poly finish off of our butcher block kitchen cart. What an improvement. I keep doing a double take every time I enter the kitchen. :-)
We're hosting a big dinner party next month which I'm starting to plan for. We might host something a bit more intimate earlier on during the holiday season as well if time allows.
Thanks, Kitchn, for a great Cure!
Today, I finally finished my last project, mounting the magnetic knife racks after 2 years of moving into my new home.
As for the dinner party. Well, it sort of planned me. After a series of events, I'm now hosting Thanksgiving dinner. For the very FIRST time.
Finishing the Fall 2010 Kitchn Cure opened up the space for me to host Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Coincidence? I think not. :-)
Thanks Kitchn!!!!