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F.D. Hodge Interiors: Kitchen/Pantry Update from Old York

July 2nd, 2009 at 10:35am Jamie

First of all, I would like to thank Accent Magazine for choosing my show house room from last year’s Museums of Old York Show House to grace the cover of their July/August issue! Yesterday was a day of mishaps for me. Coming home and finding Accent Magazine in my mailbox with my work on the cover made all the angst of the day disappear. (Well…most of it anyway…a martini washed away the rest!) I would also like to congratulate all of my peers who are included in the show house article. Great job everyone!

ACCENT July/August 09

Kitchen/Pantry Update

The new appliances, loaned to us by Best Buy of Newington, were delivered yesterday. The stainless steel LG appliances look right at home. The steel of the appliances blends in beautifully with the Irish Limestone counter tops.

Judy Dibble of Brookwood Designs also came to finish up her work on the kitchen walls. Judy gave the walls their final coat of Venetian plaster. The walls now resemble chocolate ganache, like something that one would hope to find on the walls of Willy Wonka’s factory, dark brown, deep and rich.

Two wing chairs that I am using in the seating area at the windows are also complete and at the house. The wing chairs have been salvaged from my archive of thirty or so chairs. I can never pass up a chair that I happen upon that has great proportion and form. The chairs have been upholstered in a mustard yellow and cream stripe matelasse fabric along with a complimenting brush fringe outlining the seat cushions for a little added interest.

The wall mount dish rack has also arrived, was painted and is installed. A wall mount dish rack not only looks great, but also it is one of my favorite and functional pieces to have in a kitchen.

So all in all, it’s all falling into place - slowly but surely.

Just waiting on the ceiling fixture for over the kitchen sink, the custom step back cupboard (still wavering on what color to paint it…), the curtains, the flowers (from the gals at Botanica in Portsmouth who have graciously worked with me on all of the florals) and I still need to shop for a few more accessories.

Lots to do; time is fleeting. The only good part about this weather is that I have the time to do what I need to get done.

Wishing everybody a safe and happy Fourth of July!!!!

Best,
Frank

F.D. Hodge Interiors | Boston, Mass. 02118 | 617-267-8103 | fdhodge@aol.com

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