kitchen remodel pics

My wife Brooke has made meals for hundreds of people. And those people can attest to her amazing culinary ability. People often come to me asking how we developed our little community, called Hawthorn House. On my most honest days, I admit that much of it has been built on my brides hospitality and cooking more than anything else. It is her gifts and abilities that have made our house a living home (a term we used on our old co-blog and she currently uses for her email address). Yet, for the last five years, her office–her workshop-has been a beat up, awkwardly pieced together kitchen. As we've worked on making this old property livable she's made due with this space. Needless to say, I've been very excited to start my current project: a kitchen remodel. I've tweeted about this and to my surprise, many former Hawthornistas and folks that enjoyed my wife's cooking were eager to see the progress. Below are a few pictures of the evolution of the kitchen remodel: phase one. Our budget, and early Christmas presents from my lovely in-laws, only allows us one wall at a time. And, it's not done yet! So, hopefully we can post some more photos on completion. That said, the photos don't capture much. Our kitchen isn't very big, so it's hard to get a good angle. Guess that means you'll just have to come by and check it out for yourself. If you're lucky Brooke will whip something up for us!
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really great night

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It was a really great night. Thanks to everyone who came out. Thanks to everyone who bought artwork. Thanks to Brooke for the great homemade Sangria. Thanks to Adams and Eves for their wonderful tunes, mustached guitars and nice ties. Thanks to Plant with Purpose for sharing their work with everyone... And thanks to Jon for the photo.

If you couldn't make up your mind on Saturday night, visit our shop and purchase something.

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More pics here.

fire and flowers

Brooke and I have really enjoyed the process of making art together. In the series we just started, we've already made 25 pieces and we are planning another show within the next few weeks. With that in mind, we decided to tweek fireandflowers.com, which was where Brooke was holding her creative stuff. We're now using Fire + Flowers as a label for our work together, as well as hers alone. Our housemate, Greg took some pics of us yesterday that I think are awesome. Mostly because of Brooke (I never like the way I look in pics). She looks stunning! We've also got an etsy page up now for easy purchasing of our work.
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seasons

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Abundant Nutrition is Brooke's new holistic health counseling practice that she has started. Her first newsletter, Seasons, was sent out today. If you're interested in being on the list to receive the bi-monthly newsletter shoot her an e-mail at thelivinghome [at] gmail [dot] com. She's also offering an introductory free one-hour consultation to anyone who is interested.