a peek inside the fishbowl

1 | Carrie C

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:16 pm

What is the title of your entry? There are a lot to weed through – and yes, a lot of really ugly kitchens…

2 | Carrie C

March 2nd, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Found it! Piper gave it away.

3 | Mary @ Parenthood

March 2nd, 2011 at 10:17 pm

Not a fan of the brown flooring but otherwise… I kind of like your kitchen… Hope the judges agree with you and not me though ;)

4 | Alison p-h

March 4th, 2011 at 11:05 pm

Good luck. I first thought the floor had a retro look about it but then changed my mind on a second look. A white kitchen would look awesome!

5 | bushidoka

March 5th, 2011 at 8:29 am

I also think your kitchen looks fine. My wife entered ours – I would have preferred that her picture was of the exploded hole in the 60’s era oilcloth near the washing machine, from the time the exit pipe froze in the basement below and all the water ended up over our kitchen floor when the washer was on drain cycle.

As much as our kitchen is probably further on the “need” versus “want” side of things compared to most of the others I’ve seen there, I am still hesitant to do any major renovations because renos always create waste, and I want to make darn sure when I create renovation waste it was really needed. Using so-called “green” building materials does not make it all good when all of the old stuff is needlessly being tossed into the landfill site. Especially so when the renovation was not really required.

6 | bushidoka

March 5th, 2011 at 8:41 am

If anyone wants to vote for our kitchen here it is

http://contests.chatelaine.com/engine/Details.aspx?p=A&c=26871&s=7078553&i=1

In flipping through there seems to be an awful lot of people who cannot distinguish “want” from “need”. Nonetheless I do see a few who need a new kitchen even more than my wife and I do, so maybe you should vote for one of them.

7 | andrea

March 5th, 2011 at 12:40 pm

bushidoka – I’m glad you think our kitchen looks fine, but trust me when I say that it no longer accommodates our family.

Are you saying we don’t deserve it? I’m not sure what you’re getting at exactly.

I should go back and read Chatelaine’s blurb about this contest but I don’t think it’s really about who is in the greatest financial or moral need, or whose kitchen is in The Worst Possible Shape. The judges will have their own ideas re: what they’re looking for. The rules don’t specifiy what their criteria actually is, but they’re probably looking for a kitchen that has potential, and could easily showcase significant changes/updates that fall within the alloted budget. I tossed my name into the hat because I thought it would be fun to try.

I am happy you entered. It sounds like your family needs it (there’s a hole in your kitchen?) but I think it’s a bit odd that you’re posting your link here. But maybe that’s just me.

Regardless… good luck !