I use a lot of green onions (a.k.a. scallions) here at Casa Fishbowl. Green onions are milder than regular onions. I like to chop up the green part and use it as a flavourful garnish for soups, stews, Asian dishes and even meatloaf. I usually discard the whites, but I have used them to pep up stir fries and hamburgers.
So yes, there’s almost always a bunch of green onions in our veggie drawer. I pick up a bunch up every time I shop, which means that sometimes I buy too many because I forget I already have some. The sad result of this grocery-related amnesia means that innocent rapscallions are left to die a slow and soggy death in the fridge.
Let’s stop the senseless murder of fresh vegetables!
This is a very simple idea that I spotted on Pinterest the other day, and it really appeals to the frugal and foodie side of me: PERPETUAL ONIONS. It makes storing green onions a snap. Plus, it makes more green onions!
Just over a week ago the green onions in this photo were chopped down to centimetre or two above where the white part ends. I used the dark green parts in a recipe and put the rest (roots n’ all) into a glass of water, placed it on a sunny windowsill in my kitchen – and look – Pinterest didn’t lie! They grew!
I change the water every day and snip off what I need with kitchen scissors. Voila! No more soggy rapscallions in the veggie drawer. Pretty cool eh?
I know some of you think I’m crazy for choosing a family bathroom over a master ensuite + a separate bath for the girls, but the more I stare at our plans the more I realize that it’s going to be amazing. I’m bucking the trend! Woo hoo!
One of the things our architect did at our last meeting was enlarge the shower space a tiny bit. (Shown here in the last incarnation of the floor plan.) The door will be pushed back into the room a bit, giving the person who’s in the shower room to disrobe and hang a towel. Maximum privacy (at least as much as you can get behind a frosted panel of glass)! The way I see it, there could be three or four people in there at once, and each person could have some degree of privacy: two using the sink area, one in the shower, one in the loo (er, or the tub, not both).
Now, more than ever before, I’m tearing out photos in magazines and trolling Pinterest for design inspiration.
Here’s what I’m thinking:
- A giant sheet of mirror over the double vanity instead of two little ones, although I would make an exception if it was something like this. (Look how it’s built in!)
- The aforementioned vanity has got to have drawers over cabinets. That way I can sweep things into them. I want everyone to have their own drawer. Cabinets underneath can be for extra toilet paper and other bathroom supplies. Maybe a towel shelf?
- This vanity has a counter made of tempered glass. Cool!
- I really like bathrooms done up in white with soft blues and greens. (Check this out.)
- This tile would be great for the shower room.
- I envision lots of subway tile.
- I love everything in this bathroom. Especially the doors. Alas, there is no room in our budget for an amazing bathtub like that. Boo.
- I also like dimmer switches in bathrooms; the ability to go superbright or very dim (think: nighttime pee) is important to me
- I’m undecided about colour of the cabinetry. Dark or light? I LOVE this bathroom. And this one.
There’s so much to think about. And I know how the bathroom design is going to end. I’m going to tear out (or bookmark) one bathroom, fling my hands up in the air and say: just do this. That’s why I keep searching for a bathroom that has the same layout, but I know it’s impossible because my bathroom doesn’t exist anywhere else. I AM A DELICATE SNOWFLAKE.
I wish I had more confidence to say THIS TILE with THAT TILE and that COUNTER and that PAINT COLOUR (and come in under budget), but I need to see it beforehand, you know what I mean?
Oh man. I started writing this post with happy thoughts in my head. And now I’m just wringing my hands again.
*deep breath*
