tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post7923744206832797824..comments2024-03-10T03:35:22.612-07:00Comments on The Polished Pebble: Cash for Clunkers: money pit design mistakesKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222598997403329166noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-48579761306662784672016-08-12T03:50:36.001-07:002016-08-12T03:50:36.001-07:00Hi,
I reached your article from the image you upl...Hi, <br />I reached your article from the image you uploaded on Pinterest: https://gr.pinterest.com/pin/226094843762699400/.<br /> <br />Unfortunately, I can't see the images for the current article.Urban Folkhttp://www.urbanfolk.eu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-45253390836050279552013-12-16T13:08:58.729-08:002013-12-16T13:08:58.729-08:00I know this is an old post but I couldn't help...I know this is an old post but I couldn't help but chuckle!! I have the dreaded copper (or should I say black) cookware in my garage. I have the Bertazoni as well and it has a few issues but I like it!cindy hattersley designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147135323683353754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-66018622362276934122013-05-19T15:08:44.996-07:002013-05-19T15:08:44.996-07:00Funny post! Totally identified especially with the...Funny post! Totally identified especially with the use of the dishwasher which I think you are entirely correct! Truth is I never had the money to buy brand names except in Germany when the mark rate was good decades ago and the factory markets plentiful. The PX was great in those days. My momma always said have basic white always. I am on my 3rd set. I haunted the street markets and outlets to satisfy my addition. Today HomeGoods and flea markets do it for me. I put all including pricey knives except antique family china and silver in my dishwisher. Hey, that is what it is for! I have better things to do with my time. My daughter is appalled. I am appalled she hand washes her stuff. I am truely amazed she still has time to keep a clean house and clean happy girlie girls under the age of 3! Have an enjoyable Sunday evening. LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-31821211202516665952012-04-05T21:55:08.258-07:002012-04-05T21:55:08.258-07:00This is alot later and after the fact of your othe...This is alot later and after the fact of your other comments but still hilarious.(Just found your blog tonight and will be back). Appreciate your honesty. That's why we're humans, so we can make silly mistakes. Guess there's one thing about not being able to buy what I want when I see it, can't make mistakes, I get tired of things quickly so buy used or make something over. I have to think twice about spending $20 so guess I can call myself lucky, lol.srpprcrftrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02861352034915359506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-21887760839276391142009-12-11T19:17:55.466-08:002009-12-11T19:17:55.466-08:00This post is hilarious! I always think it is humo...This post is hilarious! I always think it is humorous when a person renovates a kitchen and puts in the most expensive kitchen possible...and they never cook. I know one person who renovated their house last year, all top of the line, La Cornue stove - and they do not cook, period. They actually cooked on Thanksgiving - a full year after they moved in - and they christened the stove with the turkey.<br /><br />I am in the beginning stages of designing a house with my architect, and am desperately trying to avoid the 'cash for clunkers' type things in the architecture of the house - I want to remain classic in the architecture, so I won't get tired of it and so I won't look back in 10 years and say 'what was I thinking?'Things That Inspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04405995431610377305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-20995458127097851932009-11-19T21:26:59.101-08:002009-11-19T21:26:59.101-08:00I just stumbled on your blog and love it!! Am goin...I just stumbled on your blog and love it!! Am going through a kitchen renovation myself and am buying the Bertazzoni too!! Am wondering what your impressions are now that you have had it for a little while? No one I know has ever had it or heard of it, but I love it already!The Zadgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161296212679472291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-28144216239239221892009-11-05T14:59:29.103-08:002009-11-05T14:59:29.103-08:00To Jenny: I have TWO brown silk shades in my gara...To Jenny: I have TWO brown silk shades in my garage!!! Great minds think alike. kelleyKelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222598997403329166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-13754010542568988522009-11-05T13:22:17.277-08:002009-11-05T13:22:17.277-08:00I have copper cookware and LOVE it. I try to polis...I have copper cookware and LOVE it. I try to polish it when I use it, but it doesn't always happen. I can deal with the darkened look though. When I moved abroad (and then moved back) one of the few things I keps was the copper cookware my parents bought for me in France.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-89196695717124034062009-11-05T08:38:28.566-08:002009-11-05T08:38:28.566-08:00I really enjoyed this post. I have had similar ex...I really enjoyed this post. I have had similar experiences but not because I just "had to have something." More along the lines of "this is the look I want" and then I've changed my mind less than a year later. Sofas, a cutesy armoire, dining set, and too-many-to-count accessories have gone off to the consignment store long before their useful lives were over. My most recent error in judgement had to do with ordering a beautiful shade for my guest bedroom BEFORE I changed the entire color scheme. As a result, a brand new $800 creamy yellow shade is currently sitting in a box in my garage.<br /><br />Needless to say, this post made me feel a tad better. At least I'm not the only one. ~ Jenny C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-30263603220544971382009-11-04T14:13:23.572-08:002009-11-04T14:13:23.572-08:00Recently found your blog and I really can relate t...Recently found your blog and I really can relate to this post! My most recent clunker was the wool shag rug from William-Sonoma Home. Beautiful! Perfect for the room! Sheds Like Crazy!! Especially when my son plays X-Box while jumping around like a stuck pig on top of it. I could have knitted three sweaters from the collected wool and wool dust in the eighteen months I've had it. I find it all over the house! Keep up the great stories.Sparkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922650534092572258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-68601435901998436052009-11-03T16:11:20.765-08:002009-11-03T16:11:20.765-08:00My lantern and I both are honored to be an inspira...My lantern and I both are honored to be an inspiration for your hilarious yet thoughtful post!<br />Oh yes, we all have our clunkers in our closet. Thank you for sharing yours!<br /><br />xo<br />BrookeVelvet and Linenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07254920453147895763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-80736150305079654602009-11-03T07:28:59.723-08:002009-11-03T07:28:59.723-08:00To Minus75: Aha! I knew the AGA had a perfect hom...To Minus75: Aha! I knew the AGA had a perfect home, its Ireland. Which is probably why the oven is so small because they eat things like partridge in Ireland which they hunt down with dirty copper pots and promplty eat on blazzingly hot Viete dinner ware. Silly me! xo kKelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222598997403329166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-60702519560486978932009-11-03T07:02:29.546-08:002009-11-03T07:02:29.546-08:00hi kelley,
what a hilarious post. i love your wr...hi kelley,<br /><br />what a hilarious post. i love your writing style. i kinda feel like we are sitting across the kitchen table talking over a cup of coffee. i have made tons of mistakes too. but my current one is sitting smack dab in the middle of my living room. we had a custom leather ottoman made years ago and my husband loves it. it is so practical b/c we put our feet up on it every night to read or watch a ball game. we had it made a few years back, before i became a vegan. now, i can't stand to look at it. it makes me so sad. but what do i do with it? it's functional and like i said, he loves it. i've had a couple of slipcovers made to hide my shame but they have both been destroyed through use. anyways, i've gone on too long about this but again a very funny post. <br /><br />~janetthe gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-29901472204801565722009-11-03T06:42:56.672-08:002009-11-03T06:42:56.672-08:00Great post Kelley!Great post Kelley!niartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328154164462941199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-90671586063311813972009-11-03T06:11:14.764-08:002009-11-03T06:11:14.764-08:00Oh and I forgot to mention one more thing about Vi...Oh and I forgot to mention one more thing about Vietre, it scratches. You canno't use silverware because every wipe across a plate leaves a mark so when I use this stuff for a dinner party everyone must use either plastic forks or rubber spatulas to eat with...or their hands! xo kelleyKelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222598997403329166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-27241855597362516672009-11-03T05:33:40.529-08:002009-11-03T05:33:40.529-08:00what an honest,funny entry. I appreciate it - beca...what an honest,funny entry. I appreciate it - because we have all had these moments.<br />I have a policy in my house these days... quality over quantity butI research, research, and soul-search before I make a hefty investment! No emotional quick decisions!!carol@cabinetstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03583480387943412249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-591770852338329952009-11-02T20:33:34.942-08:002009-11-02T20:33:34.942-08:00I forgot to say - my other clunker? Arte de Itali...I forgot to say - my other clunker? Arte de Italica! Obscenely high maintenance.Minus75https://www.blogger.com/profile/05294546086532974162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-85830075307780823552009-11-02T20:29:25.492-08:002009-11-02T20:29:25.492-08:00What a great post! I think we live parallel lives...What a great post! I think we live parallel lives!<br /><br />I have come so close, so many times to buying Vietri I can't even count. And who doesn't drool over those gorgeous copper stock pots in Williams Sonoma? I've talked myself down off that cloud again and again.<br /><br />AND the Aga? I almost bought one last year... in navy. The only person I know who actually has one is my sister in law. It sits prominently in her kitchen on the west coast of Ireland, warming the room year round. Exactly where an Aga should be.Minus75https://www.blogger.com/profile/05294546086532974162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964224117445332873.post-7689051381158762212009-11-02T19:35:14.297-08:002009-11-02T19:35:14.297-08:00I have to say that I have been eyeing copper cookw...I have to say that I have been eyeing copper cookware because it looks so nice, but the thought of cleaning it (who needs one more thing to clean at home!) and the expensive has put me off. I've learned some lessons too about impulse buys over the years and try to be more thoughtful before making purchases, especially these days!Boxwood Terracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635278108636515992noreply@blogger.com