Tea showcase!

R. is always thinking of a new project to make our home more practical. His current project is a small custom table where we will keep our router, phone and answering machine. The cables will be hidden in the legs for esthetic reasons and also so that Gustav is not tempted to bite on them! He is currently working on its design, but was able to take some time off to build me this beautiful shelf, which we have hung in the kitchen and which is showcasing my tea collection. I had asked him for a shelf, as I was running out of space in my spice-pharmacy. He was planning on building something simple, but then I said that I would like something a little more detailed, and well, this is what I ended up with!!! Detailed it is! It took R. a lot more time to build it than he thought it would, and I think he was very happy when it was done, as he could not stand working on it anymore! It has helped to free up some space in the spice-pharmacy and to make our white wall a little more interesting to look at!

German ingenuity!

Look what R. made me a few weeks ago!!! Isn't it pretty?! Our kitchen is not the biggest and counter space is rare, so it's a hassle to bring a cookbook in the kitchen and to try to follow the recipe while preparing everything for it. So R. decided to make me this very practical and esthetically good-looking book holder, to make my life easier in the kitchen. As I am mostly the one who cooks in the house, I think he thought of it as a good investment for him!!!! If you are not using a book, you can clap down the holder, reducing the space it takes up. It's great!