The Friday Fancier, 8/17
It’s a new Friday, and a new chapter in my (theoretically) weekly run-down of wants for around the home. And I’ve even come up with a new, potentially embarrassing name for this segment. Feel free to mock it at your leisure.
These past entries have seen me focusing on the kitchen, and today’s list is no different. Keeper of the flame, provider of cakes, the kitchen is a treasured facet of our apartment; I’m sure many of you feel the same. But I’ll be the first to admit, ours is not the shimmering jewel that it could be. Organization and cleanliness is always just out of our grasp, as it may also be for many of you readers. And as I always say, Necessity is the Mother of Commerce.
This Week’s Wishlist
- Spice Racks. Yes, the tried and true final project of high school Woodshop classes. The layout of our kitchen is such that we have to store our spices far from the stove itself, making it quite a trek for us when a soup needs just a little more cayenne. This shelf from Whitehaus looks more than adequate to mount above any stove, and in particular features that sleek professional sheen that we need in our lives.

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That brings me to today’s topic: working over what you overlooked. Those of you renting out may wash your hands of these tasks, as many of them fall under the landlord’s culpability. But if you own your home, or have somehow been assigned repair duties by your lease, here’s the answer. These are instructions for absolute beginners; they won’t fix any major structural issues, but they also don’t run you much risk of being electrocuted (if you do it right).

