Great Idea!

Okay, it isn't one of my ideas so it wont involve killer whales or turning grandma's into oil or anything like that. It is a nice idea for recycling all those amazing display kitchens you see in the shops.

Have you ever wondered what happens to those? They get changed out when black granite counters become less popular than white granite counters, so where do they go? In most cases, they go into the landfill and end up being wasted. But not anymore!
Thanks to The Used Kitchen Company you can buy yourself a "used" kitchen that has only had sales people touching it. I know sales people are sometimes a bit greasy, but given the surfaces of some of these kitchens, a little dettol would sort them right out.

 

I know what you are thinking, How am I going to cram that kitchen into my space? You aren't. Your builder will with the help of your friendly designer. If you are starting from scratch, it is just as simple as buying a kitchen from any place else but you will spend less and you might feel like a better person because you saved all this stuff from going to a landfill. 

It is kind of like getting a puppy from the pound and not from a dealer. 

 

 

 

He followed me home, can I keep him?

 So if you are in the market for a "new" kitchen. Why not look about and see if a recycled one would suit your needs. I can't say it would make you a better person, but you never can tell.

If you don't have a window

We have all been in the situation where we are in a space that could use a window. Perhaps it is a back office area, a small bedroom, closet, a prison cell, you name it we have all been there. Especially the prison cell. --It was a misunderstanding I swear. The only people in that alley were me and the cop.

Er, anyway. You find yourself in a situation where you do not have a window, but you would really like to have one. I doubt your landlord/warden will be very happy with you poking a hole in the wall, but they might let you do something like this.

Lovely. Yet this takes some serious skill to pull off. You have to understand the concept of perspective, have an eye for colour as well as knowing what peacocks look like. 

What most of us would end up with would be a much worse version of something like this.

Another option is to use something a little different to add a "window" to a windowless space. I realize I might be a little behind on this one, but I found the amazing Bright Blind.

 

"... Made of electroluminescent (EL) sheets, Makoto Hirahara’s Bright Blind simulates a window where none exists. The artificial blind functions in exactly the way you might guess; turn the plastic stick and control the brightness!" 

They are not really on the market yet, but hanging a blind/lamp is a billion times easier than trying to paint a peacock on your wall. Perhaps if the company got a few thousand orders for the product, it would get a little lower in price. Or some genus in the midlands could build one in a shed. They build everything in sheds out there. Ariel Atoms, Nobel, Eagle E-types... Okay, maybe it is just cars. But still. If you can make a car, you should be able to make a lamp. Can someone get started on this please?