Comments on: In praise of imperfection http://www.kitchenclarity.com/2010/02/in-praise-of-imperfection/ Adventures in Kitchen and Bath Design Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clarity http://www.kitchenclarity.com/2010/02/in-praise-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Clarity Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:42:12 +0000 http://www.kitchenclarity.com/?p=2626#comment-327 Hi Joseph - and thanks so much for your comment. I was wondering if everybody was asleep out there, and frankly expecting a bit of disagreement about that first picture. I think the doors on that cupboard would drive me crazy pretty quickly, too. I'd have to have it fixed. Probably not much to be done about the dog, except maybe train it? My Dad had lever handles put on all the doors precisely so that the dogs could open them without scratching. He never did succeed in training one to turn round and shut the door behind her, though. Hi Joseph – and thanks so much for your comment. I was wondering if everybody was asleep out there, and frankly expecting a bit of disagreement about that first picture. I think the doors on that cupboard would drive me crazy pretty quickly, too. I’d have to have it fixed. Probably not much to be done about the dog, except maybe train it? My Dad had lever handles put on all the doors precisely so that the dogs could open them without scratching. He never did succeed in training one to turn round and shut the door behind her, though.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.kitchenclarity.com/2010/02/in-praise-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Joseph Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:15:31 +0000 http://www.kitchenclarity.com/?p=2626#comment-326 It’s probably just me (I’m a cabinetmaker), but I’m not sure I agree with living with the imperfections. Well, that and the fact that I still have not remodeled our kitchen, and it really NEEDS to be remodeled. So in that room are quite a few of the type of imperfections you’re talking about. Well, not so much imperfections from living. It’s more like cabinets falling down a little because they are (1) over 30 years old and (2) unbearably cheap. But looking at the first picture you posted I do think there are things I would have changed in it. The thing with the dog (we presume) knocking the paint off the door is something some people are willing to live with. The sagging door is poor workmanship on the part of the person who hung that door. There really is no reason for that door to have started sagging on its own unless there were some sort of abuse like a kid hanging on the door every time it’s opened. But at that height, and in a cabinet like that one, I think we can pretty much rule out any kind of abuse, which brings us back to poor workmanship, which is something that would drive a guy like me NUTS! Just saying. It’s probably just me (I’m a cabinetmaker), but I’m not sure I agree with living with the imperfections. Well, that and the fact that I still have not remodeled our kitchen, and it really NEEDS to be remodeled. So in that room are quite a few of the type of imperfections you’re talking about. Well, not so much imperfections from living. It’s more like cabinets falling down a little because they are (1) over 30 years old and (2) unbearably cheap.

But looking at the first picture you posted I do think there are things I would have changed in it. The thing with the dog (we presume) knocking the paint off the door is something some people are willing to live with. The sagging door is poor workmanship on the part of the person who hung that door. There really is no reason for that door to have started sagging on its own unless there were some sort of abuse like a kid hanging on the door every time it’s opened. But at that height, and in a cabinet like that one, I think we can pretty much rule out any kind of abuse, which brings us back to poor workmanship, which is something that would drive a guy like me NUTS! Just saying.

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