Want to see our kitchen island? I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT. *video*
This is part 1… here is: two, three, four, five, six, seven
Last summer, I saw a posting on Craigslist.
I went to show Paul, and he said– we are definitely not getting a piano.
This is exactly what I was hoping he would say, because who does not love being the one to reveal an exciting plot twist?
I shouted– SURPRISE!
We are DEFINITELY getting a piano!
I thrust my fist into the air— to indicate action and piano-getting.
I said— AT DAWN WE RIDE.
Then I marched up and down the street with my gong, announcing— Here’ye! Here’ye! I SHALL HAVE ALL OF THE GIANT FANCY THINGS.
Also, for the record, only someone who does not read my blog would mistake this for a piano. CLEARLY, this is our kitchen island.
I explained my idea to Paul… at length… which took about five seconds.
Here it is, for your consideration.
IDEA:
Acquire item of giant fanciness.
Put the giant fanciness in the kitchen.
The End.
I guess I did not explain it right, because Paul said – don’t you think a piano in the kitchen might be a little bit… much?
This confused me– a little bit much?
No. I think it will be a LOT much… much like myself.
Paul thought about this. Then he went back and rifled through his rolodex of anticlimactic responses.
He said – well, it’s an interesting idea.
Let’s think about it for a little while.
Stalemate. After impasse. After deadlock.
Fortunately, I am trained for this: this entire house project has been an extended drill session where I’ve eschewed all reasonable housewares and set fire to anything from Homegoods.
And ultimately, I guess Paul forgot to ask himself the one really, really, really important question: If this piano exists, DO I THINK VICTORIA WILL CHOOSE ANYTHING ELSE?
April 14, 2015 @ 4:15 pm
You are AWESOME! I can’t wait to see the completed kitchen.
April 14, 2015 @ 4:15 pm
Oh my goodness, is it black? It’s gorgeous! Will you top it with marble or keep it available for impromptu piano music from Paul, while you cook? It really is spectacular. I can’t believe it’s free.
xo,
Karen
April 14, 2015 @ 4:55 pm
Liberté, égalité, fraternité craigslisté! Haha oh god you’re a riot.
I really don’t see why Paul even bothers to put up a fight anymore.
April 14, 2015 @ 5:00 pm
Totally and completely awesome. Nobody in their right mind would think otherwise.
April 14, 2015 @ 5:05 pm
You are amazing! Period.
April 14, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
I started my day by having a – let’s just say, “a routine gastroenterology” test. Thank goodness I had this post to read when I emerged from my drug induced stupor. TOTALLY made of for the beginning of the day! Brilliant idea! Obviously this is why you hadn’t found anything sooner. What I’m most impressed with is you and Paul know how to successfully use the magic roll of green plastic wrap. We bought one for our last move and only managed to create big balls of useless ornamentation as we tried to use it on our furniture. Best of all – the “happy dance” endings to your videos. So sweet of Paul to indulge you in all the ways he does.
April 14, 2015 @ 5:34 pm
Well, this was a surprise! I’m a musician; my pianist would have had a heart attack.
But…she has been afflicted often with having to perform on what she calls “PSO”‘s, or “piano-shaped-objects”, i.e., pianos in such dreadful shape that a kitchen island is the perfect solution for their existence. Absolutely brilliant, I say. And, dare I hope, FREE? Usually people are just happy to get rid of them.
April 14, 2015 @ 5:47 pm
THAT made me HAPPY! Love ya!!!!!!!! 🙂
April 14, 2015 @ 5:55 pm
I wish my kitchen was big enough for a piano island. An absolutely wonderful idea. You are so creative with big fancy things.
April 14, 2015 @ 6:25 pm
OMG!! I understand every word, every nuance, every thought process. That scares me — big time. Because I can see me turning into a very old version of you — I’m in my sixties and I hate my house. Oh Boy!! My poor hubby is in for a very rough ride 🙂 Thank you for being my inspiration.
April 14, 2015 @ 6:46 pm
Splendorous, sumptuous, ravishing and above all Victoria’s triumph!
April 14, 2015 @ 7:08 pm
HOORAY!!! YIPPEE!!! And, yes, I do mean all caps!!!
April 14, 2015 @ 7:31 pm
So this is how all the pioneers unscrewed and packed their pianos and brought them out to the West… Your idea for a kitchen island; it just might work!!! 🙂 Love the video and it’s so cute the two of you dancing!! <3 (grammar aside…) Maybe add a bottom shelf for baskets and things. 🙂
April 14, 2015 @ 7:58 pm
I love the idea of your island….am so glad you finally found the solution. It is an AWESOME piano in any event… your video made me smile. love the dancing and kiss at the end. You two are an adorable couple!
April 14, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
A “covert attack on your mental health”. You are priceless! Pretty sure the neighbour could hear me laughing as I read that.
April 14, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
I have the ‘twin’ to your piano…only mine is a McPhail…Boston..1861. It has been residing in my livingroom for the past 23 yrs holding pictures, a bust and a few knick knacks. I had this WONDERFUL idea 5yrs ago when needing a kitchen island…..’she’ justs sits there holding up pictures, gathering dust, taking up room (that i need for an 1850’s couch)….WHY CAN’T SHE JUST GO TO WORK IN THE KITCHEN??? I NEED her…..I WANT her….NO ONE can take her place…..my husband balks….”We have a PERFECTLY GOOD River-recovery slab of heartpine….WHY do I need to sacrifice the PIANO?” WEEELLLL…..there are no legs for the slab….there is no one to build the ‘slab table’….I am whining…IT IS NOT WORKING. I still have the heartpine laying on a kitchen counter…..there are no legs yet….and my piano sighs with relief as she holds the pictures, the bust and a few knick knacks. I DREAM…..:)
April 14, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
I KNEW you would find just the perfect piece….because you are one TENACIOUS woman! It will be fantastic. I had an uncle once who was an amazing decorator and he turned a piano very much like this into a dinning room table, storing his linens where the guts of the piano once were after lining it with felt! This will be a brilliant one of a kind kitchen island!!!!! Good for you! Can’t wait to see your kitchen when it is done!
April 14, 2015 @ 8:47 pm
That is freakin’ awesome! I love your Craigslist finds.
April 14, 2015 @ 8:51 pm
Perfection, once again. I have visions of you laying across the piano with a rose in between your teeth, and a bag of cheeseburgers for dinner!!! Great score. Congrats, Ellen
April 15, 2015 @ 10:15 am
Thank you, Ellen, for that wonderful picture to carry in my head! I can SO see it, too, now that you have painted it, with one addition…Jon Hamm, standing behind Victoria!
April 14, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
Adore you!
Great video! Fun music! And aren’t you the luckiest girlie!