Friday, July 11, 2014

Kitchen decor


I've always loved the kitchen in Moonstruck. I had been working with my mom on re-doing her kitchen and we discussed subway tile, classic, yet timeless. I was checking my memory to see if there were subway tiles in the Moonstruck kitchen, and there were.

16 comments:

Chip Ahoy said...

Did you notice she flings a spaghetti on the wall to see if it sticks to test for doneness?

No self-respecting Italian cook does that. Rather, just eat one.

I like this movie a lot.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

La Luna.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I thought the spaghetti throwing scene was raaaaacist to Italians…but over all I liked that movie.

I like the eggs cooked in the bread with peppers. Now that is something Italians really do with food!

deborah said...

It's a great movie. First time Nick Cage came to my attention.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Moonstruck Eggs I would be careful not to over cook the eggs, but get the bread crispy by putting it in first.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

(1) That does seem like a nice kitchen.

(2) I always liked the wall tiles back when I used to ride the subway. It never occurred to me that they were called "subway tiles" but that's as good a name as any, I suppose.

(3) I think the first time I saw Nicholas Cage in a movie was "Birdie."

(4) Just about everything in design is a compromise. The problem with the modern kitchen is it's both a workshop and a gathering place. I think that's how granite counter tops managed to work their way in. Same for hardwood floors.

(5) Now they've got kitchen faucets that operate by touch. The selling point seems to be you don't have to grasp and manipulate a handle with gunky hands. My guess is it needs electric power similar to the touch-control lamps. What could possibly go wrong?

Even if I'm wrong about that, I'm pretty sure that a touch-control faucet is one of those technological advances I can live without.

(6) You know what else seems kind of stupid? Having a water faucet above your range.

Unknown said...

The brick pattern is pleasing.

deborah said...

Bat, yes the modern kitchen is often a gathering place, etc., if it's big enough. Like when they have upholstered comfy chairs...love that, hee.

For the average family with average income it's often just for eating, or occasionally playing cards.

The faucet above the sink is pretentious, yes, unless you run a small restaurant.

I did see a cute idea once. It was an alcove, maybe 18 inches square, with a faucet about 18 inches off the ground. Under it was the dog water dish. How convenient...for filling and emptying, as I don't like emptying the dog water dish in the kitchen sink.

deborah said...

Evi, is that dish known as toad in a hole in England?

Long ago someone made something similar for me, but was using french toast. Yummm.

Trooper York said...

We used subway tiles to tile the entire bathroom in the store. It looks great and is very easy to clean.

Trooper York said...

The bakery that was used in Moonstruck is five blocks from my house. It went out of business ten years ago and has been a succession of shitty hipster restaurants. Places where a worthless commie twat like Cher would swill organic tea and eat rice cakes until the place goes out of business because people want to sit at a table for five freaking hours and not buy anything.

Christy said...

Those sculpted tiles that designers started using over stovetops in the 90s made me angry beyond belief. Even if a homeowner has a full time maid to scrub splatters out of all those nooks and crannies, those tiles are just bad design, unless you are announcing to the world you never use your stove. And if that's the case, what are you and your guests doing in the kitchen?

I prefer subway tile in the bathroom rather than kitchen. Subways don't suggest the cleanliness I want in my kitchen.

The Dude said...

My kitchen aspires to be as clean as a subway.

MamaM said...

My kitchen resigns itself to being as clean as a Japanese subway on special occasions and on par with a bus station the rest of the time.

deborah said...

Sixty, aspires? That's a lot of leeway there.

MamaM said...

As long as expiration isn't transpiring. It's a sad out-of-date kitchen when that happens.

In subway jargon, the end of the line. No more leeway.