Washington, DC: Julia Childs' Kitchen

This is my last post on my recent trips to Washington, DC. Saving the best for last, I say. After our walk through the National Sculpture Garden my friend LMH and I ran into the Natural History Museum to gawk and peer at Julia Childs' kitchen!

The little blue kitchen was packed with cooking paraphernalia and trinkets. It felt lived in, and used, exactly how a kitchen should feel in my opinion. I loved the table in the middle of the kitchen, cuz it reminded me of my own childhood kitchen where the kitchen table was where we did craft projects, cooked dinner, and did homework.

Celebrate: Walnut Wood Bed Frame

Finally, there is an end to the bed saga. I had sorta given up on finding a bed, until of course I found the perfect bed. Within 3 days the new bed frame was installed in our bedroom.

The new bed frame with evening sun coming through the window.

Now lets get into some of the specs on this wonderful bed. It was made by a local (Long Beach, CA) craftsman named Peter and I feel truly lucky to own one of his pieces. The bed is perfect: solid walnut wood, low profile, small footprint, industrial strength brackets to hold it together with easy deconstruction for moving. Peter designs and builds simple, modern furniture that is very versatile.

Check out the square post legs (similar to the Anders bed from Room & Board) and the swirling grain of the headboard.

My home is a bit of eclectic mid century modern and the bed fits right in. Check out Peter's blog, Pete's Furniture, for a peek into his wood working world. I personally fell in love with the teak booster seat, as I am part of the 1% of the population who will issue a ban on any neon colored plastic junk from entering the house.I really could not be happier about our new bed. Now off to get some zzz's!

photo credit: Cayenne 09.26.09