One of the very cool things to like about this year’s Kitchen Tour is that it’s a walking tour in downtown Portsmouth, it showcases the city’s great history even as it shows off its sense of contemporary style, and it includes 10 homes that are each quite special. Okay, that’s three very cool things. But it’s hard to be shy about this year’s Kitchen Tour. It’s going to be a winner.Read More
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If you’re lucky enough to have a home with a direct view of the beautiful Piscataqua River, you’re lucky enough. If that home also happens to possess a fantastic kitchen, well, molto fortunato. Very lucky.
We have two homes on this year’s 25th Anniversary Kitchen Tour that are right on the river. I invoked a little Italian above because the lucky folks who own one of those homes have rightly named it “Bella Vita,” which means beautiful life. Indeed.Read More
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You know those little strips of paint colors you bring home when you decide it’s time to turn your home from drab to dazzling? It’s probably true we take far too many of the samples. After a while, they all start to look alike. Your eyes get blurry from the wide selection. Soon it’s impossible to tell the difference between Alluring White and White Hyacinth. Drab seems easier. Read More
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William Lawrence Murphy received patents for his “disappearing bed” in the early 1900s. If only Mr. Murphy could see the bed style that now bears his name in The Cresta Home. Alas, he is long gone.
But you, my friends, can come take a look at a Murphy Bed like no other on this year’s 25th Anniversary Kitchen Tour to support The Music Hall. You’ll likely not actually see the bed per se. It’s hidden behind a fantastic piece of art by Jay Schadler and happily ensconced between two lovely bookshelves.
And just think …. I haven’t even told you about the great kitchen in this Bridge Street home yet. Trust me, the amazing kitchen lived up to the owner’s design goals: state-of-the-art, professional-chef-level space that was open yet efficient, created with sophisticated clean lines, and possessing a splash of the wow factor. Three goals. Three goals met. Wow indeed.Read More
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Did you ever notice that right when you think you know a lot about Portsmouth, you discover another exceptional thing? That happened to me many times as we visited the homes that will be on this year’s 25th Anniversary Kitchen Tour to support The Music Hall. It certainly happened when I took a gander inside a home on State Street.Read More
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For the last quarter of a century, scores of people have made an annual pilgrimage through some of the Seacoast’s finest kitchens. With great determination and sometimes wondrous awe, these intrepid folks have gazed upon evolutions and revolutions in countertop materials, cabinet styles, and cutting-edge appliances.Read More
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From cottage homes to contemporary houses, take a peek inside some of the finest coastal kitchens in Kittery Point, Maine during our 2015 Kitchen Tour on Saturday May 9. This year also features the addition of more new trolleys to easily transport patrons from home to home. Why do we expect this to be our best Kitchen Tour ever? Content Editor Regina Baraban recently got the inside scoop from Ann Kendall, a long-time supporter of the Music Hall and the Seacoast Arts Community, who serves on The Music Hall Board of Directors and is co-chair for this year’s Kitchen Tour Committee. Ann’s home in Kittery, with its sunlit, state-of-the-art open concept kitchen, is on the tour this year. She filled us in on what’s new, and why the tour makes the best Mother’s Day outing ever.
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