A place of beauty, Italian-style.

Kitchen remodeling, Italian-style. It means complete destruction of the old kitchen. The walls. The floor. Everything comes crumbling down. One starts from scratch. Yesterday, it sounded like jackhammers. Reverberating. I walked into what had been the kitchen. Now a pile of rubble.  Like the aftermath of an earthquake. I had expected a more passive and quiet transition.  The kind that occur in America. But this is Italy. Where construction is solid. Concrete. Mortar. Bricks. Stones. Built to last. For a long, long time.  Therefore, to clear the way for a genuine remodeling, it takes hammers and chisels and pounding, pounding, pounding. Bricklayers, too. And stone masons.  Yes, a two-week project. Masterminded by my Italian true love. Our kitchen will be a solid place of beauty, Italian-syle. --Jim Broede