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h e re w e re y o u H a llo w e e n n ig h t 2 0 0 6 ? T a n ja V u jic w a s o n

h e r p o rc h , p a s s in g o u t K it K a ts a n d T w iz z le rs a n d fra n tic a lly

flip p in g th r o u g h m a g a z in e s . D e m o litio n h a d b e g u n o n h e r

k itc h e n a n d s h e w a n te d to s q u e e z e e v e ry la s t id e a in to h e r

s c h e m e fo r r e c o n fig u rin g th e d a rk , in e ffic ie n t sp ac e .

“ M y h u s b a n d c a lle d it th e ‘o n e - b u tt k itc h e n / ” T a n ja say s.

“Y ou c o u ld n ’t fit tw o p e o p le in th e r e a t th e s a m e tim e .” T h e

p la n w a s to re m o v e a w a ll b e tw e e n t h e k itc h e n a n d b r e a k f a s t ro o m , a d d a w in d o w a n d an

is la n d , a n d p u t in o v e rh e a d lig h tin g . B u t w h ile th e ro o m w a s s tr ip p e d to th e s tu d s , T a n ja h a d a

re v e la tio n . “ I c a u g h t a g lim p s e o f th e r o o f jo is ts a n d th o u g h t, ‘W h a t if w e c o u ld k e e p it th a t

w a y ? ” ’ T h u s w a s b o r n th e k itc h e n ’s m o s t d is tin c tiv e fe a tu re , its 1 6 -fo o t o p e n -b e a m c e ilin g .

A ll th e p la n n in g p a id off, b ig tim e . A fte r five m o n th s o f c o o k in g fo r h e r fa m ily o n a h o t p la te

in th e ir s u n ro o m , T a n ja c a m e h o m e fro m ta k in g th e N o r th C a r o lin a b a r e x a m to h e r g le a m in g

n e w k itc h e n . S h e p a s s e d th e te s t w ith fly in g c o lo rs . A n d as a c o m fo rta b le , fu n c tio n a l ro o m th a t

b rin g s T a n ja , h e r h u s b a n d T im , a n d t h e i r k id s to g e th e r e v e ry day, so d o e s h e r k itc h e n .

4 2 SEPTEMBER

2008

BETTER HOMES AND

GARDENS