Passing of an era
So, I haven’t written about our decorating style because, well, decorating is not one of my priorities in life. There is one decorating decision we made some time ago which I both enjoy and regret, and which is actually relevant to this blog.
You see, long ago when we first bought our house we decided to decorate the backsplash in the kitchen with beer bottle labels. That was almost ten years ago and, many cases of beer later, the backsplash was completely covered with a joyous assemblage of beer labels. The funny thing is that it’s also covered with memories, from the first good beers we enjoyed in this house of ours, to the Presidenté lager from our honeymoon cruise, to a host of different beers enjoyed with my wife and friends both here and overseas. There’s the Dittmarscher from our Christmas in northern Germany, the Flensburger Pils I drank with Tom in Frankfurt, and some morally suspect labels another friend, Jochem, brought back from Slovakia. Hell, there’s even a Miller Genuine Draft label my friend Don brought to the house, and which I put up because he wanted me to. Of course, it’s in a very inconspicuous corner (I have a reputation to worry about), but it’s up.
Unfortunately, at some point we made the decision to extend the beer labels past the backsplash to the large wall next to the stove, which was a big mistake. First, it’s actually a royal pain to cover even a small area with beer labels, let alone a big area. Second, my kids really love to peel beer labels off the wall, so it was beginning to look ratty around the lower edges.
In any case, for a variety of reasons we’ve decided the beer label backsplash had to go, and go it did. It’s a sad day for us, but fortunately I have a great idea - I’m going to document it in photos before we take it down, and the beer label backsplash will live on in framed photos in our new, more mature kitchen.
So, if any of you in cyberspace have good ideas involving beer labels or other paraphernalia leave it in a comment. Our great beer Christmas decorations will be a separate blog …
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