Now that there’s an agreement for the Amish craftsmen to make cabinets–not only for the kitchen and bathrooms, but for the guest room, family room and mudroom as well–I am not surprised that now a three-way consultation starts in earnest.  Marc is drafting up detailed drawings of the cabinets, which will assist Robert in arriving at the drawings that will be used for fabrication.  But there remain details: whether to have vinyl or melamine linings?  How to space the “full overlay” doors over the face frame?  How deep to make the cabinets?  Linda and I have decided that ‘pull-outs’ are the best means of storing food and implements.  These are ‘horizontal’—very much like drawers—in the wider cabinets.  But it is also possible to have what I call ‘vertical’ pull-outs—whole frames of narrow shelving that come out with the door when pulled, and permit easy access from both sides.