He Runs, I Cook

Well, guess what. It’s finally coming together. After two marathon days, our kitchen is almost there. And by almost there, I mean I can put cereal in the pantry and food on the shelves. Our dishwasher is in place, and we have inserts in our drawers. In other words, we’re close, oh so close to…

Are those shelves I see? And doors? Progress is happening…. I’m so excited that our kitchen storage is starting to take shape. There is a glimmer of hope that one day, someday we will have a kitchen again.

Better than a cruise on the Titanic but not exactly smooth sailing. It is a question that I’m getting asked a lot these days for obvious reasons. People who have renovated before are more than happy to commiserate and share their horror story of the renovation that took 6 months instead of 6 weeks or…

Yes, it’s Day 8 but nothing has actually happened in the kitchen since Day 4. The good news is that the appliances, dishwasher and sink have all arrived. The bad news is there’s a shortage of tradesman at the moment thanks to the lockdown, Covid, and a few other factors so we can’t find anyone…

They say on your wedding day something will always go wrong and I’m pretty sure the same is true with renovations. I don’t remember anything going wrong on our wedding day and I’m sure in a few years I won’t remember anything going wrong with our reno. And to be honest, so far nothing has…

So, not to jinx us- but things are going relatively ok with this renovation thing. We’re exactly three days in- and things are taking shape. Yes, at the moment there is dust everywhere and a pile of dishes to wash in the laundry that I’m still getting my head around how to wash but it’s…

Happy to report that after one day of kitchen action, we officially have no kitchen. The sink, the cabinets, the oven, everything is gone…. Or at least on our front porch. Hopefully he comes back today…..