more icky kitchen

September 2006
This is what it looked like after few months of us living here. Your eye will inevitably be drawn to the gorgeous dishwasher Roo put in during the summer. That would be the second one he put in. If you recall, over the last few months, I made him take out the original dishwasher and put in a new one, take it out, replace the old clunker while we continued shopping, and then put in a second dishwasher. Each time there was much swearing and some blood loss because the floor was built in around the dishwasher so dishwashers doesn't actually really want to fit in through the opening. Yes, I am fun to live with.

I got rid of the window rags, the blinds, the dustcatcher crap on top of the cupboards, and the 'island' on wheels. Let me tell you, I hate kitchen islands. Almost all kitchens that have them are too SMALL for them. If you want an island, you need a really large kitchen. I need space!!!

The countertop made of tiles - one word: gross. Is that colored grout or dirt or grease? Bleh. Do not put tiles on a kitchen countertop. I think that can qualify as a life rule.

The cupboards are the original 1966 cupboards, but with 1980's laminate doors. Bleh. Double bleh when you consider the issue of little furry tenants.

The kitchen was just barely tolerable and originally we planned to do bathrooms first, and then the kitchen. But, this is an open living house. The kitchen is part of the living room, and hell, it was ugly. And then, in the fall, Ikea advertised a sale on their kitchen cabinets. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

You know where this is going, right?

Besides. The dishwasher looked lonely and sad in this dump. It wanted to be among its own kind. It called to its clan members, the matching fridge and stove.....