So, we started the day like this. Well, mostly like this. The beloved espresso machine was on the counter there above the dishwasher and the toaster was plugged in so we could make some breakfast. Then I cleared off the counters and revealed more open space than has been seen since we moved in, 11 years ago.
See, vast expanses of openness. Despite the 1949 Formica, the avocado green sink and the hide glue on the walls, it's almost appealing. Almost.
I left home to pick up Ben from school and take him to guitar lessons. I returned home to find the heinous sink in my driveway, and the image below. Even more open area. In fact, the boys discovered it made an excellent dance floor. The echoes helped.
Isn't it glorious in all its hideousness?
Gerdie the wonder fridge was disassembled and relocated to the dining room, along with the much used and much loved espresso machine and the toaster.
The "two days in and potentially greatest contractors ever" moved and reinstalled the fully functional but ugly (and not so clean) stove to the basement, next to the newly installed brew sink. Yes, those are the dishes waiting for Travis.
Yay! No more brewing mess in the kitchen. I think the placement of the stove next to the treadmill might be a message, but it's one I'm choosing to ignore.
Sadly, the real dishwasher sits unused (sigh) and alone in a corner of the basement. Travis sits alone on the couch.
Can't wait to see what happens while I'm gone tomorrow!
7 comments:
Yay, progress! :)
Woohoo!
Bye old kitchen that made us many mochas, yummy breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and desserts. Bye kitchen floor where we have talked for hours. Bye cabinets we have opened in search of something delicious. Bye 1970, thanks for the memories and HELLO 2010, can't wait for some new ones.
Wow, so exciting. How fun to have so much progress each day. Can't wait to see the next update!
The torn out kitchen is glorious! It will be so great in the end!!
I have the perfect name for Travis's beer sink: Latis, an Anglo-Celtic goddess associated with water. She was originally a lake goddess, but became a goddess of ale and mead. I promise to stop trying to name things in your house after obscure northern European goddesses (I'm avoiding grading papers; my procrastination skills are fierce).
Tiff: They served us well, didn't they? Wait till you see the new mocha cabana!
Emily: Latis, eh? We had toyed with Ninkasi, who is the ancient Sumerian matron goddess of beer (and the name of a brewery Trav likes). See what you started? :) I'll have to try them both out and see which fits. Luckily for the sink, she and I bonding while washing dishes.
I like Ninkasi, too. Just think of all of the obscure mythology the boys will know at this rate. ;)
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