Kitchen Party For One

  my personal kitchen party 
  Originally uploaded by emira.

The trouble with working full time (and sometimes a bit more than full time) and renovating is that it leaves no time for blogging. Perhaps I just need to get my priorities straight.

So, where is our reno at?

We're over the hump.

I'd say that we got over that hump on Friday in fact as Friday evening we had running water hooked up to our new sink, gas running safely through our stove, and 2/3 of our cupboards installed and waiting, empty, to be filled. Martin spent that night out having dinner with a friend and I came home after what felt like the world's longest week and threw myself a little party.

On the party menu: one individual bottle of champagne (one should really always keep one of these chilled in the fridge as I swear you will never know just when you'll need it), a roasted veggie cheeseless pizza (have you had one of these from Amy's Kitchen? I'm not one who can usually abide frozen pizza but that stuff is good) and the DVD player set to Marie Antoinette. A recipe for goodness I tell you. I then proceeded to have a domestic geek-out evening of champions putting stuff away in my lovely nice new deep kitchen drawers. I will admit to you that there was dancing, singing along aloud (something I only ever do alone) and much arranging and rearranging of cupboard contents. It felt like Christmas.

There is still plenty to do kitchen wise, but we're mostly down to the details now and I've had the distinct joy of cooking every night since Sunday. I'll catch y'all up on the rest over the next few days but for now, if you're curious, there are photos.

Comments

[Dana]

Congratulations! I hope the party goes on for months and years. I checked out your Flickr photos and so much enjoyed viewing your process. The kitchen looks great. I especially love the red floor and the green walls. What did you use on the counters? I do envy you your beautiful old stove. .

[Emira]

To seal the counters? Just a pot of sealant from Ikea. It's got some crazy swedish name that starts with a B. We need to treat it every 3 days for 2 months apparently (!) which I'm fairly committed to as I've seen some bad rot in wood counter tops. Oh and the tops themselves are birch from the Numerar line at Ikea.

[sarah h]

Wonderful! It looks so beautiful. I can imagine the breezy cooking experiences you will have in there. Congrats!