Posted by Matthew
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:33:00 GMT
Our new GE Profile convection oven right next to our new Krups toaster. Both of which are excellent.
Part of K’s parents wedding gift to us is this new happening GE Profile stove. It is a convection oven which is what K, the chef in this house, wanted. It also has an extra powerful burner for boiling water quickly which is about all I am qualified to do. Even though we are vegetarians we still use the oven a bit and we missed having one. The previous stove contained “The Oven That Cannot be Cleaned” and so we didn’t use it. I tried to clean it and ended up taking off some of the coating on our IKEA cabinets and drawers with the deadliest of products:”Easy-Off”. Yup, that cabinetry came off easily alright. At any rate, we are quite happy with our new stove.
To the right of the stove in the picture above is another wedding present, the Krups toaster (model #s forthcoming). The toaster accommodates bagels with a bagel button that only toasts the open side of the bagel. The levers on it feel quite sturdy. It also features a warming plate.
This last bit of gear nearly completes the kitchen. We want to add a shelf underneath the stove hood and glass block window. We also want to replace the original kitchen window with one we can open. But, beyond that the kitchen, nearly one year later, is finally complete.
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Posted by Matthew
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:36:00 GMT
The new fridge in all its glory. It is a 30" GE.
All praise the new fridge! It is a
wonderful GE fridge that fits our space and has a lot of interior room. The old fridge was desperate. The seals no longer sealed and the racks sagged. Now we enjoy opening up the fridge.
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Posted by K
Sat, 27 May 2006 04:30:00 GMT
After three calls to IKEA today, leaving three messages, one involving me begging them to please call me back, I was sent through to Dan Zook, IKEA kitchen manager! And he was there, in person, and able to talk to me! I was seriously rendered speechless for a minute and wasn’t sure how to talk to him. Anyway, long story short, he got it all sorted out. And it turns out everything we want is in stock, and now reserved, and it can all be picked up on Tuesday. Dan Zook was very nice and called me back TWICE and let me know exactly what was going on.
So I am happy. I am still annoyed at IKEA since this could have been done days ago and without nearly this much drama, but thank god for Dan Zook, who is awesome. Thank you again!
I also sent an email to Luke Works about concrete countertops and our options and costs and whether it would be a job for him/them. He went to school with a friend and seems to be a good guy. So maybe concrete will be back in the running, we will see.
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Posted by K
Tue, 23 May 2006 05:09:00 GMT
After pining and lusting after it for, lo, seven months now, I finally pulled the trigger and bought The Faucet. For less than that, of course.
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Posted by K
Sun, 14 May 2006 03:09:00 GMT
This is the thrilling weekend that belongs to the homeowner: a trip to the tile store, an aborted trip to look at soapstone, and a trip to IKEA wherein cabinets were not ordered (as planned) since it seems that an IKEA in California is unable to fax an order for me to an IKEA in Maryland.
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Posted by K
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:29:00 GMT
Even though things were quiet for a while (in that we didn’t hear a lot for a week or so) there has been stuff going on at the house. The electrician has rewired everything, the bathroom floor joists are removed and replaced, insulation has been going up, an AC guy came by today to give us an estimate (on ducts and also AC, separately, in case we want to do the AC proper later even though it makes sense to get the ducts in now), and most excitingly, the kitchen beam is now in. Check out the pictures.
Now we have to pick a bunch of tile out for the bathroom floor. They are going to finish up some stuff this week and should be ready for that stuff soon. I think we know what we want, but we have to order it from Rockville and have someone pick it up and deliver it to the house for us. Whee. Also, time to make a sink decision so the plumbing rough-in can get in.
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Posted by K
Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:56:00 GMT
We might have some counterspace-at-a-premium issues in the new kitchen (or, maybe I am pretending we will so I can look at stuff like this), so I have been thinking about how to get things off the counter (also, our cluttered counters right now kind of drive me crazy. Go hide, rice cooker. Blender, you are very pretty but I hardly use you). Feng Shui aside, magnetic knife storage on the wall is cool. Bad thing: do you really want to smack knives on metal every time you put them back? Ugh, I don’t. Not only will it screw up the blade, but that sound!
Well, the the Acacia magnetic knife storage bar is at your service (you can see other ones and buy them here). Genius. I suppose they might not be too hard to make if you can do that sort of thing. But eh, my not-very-sexy knife block was about the same price, I think.
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Posted by K
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:20:00 GMT
Good god, I really want to win the lottery so I can have these cabinets. Their portfolio is killing me.
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Posted by K
Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:07:00 GMT
I got this book for Christmas and it is pretty helpful, even though I have only read parts of it thus far. It’s making kitchen planning a little less scary, is good for reminding you of things you might not consider (leaving room to get around an open dishwasher, not blocking an entryway with a refrigerator) and has real information for making real kitchens. It isn’t just kitchen porn like a lot of “remodeling” books are. And while kitchen porn is all well and good, I am tired of looking at 100,000 dollar 500 square foot kitchens with ugly granite countertops, because they have no meaning for me.
Now, just to find a general contractor. Hopefully all that will be sorted out by the end of the month (we are headed back for a week near the end of the month, so we are going to have to find some people to meet with by then). I forsee a lot of phone calls in the next two weeks.
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Posted by K
Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:55:00 GMT
We probably can’t afford to hire a designer, but my head hurts trying to figure out how to get more counter space. Anyway, just so we don’t forget, there are a lot of resources here if we go that route.
These guys, also in DC, got help with their small kitchen and the designers did a good job. I like some of the stuff in it (the backsplash tiles, some of the cabinetry).
I have been poring over websites and magazines and TV shows, but all these people have these enormo-kitchens (and are all whiny about them: “Susan was suffering horribly in her small kitchen that was only 20 by 20 feet, so we knocked out the back wall to make more room for her.”) Anyway, those shows are not that helpful when you are looking at about four feet of useable counter space and trying to think of ways to get more. If that is possible….
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