Monday, November 03, 2008
Farewell to the old kitchen. And the best soup and art glass.
Life has been turned upside down!
We don't have a kitchen.........
This morning at 8 o'clock the first of our old cupboards was ripped out and 2 hours later most of it was in a pile in the back garden.
A couple have been stored to be used in the garage.
We now have no kitchen sink and no cooker to use.
Life has been lived in one room.
I have sorted all the remaining photos taken during the week on the Isle of Wight. I just didn't have time last week because those cupboards and drawers had to be gone through and emptied.
So, I was warm and cosy.
Outdoors it has become increasingly gloomy and wet as the day progressed - and the back door has been opened to the kitchen.
This afternoon we went out buying. We had planned to buy a new kettle for the new kitchen and suddenly it became urgent because the seeping leak at the base turned into a constant increasing flow.
I wanted a cream kettle and we found one.
And lo and behold we found a matching cream toaster - so we bought that too.
Our kitchen man has gone now of course, leaving most of the base cupboards in place, with no doors fixed yet.
Without top cupboards the room looks much bigger - it seems a shame that we need them; but storage is important, especially as we plan to have less clutter out on show.
We have started to take some photos of the progress.
But for now I will share with you pictures of the best soup and the best glass we have experienced.
We had never eaten mussels, so I guess ordering the chowder was a bit of a gamble.
But hey! It was the best.
The chowder was thick with mussels in and out of shells and prawns and lots of white fish.
The sunshine was warm and the views of the sea were superb.
We don't have a kitchen.........
This morning at 8 o'clock the first of our old cupboards was ripped out and 2 hours later most of it was in a pile in the back garden.
A couple have been stored to be used in the garage.
We now have no kitchen sink and no cooker to use.
Life has been lived in one room.
I have sorted all the remaining photos taken during the week on the Isle of Wight. I just didn't have time last week because those cupboards and drawers had to be gone through and emptied.
So, I was warm and cosy.
Outdoors it has become increasingly gloomy and wet as the day progressed - and the back door has been opened to the kitchen.
This afternoon we went out buying. We had planned to buy a new kettle for the new kitchen and suddenly it became urgent because the seeping leak at the base turned into a constant increasing flow.
I wanted a cream kettle and we found one.
And lo and behold we found a matching cream toaster - so we bought that too.
Our kitchen man has gone now of course, leaving most of the base cupboards in place, with no doors fixed yet.
Without top cupboards the room looks much bigger - it seems a shame that we need them; but storage is important, especially as we plan to have less clutter out on show.
We have started to take some photos of the progress.
But for now I will share with you pictures of the best soup and the best glass we have experienced.
We had never eaten mussels, so I guess ordering the chowder was a bit of a gamble.
But hey! It was the best.
The chowder was thick with mussels in and out of shells and prawns and lots of white fish.
The sunshine was warm and the views of the sea were superb.
We were eating at The Spyglass on the sea front at Ventnor.
The memory is a supreme one and we will always yearn to do it again some day.
After lunch we called in at the glass works at St Lawrence, the village between Ventnor and our own village of Niton.
This company is called Isle of Wight Glass and the quality and style is superb - it is held in great esteem.
It far surpasses the Alum Bay Glass, which we also saw later in the week.
The prices unfortunately matched the high style.
The picture below shows the vase I coveted the most.
It had to remain in the showroom - it cost £750.
Next time I will begin sharing Wednesday on the Isle of Wight - The Needles Day and Alum Bay. There was so much to see and learn.
