kitchen we're getting a new kitchen. ours is a mess. we've been talking about doing this since we bought the house on the last day of 1993. it was built in the 60's. the counter tops are slime yellow-green. the oven, stove top, and hood are yellow. the bottom oven doesn't work. one of the stove burners works. one partially works. the remaining two don't work at all. the real estate agent was in a big hurry to sell the house. so she did some wonderful things to the house. like varnish the cabinets dark brown. except she didn't clean them first. so now they've got grime premanently glued to them. the dishwasher, refrigerator, and garbage disposal have already been replaced. i will post an url to the before pictures as soon as i take some. things sorta came together all at once. a designer fell into our laps. a contractor friend of ours had some jobs cancel. alisa got a big fat bonus. and an ephemeral winged being appeared at the dinner table and said, please pass the mashed potatoes. we didn't need any more prompting.

the new kitchen will be so much better. the old kitchen becomes a closet and pantry. the new one will be where the original dining room was. one wall will be removed. two walls will move out 2' each. we will get hardwood floors, birch cabinets, green granite countertops, recessed lighting, and a 14,000 btu stove so we can boil water in 2 minutes and reduce a stainless steel pot to a puddle of molten slag in 3. or launch a hot air balloon if we so feel the urge.

cost of new kitchen so far: $2300.  ¶ 5:05 PM