I can only imagine how annoyed people are that it's taken me so long to share my completed kitchen in this space. All I can say is the line starts over here, right behind me. In fact if I have any advice at all for would-be kitchen renovators out there it's this — it will take MUCH, MUCH longer than you expect. Plan for it. Without a doubt though I can tell you that the best part of the whole kitchen reno was picking out our appliances. For me, the only choice from the beginning was …
Coping without a Kitchen
Well, it's done. The stove has been taken out, the sink disconnected, every cabinet removed from the walls. My kitchen is nothing more than walls and a concrete floor and it's totally and completely depressing me. Even though I knew this time would come, I wasn't fully prepared to be without a fully functioning kitchen for a month. Typically, a kitchen reno wouldn't take quite that long because you would have labourers and tradesmen complete the job in half the time. I, however, …