My perfect kitchen
Sadly neither my kitchen at home nor my kitchen at work is my perfect kitchen. The kitchen at work is not something I can change, but my kitchen at home is a work in progress.
It’s quite a small room, though as there are only two of us, that’s not a huge problem. The main problem is often storage. As someone who works in the food industry, I have a lot of kitchen equipment. And cook books. And what I consider to be kitchen essentials might not be everyone’s idea of kitchen essentials… My pantry is bursting at the seams!
We are gradually clawing our way to the perfect kitchen though. Just before Christmas we installed the king of all cookers. It’s duel fuel, has six (count ’em!) burners, and two ovens. It’s a thing of beauty. Naturally this was our first improvement, but we’ve got more coming up.
We’re installing a new double fridge (with a great environmentally friendly rating) as soon as we save up the cash, and investing in a chest freezer that will fit into our utility room.
Once we’re done with the appliances, it’ll be onto the bones of the kitchen: the cupboards. We’re planning it out already, as we wanted to make sure that the cooker and the (future!) fridge were in their optimal places. Our kitchen is currently in the standard ’galley'format that most modern kitchens take. We’re going to be moving to the ’island'format (as seen above) as often in galley kitchens the surfaces at the side end up just becoming storage areas for things like kettles and toasters. With our movable island unit (marble topped and on castors) we’re hoping to always have a space clear for food preparation. The shelves underneath will be perfect for pans and other cookware.
We’re going to take our cupboards right up to the ceiling (and obviously invest in a step!) to create as much storage space as possible, as well as leaving one wall of shelves open on which to store attractive boxes and tins of food.
I have to admit, I’m very excited to get started on this project! I know my partner is most looking forward to the time when our plastic windows are being replaced by timber window frames, but I’m just dreaming of a time when all my spatulas and frying pans have a place!
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