The new kitchen

With only a short time to go before the sale ends at one of the local hardware stores, we decided to go for a new kitchen. The current kitchen has very little worktop space. It's going to need a major reorganisation. The cooker needs moving over a little to allow for some work space on both sides. To do that we've got to move the water heater, which is in a silly place anyway. So we're going to move it under the stairs on the other side of the room, which is currently occupied by the fridge. We inherited a fairly old fridge with the house but as with all North American fridges it's enormous. So we're moving it into the pantry. There was a big ice box in the corner of the room. We took most of this afternoon to rip it out. It was made of four lays of inch thick wood, nailed and screwed from several different directions. Well constructed, and very difficult to shift. We've damaged a lot of the wood and for the most part it's not going to be usable for anything else - which is a shame as there was no signs of rot. We also took out another of the worktops in the pantry so we can put a dishwasher opposite the fridge. That will tie in nicely with the waste and water from the sink on the other side of the door into the pantry. Now all I've got to do is see if I can take up the floor without doing too much damage to it. But that's for another day.