(this picture doesn’t have a ceiling yet, but we fixed that shortly after I took it. See the last picture in this post for that)
Apart from the view, the kitchen was the big selling point in this house for me. We’d seen so many houses and most of them had hardly a kitchen at all. Cooking is not really a big deal here, obviously.
The kitchen is located outside the main house, connected to the porch. I love that layout, because we spent most of our days outside on that porch anyway (working on laptops).
Since we’re still (always) on a very tight budget, we chose to use what was there, being a concrete (really!) base with wooden doors. Built for eternity so we’re planning to keep it, though I want to paint those doors (make them white or stain them darker) and replace those tiles one day. The sink was leaking, but we repaired it.
I have a gas stove and chose one that has a gas oven too because we’re on solar power. That’s also the reason we searched high and low for a big, but energy-efficient fridge. This one is just the right size for the two of us.
I “built” the shelves next to it, because I had too little storage, but I wasn’t sure if I’d like open shelving, so I didn’t want to invest in buying something yet. So I just stacked some concrete blocks and old shelves to see how it would work. I like it. Since temporary solutions tend to stick around in our houses, I guess it will be here for a long time…
The table was one of the things we brought from Holland (it used to be my parents’ table) and we love how it looks here. We put a little bookcase with our record player in that corner because we don’t really have a living room (and we don’t know if we’ll ever have one, we’re always outside).
I just realized I already posted about the kitchen a while ago (you can find that post here). We’ve made a lot of progress since then. That’s good, since for me it’s clearly the heart of my home.
Just for fun: let’s go back to the beginning, just after we closed on the house (I did clean the floors already).
Then:
Now (with ceiling!):
Oh yes, that’s what I call progress.