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| Taking down the old light (with old refrigerator) |
This new light prompted a serious urge to redo our kitchen and some even more serious craigslist searches for stainless appliances. We've always wanted stainless appliances, but didn't want to spend the money, since we don't plan to live here forever. So, used seemed the best option. After a couple days of searching, we looked at this kitchenaid superba model someone was selling. It's about 10 years old, but in good working condition. I like how the brushed finish doesn't show finger prints very well, even after smearing my hands all over it.
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| New light and refrigerator |
So, now we have two refrigerators; one for the kitchen and one for the living room. =-) Unless Daniel decides he wants it in the shed, we will probably list the white one on craigslist or donate it to habitat. It's in our living room right now, the most out of the way spot in the house.
We also found a stainless dishwasher on craigslist that is sitting the the tool-room. It needs a new hinge. I'm sad about loosing our chalkboard dishwasher, but the soap dispenser broke and a new one would be so much more functional (as soon as we fix the hinge).
Getting the dishwasher home was easy, since the two of use could easily lift and place it in the back of the Matrix. The refrigerator took some work. I rented a pickup truck and appliance dolly from U-haul and Daniel and the seller managed to get it into the truck, keeping it upright the whole time. Our friendly neighbor helped unload it into the kitchen. Daniel made some ramps out of scrap wood that were essential in the transport. The whole process of getting the U-haul, picking up Daniel, buying and unloading the refrigerator, cleaning and setting it up, and returning the u-haul took about eight hours. At least 4 of those Daniel and I spent cleaning the new appliance.
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| Close up view |
One thing that is kind of a pain is that we have no place to hang a dishtowel. We used to put one through the door handle. Another small downside is I have to keep my kitchen timer on the side instead of the front, since magnets won't stick to the stainless. It was worth it though. Not only do we have a newer, more aesthetically pleasing refrigerator, but now I know how to rent from U-haul and that Daniel really does have muscles of steel.
On a side note, the weather has been super hot down here lately. Here is a look at how Mari stays cool.
