New kitchen..could be fun for you guys and a big help to me
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:19 am
So.....after having spent the last 8 years living overseas (and 11 of the last15) it looks like I will be returning to the US in the next 3-6 months. As part of the return,we have totally gutted and renovated our kitchen in the house we maintained in Connecticut. That project should be complete right around Christmas. Many of you have been through these renovations and they are both fun and frustrating, but our's had the added twist of having to do project management from New Delhi and manage most of the process through pics, video and many phone calls.
So here is where you all come in! We will have a brand new kitchen in a structural sense, but we need to "outfit" it in terms of most everything else. Over the years we have dragged many kitchen items around the world with us, others have drifted off to our beach house, and still others have been siphoned off by our kids setting up their first apartments. We have a few "keeper" items with us still, but in general we have not invested much in these things over time.
What are some of the things you absolutely love in your kitchens? Things you go to day in and day out - or things you only use on occasion but always delight you. I'm talking everything here.....good knives, cutting boards, plastic bowls, Le Crueset, fabulous pots and pans, salad spinners, pasta drainers, pepper grinders, spice racks, cutlery, glasses (wine and otherwise). You can mention big ticket items or even the little things that delight you...a great corkscrew, a garlic press, a micro planer, a favourite spatula.....obviously when you think about how much "stuff" you really accumulate in your kitchen over time this list could go on and on. A food processor, Kitchen Aid, blenders, rice machines, woks.....stop me, I'm out of control!!!
Anyway - you guys get the sense. As I have deferred investing in this category for a long time, for practical purposes this exercise is a "money is no object" process. Thought it might be a bit of fun for all of you kitchen/cooking fanatics - and I'm sure it will be immensely helpful to me.
Thanks in advance for any ideas you have - and hope you have fun as well!
So here is where you all come in! We will have a brand new kitchen in a structural sense, but we need to "outfit" it in terms of most everything else. Over the years we have dragged many kitchen items around the world with us, others have drifted off to our beach house, and still others have been siphoned off by our kids setting up their first apartments. We have a few "keeper" items with us still, but in general we have not invested much in these things over time.
What are some of the things you absolutely love in your kitchens? Things you go to day in and day out - or things you only use on occasion but always delight you. I'm talking everything here.....good knives, cutting boards, plastic bowls, Le Crueset, fabulous pots and pans, salad spinners, pasta drainers, pepper grinders, spice racks, cutlery, glasses (wine and otherwise). You can mention big ticket items or even the little things that delight you...a great corkscrew, a garlic press, a micro planer, a favourite spatula.....obviously when you think about how much "stuff" you really accumulate in your kitchen over time this list could go on and on. A food processor, Kitchen Aid, blenders, rice machines, woks.....stop me, I'm out of control!!!
Anyway - you guys get the sense. As I have deferred investing in this category for a long time, for practical purposes this exercise is a "money is no object" process. Thought it might be a bit of fun for all of you kitchen/cooking fanatics - and I'm sure it will be immensely helpful to me.
Thanks in advance for any ideas you have - and hope you have fun as well!