Bought a house, estimated the renovation budget plus 10-15% for inevitable extras, and we set aside 5000 EUR for the kitchen!!!!
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
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chand19865 Apr 2019 09:17Frozen strawberries, lime juice, tequila, Cointreau. An immersion blender that can handle frozen berries is enough. But flavor-wise, it’s still very far from whiskey.
To get back to the kitchen topic: for making cocktails, especially if you prepare them often for guests, you mainly need space that can be built in, ideally with its own sink. A solid wood countertop is not ideal here, because sugars and acids affect it differently than fats and flours.
To get back to the kitchen topic: for making cocktails, especially if you prepare them often for guests, you mainly need space that can be built in, ideally with its own sink. A solid wood countertop is not ideal here, because sugars and acids affect it differently than fats and flours.
Phew, all this moralizing in German forums... this insistence on correctness, politically and otherwise... what business is it of Mr. Perth and a.m. how Ms. Haydee stores her whisky and, even worse, whether she is even allowed to have it, or if she should have been in rehab a long time ago! And then dismissive remarks like "DDR style" and so on... narrow-mindedness and hypocrisy times ten.
Haydee—keep it up. K.
Haydee—keep it up. K.
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j.bautsch5 Apr 2019 09:24@chand1986 I’m sharing some pictures of our bar area. It’s clean, similar to the kitchen (with the same countertop), and it’s approved for installation, which will happen quite often. With its 120cm (47 inches) width, it could have been bigger, but there wasn’t more space available. It’s still enough for 1-2 people to work behind it reasonably well at the same time.
Just like with the smoothie blender, I consider the egg cooker unnecessary (is that even a word?). So far, a simple pot has always been enough for us.
Just like with the smoothie blender, I consider the egg cooker unnecessary (is that even a word?). So far, a simple pot has always been enough for us.
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hampshire5 Apr 2019 09:24aero2016 schrieb:
Alcohol is, after all, a drug. And a very unpleasant one at that.
I also find it quite strange when adults flaunt it. You hardly see that anymore these days. It doesn’t really matter what you see or don’t see these days. I agree that alcohol can be devastating when frequency and amount get out of control. Think of whiskey as an unusual hobby, then displaying a few bottles for others’ enjoyment takes on a different “flavor.”
Some people find it odd when someone drives a classic car because of how polluting the engine is. Others find rock gardens strange because they can have a negative effect on the microclimate, and so on.
Frequency and amount are what matter. What is generally understood as “adult” behavior is often incredibly boring.
I don’t like leaving open bottles just anywhere. Why? Because they quickly gather dust, and I’m not much of a cleaning expert. The whisky (my husband loves it) is kept “properly” in the 200-year-old living room cabinet.
Downstairs on the ground floor (GF) there is a large roll-top cabinet with the cocktail supplies. In summer or at parties, we like to mix drinks occasionally. We’re still figuring out how to store these items in the new kitchen – mixing will definitely be done on the countertop, which will be laminate rather than solid wood, making simple damp wiping completely sufficient.
Downstairs on the ground floor (GF) there is a large roll-top cabinet with the cocktail supplies. In summer or at parties, we like to mix drinks occasionally. We’re still figuring out how to store these items in the new kitchen – mixing will definitely be done on the countertop, which will be laminate rather than solid wood, making simple damp wiping completely sufficient.
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