My kitchen motivation

I moved here knowing I didn’t like the kitchen in a lot of ways. So my way of figuratively holding a gun to my head was to pack a temporary kitchen kit with the promise I would not unpack the kitchen boxes until the cabinets were painted.

My cooking area and cabinet area

That kitchen kit:

1 dinner plate
1 sandwich plate
4 plastic bowls
1 soup cup
2 coffee cups
3 water glasses
2 knives
2 spoons
2 forks
3 food prep knives
1 12″ skillet
1 8″ skillet
1 pan

That’s it. Okay — I did include a wine bottle opener and plastic wine glass. I needed to celebrate my move, after all. As one person commented — I’m not exactly entertaining large groups. I’m cooking simple meals like chicken, veggies, and pasta. I have access to the microwave, toaster oven, and stove.

The only unpacked dishes

I’ve posted a lot of pictures of my progress on the kitchen that show the refrigerator and stove pulled out for painting. I’m amazed how easily the stove slides — they put friendly feet on them. The last few days I’ve been cooking with it out in the middle of kitchen. It’s a little weird, but it works.

I can’t use the dishwasher because I only have two plates, but everything stacks neatly on the shelf of the microwave cart I purchased at Ikea. I’ve got that going for me.

So am I motivated to get the cabinets painted? You bet I am. I would be thrilled to simply have the kitchen cleaned up and no longer looking like a construction zone.

I am toying with the idea I can unpack the boxes as soon as the cabinet frames are done and then add the doors and drawers as I get them completed. That should be a little mess when I drill for the hinges, but that should vacuum up easily.

Motivation thy name is minimal equipment. It’s sort of been like camping indoors with a big difference — I have a full refrigerator and freezer 🙂