Thursday, April 18, 2013

SPRING CLEANING 2013: 4

The next spring cleaning chores occurred in the second week of April, with me preparing for the arrival of the new oak table. I feel somewhat guilty at the pleasure of thinking of its arrival - after all, it is just a lump of wood, really....
However, compared to the current table...






...the new one will not only look better, but be easier to use and live with.

Problems with the old table include that the cutlery drawer jams and never shuts completely, the formica top is chipped, green does not match the yellow-white-ochre color scheme, it stands in 4 disgusting dust collectors - used by my mother so she could drag the table out to sit at when two people used it as a diner as well asa kitchen table, and - well, it is old, chipped, marked, stained... OK, I admit I am a snob, but...

I began to fix the kitchen in preparation for the new arrival - scheduled to appear on Friday morning between 8 and 11 am. As usual, I was also cooking at the time - creating a vegan from-scratch pizza and sipping Italian red wine....





This is a better shot of the disgusting 'thing' called a table - 


 
- and the surrounding area. At the present moment, it sits against a chair against the wall - with a bin to one side, the drawer hanging out, and Dad's sunday-dinner perching stool at the other end. As I prefer to stand to eat, the second chair is never used - or cleaned...

This is the space currently available to get through to the pink and white room - passing the fridge and table. NOT enough for Dad with a zimmer...


 


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