My other kitchen
Since my kitchen is at 85% complete and holding, probably now until winter hits, I thought I'd share pictures of my other kitchen. I finally got it cleaned up and ready for the harvest.
I have a really nice, deep double bowl sink. Can fit my biggest pots in this baby.
The sprayer is great - lots of power and a super long hose for reaching all the way to the cooktop to double as a pot filler.
Counterspace is limited, and to keep costs down, I went with laminate. To keep things cleaner, the whole thing slopes gently to the sink. Those old kitchen cabinets look pretty good - and I even found a use for my old worn towels. The unit on the wall is an on-demand water heater. It comes in for the winter.
I went with some glass door cabinets too - Ok, so it's actually an old built in display case I picked up cheap from an office remodel. Put in heavier shelves to hold my pots and bowls.
Didn't have to buy any new post for this - just hauled out all my old, non-magnetic ones when I switched to induction.
And this small rolling cart works great as extra counterspace. It works great to hold my mixer when I'm using it for pureeing tomatoes. Also is a good place to set jars for cooling. Paid $5 for the table. The wood thing next to it is the cover for the cooktop.
And the heart of the kitchen, yes, that's a beautiful coil cooktop! When I saw this on clearance at Menards, I just knew I had to have it! Finding the cooktop is what started the whole idea of setting up this summer kitchen.
Though island cooktops aren't real popular, being able to access pots from three sides comes in real handy when you are heating produce on one burner, heating up jars in the canner on a second, and heating water for softening lids on the third. The desk I picked up for free years ago, and it's very heavy and sturdy. We cut it a few feet shorter so it would fit. The lower hieght works perfect too - I can always see into even the biggest pots.
This is the water source - the drain for the sink is a grey water drain - it goes out a few feet behind the building and helps keep the trees back there happy.
And a few more re-used items. Door on the left (old closet door) goes to the chicken coop, door on the right (old bedroom door) goes to the greenhouse. White cabinets use to be in the bathroom. Middle uppers are from the kitchen, and the cabinet on the far left use to be part of the hutch on an old desk.
This shows the cooktop with the cover in place - I only turn on the power to the cooktop and water heater when they are in use.
Here is an outside shot. The door and double crank window are from the house, and the glass for the greenhouse are double glass window sashes from the windows we replaced in another part of the house.
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