THE KITCHEN PROJECT

The one bit of the house which we have not modernised is the kitchen. One of the reasons is that the job is not straightforward; the kitchen sits on a concrete "bath", on top of a small cellar. That makes it more difficult to work with than simply pulling up floorboards.

The downside of that construction is that there is no insulation in the kitchen, so it is very cold. My wife has been complaining about that for some while, and now is the time for something to be done about it. Tomorrow my two brothers-in-law are coming to bash down the old kitchen. Then on Monday builders will come to widen the door into the dining room and do other building stuff. Then the carpenter will arrive to insulate and build a new kitchen. It should all be ready by Christmas.

In the meantime, I will have to make coffee in the bedroom and find other people to give us dinner.

Walter Blotscher