In case you ever wanted to know what a "temp kitchen" looks like, I have photos. But first, a little background.

Once upon a time, the former owners of our house built an add on to the back of the house in the form of a kitchen. It was okay (though they went a littly heavy with the wood panelling for my taste).





The one big problem was a hole in the roof. Then we levelled the house and the kitchen practically broken off. A large triangular gap grew between the wall and the floor, making the room pretty unlivable. So we condemned it.

You think I'm joking but we really did. We tore down the pass through bar and built a wall to close it off from the real house.







So, it's now been nearly three years since we had a "kitchen."

Recently we started crunching numbers, and as we gazed at the lint in our wallets, we came to the sobering conclusion that it could be another three years before we have our dream kitchen. So, we decided to beef up our temp kitchen a bit.

Here was our set up before:







And the after.







Previously we had a full sized fridge beside two old bookcases which served as our pantry, a stove that wasn't hooked up (because our 100 AMP electrical service is too small) holding a microwave and toaster oven, a utility sink, and a folding table with our dish drainer, hot plate, and griddle.

Now we have a "peninsula" made of two large under cabinets and a big empty countertop, the same utility sink, a dishwasher under a counter which holds all of our cooking appliances, a tall cabinet which serves as our pantry, and the same fridge.

As I'd mentioned in a previous blog, the temp nature of this kitchen seemed like a betrayal to our long-term vision, but it makes waiting for the long-term reality a lot more comfortable.

All of it (dishwasher, three cabinets, and two countertops) cost us a whopping $800 and three trips to Home Depot. I think that's a small price to pay for not having to fry eggs on a folding table. Don't you?