It's a real kitchen again! Well almost.

The kitchen is usable again. Lots more to do, but we have water and drainage at the main sink. Most of the remaining cabinet building will happen in the workshop and then each section will simply be carried in and fixed in place. I will begin prepping and painting the walls over the next week or two.

The fabric is cheesecloth I just rinsed ready for the next batch of yoghurt cheese.

Yep, still dust everywhere!

 

Our wood stove heats our hot water, keeps us warm and the shelf above the hot plate is perfect for proving dough. I’m planning to fix a few extra shelves to the wall above the stove to prove more dough, make yoghurt and dry herbs. 

Behind the Rayburn wood stove you'll see my beautiful Bakbar oven. 

 

The square bench in the foreground has been the center of my last few kitchens, I made it about 15 years ago. It’s made from a redgum tree that had been ringbarked (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girdling) maybe 70 years earlier, I bought the tree from a farmer and had it cut into slabs by a gentleman with a widow maker (also known as a  Hargan Saw, imagine a huge circular saw blade at one end of a pole and engine in the middle and you strapped to the other end. It has handles like a wheel barrow and you pull it toward you through the log). The tree cost me $35.00 and turning it into useable slabs cost about $250.00. To date it has been used to build a kitchen and all the finishing timbers in one house, the bathroom and some kitchen benches in another house and parts of a kitchen and bathroom in a third house. I still have 8 slabs and lots of assorted timber left, and will use some to finish this kitchen.

Looking forward to a coat of paint and tiles.

 The cabinet doors will be removed one at a time and refinished in the workshop. Handles will be replaced and then they will be reinstalled using new hinges.