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stevenpiziks) wrote2019-12-08 07:42 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2019-12-08 07:42 pm
Albion: Still No Silverware
So Darwin and I were looking for the silverware and trying to buy curtains at a department store. Department stores don't stock more than two or three examples of any given curtain type, so we had order them, with the help of a Friendly Clerk.
The was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing with the on-line order. The Friendly Clerk couldn't get the computer to give us the colors we wanted. Finally he managed it and set up the order.
"Do you want ruffles for the curtain tops?" he asked.
"We're gay," I said, "but we're not that gay."
The Friendly Clerk couldn't decide whether he was allowed to laugh or not.
But a few days later, when the curtains and rods arrived at Albion, Darwin discovered most of the curtains were the wrong color--a dingy, nasty gray instead of the wine red we'd ordered. And so the following weekend, when Darwin came to Wherever, we trooped back to JCPenney to complain. We dumped a big pile of curtain packages on the counter, and the clerk, a different one, re-did the order. Now we're waiting again.
I went to Albion two weekends in a row in here, and by the second visit, most of the house was put in order. Complicated TV/Roku/Cable system: check. Bedroom: check. Bathrooms: check. Curtains: working on it. Kitchen: check.
The kitchen is, at least to me, an important room that requires a great deal of thought and care. Dishes and food and sundries have to be arranged for the greatest level of convenience. Dish cupboards should be near the dishwasher for ease in putting everything away. Foods need to be arranged so that what you're likely to use most often is close to the work space. Appliances needs to be set up so they're reachable, but not in the way. And so on.
I was flummoxed by the lack of overall storage space in the kitchen. Once the everyday-use stuff was set up, there was no room for lesser-used stuff like the Crock Pot and large casserole dishes. Then I came across a tall, shelf-lined cupboard in the laundry room a few steps away. There we go! The secondary stuff went in there, and we were good. However, I still have a bunch of regular-use appliances in Wherever, and no room in the Albion kitchen for them. There's no countertop space for my bread maker, stand mixer, and Instant Pot.
However, the kitchen has a huge amount of floor space. Freakishly huge, in fact. Darwin and I can't figure out what the architect was thinking by having so much floor space and a relatively small amount of counter- and cupboard space tucked into one corner. But it occurred to me that we could put an island in that space. I found one on-line. It's the perfect size and the decor goes with the kitchen. We'll get it. Eventually.
We also need a kitchen table. The table Darwin took from our Wherever house we put in the new dining room because Darwin didn't want the dining room to look so empty. (He's ignoring the fact that the dining room in "my" house is now a giant empty space, but . . . ) We're going to buy an inexpensive one later.
I made a beef roast for our first meal in the newly-done house. It was delicious, but we were hampered by the lack of silverware. Plasticware doesn't work well with roast beef!
By now, we were both seriously annoyed and mystified. Every box had been unpacked, every storage bin had been checked. No silverware.
Sighing, we went upstairs to assemble the Desk from Hell.
The was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing with the on-line order. The Friendly Clerk couldn't get the computer to give us the colors we wanted. Finally he managed it and set up the order.
"Do you want ruffles for the curtain tops?" he asked.
"We're gay," I said, "but we're not that gay."
The Friendly Clerk couldn't decide whether he was allowed to laugh or not.
But a few days later, when the curtains and rods arrived at Albion, Darwin discovered most of the curtains were the wrong color--a dingy, nasty gray instead of the wine red we'd ordered. And so the following weekend, when Darwin came to Wherever, we trooped back to JCPenney to complain. We dumped a big pile of curtain packages on the counter, and the clerk, a different one, re-did the order. Now we're waiting again.
I went to Albion two weekends in a row in here, and by the second visit, most of the house was put in order. Complicated TV/Roku/Cable system: check. Bedroom: check. Bathrooms: check. Curtains: working on it. Kitchen: check.
The kitchen is, at least to me, an important room that requires a great deal of thought and care. Dishes and food and sundries have to be arranged for the greatest level of convenience. Dish cupboards should be near the dishwasher for ease in putting everything away. Foods need to be arranged so that what you're likely to use most often is close to the work space. Appliances needs to be set up so they're reachable, but not in the way. And so on.
I was flummoxed by the lack of overall storage space in the kitchen. Once the everyday-use stuff was set up, there was no room for lesser-used stuff like the Crock Pot and large casserole dishes. Then I came across a tall, shelf-lined cupboard in the laundry room a few steps away. There we go! The secondary stuff went in there, and we were good. However, I still have a bunch of regular-use appliances in Wherever, and no room in the Albion kitchen for them. There's no countertop space for my bread maker, stand mixer, and Instant Pot.
However, the kitchen has a huge amount of floor space. Freakishly huge, in fact. Darwin and I can't figure out what the architect was thinking by having so much floor space and a relatively small amount of counter- and cupboard space tucked into one corner. But it occurred to me that we could put an island in that space. I found one on-line. It's the perfect size and the decor goes with the kitchen. We'll get it. Eventually.
We also need a kitchen table. The table Darwin took from our Wherever house we put in the new dining room because Darwin didn't want the dining room to look so empty. (He's ignoring the fact that the dining room in "my" house is now a giant empty space, but . . . ) We're going to buy an inexpensive one later.
I made a beef roast for our first meal in the newly-done house. It was delicious, but we were hampered by the lack of silverware. Plasticware doesn't work well with roast beef!
By now, we were both seriously annoyed and mystified. Every box had been unpacked, every storage bin had been checked. No silverware.
Sighing, we went upstairs to assemble the Desk from Hell.