Master Bread Maker

Tim started baking bread this year!  Here are two of the delicious products.  The first, a wonderful dipping bread (Cooks Illustrated "Almost No Kneed Bread"), the second, dinner rolls (the Breadmakers Apprentice).

Best Appliance Ever

thanks to all who contributed to the Ocean Street Fund, we now have a dishwasher. this amazing appliance has already bettered our daily lives in the first few days of owning it. we put to use the already re-done corner of the kitchen to the right of the sink...

stainless interior...

tim added two new circuits, one for the freezer and one for the dishwasher.

our favorite plumber Bruce came by to help tim install it.

for now we decided not to cut into the back wall to make the pipes fit further behind the washer so it can be flush with the cabinets. so the washer sticks out a bit but tim framed it in nicely and with a little white paint it looks great-

one of the best parts about having the washer is that means we have an empty sink and clean counters- which makes it alot easier to actually prepare a meal!

Holidays at the House

The day before Thanksgiving we put the partially reassembled kitchen corner to good use- the espresso machine is back online.

The dining room preparing for the big day...

The day of

Project Kitchen Corner: Phase 2

since we had the sewage pipes replaced on day 1 after we moved in, the corner of the kitchen has had a gaping hole. this is a good example of how long it takes to complete projects around the house. we had purchased the material to put the corner back together right after the new pipes were installed. that was over 2 months ago. recently tim and his dad started patching the hole...

patching gaps with new insulation...

putting up drywall

and building a new box around the pipes

for now, the project awaits the next steps....but looks so much better already!

cheers to more counter space and good workers!

Steps to a usable kitchen

Leaky Pipe - and so much more