The dreadful kitchen

We got revised plans and quotes back from the kitchen guy, which look pretty good, so it might really be happening! We went with slightly thicker benchtops than original, and more cupboards, and some lights in the pantry ... so it just keeps getting more expensive, but that is the way of the new kitchen I believe. We are not very creative so I can't see us doing any more revisions - it might be time just to book it in and get it done. Not until next year now, but that's fine. I am so sick of the kitchen that doesn't work, especially the oven. It hasn't worked on any setting other than "Pizza Bake" for a couple of years, but in the last few months it's got worse ... you can really only use one rack now - any higher and the food incinerates, and any lower and it stays cold. It's shocking.

Yes, those are scorch marks around the edges of the oven, and a shabby looking piece of paper covering the hole at the bottom where the kickboard fell off. Should we be using paper near such a dodgy oven? Probably not. The cupboard on the right has duct tape on the top edge, to cover the melting.

This is the worst set of solid hot plates in the history of the world. The back right doesn't work at all. The others are OK if you only have one on at a time, but any more and they all go cold. They take about ten minutes to warm up (although to be fair they have always been like that even when we moved in thirteen years ago).

Yes, the cupboards are literally falling off the walls. This set of cupboards has not just the liquor, but the glasses, cups and good bowls. If it fell down it would be quite a disaster, but we figure it's been like this for easily ten years, so probably won't go soon. Sensible? Maybe not.