I have not been having a good day (see post below) and when not only managed to smash six eggs but then found that the lovely, expensive chicken that I had cooked yesterday and so carefully tested for being well cooked was not so well cooked after all - in fact all the juices that had previously run so clear were jellied into a very suspicious pink colour - I decided I had to do something.
So I took a cupboard door off its hinges.
This particular door has never opened fully as the washing machine is just that bit too forward to let it fully open. This is a nuisance as the cupboard extends to one side and there is a teapot in there that I haven't been able to reach since 1997. The cupboard is on its last legs anyway, I think the frame would disintegrate with just a hard stare, but I took the door off so that I could get in and out easily. Fortunately the worktop seems sturdy enough still.
A lot of the cupboards currently need replacing. They were not new when we bought the house in 1994. I had to do the sink unit a few years ago, as the chipboard was collapsing. If money, mental energy and time were no object I could strip it all down to the brick. I don't have time, mental energy or any money to spare for this so I can certainly move on to a more realistic holding plan.
I can make an argument for all the base units being replaced. I plan to do them one by one, and not necessarily like for like. The cupboard that collapsed I think I will replace with a unit, but the one I just took the door off I think I will replace with a butcher's block type thing. I will be looking at second hand kitchen units. I can't risk putting up shelves on the iffy walls so I may look for those taller, free standing kitchen cupboards.
Next month I shall replace the cupboard that has just had a shelf collapse. Then I will take it from there. I feel quietly confident that I will get there one day.
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