In My Kitchen at Sydney are 25 packing boxes and numerous other receptacles waiting to be filled, collected by the removalist and shifted to our house at Taylors Arm in 6 days time.
In My Kitchen at Taylors Arm are boxes containing the final supplementary pieces that will render our old kitchen user-friendly, a ten year work in progress. As well as shuffling furniture on the weekend to make enough space to fit in the contents of a one bedroom Sydney apartment last weekend the G.O. worked his handyman magic on the new stainless steel prep-bench under shelf with vintage Newling’s cordial boxes for storage. After the move, he’ll tackle smoke alarm, mixer-spray tap, glass shelves, towel/utensil racks, useful hooks and magnetic knife strip.
“Instead of thinking outside of the box, get rid of the box” ~ Deepak Chopra
Thanks to Celia of Fig Jam and Lime Cordial for hosting In My Kitchen and the In My Kitchen community for foodie inspiration & the virtual company they provide. If you’d like to join in, link back to Celia’s blog until December 10 only. December 2015 is the last IMK hosted by Celia. Thanks so much Celia, I’ve enjoyed your IMK tenure. As of January 2016, IMK will be hosted by Maureen at The Orgasmic Chef.
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Nice looking kitchen at TA. Functional without excess clart. Fingers crossed for the move. We’ve never done our own packing apart from the first time we moved from rented to bought. But it was only 20/30 miles away so we just hired a transit van for the Saturday.
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Thank you. We call that kitchen style “bespoke ad hoc”!
We pack our own boxes but get a removalist to shift them… it’s been years since I did a self move.
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Love the cordial boxes Ella.
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Thank you. They’ll be lined with lino and I think will be very handy 🙂
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Good luck with those boxes and the move. It’s been a long time since I moved , so I can’t give you any tips but I think you are doing a great job.
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Thank you. We’ve had plenty of time to plan, given ourselves time to pack, hired a removalist and have wine in the fridge at the other end… we should be fine!
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I’ve had a brainwave for a home-made housewarming present for you, but it’ll have to wait a day or two and will probably not be ready for a couple of days after the move. Best of luck and don’t forget to pack the kettle, mugs and beverage of choice in the top of your most important kitchen box.
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Thank you… sounds interesting 🙂 The good thing about this move is the house is set up and functional at the other end… we’ll just be adding to it.
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Yes, that’s true; you’ll be missing that whole period where you’re settling in, can’t find anything, still losing your way round the house at night (or is that just me?) and the list of things that has to be done is as long as your arm. How lovely!
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I don’t think we’ll be missing it exactly but hopefully alleviating it. We have night lights – so not just you, and a looooooong list.
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I’m a day late, so it’s five days now. Counting down…. 😀
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I have 2 and half more days in the office – my desk looks like it’s been snowing yellow post-its, I have so many reminders of things to do, and 3 days to pack.
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Oh, very exciting. That wine fridge at the other end is an especially nice touch. 😉 All the best am thinking of you!
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Thank you. Oh yes, we left wine & food in the fridge, and the bed is made up as well – one of the benefits of doing this kind of quasi-move 🙂
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Best of luck in the move, EllaDee, to you and the G.O. I have thought about moving but once I begin to think of the logistics of packing and, you know, actually moving, the idea loses its charm.
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There’s some upsides to thro logistics of this move, we moved the same stuff 4 years ago -it’s doable, and the other house is set up, but it’s the details – changing addresses etc which I’ve spent most of today on… aarggh. So yes, unless you’re completely unhappy there’s no place like home 🙂
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I really like kitchens that make you want to roll up your sleeves are start cooking, and yours does exactly that. 🙂
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When you come to visit you’re welcome to do that!
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Right! I’ll have a nice red to go with, thanks. 😉
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There’s plenty of red (and white) and a winery just down the road… as well as The Pub With No Beer which actually has beer, etc 🙂
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lol – heaven. 🙂
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Just 6 days to go, you must be so excited. The new (old) kitchen looks fantastic I know your first meals there will be a great success and is everyone coming to you for Christmas dinner this year?
I hope the move goes smoothly and the removal men treat everything with the utmost care. I think it will be ages before you finally unpack everything.
xxx Sending Gigantic Hugs xxx
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We’ll unpack at our leisure… we have a bit of time up our sleeves, but we’ll be needing the books for lounging and reading. The first meals are likely to be G.O. barbeque dinners. We have a few family coming for Christmas but 3 dropped out so 6 is easy peasy 🙂 The removalists come highly recommended, and live just down the road from the new house.
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At this point before a move I am hopeless. I have everything totally packed and leave out 2 mugs, 2 plates, 2 knives & forks 2 bowls and 2 wine glasses with everything else packed and ready to go. I have been known to make us sit on the floor the night before. Sad isn’t it, but I Iike to feel organised, albeit uncomfortable and annoying when you need something! Wishing you all the best, enjoy your last days in the office. I am really looking forward to seeing the transition stories. Cheers and a very merry Christmas to you. Thoroughly enjoyed our exchanges this year. Maree 🙂
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Thank you. I like being organised too. Fortunately we’ve been planning this move for a while which has helped that. We’ve no room to pack up the apartment into boxes until a few days out. At least at the other end we’re moving into a fully functional house with a few strategically created gaps for the big apartment stuff to slot into. The boxes will go into the shed for the moment, but I hope to have the bulk of it unpacked before the 23rd, then I can get on with Christmas prep. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your exteno 🙂
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Good luck with the move. Looking nice already so hopefully the transition will be smooth.
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Thank you 🙂 We’re moving into a house we’ve been living in on long weekends and holidays so not as bad as a move from scratch.
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My parents recently did the same thing. First they completely renovated the weekend home and then moved. It involved a major downsizing in space though too. Good luck!
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We’re upsizing from a compact 1 bedroom apartment to a proper size 3 bedroom house, but we need to cull 2 residences of stuff into one 🙂
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Great style! What else would I expect? Hope it all goes well and look forward to messages on cloven sticks from the boonies. (I started a crocheted tea cosy for you – pulled it out twice, third attempt just as bad. Don’t expect a crocheted tea cosy any time soon – and given the time of year you might want to look out for your card in January or so!)
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Thank you 🙂 I knew that’s what would happen when I brought a tea cosy home, like cats they send out a message that others are welcome. I love getting mail, our TA postie’s workload will feel the effect.
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Hoping the move goes smoothly for you. Thanks for sharing that quote. I really like it.
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Thank you. We are about to embark on the necessary process of putting stuff in boxes literally, but otherwise we plan to embrace that quote as a lifestyle!
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You sound incredibly well organised! Good luck with the move.
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Thank you 🙂 I hope so… the packing begins…
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I’m looking forward to seeing your new home once it is organized. We are starting the process of starting something a bit like your parents, remodeling and expanding a weekend cabin as a more permanent place. I don’t look forward to the downsizing and packing but it will feel wonderful in the end to only have things around that are meaningful and loved.
Good luck with the move.
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Thank you. We are ourselves -literally, we’re surrounded by packed boxes- in the process of packing up, out city apartment life to move to the house we’ve slowly been improving for 10 years in a rural-coastal area. We’re upsizing! Gretchen commented her parents did similar to what you’re planning 🙂
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Moving boxes They are currently giving me nightmares. This moving business is so much more work than I thought. Wish you all the very best in the next phase.
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We finished unpacking boxes yesterday, and commented the same thing, so much more work than previously, and in summer too. Best wishes for your move 🙂
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Great kitchen. The cart with wheels is perfect! (reading frantically to catch up!)
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Thank you. The G.O. has been working at the kitchen, and it’s so different than originally. The cart is the centre-point.
I’m finally back online after a week of moving & unpacking 🙂
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This must be so exciting. Congratulations
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Thank you. We’re loving it 🙂
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Wow – lots going on — lots and lots of Good Stuff!! Looking forward to seeing your progress as ‘The G O’ and you continue to get your new home the way you want it. And I’m sooo jealous that ‘The G O’ is so handy !!
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We’re coming out the other side… I even time have time to visit the blog world occasionally. The G.O. is a star 🙂
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I’m back to posting as well. I was a really ‘lazy blogger’ for most of the summer and fall…. and then the holidays came. I’m planning to ‘get my butt in gear’ from now on!!
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