Yes, I know I have a very small galley kitchen in my apartment, and you may be asking yourself why and how am I rearranging things.
The why is pretty simple. After not having one for five years, I ordered a microwave that is arriving Friday.
My lazy self has just finally conceded to the fact that when dinner time rolls around I just don't want to cook, and I am not always at home at lunchtime to cook my main meal then.
This is the microwave I ordered.
I didn't want to give up any of my precious little counter space for a microwave, but needs must, so instead I am giving up my wood dish drainer. I spent countless hours perusing other options for a new dish drainer, but in the end I haven't come up with a perfect solution.
I even ordered a couple of drainers, but ended up cancelling them when I realized they really wouldn't work. It's difficult when you have a single instead of a double sink and not enough room above the sink to accommodate a hanging drainer.
What I may end up doing is buying a compact little drainer like this one that I can take out and use as needed.
I did move my cutting boards to the hanging shelf above my stove to free up some space on the counter, that won't have the microwave. I like them here.
I did make one other kitchen purchase that I am excited about and is arriving today. I want to get back into juicing. I gave it up a couple of years ago because my juicer was old and bulky, but I felt so much better back then.
Also, because I need more veggies and fruit and because I have a couple okay more than a couple of Covid pounds to lose I decided it was time to purchase a new juicer.
Yesterday I headed out to Whole Foods and loaded up on spinach, carrots, apples, turmeric root, and ginger root to get myself started.
The other things that I moved off of the counter, where the cutting boards had been, were these glass jars. Lining them up next to the refrigerator saved some space.
Just a little rearranging has made a difference and once I get the microwave I hopefully won't have to do much more.
Small kitchens definitely require creativity, but I love my little apartment and every time I come through my front door I feel a sense of contentment.
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