"Hoss, you bring your ole Pappy that thar range hood now, ya hear?" "Dag-nabbit Pa, I ain't done whittlin' the range hood, you jest hold yer horses!"
And as happy as I was about all this, I was also the same amount of frustrated that my beautiful 24-inch iMac has turned on me. Here I am full of glowing reports and nothing but kind and loving things to say about this machine and what does it do to me? It won't let me post any of the 16 photos I have for you of the Before, During and After of the Appliance Installation. (This is actually my second attempt because I had to close everything up and walk away) So, here I go trying once again. Cross your fingers, toes, eyes, arms, legs, whatever it is you want to cross for luck. and here goes!
Yea!!! First is the old Jenn-Air with the non-functioning useless downdraft, and then the circa 1977 vent-a-hood. I wish I had thought to put the hood picture above the Jenn-Air picture since that is the way they are in real life. Oh well, live and learn. You see how big and bulky that vent-a-hood is? Guess how many times I have smacked my head on the sharp pointy corners?
Oh look!! Not one, but TWO, count them, TWO installer/delivery dudes!! Oh my stars and garters, was I ever happy to see them. This is them unhooking the behemoth that was the vent-a-hood.
Look! It's all gone! Bye bye, so long, farewell, adios! And if you look above the cabinets you can see my beautiful green tea ice cream colored walls. I adore that color!
This is the top side of the brand spanking new range hood. See how sleek and modern? Normally, sleek and modern aren't my taste, but apparently it is when we are talking about vent-a-hoods, I mean range hoods!
Look! large cavernous hole where the old Jenn-Air used to reside. And a ton of crap on either side of that hole due to everything being moved about. Do you think I have enough wooden spoons? They are one of the things I collect. Every time we go to a new place I look for a hand made wooden spoon.
Ta-Da! The beginnings of a new cooking experience for me! And a whole lot of crap covered in sawdust due to the hole having to be cut.
Isn't it a sight to behold? Do you see how much headspace there is now? Can you see the line of sticky stuff where the old vent-a-hood used to be? I have some Goo-Gone that should take care of that. I can hardly WAIT to get in there and get all FIVE burners going at once! There will be some cooking going on this weekend. Woo Hoo!!!
I didn't have to kill anyone, my head didn't explode and I am deliriously happy with my new shiny pretty toys. Yea!!!
wooooooooooooo, that's a good-looking cooktop! and what a sleek & shiny range hood... so glad there wasn't LisaPie brain splatter all over everything :)
ReplyDeletey'all done good!
It's beautiful! And so sparkly clean! You must be so happy. I, too, am glad your head didn't explode. That would have been very bad, although it would make quite an interesting blog.
ReplyDeleteYahoooooo LisaPie!
ReplyDeleteThis week has been the longest Monday, hasn't it?lol
It looks mahvelous dahling!
And no, you can NEVER have too many wooden spoons!!!lol
and to celebrate and inaugurate and christen them I made some sauteed spinach, poached eggs, hollandaise, toasted english muffins and have a vegetarian style eggs benedict.
ReplyDeleteEverything turned out perfectly! Yum.
Looks great Lisa!!! That breakfast sounds so yummy.
ReplyDeleteThat looks wonderful! And WHY wasn't *I* invited to that inauguration???? You will get so much enjoyment out of your new kitchen. Especially since brain matter won't have to be cleaned off the shiny surfaces.
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