the first thing i'm working on is the kitchen, which means a lot of cleaning and a couple of new appliances and pieces of furniture. the previous tenant in this basement appears to have abandoned the place and left most of her stuff here, including a large amount of dishes and cutlery that are now mine, a kettle (which is something i wanted to pick up), a vegetable slicer and a coffee warmer / induction plate. i've added the kettle and induction plate to my standard coffee maker, my single cup coffee maker (which i'm using for potent espresso), my toaster and my blender. since i came in on saturday night, i have managed to clean the cupboards, the counters, the inside of the fridge and the floor behind the fridge, but it's a pretty big space and is going to require a lot more work.
on sunday night, i bought some plastic shelves to fit into a specific hole under the counter, as well as a fan, a shoe rack and two thermometers, one of which is an alarm clock and is still in transit.
i spent last night toying with how i was going to extend the shelves and decided to go with a large wood table i found on the curb a few days ago.
tonight, i purchased a large 33"x18" bar fridge (it was 50% off) that i intend to actually use as a produce fridge. my diet is 90% vegetables, which means my fridge is often moist. i'd like to put the things that evaporate in their own space, so things like bread don't get wet. that will clear up more space in the main fridge for soy milk, water and juice, as well as the bread and items in bags or containers, like margarine, which i could start buying in bulk, as there will be more space.
i also purchased a $30 dollar indoor bbq that's big enough for two burgers or one big piece of chicken. it's a one person bbq. i eat very little meat, but i've been meaning to get something like this for a while, as a kind of kitchen necessity, because there's that one time every few years that you have chicken in the freezer and need to eat it somehow. i bought it because i'm doing this now, and it was cheap.
my toaster has also been broken for almost ten years. i mean, it works, but you have to put it on minimum and flip the toast, to toast both sides. this is a different kind of ghetto blaster, i suppose. so, i bought a $15 wide slotted bagel toaster.
i still need a few small shelving units. there were items left here, but i'm not sure any of them will fit or make sense in this context, while i think some will fit in a different context. i'm looking for three or four small shelving units, which could be book shelves. i'll set what makes sense.
it's a pretty big kitchen, and this will max it out. once i'm done cleaning and arranging in the kitchen, i'll take some pictures and move on to the laundry/closet area, which is next.