Kitchen Porn


Ikea sent the kitchen on time and in 1000 boxes.
The cottage is crammed nose to nipple with flatbacks
We went out to Liverpool in order to get away from the clutter.
Walking into John Lewis' Kitchen Department, was like tiptoeing into a piece of heaven for me, and I walked round running my fingers over gleaming measuring jugs, shiny pans and oh-be-still-my-beating-heart a garlic press in the shape of a lobster to die for! 
My new kitchen reality is palpable!
The Prof bought me a new rolling pin just to get me to shut the fuck up ( he guessed quite rightly that it will match the new counter tops) 

55 comments:

  1. "Excuse me sir, we have a no slavering policy in our kitchenware department!"

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  2. I feel the same way when I see closet organizers and other storage solutions. Enjoy your new rolling pin - pastry in the foreseeable future? -Jenn

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    1. I feel an apple pie comming on I bought a pie blackbird in New York

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    2. I actually know what that is.

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    3. I have an antique pie bird on my kitchen sill. I'd be afraid to stick it in a pie, a hundred years later. I just love its glory.

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    4. pix of pie bird, please; and yes, I too know what that is!

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    5. I always wanted my grandmothers but it was lost when she died.....use it Joanne that's what it was made for

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    6. But John, I haven't cooked for 40 years. And the pie bird is ecstatic.

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    7. Cook woman ! How old are you?

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    8. I have my mothers' blackbird but we make apple crumble !

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  3. Fabulous! Our "new IKEA kitchen" is about five years old now and love it just as much. A kitchen remodel calls for many cocktails at the end of the workday.

    Looking forward to your reveal. :)

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  4. Such fun !
    I look and dream also but I do not buy anything.
    Really do not need anything but looking is so much fun.

    cheers, parsnip

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  5. watch out or the prof will use the rolling pin on your head!

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  6. I remember Laura when we were furnishing her kitchen. "Can I really have that!" As much fun for me as for her.

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  7. Can't wait to see it!

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  8. I lust for a new kitchen,

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    1. I've lusted for 30 years

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    2. @penguin - does sweet bear know about this "other lust" of yours?

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    3. We all need a pipe dream AM

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  9. "On time" is a wonderful thing. So is a garlic press in the shape of a lobster! Glad things are progressing for you.

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  10. We have regular trips to Ikea Bristol to choose our 'dream kitchen'. Have been doing it for years now. One day soon maybe. Glad your dream kitchen is becoming a reality.

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    1. I have made it so........like Jean luc Picard's crew

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  11. Someone is going to get killed with that rolling pin.

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  12. Ahhhhh, kitchen porn. I can relate. Here I have Bed Bath and Beyond and Pier One nearly side by side. But I only get to look.

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    1. I don't think I understood that

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    2. @john - bed bath & beyond is a home furnishings store; so is pier one. we also have crate & barrel and ikea for home items.

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  13. I do NOT cook, but I do get really turned on by cool kitchens and cool kitchen gadgets.

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  14. A good food processor can make me moist

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    1. An fast egg whisk makes me more than moist

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    2. Best line of the night

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    3. Personally I don't think it's a touch on your erection line xx

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    4. Me neither but I was being kind x

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  15. And I spent the afternoon with my daughter in IKEA today:)
    She is furnishing a new home..I get to be advisor and puppy holder-a fun day.

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  16. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one into kitchen porn. You know you have a kitchen porn issue when one has 6 sets of measuring spoons and about 9 different glass measure cups and a selection of cutting boards for sweet and savory....labeled.


    Not that I would do this mind you.

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  17. I have kitchen envy.

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  18. May I suggest a full set of Rick Stein Cookery Books to go with it all!

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  19. Dear John - thank you for starting my Sunday morning off with a good laugh.May I just warn you that a garlic press might be a delight to look at but it is a b***** to wash up.

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  20. Anonymous10:09 am

    John Lewis kitchen section is definitely something special. I can wander around there or Dunelm for ages. Used to do the same sort of thing in big electrical stores, but not so much now. How the mighty fall.

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  21. I'm soon to move into a whole new cottage with a new kitchen. But Grant chose it all (while I was at work) so it's left me stone cold...

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  22. I visited Ikea earlier this week. I haven’t been there in 20+ years. It is a fascinating place and the kitchens were beautiful. I hope that the finished work will be all that you dreamed.

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  23. I think buying from the kitchen department will make me a better cook. I'm always wrong.

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  24. Your posts always have the most interesting comments in the blogosphere!

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  25. You absolutely charm the heck out of me.

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