He discovered my mummified rat collection
My kitchen is in my livingroom! Today, we had someone in to begin giving the kitchen a thorough going over. The worksurfaces are all pine, which has held up rather well, except behind the taps. Rotted right through.
Then he found more rot underneath – on the joists holding the sink up! And underneath that, my mummified rat collection.
He’s doing a good job. Scavenging materials from other jobs. Bits of my old chicken house. Man after my own heart.
But boy does it suck to live with at the moment.
Posted: September 7th, 2026 under personal.
Comments: 4
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Comment from S. Weasel
Time: September 7, 2026, 6:27 pm
Once we’d made up our minds that this was the year to get it sorted, we gave up routine maintenance. Note the mismatched tap handles, lol.
Comment from p2
Time: September 7, 2026, 7:20 pm
That single glazed, wood frame window….. soooo many memories of trying to stay ahead of the condensation in my UK kitchen. And the bath. And lounge. And…..
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: September 7, 2026, 7:52 pm
About those mismatched tap handles. You’ll be glad you have them some night when you’re stumbling around in the dark, half asleep, and you can tell instantly by feel which is which.
Rationalizations Я Us!
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: September 7, 2026, 9:39 pm
The water knob on the left is a dandy. I’d shine it up and set it in the window as a pretty.
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