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Personal experience: The kitchen of the American mistress

Elena Dupina

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'26.06.2017'

Not so long ago, my friend invited me to participate in a flash mob - to tell about American cuisines and show her own.
Oh, I haven't written about that yet! - I thought. Therefore, catch a new article!

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So, a little about American kitchens:
✔ They are small in small houses and large in large ones. This is rarely shown in films, and many people, when they say "American cuisine", picture huge kitchens in their imaginations; however, many people have a kitchen not much larger than ours, which is in Khrushchev's.
✔ Often the kitchen is combined with the dining room, where there are a table and chairs.
✔ Cabinets in the middle of the kitchen (if there are any, because you need a place for them), covered with a countertop, are called an "island" (Iceland).
✔ Often, a seating area is arranged behind the “islands”, according to the principle of a bar counter.
✔ Almost everyone has a dishwasher. This is the same integral part of the kitchen, like a stove.
✔ And also - hoods (especially if it's a house). Hoods are often built into the bottom of the microwave (2-in-1!).
✔ Single shells are equally common, as are double ones.
✔ If there is something to “turn around”, Americans will prefer a large refrigerator, or better - a huge one! And so that filtered water comes out of it and there is ice! Ice is generally sacred!
✔ And if one refrigerator is not enough, you can buy a second one. Well, at worst, at least you need to buy a separate freezer! Are you American or what?
✔ Washing machine and kitchen are incompatible!
✔ As a rule, housing in America is rented and sold unfurnished, but with a kitchen. However, there are exceptions.

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We did repairs in our kitchen for almost six months (November 2016 - March 2017)!
Well, to be more precise, my husband finished it with his own hand, I just did “hold-bring-see”. Nevertheless, the news is remarkable! And smoothly flowed into the repair of the guest toilet (with it, it seems, everything should be faster).
So, about the repair of the kitchen:
Designer from The Home Depot she “designed” it for us for 3 weeks, and in the process it turned out that the frostbitten did not make all the necessary measurements, and even forgot about some of them, and my husband re-measured them himself (the measurements cost us $ 50).
✔ The cost of oak cabinets and granite countertops is about $ 9, with delivery and installation of the countertops only. We took the appliances to the kitchen separately - $ 000.
✔ It cost an additional $ 1 to install the lockers, so my husband spat on the case and installed them with a friend for beer and dinner.
✔ The lockers were “built” for 3 weeks. On delivery, one was damaged - we waited for its replacement for another 2 weeks.
Стол Countertop production began when all cabinets were installed and aligned, and it took 2 weeks.
✔ An hour and a half before the scheduled delivery / installation of the countertop, we received a call and said “there will be no cine”, one of the two installers got sick. It was Saturday, they could not say the next installation date - however, a personal visit from my husband to the company's office contributed to the fact that the tabletop still appeared the next morning, Sunday.
✔ In general, during all this time, words cannot convey to me how many times my husband hurried everyone and “reminded of himself”, swore because of the eternal “breakfasts” and constant delays, went to personally communicate with managers (they are very good at “hiding ”Behind the phone).

To be honest, I am somewhat shocked by such a “service” in America, despite the fact that the prices here are rather big for everything related to repairs.

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