24/11/2025
AD Well Hello and welcome to my first DIY since I lost my father in January. I’m not going to lie, grief hit me hard, I had a mum, a dad and a brother growing up and learning to just be the only one left has been hard. Like hard hard (I’m aware that’s 4 hards 🙈). They say that when you loose someone that it reignites previous grief and for me I’ve spent almost a year now not knowing who I am anymore, I’ve felt adrift, lost at sea with no motivation to do anything. But slowly the fog is lifting and the kitchen I started months ago could no longer stay spread out over the house. I’m healing myself through what I love doing best, DIY 😍
My kitchen is tiny! Like ridiculously small. And yet stupidly big at the same time which makes no sense 😂 it’s S shaped and has 5 doors to other spaces making kitchen unit placement a bit of a headache 🤦🏻♀️ but it’s still the heart of our home and boy does it work hard.
Being a family of five I knew when I fitted this kitchen 20 odd years ago that I needed a range cooker and for all those years my trusty classic had my back. I’ve made baby food with it, birthday cakes for the boys over the years and so many Christmas dinners I’ve lost count. My kitchen and my range have given me wonderful memories I will treasure forever including cooking for dad and the care needed to prepare meals for someone with oesophageal cancer.
So it feels right to replace my now tired, nearing 30 year old classic with this gorgeous Rangemaster Elise. Isn’t she a stunner. She’s a joy to cook with, and my kitchen feels like new again. What do you think to the new design? I couldn’t find a green I liked so I had this colour made up for me. Rach xx
PS. That’s if you got this far 🥰 please like and share. Rangemaster have been incredibly kind to me and have waited patiently and kindly for a long time for me to finish the kitchen whilst I’ve been grieving and trying to deal with probate and all the other crap no one tells you about when you loose a parent. Not only are their cookers awesome, so are they x
