Progress report one month

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We’ve been in this apartment for a bit over a month now and we still haven’t really got the furniture situation sorted. Here is our progress report:

  1. We have a bed! No more mattress on the floor. This was custom made for us to our specifications. They brought it to our place and then came and varnished it in place.

bed

  1. We have a chair! Just one plastic chair that we brought home strapped to the back of the bike:

chair

  1. We have the previously mentioned fridge and washing machine. Notice that the washing machine has a special saree settings, although I don’t have any sarees yet.

washing machine control panel

  1. We have a microwave/convection oven. So far we’ve mostly used it in microwave mode, but it’s been pretty good. Notice the presets for Stuffed Veg, Desi Masala Mix and Tandoori Dhaba. And does Bread Snack look like pizza to you?

microwave control panel

  1. We have an induction cooktop. A very shiny one! Just a single element, but it’s been enough for us to make coffees and meals on. Notice the presets on this one too. We use the Heat Milk and Saute options a lot. The Dosa/Chapati setting proved to be a little too slow though.

cooker control panel

However, there are some things we still need:

  1. Table and chairs. As I write this, there is a carpenter outside making our table and chairs.They should be finished by the end of the week.
  2. Sofa. We found a little shop that makes sofas and supplies them to stores, and they are making us a sofa. We chose the colour yesterday and hopefully we should have it by next week.
  3. Gas cooktop. We have gas bottles, but no cooktop yet. We should have that within a week or so too. The induction cooktop is good, but it is only a single element, and only works when we have power.
  4. Coffee table/side table. We’ll probably get some sort of table for the living room at some point, but it isn’t a high priority right now.

Fingers crossed that within a few weeks we’ll all be sorted.