The Battle of the Cutting Board

Bench top real estate is at a premium in our caravan where two large steps get you from the door to the fridge. The tiny bit of bench next to the door houses the coffee machine, a green tub for pods and the mugs we use all the time. The next bit is the stove top which has a glass lid with a black place mat on top protect  the glass. The black mat is great place on which to put things when I want to photograph them for you all to see.



Our caravan kitchen space.

Then there is a very small stainless steel draining board and sink. We then reach the corner where my spice rack hangs and the portable dish drainer has its home.  Effectively the only work space is the draining board and the plastic cutting board that fits over the sink.  The board is shaped to match the sink and has cute little cut-outs on the side that are meant to let you get your hands in to lift it and allow water from the draining board and dish drainer to flow uninhibited  down the drain.


And there in lies the source of the battle. 

I like the cutting board in its little home all the time. K likes to be able to thrust his hands under the tap to wash them without having to lift the board out or climbing past the bed to the bathroom sink at the other end of the van.

I want to be able to work on the thing without having to search for it. Besides it covers the dishes that live in the sink until I wash them. We have to save water you know!

K gets cross when water runs back behind the sink towards the window when I try to sneak a glass under the tap without lifting the cutting board.  Or forget to place the dish drainer so the edge matches the hole in the cutting board thus accidentally directing water onto the bench instead of down the drain.  And so it goes.

This has been an ancient battle - or at least an ongoing skirmish - for as long as we have had our little home.

The battle is now over.

Peace was achieved by the creation of a hole.

This wondrous invention lies directly under the tap, allowing water to flow into the sink, hands and glasses alike having free access to water without the cutting board doing a disappearing act. All Mr Fix It has to do was to visit the shed in the back of the ute and extract a hole saw and battery drill, measure carefully and make a lot of noise. Who'd have thunk it?



Handy drain hole cut with a hole saw lets water drain.
 (Yellow stain are from fruit. Time to bleach it again)
 

Now If I could just remember to turn off the lights and put the sink plug in the same place every time we could have everlasting harmony in our tiny space.


Cheers Sue

A Ferg on the Move.