Operation Blueshift
| Operation Blueshift | |
|---|---|
| Name | Operation Blueshift |
| Date | 20/03/2026 |
| DateEnd | 22/03/2026 |
| Location | Kitchen |
| Contact | Eis-T |
| Attendees | |
We're renovating and expanding the current kitchen with a free and blue one. For this 'operation blueshift' we need all the help we can get. This is a link to the marktplaats advertisement: https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/huis-en-inrichting/keuken-keukenelementen/m2373169857-ikea-inbouw-keuken
We will carefully deconstruct and collect this kitchen in the afternoon on Saturday the 21st of March. Please add your name below if you want to be part of this.
Friday March 20:
Eis-T and hutspotmuts will pack the kitchen stuff in boxes and prepare.
Saturday March 21:
- 1 nurd with a car and a trekhaak: _fun
- 2 or 3 nurds to help transport and construct the blue kitchen ion the afternoon: Eis-T (only in the morning)
- 1 senior executive project lead to map out which cabinet goes where and what works nicely: _fun
- 2 nurds to build up the new stuff and connect the pipes once the kitchen is moved in the week of the 22nd of March:
Mailing list correspondance
Eis-T:
Hi Nurds,
An opportunity arose and I sniped a free kitchen on Marktplaats for the space. It is a major version upgrade on many fronts: t is a major version upgrade on many fronts:
- it is blue, like no kitchen you have ever seen.
- it is not falling apart
- top cabinets we can put above sink for extra storage space. I don't know the measurements but I expect these shelves fit expect terrabytes.
- it includes an afzuigkap, perfect to mount above an airfryer. and a dishwasher that to replace the good ol' Sven Vathwasser That has starting to show its age recently.
- I don't know our cookie policy but it has a built-in oven, so we can bake our own cookies!
Monday the 9th I'll do a go/no go moment, because if we can't/don't want this kitchen we should let the person giving it away well in advance.
Hark on,
Eis-T
Dreamer:
I really like the concept and drive, but timing wise it's kind of bad.
Ceiling renovations have completely stalled and there is little to no room to manouver around the space. If the old maker-corner were empty and renovated I'd say we'd be in a good spot to move forward, but as has been clear so far this year things are not really happening ..
These are my two cents. If people are fully motivated and organized to get this going and form a coherent group around the effort (and not let yet another renovation project stall indefinitely while blocking the rest of the space ..) I think it would be great. But ideally this would be well coordinated with ceiling and power infra renovations.
Alexander/dreamer
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ps; I heard plans/ideas to have transparent/glass cupboards instead of opaque, so this selection would go against that. I also have some reservations on how all of this would actually fit given our limited space.
Freek:
Hmmm you expect to be able to take apart, move and rebuild an IKEA-product? I appreciate the plan to replace the kitchen, but if you demolish the current one and turn out unable to make the new one work you've created a sub-optimal situation.
Do you have a backup plan? Or do you have enough confidence in this plan?
Met vriendelijke groet,
Freek
Eis-T:
Thanks Freek & Dreamer for the response and reality check. I hope the following arguments will help win you over to embrace #ProjectBlueshift (get it? The new kitchen is blue and we're moving at the speed of light 😎)
Dreamer: I really like the concept and drive, but timing wise it's kind of bad.
Thanks! Good point, though I do not think that there ever will be a perfect moment where the space is fully organized and ready. What I do know is that ADHD brains thrive with URGENCY and that a lot of things can happen in a short amount if time if we're in a frenzy. Maybe the arrival of the blue-est kitchen known to man will get the renovation project out of its stalled state? Or as we in the cooking committee like to say: you gotta break an omelet to bake eggs.
Freek: if you demolish the current one and turn out unable to make the new one work you've created a sub-optimal situation
There are two half-ass arguments I'd like to put forward that together make up one. The current kitchen is kind of demolishing itself. the drawers are falling out, the cabinet doors are crooked. Also the blue kitchen is twice as big as our current kitchen, so there will be plenty of spare parts if/when things get damaged during the transition.
Do you have a backup plan?
No, but this evening _fun and I will measure up the current kitchen and puzzle-out how things will fit together with the blue kitchen elements. We'll see if a we can think up a plan b. If anyone is interested in thinking along: feel welcome (oh and there's anime tonight! two reasons to join!)
See you in the kitchen!
Eis-T