In my opinion, our bin is rare. I would say unique but I know that I would be wrong saying that. It is a bin that you do not have to touch to open it. It closes by itself also. It is made by Nastech and one can be bought from Smartimports.

See, this is a great idea because it is the ultimate in hygene - also lazyness but that’s besides the point. The only issue that I have with it is that the lid opens upwards as you can see. Because we have such a small space, the bin is a lot smaller than it need be.

For garlic, if you hadn’t guessed, we have a garlic card. This was bought for us because of the fact that we have broken about four garlic presses in as many years - most of them metal! The one metal one that I did like, however, was one bought from Ikea. (unfortunately, this is its successor)

Our knives, and shapener, were bought from Procook along with a lot of our pans.

I quite like our kettle. Everyone who sees it coments upon it as they have seen nothing like it! When it is cold, it is blue. When it is warm, it is pink! Admitted that it is a poor choice of colours but I still like the blue for cold - also, it fits with the decor. Unfortunately, Russell Hobbs have stopped making this kind of kettle so I cannot provide you with pictures or links. :-(

The other thing that makes our kitchen second to none is the fact that is was custom built by an expert and all the appliances were measured to the millimetre to make sure that they would fit. The same guy also built Manchester International Conference Centre!