29.11.09 The Kitchen

All the cupboards are in and there was a last minute dash to change the size of the cupboards for the middle island on Wednesday.

The sink is installed and we no longer have to wash the pots in the bath!

We bought the tiles yesterday which are a mix of grey, dark brown, light brown and cream. You can see them laid out on the central work station.

There was a mix up with the appliances but they should be coming next week so we really need to have tiled the chimney area so that we can just slot the range into it.

17.11.09 The Kitchen Cupboards

The kitchen cupboards have started to go in...finally! We don't have a kitchen sink and all pots are being washed in the bath. The washing machine is out of action, so too is the cooker and I expect it to be like this for the next 10 days, groan!

Otis loves being on top of the cupboards and it's his favourite place at the moment, he's being so chilled about the changes to the house, unlike Ollie who runs away every time there is a loud noise and Jake who has so far had a wee on most things including the settee...lovely!

10.11.09 The Kitchen

Nearly all the kitchen floor has been tiled and grouted. We have started to move things back into the kitchen and it's starting to feel a bit more normal again.

The living room is a complete mess and the whole house has dust everywhere! By the end of this weekend the kitchen should actually look like a kitchen again...hopefully!

08.11.09 The Kitchen

Rob has started to lay the floor tiles. The floor is so old that even with the levelling compound it's nightmare to lay.

07.11.09 The Kitchen

We put some self levelling compound down on the floor. We had some from three years ago which had hardened in places so I got to sieve it all...lucky me!

One of the pics shows that Otis woz ere!

Rob has also wired the kitchen up, well it wouldn't be a room in our house if it didn't have extra lights!

06.11.09 The Kitchen

The plaster has been and completed all the plastering that we needed him to do.

We didn't want it all plastered or it would have taken twice as long and most of it we won't see once the cupboards are in anyway.

The double glazing people have installed the window and door but fitted a magnetic cat flap and given us two magnets. We have three cats and non of them wear collars!

02.11.09 The kitchen

Rob has finished his lighting feature and it has been filled ready for sanding.

All the ceiling paint and woodchip has been removed in readiness for the plasterer.
The fireplace has also been boarded.

The floor tiles have been removed and we managed to fill 5 boxes worth of old tiles.