Saturday, December 24, 2005

Getting back to life continues.........

This week saw frantic activity to get the kitchen in a usable state. The kitchen fitters were pretty much there, but trying to tie the plumber down was a nightmare. It seems that everyone wants things finishing in time for Christmas!
Of course, without a plumber, we wouldn't have a sink, a washing machine, a dishwasher* nor a cooker. Still, Wednesday came and they managed to get it all done. Last night I did some home-cooking for the first time in about a fortnight - didn't half taste good!

Here's what the kitchen looks like now. Bits of finishing to be done, then the tiling, then the floor, then decorating!


* - Don't dishwashers need loads of stuff?!?! Salt, tablets, rinse aid etc



We were determined to have a tree as well. Bought one last Sunday and brought it in on Wednesday evening. Had to go and buy another stand because bits were missing from the old one - probably lost in the foundations somewhere!
WW made a start on decorating it last night. We had to get some new lights and she'd bought some from Tesco. Needless to say - these didn't work no matter how many spare bulbs I tried. So, back to Tesco this morning to exchange them - except they didn't have one set of lights in the whole store. Never mind, one of the local shops was able to povide where the multi-national failed.

Here's the tree (before & after)




Doesn't the blank plaster wall look lovely!!!

Sunday, December 18, 2005

We got our lounge back!

Having lived solely in our bedroom for the past two months or so. It was fantastic to be able to move back into the lounge.

Quick reminder..........
This was at the end of October


This was last night, after a supreme effort by WW


Looking forward to getting the kitchen back this week, after two weeks without it!!!
Hopefully all the cabinets etc will be finished off tomorrow and the plumbing Tue or Wed (fingers crossed)

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Kitchen Progress

View towards the sink and window.......






View towards the opposite corner...........



Sunday, December 04, 2005

Garden & Kitchen

Quick photo update.
The Hedge was finally ripped out towards the end of the week.

As a reminder, this is what it used to look like........



And the same view yesterday morning.........



I also took advantage of not having a fence (yet) and got this view of the house.......




And a couple of "before" shots of the kitchen........