New kitchen
Whilst I have been battling with the plumbing last week Debbie has been pressing on with finishing the painting and getting the kitchen area cleaned up and painted ready to fit the units. We also somewhere found the time to plasterboard and insulate between the beams in the kitchen and dining room area. It was a job I was going to leave until later, but it makes such and mess it was worth spending an extra couple of days now to get it out of the way and avoid spoiling the new kitchen with plasterboard dust, filler and paint.
The kitchen went in today, and some of yesterday. It all went together remarkably easily and I have to say the quality of the IKEA stuff was very good. There wasn’t a single screw, nail or fixing missing. Everything just slotted together perfectly.
The cooker is in but not connected to the gas yet. I’m waiting for a plumber friend to come and sort that out. The other minor change, which required an extra shopping trip to IKEA in Nantes, was to replace our free standing fridge/freezer with a built-in unit. This meant an additional 60cm wide tall unit and the purchase of a new built-in fridge/freezer. The new fridge/freezer is going to be delivered in a couple of days and should just slot straight into the corner cabinet.
So, kitchen in but not quite functional yet. It is also missing handles, plinthes under the units, the splashback and extractor for the cooker and some tiling behind the sink. I guess we’ll have to live without these for a short time.
No photos as yet, I’ve just not had the time (a bit of a lame excuse) but at the moment it’s basically wake-up, work, sleep.
