We're so bloody close to having a fully refurbished kitchen.
It's driving me nuts. I keep wandering around, drinking too much tea and telling Stu I love him - like that'll make him paint faster. I am dying to unwrap the new lights and blind and shelves. But there's nowhere safe to put them. The whole house (and workshop) is bursting with boxes. I just know that we will both feel so good once the kitchen has been completed. We've been in this house for a whole six months. Six months of chaos and dust. (If you've not been following it hasn't taken six months to do the kitchen. We had to wait for a complete re-wire and new plumbing / heating.) Of course - once the kitchen is done there's the rest of the house. But at least we'll be able to enjoy the calm in one room. And Stu will get the long-promised macaroons (we have far too many eggs and we're both sick of omelettes, scrambled egg and egg-fried rice). Next steps... So jumping ahead a couple of days - next on Stu's agenda is the attic bedroom. Which needs completely boarding out and skimming. That's before paint and carpet and furniture. So because that bedroom is next - I've ordered the bathroom tiles. And found the shower tray I want. And been agonising about the sink and taps. And can pretty much visualise the completed look - down to the plants. Today's photos...
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So we're now the proud owners of a bloody huge green oil tank. It's sitting proudly in the back garden (weed patch). In full view.
That green thing coupled with a newly fitted boiler mean that we have running hot water and heat. Of course now that we're hardy country bumpkins we used to wearing layers so the heat shouldn't be needed for a few weeks yet. And now that we have running hot water Stu can crack on and finish the kitchen. Get that damned dishwasher and sink plumbed in. To be honest we could really do with another Stu. At the moment one isn't enough. I just wish I had his skills. I could be ripping out the old bath and installing the new walk-in shower - or boarding out the attic bedroom - or fixing the new spindles to the main stairs - etc.(ad infinitum) So I am doing what I can - and today that is sitting in the workshop* doing a bit of my real job. Got to say - sitting here in my shed, with a view of hills, buzzard and kite soaring above etc. makes writing IT migration comms a breeze. *office had to move yet again - missing floorboards in the little bedroom (previous office location) On the whole...this past couple of weeks have been wet.
Firstly, the outside stop-tap blew...causing a mini flood in Ted's yard and no water in the house. Fortunately Welsh Water came to the rescue pretty quickly. Then we needed to drain the hot water cylinder - as we're getting a brand new boiler etc. What we didn't expect was a shower in the kitchen. Seriously I did contemplate stripping off, standing in the bucket I was using to catch the water and washing my hair. It took at least an hour for the cylinder to completely empty. (We know that this is not the usual way to drain a cylinder - but nothing at all about the plumbing in this house is what anyone in their right mind would consider normal) Thankfully that is almost the last of the dodgy plumbing. Next week we'll be up and running on Stu's newly plumbed in pipework. And we should have hot water again, a plumbed in dishwasher and heating! Better news this week was the family (Simon, Kath, Matthew and Molly) who stayed next door. Turns out they're moving to Wales and needed a bolthole while they wait to complete on their new house. We're already on fresh eggs and madeira cake terms. To be honest we're going to miss them. It has been so nice to be able to wave at the 'neighbours', have a chat over the fence...and gather at the front to watch the milky way and shooting stars. And finally this week - the nasty belfast sink from the kitchen has been put to good use... |
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