For some reason I am craving a splash of yellow in our flat!? Very bizarre considering I hated the colour with a passion! Not too much, just a small amount of it somewhere although I did buy a paint tester pot the other day so watch this space…
Here it is! A few things to finish off like the back of the unit where the stools are, the side panels on the wall cupboards and the bit between the dishwasher and washing machine. Oh and the whole lot needs repainting because it has all discoloured even though I only painted it last August!!! So I will have to paint the whole lot white again and I am considering painting the wall behind the hob a colour, I will post some mock-ups that I have done. I’m extremely pleased with it and the white glossiness of the units makes the kitchen look much bigger and brighter. I’m so glad that the devastation is over…
Well most of the kitchen is now done but it wasn’t the easiest of journeys! Above are the larder units from start to finish. Trying to remove the old metal legs and replacing them with the plastic ones late at night was eventful to say the least. At one point I was half lying under them thinking that they would collapse on top of me! I was amazed when I cleared out the cupboards at how much was actually in there! Now we have loads of room and David is like someone possessed making sure that all the bottles of alcohol have their labels facing to the front! There was me thinking that it was me who was the one with an obsessive compulsive disorder…..
My apologies for the lack of posts in the last week or so, I have been extremely busy trying to finish the kitchen (lots of pics later!). We also decided to have a party on Easter Saturday so I was like a looney tune running around with a screwdriver in one hand and a tape measure in the other! My top tip is not to try and put a larder unit together while looking after your five year old nephew. Although he has found the world of the Playstation 3 and was playing “Burnout” which kept him in a heightened state of excitement until he wanted his Uncle Mark to change the car which was frequent and somewhat frustrating!
Anyhoo, most of the kitchen was finished by the time Saturday arrived and we were all prepared for the party. Half way through the night a rather drunk friend fell on the coffee table and destroyed it! The legs snapped off and now it will be going to IKEA heaven, we had discussed changing it because we have had it a few years now but lets just say I was not a happy Easter bunny!!! Every cloud has a siver lining as the saying goes because we won a rather gorgeous Eames Aluminum Group table on Evilbay last night and I love it. Now I am impatiently waiting for it to arrive…….
