A wee taste

Kitchen day has arrived. 

Hallelujah!  This is one event in the build that I have thought of as a real milestone, and it's here.  We still have to get the kitchen plumbed in, the appliances in and then the electricity hooked up, but I can get a strong sense of what the space will be like when it's finished now.  Before it was all lines on the floor and measuring tapes and pure guess work.

It's massive!  The kitchen is probably a little bit bigger than what Steve or I imagined and yet there seems to be more space for the dining room than we had thought.  One area which does feels smaller (and we were sure it would) is the lounge.  But we can work with it, oh yes, we can. 

First things first though.  The truck arrived, much to the children's delight.  It was a big one, and the driver backed it into our little driveway with amazing skill.  The kids rode their bikes around because it was a sunny morning after lots of rain, and I sat on our doorstep drinking a coffee and we were all happy. The delivery guys were so cheerful and friendly, and the kids loved it all. Sofia was so transfixed she wouldn't go inside to get clothes on (I made her though, I am quite relaxed, but not that much so).

Our kitchen arriving. Note the lovely blue sky - joy!

Little Sofs.  You wouldn't know from this face she is capable of 3 tantrums in one day, but evidently she is!

 

The kitchen installation guy arrived and he was also a friendly man; at the moment I can't rate our experience with this particular company highly enough. They really have been exceptional (Kitchen Systems). 

So da da da da - here it is!  Well so far.  Suspend your logical brain function now and imagine the finished product if you can.

The kitchen bench is quite large.  It looks quite normal-sized here.  We have cupboards at the back for storing platters and dinner plates (and junk!).  To the left at the back is the pantry - it's a really good size so we are very happy about that as well.

 

 

Max and Sofia can hide behind the bench!

A view from the lounge.

View from the dining room.

View of the scullery/pantry.  To be closed in tomorrow.

Our rubbish and recycling drawer! How convenient.  I am very excited about this.  Oh, the little things.

 

 

Also, as a nod to the house's bungalow origins, we've done a few special things in the new bit.  We have kept the bungalow architraves and have re-used a bungalow window in the dining area.  The other thing we've done (well, the builder has done) is re-create our hallway mantlepiece (it's a high one, meant for putting things on) in our fireplace mantlepiece.  It's little hard to see below, but if you click on the picture, you can make it out:

Finally, we are re-painting the house.  The current paint job is just starting to look a bit tired and figure it's better to do the whole lot at once.  The painter is starting on Monday (they'll also be finishing off the interior, which is great).

I have been skulking around neighbourhoods, trying to find the perfect colour scheme.  This is my current thinking (except with a lighter grey).  I really like the contrast of the white trim and darker colour.  Our current colour is like this:

And we were thinking more like this:

What do you think? 

It's all so exciting.

Anna x