My beautiful Kitchen

When we have a drink of an evening, we just sit and face the kitchen, so we can admire it. I haven't uploaded any pictures in the last little bit, because all the work that has been done, is time consuming, but doesn't look any different on a photo. The plastering work was extremely tedious and has been the most painful part of the whole project. Mind you, even now with the slate going down I am still looking (and touching) at dust all around me, and I cleaned, dusted and vacuumed yesterday.............It's just oozing dust - my house that is.

Peter has painted and done the wall tiles this week. It looks fantastic. Today he has started with the slate floor. This is a little difficult as you can't walk on the area, and after its been sealed, the whole house needs to be open and we all need to be out, because it is quite strong and probably toxic to breathe in for a long time.

Things I love about my kitchen
* I can bake and have all my ingredients out, while mixing and have the trays ready, all on the same counter top.
* I am anally retentive enough, that I love stacking the dishwasher. It's quite a challenge seeing how you can fit everything in. It's a great dishwasher too.
* My oven cooks so evenly and doesn't make a horrible noise when the gas flares. (The oven is electric and the cooktop is gas)
* Having everything in drawers means I am accessing things I didn't use before, because they were too difficult to get. Do you believe, I actually have a baking cupboard which has all bowls, measuring cups, sifters etc in it.
* The bench tops are so easy to wipe down. Even biscuit dough doesn't stick and slide all over it when you wipe up.
* No more cooking smells. The rangehood is awesome. I love the light over my cooktop too.
* I can set my timer on the oven and it doesn't just go 'ding' and then you can forget to turn it off because you happen to be on the toilet when it 'dings'. It beeps until you turn it off, so I can even hop into the shower. I can also set the clock for a min (I don't hop into the shower then lol) and it works. The timer on the old stove only worked if I put in over five mins.......not very practical when baking.
* A huge pantry! I can't wait to get all my Tupperware from downstairs and organize my pantry properly.

Peter and I sit there every night and admire the kitchen. It's really special. We have never, ever had anything that great, and I have never had anything before where I have been able to choose everything. I love how it turned out. I love the colours and I love the 'feel' of it. Peter paid me a huge compliment the other night, and said I should be an interior designer, because everything I picked works so well together. Needless to say I was quite touched by that remark.

I will post another photo when I have some new accessories
* new jug
* window furnishings
* anything else that matches.