Kitchen

When we decided to buy the house, we had not planned to replace the kitchen straight away.  However, when we took possession and started to move our furniture in, we had to have a rethink.

This is what it was like when we visited with the estate agent:

 And later, after we had boght it:

Quite apart from not being to our taste, doors were falling off the units, there was no oven, and the extractor fan was a bit of a monstrosity.  The hole for the eye level oven was not a standard size, and there was no space for the fridge we had brought over.

As a result, we decided to change earlier than expected.  We took a risk on choosing an Ikea kitchen, which I think has worked, and our friendly local works manager fitted it himself with his electrician son.  Photo below (not really intended for publication, given the state of untidiness....)

Anyway, we think it is an improvement on what was there before.  This year we have gone a stage further and installed a dishwasher - we regret not doing that at the beginning, as having 9 people in the house without a dishwasher is not our idea of a holiday!