The Kitchen - Fully Functioning

BEFORE

AFTER (nearly finished)

Last night we cooked our first meal in our house. 

Mr V made Thai Green Curry on our temporary cooker and it was perfect.  It won't be long before we have a real cooker but until then, this one is fine.  It has two hob rings and a mini oven.

Yesterday was also the day I 'put a wash on' in our new Washer Dryer.  Now we are cooking and doing laundry, it's really starting to feel like home.

The kitchen is very nearly there - we're still lacking a cooker, a dishwasher, a radiator and a fridge-freezer.  As these will be integrated, the cupboard doors are hiding the latter.   We don't have flooring but this will follow later.  What we do have is a fully functional kitchen with running hot and cold water, a worktop and cupboards full of our 'things' that have been sitting in boxes for nearly 4 months.

The kitchen view from the dining room

View from the sink - Larder and unit for the fridge-freezer

Larder in action

 

Washer dryer and enclosed boiler unit

One of my favourite parts of this kitchen is the sink - it's a basic butler sink but with a Brita filter tap.  This now means we don't need to buy mineral water or have a filter jug constantly in use.  Tea suddenly tastes different and a glass a water has a whole new meaning... (Mr V can't notice the difference.)

Another part of this kitchen that makes me smile is our granite worktops.  We were going to go with a wood work service but we were advised many times that it would be very hard to maintain and it stains easily. Granite is a natural stone that doesn't age and is hard wearing.   

Capitale Granite is where we chose our granite from.  I had no idea how many granite designs existed.  We chose a 'nero angola' design that is black with little flecks.  In addition to the worktop we had upstands and window sills to match and accompanying draining lines around the sink.  This will save us from having to tile the kitchen at a later date.

Granite sills and upstand

Draining board

 So here is the kitchen so far.  Dinner and breakfast has been very easy to make and we're looking forward to lots more happy meals.

Take at look at the kitchen journey to date:

Kitchen 1
Kitchen 2
Kitchen 3
Kitchen 4
Kitchen 5