Kitchen Update

The fitter has been on site for 3 days and is more or less finished.  The worktop has been templated and will be installed in about a week, we've gone for a white with grey flecks quartz composite.  Once the worktop has been fitted the floor tiler moves in and the job is complete.

This weekend sees us painting the ceiling and walls and trying to fathom the user instructions for the Neff appliances.

Let the pictures do the talking:

The magic disappearing oven door!

It's arrived!

Remember this - the render of my bespoke AV rack:

It's based on an Aveos model from Blok but we removed a drawer, added the top shelf and widened the central section to accommodate my centre speaker.  The order was placed at the end of July and it was delivered this weekend.

To say we're pleased is an understatement.  It's a serious piece of furniture, very solid and very heavy.  Thankfully it's on castors so it is easy to move about, even when fully loaded with our AV kit.  Here's the pictures.....

For the curious the rack contains the following:

• naimuniti - a combined cd player, DAB & FM radio, network music streamer
• Yamaha RX-V1065 AV amplifier
• Castle Keep II centre speaker, the floorstanders are Castle Severn MkII's
• Sony blu-ray player
• PlayOn HD network media player
• Virgin V+ box
• Nintendo Wii (well, you just have to really.....)
• Network switch and wireless acces point (the naim, blu-ray player and PlayOn all require network access)

Kitchen end of day 3

3 days into the kitchen installation and so far so good, no nasty surprises hiding behind the old units, all plumbing in good order and some easy jobs for the fitters to move sockets etc.  The plasterers have been and now we're waiting for the plaster to dry out before painting.  The fitters move in on Tuesday to begin installation.

Kitchen Day 1

Remember this monstrosity.......

After day one it now looks like this:

And the old kitchen is now on my rear deck:

Minor update

Our lounge appears to have sprouted a lawn!

We have also just taken delivery of these nice new shiny LED downlights from ecoLED. These are for the kitchen and bathroom.

The real news is that the kitchen fitters start on the 21st. We've gone for a Schuller Kitchen from a local company.  It is a completely handle-less design in gloss white with Neff appliances and a white silestone worktop.  Watch this space for pictures and updates.