Summer 2012

IMG 0019 The floor for the wine room. Fortuantely the frame of the wine room proper will cover the join and hide our roughness... IMG 0018 Extra metalwork for the staircase to stop children crawling through - great job by our metal man! IMG 0016 The staircase with extra bars in as well - looks like it was made that way (the extras are in grey) IMG 0151 IMG 0149 The top of the stairs into Ali's study IMG 0148 Climbing up to Ali's study
IMG 0144 IMG 0143 We wanted the staircase to be as open as possible to let the light through, and avoid hiding the back brick wall IMG 0097 Looking up to my study, with the wooden beams waiting for the glass IMG 0095 New chalk board - for jobs and shopping... IMG 0142 IMG 0092 The door for our fridge!
IMG 0091 The chiller unit for the fridge - not much to it really! IMG 0147 The kitchen starts to take shape. The island is not yet fixed in place - we just wanted to get an idea of space IMG 0150 The dogs like investigating the frames for the kitchen (perhaps in the hope of food) IMG 0152 The wooden work tops, waiting to be installed IMG 0154 The work top with the cut out waiting for the belfast sink IMG 0157 Our old kitchen.
IMG 0158 The cooker. The three left hand controllers have fallen off, so we have to use pliers to turn the oven, grill and top left hob on! IMG 0159 IMG 0213 The new kitchen! The induction hobs, with the new tiles as a back splash protector, and the ovens to the left... IMG 0214 The dishwashers bracket the sink. Three independent drawers! IMG 0215 The fridge door is chalk board as well IMG 0217 The larder, loosely styled on Nigella's
IMG 0218 IMG 0219 Honour goes exploring... IMG 0221 The peninsular, and serving area. IMG 0222 IMG 0227 IMG 0229 The innards of the fridge
IMG 0230 Need to keep the champagne chilled! IMG 0231 IMG 0235 Nice new coffee machine IMG 0236 IMG 0098 The lights in the wine area. Waiting for the glass box. And the wine...