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Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 25 Nov 2016, 13:40
by Moh
Looking fab.

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 25 Nov 2016, 14:06
by Wendyf
Thank you for all your nice comments. I can't imagine actually using it and getting it messy!

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 26 Nov 2016, 04:40
by Stanley
The only good thing about brushed stainless is that it is durable and doesn't rust.....
It looks amazing Wendy. The first thought that came into my mind was that Mrs Butterfield would think it was a miracle. Col is quite amazing.....
(By the way, what happened to the other story........)

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 26 Nov 2016, 07:35
by Sue
Tizer wrote:The kitchen looks great, Wendy, well done both of you. You and Sue are right about avoiding stainless steel, especially brushed stainless. We got one thinking it looked good and it's never clean no matter what we do. We should have gone for glass.
It was our kitchen fitter who suggested the change. It would never have happened if the stainless steel one delivered had fitted! Later when we were cleaning the cottage after our tennant left we found we could not get the stainless steel splash back clean no matter what we did. We realised then we had made a good choice for our own kitchen

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 26 Nov 2016, 08:10
by Wendyf
Stanley wrote:The only good thing about brushed stainless is that it is durable and doesn't rust.....
It looks amazing Wendy. The first thought that came into my mind was that Mrs Butterfield would think it was a miracle. Col is quite amazing.....
(By the way, what happened to the other story........)
Mrs Faulkner thinks it's a miracle! I ran out of steam on the other story and lost my photographs under a pile of history society stuff. I'll have a good tidy up, get my accounts in order and resume the story....

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 27 Nov 2016, 05:51
by Stanley
Was she that owner before you? (Scrub that! I have just realised who Mrs Faulkner is...... )
Looking forward to more of the Wendy Houses story........

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 06 Dec 2016, 10:16
by Marilyn
Will you be cooking in your new kitchen for Christmas, Wendy?

Had a strange sneezing fit whilst writing that...20 or more sneezes! Nearly wrote "will you be cooking in your new Christmas for kitchen?" :laugh5:
Pass me the cooking Sherry...

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 06 Dec 2016, 10:51
by Wendyf
You are probably reacting to all the sawdust that needs sweeping up around here! I hope to have moved back into the Christmas by Kitchen....
the other worktop is now in place and the cupboard doors poised to go on...it depends on how many more problems present themselves twixt then and now - or now and then!
I'm pondering over recipes for a low-carb Xmas meal...

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 06 Dec 2016, 17:20
by Big Kev
How I remember the sawdust. I found this today, it was 3 years ago this week and yes I did cook a Christmas dinner in it :-)

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Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 06 Dec 2016, 18:29
by Wendyf
I see your cupboards are raised up an extra couple of inches....I hope Mrs Big Kev is tall enough to reach the worktops!

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 06 Dec 2016, 19:43
by Big Kev
Wendyf wrote:I see your cupboards are raised up an extra couple of inches....I hope Mrs Big Kev is tall enough to reach the worktops!
Just under 4 inches taller. I do the majority of the cooking so she doesn't need to :-)

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 06 Dec 2016, 22:42
by Big Kev
Diabetes.co.uk Cook Book
Wendyf wrote:You are probably reacting to all the sawdust that needs sweeping up around here! I hope to have moved back into the Christmas by Kitchen....
the other worktop is now in place and the cupboard doors poised to go on...it depends on how many more problems present themselves twixt then and now - or now and then!
I'm pondering over recipes for a low-carb Xmas meal...

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 04:07
by Stanley
I like "moved back into the Christmas by Kitchen"....

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 07:17
by Wendyf
Thanks Kev, I'll have a look at that. Col is registered on DUK, he will download it for me. :smile:

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 07:25
by Marilyn
I hope you share what your Christmas Menu is.
Not that I intend cooking anything this Christmas. We do all our pop-in visits prior to Christmas and it's just the Master and I on Christmas Day. All I intend doing is throwing a cold Prawn Salad together. That will do us. We don't do sweet treats or pudding. ( we will still opt for the afternoon sleep afterward :laugh5: )
Mrs Big Kev is a lucky woman indeed. ( some women live a charmed life!)

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 07:52
by LizG
Can I come to your house Maz?

Our Christmas is ridiculous. 25 at my son's house for my family on the 18th, Christmas day again at his house and then 32, husband's family, at our house for a sit down lunch on 27th. It sounds a lot but up until now all the get togethers have always been here, so I'm feeling very relieved. It's the first time any of our kids have 'stepped up'. (and they are 41 and almost 40).

Can you imagine what it will be like if it's a 40 degree day? We don't have air conditioning, just fans, and the only way we can fit everyone at a table is to be outside. And they insist on a formal sit down meal!!

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 08:02
by Marilyn
No...Sorry Liz...but not for me. ( I've only done one event as big as that...about 40 odd of Hubby's workmates to ours one Christmas...never again...it went well but too much!)

Yes ... You are welcome at ours! I thought if it was a nice day we could take our Prawn Salad to the beach...and sleep off a bottle of wine down there before walking home. Might even go for a swim...

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 09:22
by Big Kev
Marilyn wrote:Mrs Big Kev is a lucky woman indeed. ( some women live a charmed life!)
Not quite so lucky, she does have to load the dishwasher :-)

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 10:04
by Marilyn
I would stack the dishwasher wearing nowt but a smile, if my husband could/would cook!
Mind you, I think some drapery, properly placed, would enhance things...and maybe no harsh lighting...candlelight being the most flattering...after a few wines with the meal? :grin:

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 10:41
by Big Kev
:laugh5:
Marilyn wrote:I would stack the dishwasher wearing nowt but a smile, if my husband could/would cook!
Mind you, I think some drapery, properly placed, would enhance things...and maybe no harsh lighting...candlelight being the most flattering...after a few wines with the meal? :grin:

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 08 Dec 2016, 04:25
by Stanley
I am reminded of "My wife is a cook in bed and a whore in the kitchen" (sorry about that, it was the mental image of Maz loading the dishwasher ragged off.....)
Maz I totally agree. One of my tastiest Xmas dinners was Dripping on toast.......

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 14 Dec 2016, 05:12
by Stanley
Are we nearing completion Wendy?

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 14 Dec 2016, 07:13
by Wendyf
Very close! Expect photos by the weekend if not before....

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 15 Dec 2016, 05:36
by Stanley
:grin:

Re: Kitchen Refurb

Posted: 17 Dec 2016, 08:42
by Marilyn
( Hells bells and little fishes!) I believe it IS the weekend, Wendy. Is today THE day??
I am expecting Colin has his music cranked up, and is cooking you a meal to remember, wearing nothing but a chef's hat and a smile. A big occasion...first meal in your beautiful kitchen. The animals are all sat about watching Mum and Dad behaving outrageously. The wine is flowing.
Pics appreciated, ( though pics of Colin wearing nothing but a chef's hat best done from the rear...and maybe the careful positioning of a basket of veg)
Congratulations on a labour of love, Guys!