The Grand Unveiling

It's finally finished! The Bulgarian invasion of Chesham is now over, and the attacking forces have been repelled. In other words, our new kitchen is in and functional and, best of all, lovely and clean. I have to say that the builders did a great job and it looks beautiful - I couldn't be more pleased. Well, I'd have been more pleased if they'd finished in two weeks instead of three, but there was a lot to do. This was their list of tasks:

• Move the boiler into the garage
• Plaster the ceiling in order to get rid of the artex swirls
  
• Remove all units, and the two (?) sinks
• Move the sink to a new location
• Take up the old flooring
  
• Tile over the new underfloor heating (which we got a separate company to install)
• Install all new units, dishwasher, double oven and hob
• Tiling
• Re-paint the whole room
• Take everything to the household waste dump (who knew you needed a permit? I played the Eight Months Pregnant card, and that seemed to do the trick, luckily, since we had 2 Transit vanloads of rubbish!)

So, it was quite a big job, but totally worth it from my point of view and, crucially, finished before Pumpkin's arrival. I've spent about an hour just hanging out on my own in the new kitchen (Husbandio is at football tonight) putting things in cupboards and doing silly jobs like scrubbing the outside of the toaster and the kettle to make them look clean and new. Silly, but just seemed wrong to have grubby items in such a spanking new kitchen.

So, without any more whittering, here are some pics, including Isabel's first meal!

Looking towards the dining area
Opposite view (note the feature wall!)

New oven and hob (and posh extractor, which didn't come with a filter so looks posh but doesn't actually do anything as yet except act as an expensive light)

There was masses of room to fit in the tumble drier and washing machine...

And of course, the touch of comedy...!
All the things you need near the breakfast table...
And the first meal - Scrambled Eggs a la Husbandio (he really does make the nicest scrambled eggs ever), with fried mushrooms and chocolate milk. Delicious, and nutritious!