The finished article

Yesterday was a good day and we finally got the kitchen finished! I actually thought we had it in the bag last weekend, but the electrician came in the week and put a load of holes in the ceiling. Whilst he did fill them in, neatness was not his forte (to say the least). So I had the pleasant task of sanding them back and refilling them. Sanding’s a doddle to me – I stripped and sanded all the doors, some floors and the bannister in our last house. But sanding on the ceiling (isn’t that a Lionel Ritchie record?) is a completely different thing. The dust comes straight down but you need to look up to see what you are doing, so it ends up in your eyes, your nose and your throat. I thought I was going to have an asthma attack!

The dust settled on my hair and John said it made the peroxide uber-blonde, a bit like Debbie Harry. This pleased me greatly 🙂

Anyway, here it is! My lovely, shiny, new and fabulous kitchen! It’s been a month of hard graft, but it’s definietly been worth it:

And, that well-known essential item of kitchen furniture – the sideboard. On top of the sideboard is John’s vintage Bang and Olufsen Beomaster 900. It’s the first radio he ever bought around 5 years ago and has been obsessed with B&O ever since. He now has six radios, two steroes, one TV, various merchandise and another radio on the way! Lucky me. But as my mum said, he could spend it all on alcohol and womanising so I should think myself lucky.

Because we did the work ourselves, we saved enough money for these. I ❤ ❤ ❤ the Smeggy so much! The canvas is a vintage advertising poster from my hometown that I had put onto a canvas. I love the way it makes it look like a desirable place for a family holiday, when the truth is soooo different.

We also had time for a bit of light retail therapy yesterday. I love charity shops so much, as you can’t go with a predefined list and end up with the most random and unexpected things. Yesterday we found this haul of vintage bottles from a tenner! The little brown ones are Bovril jars, so these will live in the kitchen. The rest are a mixture of local beers, minerals, poisons (!) and medicines (including magnesia and lung tonic!). They’re going to be spread across my landing, main bathroom and en-suite bathroom (two bogs – yes I’m posh).

Going to spend the afternoon in the park and enjoy a day of taking it easy. The bathrooms are being fitted all next week, so I’ll be back on the DIY merry-go-round in the blink of an eye.