Kitchen Works!

The months of June, July & August have been very very busy.  Myself and Kathleen have become near best friends as we’ve been in constant communication!  The kitchen was all set to go into production and we were moving on to planning bedrooms when, horror of horror we realised we’d mis-measured one of the walls in the kitchen.  Nobody’s perfect! Mistakes do happen, especially on a busy site with so much going on and luckily this one was caught just in time!  It did mean a few revisions to the design but this actually worked in Kathleen’s favour as the two larders got wider.  We also took another bit of time to look through everything and Kathleen and David worked out a new arrangement for the wall units to incorporate a plant that Kathleen wanted to have drape over the side of the cabinet near the window.  Kathleen also showed me the dining table they were intending to buy!  Oh WOW!  Can I just say that I LOVE Seabourne Chic, (Kilmacanogue and Wicklow).  This table is made of reclaimed tropical wood and is going to be the feature of the kitchen.  Kathleen’s original kitchen quote from “Grab and Go” had allowed for a solid oak worktop and we had offered to match that quote, so had assumed that was what Kathleen had wanted.  It turns out they hadn’t gone into a lot of detail with her regarding worktop choices.  When I saw the table I had to say something!  I just felt that oak wouldn’t blend too well with the table.  Kathleen wanted the kitchen to be WOW but the table to be the feature.  Matching the table and the worktop wasn’t what we wanted but a blend would make the world of difference.  We looked at a few different samples but my feeling was that beech would work really well.  And so we changed the order to suit!  And so off to production again!  And very quickly the delivery date arrived.  Below is a picture of “Our Terry” working away on the kitchen.  Terry’s been with Oakline for as long as I can remember.  He’s a stickler for detail and a perfectionist in his work.  The high gloss finish that Kathleen chose for her kitchen can be easily damaged so Terry took his time making sure everything was perfect.  The beech worktop got five coats of Danish Oil.  Kathleen, Derek and Terry spent a long time discussing the best positioning of the handles.  Hanging on the wall is curtain samples and yes that is the oven on the floor!And while all this was going on, Kathleen and I were planning the bedrooms as well!