Updates galore revisited

Melody had a productive day yesterday and achieved the impossible! The cupboards on the walls in kitchen are now all square. Today she will probably be hanging the remaining doors. Then all we have to do is add the cornices and fascias and we'll almost be done. The end of the kitchen project is in sight! Jobs left to do:

• Re-jig the pipework behind the washing machine, as it's currently pointing in the wrong direction, causing the washing machine to stick out into the kitchen.


• Tile in front of and around the washing machine


• Add the fascias and cornices, and sealant to the bottom of the kitchen units


• Tile round the back of the kitchen units


• Put up the cooker hood

But at least at the moment we can put away all the plates and cups without getting brick dust and plaster all over them :) We need to get the gas man back in to re-connect the cooker and test it is working, as the camping stove we're using is running out of gas, and we're finding it more than a little frustrating cooking on just the one ring.

I've got the lads coming over on Saturday to help put up the enormous garden shed my parents gave me. 12ft by 14ft should give me quite a lot of space to store all the stuff associated with hobbies, and still give me some space to do woodworking etc. It is going to take quite a chunk out of the vegetable patch though, so I can see us extending the vegetable patch to reclaim some of that lost space. At some point I want to put a greenhouse in, which is going to lose yet more space either to the garden, or the veggie patch. It would be helpful to have the two close together so they can share the guttering for the waterbutt.