The Kitchen is finished!

Hooray!  The last week has seen wonderful progress, as the floor tiles were completed and grouted, the sideboard and sinks were fitted, and Leon in particular has done wonders to make everything fit and look as if it was designed to go just here.  Lizzie helped save me from a run-of-the-mill IKEA kitchen by realising we could re-use all the old furniture, and the guys have been fabulous in bringing it all together.
So while they worked, I slowly cleaned up the mess and removed the dust.  And with worktops oiled and sealed, and shelves fitted and drawers running, I have at last been able to reclaim the new kitchen as my own.  Everything has a home, just about, and there is lots of lovely workspace, and plenty of space for just sitting and talking too.  The big old sofa has moved into the room, and the AGA provides constant warmth and welcome.  I am sooo happy!

The only glitch is that the main folding glass doors have been horribly held up and won;'t be in place until the end of January - so in the meantime we have a temporary wall, helpfully and festively decorated by the urban art painters who hang out at weekends in the yard behind the house.

Here are some happy snaps, starting, as is only right and proper, with one of Lizzie test-sleeping the big, saggy, old sofa, which is newly installed in the kitchen and in due course will have a fine view of the minuscule but soon-to-be-beautiful back garden.....