Lifestyle - Kitchen Makeover Part 3 Wishlist

Now that the kitchen is nearly done, there is just a little more painting to do, I am finding myself looking for those finishing touches we have known for the last few years when wanted to go for reds and creams in there so I have a good idea what I want.

The first thing I know that I want for the kitchen is a clock, it is such a huge room that I didn't want a tiny little wall clock, so have been looking out for something nice and big, I came across the perfect one just before Christmas in Matalan and will be getting it asap for the back wall that we have wallpapered.

Clock

it is about 25in across and an antique off white colour which I think I may rub with a little wax coloured with the cream we are using for the walls to make it fit it perfectly.

Utensils

I love Le Creuset but it is definitely at the higher end of the price range but these utensils are gorgeous and I can add to them as and when we have spare funds.

Bookends

I need some bookends for my shelves once I get them up as I keep all my recipe books and gardening books in the kitchen, kind of loving these for my recipe books and the ones below are awesome too!

Pans

New pans are a must, as mine were purchased a very long time ago and they have seen better days, I quite like these as they will look just as good on my hob as off, I would love Le Cruset but they are way out of out price range for now!

Dining Set

I hadn't even thought of Simply Be for kitchen items, but these plates came up when I was searching for all the tartan items and I have fallen in love!

 There are still a million and one other things I would like to buy but these are at the top of my list for now. Do you have a colour theme for your kitchen?

Mhairi

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Lifestyle - Kitchen makeover part 2

Wallpapering is actually something that I really enjoy doing, I am still not totally fabulous at it but I do alright, when the kitchen was all finished we decided to make use of some wallpaper that we had kept in our cupboard for about 2 years and never got around to using.

We wanted to make the dining end of our kitchen a bit more defined, the white walls are a bit stark and until we can get around to painting them a more creamier colour the wallpaper is a definite improvement, and I love the finished result on that wall.

I am not very professional I don't use a plumb line or anything useful like that I do it by eye and hope for the best.

It didn't go too badly!

Looking not too shabby.

All finished, the table will be in the center once we relocate the freezer and I plan on having a big round wall clock up and some shelves for my cook books to the left which you cant quite see in this picture.

My last post on the kitchen for now will be tomorrow and I am going to post my accessories wish list so I have somewhere to come back to and check off what I manage to get.

I hope you are enjoying these posts, I like doing them and enjoy sharing little parts of our life with you guys.

Mhairi 

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Lifestyle - Kitchen Makeover

Last November we were lucky enough to have the kitchen in our home replaced, it was a huge relief as the old kitchen was serviceable but such a mess and very mismatched.

I don't have any good pictures of the kitchen before but in these you can see the awful colour and the nicotine stains we have been battling since we moved in!

The yellow on the walls just sapped all the life out of me and the room, it was so dreary, I hate yellow so that might explain it.

The first job was an electrician who changed all our switches out and ripped put the old kitchen, it was very bare and strange over the weekend as he did this on the friday.

I did get excited about new switches!

Next in were the fitters and decorators, who cleaned and painted all the walls then began fitting all the cupboards and appliances it was very noisy and dusty!

New sink and plumbing that makes some sense and doesnt leak all over the cupboard

I actually squealed to have a decent amount of light in our kitchen, we had an awful spotlight that always blew one bulb previously.

Toby was fascinated by it all.

Our worktop selection.

After they leveled the floor we realised we had forgotten to set the timer on the heating, and as the doors had been open for 3 days straight at this point the house was very cold, Josh kindly stepped in and was chucked on the counter by his dad to turn it on! We work as a team :)

We had to wait a few days for the last 2 drawer fronts to arrive but the new floor is such an improvement, eventually we want to tile it as it is harder wearing with the dogs.

The appliances fitted perfectly thank goodness as I was worried it looked so small.

We did some work to the blank wall at the end of the kitchen, which if you follow me on instagram you will have seen my various posts but I will blog more about that later in the week.

Now just to try and decorate the rest of the house so it looks as bright and clean.

Mhairi

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