June 18
The kitchen units were bought 6 years ago from the UK (pre-Brexit!). This is the third time I have moved them (fortunately they just escaped the fire at the house). They are incredibly solid which ....
Category: Ground Floor
June 17
Moving day (well, for the kitchen). I hired a van that just fits through the arch with a bit of guidance from Andrew (thank you) which enables me to get it up to the front ....
June 12
I have redesigned to the fan and ventilation unit to get some shelving into the wall cupboard and it works quite well. The base unit has gone in but the outlet pipe still needs to ....
June 10
A visit to Bordeaux to pick up the missing items and would you believe it, they gave me the wrong size door for the lower unit. Happily they will come to change it over at ....
June 9
Three years on I am still trying to recover fire damaged goods. This is the router that is attached to the router table. Despite heroic efforts the screws holding the router to the table have ....
June 7
Saturday shift. Utility room units start to be positioned. I am impressed with the advances IKERA have made in their support systems but less so with their instructions! The top middle unit needs to be ....
June 6
With no insulation or vapour barrier I am trying to use my time effectively so the IKEA cabinets have started to be assembled for the utility room. Upstairs I have completed the master bedroom internal ....
May 31
Closing out some fiddly jobs while waiting for an IKEA delivery. Internal walls of the cupboard space on the mezzanine walkway prepared and used as storage for the first floor ceiling insulation. IKEA delivery arrived ....
May 30
Getting ready to bing the kitchen in. The AGA is stored with Henri next door but I recovered the base demonstrate its final position. The cooker hood is also waiting to go up.
May 21
After yesterday's successful wine trip, back to work. I was organising the delivery of the last of the plasterboard needed to finish the house. In view of the issues last time, I decided to do ....