Kitchen past, present with future not yet planned!

 THEN and GONE

The wall tiles allowed water to seep into the plasterboard on which they were stuck. The dishwasher and under sink cupboard died four years ago. Kitchen was built in 1985 - an excellent oak cabinet quality. The four 60cm doors and cabinets were recycled to the laundry room. The extraction unit stands in the garden ready to be recycled ... not sure how, but the copper can be cleaned and maybe used as a work surface?  The pretty 40cm deep wall cupboard can be separated and awaits helpers to repaint it, or me to find coincidental time and energy to do so.

The single glazed windows have been double glazed without battens. These small battens on brown woodwork blocked out light from the west south facing room as does the wall. Thank goodness that tree in the courtyard has gone as well so that light came into the room. The walls were stripped of wallpaper in 2010.  Here's a final fragment!

There used to be a fitted fridge by the door which used to work as a freezer until I inherited the former joint owned freezer in May 2014.

 

The oven died the day we finished painting the room! GOOD! 

Dark beams bore down oppressingly, now they are light and airy! I couldn't do the sanding and prep work but I did paint the ceiling and beams. The lampshade is an early IKEA.. it has a label which I never noticed until now. I am going to sand and repaint it!

It is amazing that someone who knows what they are doing can recycle kitchen units and has saved me hundreds of euros!   I AM GRATEFUL!!!
MIDWAY

 Up goes new plasterboard

NOW- the kitchen room in F&B Strong white over Dulux Indian White and Roman White! Woodwork in F&B Skimming Stone.  The walls need one or more coats because we ran out of time!

Central heating piping needs to be replaced above the door and window. We cut the pipes out because it covered the architrave around the door and window frame. It was not aesthetic.  I think I shall keep the 1985 tiled flooring. It has a rustic rural French retro feel in the modern world that I dream of! Grouting could be cleaned and perhaps re grouted!