Well, I will eat my words!!!

[debih]

Mick came home early from work today and has made a start on the kitchen units!!!!!

He has put two floor units in (no doors or worktop) and three wall units, along one wall.

As he went to put the fourth wall unit up he realised that his measurements were 35mm out and the fourth wall unit won't actually fit. Now I was very restrained and not once did I utter the words "well, I did say that we would be better off getting them in to measure up properly". You would have been proud of me - the restraint I showed.

I actually don't mind not having a unit there - it is at the end of the wall and I think it would look pretty nice with just open shelves so I can display lovely things (that I will, of course, need to go out and buy). And it will be a constant reminder to Mick that I am always right and should always be listened to.

He would rather have a unit there as he says that I will never dust the shelves (true) so is going to call into Magnet next week to see if they do one the size that we want. We can use the "spare" unit to go on the wall above the bread making area as we hadn't ordered one for there - we were going to wait and see if it needed one. And if we don't want it there it can go in the utility room as I want a couple of wall units up there.

I don't know if he will get anything done tomorrow as I am out all day with my mum and he is in charge of the girls. And no doubt rugby will be on.

But he has rather surprised me by starting it within a week of it arriving.

However, the stone mason has still not been. I am ready to give up on him and find another one but Mick saw him last night and arranged for him to come today. Of course, he hasn't been.

[molly]

You will be pleased to know that there is no six nations rugby on tomorrow so he may get lots done!!

[debih]

You will be pleased to know that there is no six nations rugby on tomorrow so he may get lots done!!

Oooooo - maybe I will come home to a sink. Its only been 4 months since the kitchen last saw one! I can't even get to the temporary tap anymore so its back to the bathroom for water for the time being.

[Kaz]

Hooorah!!!!!!

[Diflower]

That's really good to hear Debih

Do you have anywhere else in the kitchen for open shelves? I have, and have always had, shelving for my cookbooks, and like having the change to open shelves. Our kitchen is small, but I have a bridge between 2 units as two shelves, they hold lots of cookbooks plus a few things like the pestle & mortar, and a particularly nice oyster shell with seaweed attached

[miasmum]

Hey thats brilliant to hear. I really hope now he has got into his groove, he continues

[debih]

That's really good to hear Debih

Do you have anywhere else in the kitchen for open shelves? I have, and have always had, shelving for my cookbooks, and like having the change to open shelves. Our kitchen is small, but I have a bridge between 2 units as two shelves, they hold lots of cookbooks plus a few things like the pestle & mortar, and a particularly nice oyster shell with seaweed attached

Yes and no. We are only having wall units to one wall so have room along another two walls. But Mick isn't keen and as I need him to put them up for me it may be a hard job convincing him!

But I have a lovely oak shelf that will go above the cooker which will be a fantastic place to display trinkets on.

[Diflower]

But you need your cookbooks in the kitchen Debih

Edited to add - would you like me to look out for another oyster shell with seaweed attached?

[debih]

LOL. There wouldn't be enough wall space in the kitchen to hang the shelves that would be needed for my cookbooks Di.

At the moment I have built in book shelves in the dining room - 12 in total. And 8 of them house my cookbooks (and that doesn't include the pile of cook books by my bed).

I have a bit of a problem with it comes to cook books.

[Diflower]

Aah I know I only have a selection in the kitchen, the rest are on a big bookshelf at the top of the stairs; I do rotate some of them every now and then.