Degaustration - Hors d'oeuvre

Somethings a little different to the way it was before. But just a bit. We put up our first cabinets. Doing them in installments so its not too overwhelming. All the wall cabinets are actually "Fan Cabinets" from IKEA but they are exactly the same as regular cupboards. They fit really well as a group of three. They are also a nice square shape and are really functional because the doors aren't too big. (56cm x 60cm).

Remember before:

And after:

We are going to place cabinets above for things that we use less often. Stylish AND functional. It's what IKEA is all about isn't it...These will be fan cabinets (35cm x 60cm). The doors arrive in a protective blue coating. The finish is Faktum Abstrakt in white. For a while I was thinking of making a couple of cabinets a feature by buying grey doors, but decided against it because you really cant beat just white for such a small space. Pete also concreted the routing job from when Bill the electrician relocated the fuse box.



The trouble with IKEA is working around their limited sizes. We wanted to build the rangehood INTO the cabinet so that it was hidden. This was something that we had in our rental at Cooper street and we really liked the look. Naturally IKEA does not accommodate for altering. They supply flatpack cabinets. Simple shapes, limited sizes.
Now how clever is this: The stainless steel pull out front of the rangehood was removed and replaced with a drawer front. (These can be purchased as a single item for a few bucks from IKEA.) It is in the same Abstrakt White finish as the doors. The rangehood is recirculating (ie: not ducted) by Omega.
Pete cut down the back and a shelf to fit in the fuse box. All shelves are purchased seperatley because the fan cabinets do not come with shelves.

Below: I realise now after taking this picture that I forgot to peel off a strip of the protective coating from the bottom of one of the doors!


And what did I do? I helped to lift one cabinet and went to work all weekend. I come home and discover this monolithic existence that has landed in our kitchen. Its pretty awesome to see our space change so quickly now.