Ikea? Ok Yah.

Very soon we will be working on the kitchen which will be very exciting because just look at the current state of our kitchen (chopped together because its so small, I cant fit it in one shot!!). I love cooking (almost as much as I love cookbooks)...anyway, its hard having anyone over for lunch or dinner because there's nowhere to sit and its been really tough cooking under these conditions.We only have about a quarter of our kitchen stuff unpacked from boxes. The hardest thing is baking cakes. Almost impossible but where theres sugar, theres a way.


After much consideration, months and months worth, then some reconsideration, this is the best layout we have come up with. Maybe not THE best priced, or THE most stylish or THE most functional but it is the most of all these things with only compromising on some things. If that makes sense. For example, the fridge will remain free standing, but because flat-pack DIY kitchens offer limited sized cabinets, nothing quite worked without adding a huge cost and dodgy patch ups. We could have gone for just three large overhead cabinets instead of six, but aesthetically six look good. We went for two sets of drawers even though drawers are probably the most expensive component to a kitchen, but these will be really functional (hate reaching to the back of cupboards for things that we will need to use often.)

The sink and hotwater system will stay in place to save on costs from the plumber. Wish we could have fit in a front loader washing machine, but not enough space. We wont be putting in a dishwasher and we don't use a microwave so saved on space there too.


We are going with IKEA because its well priced, offers a good selection of different shaped cabinets and they are actually pretty good quality. Plus they are stylish and have nice finishes.
We are going for a White Abstrakt finish, aluminuim kick-board (you don't see as many scuff marks) and laminate bench top (about a third of the cost of stone and half of wood). Minimal handles.