February 19, 2012 – 9:52 pm
Well the old kitchen is out and the new kitchen is starting to take shape. Dad has been slaving away all weekend and we have all the cabinets in as well as the oven and dishwasher. They are yet to be connected properly but it’s a start. There is so much more space now, it’s going to be gorgeous.
We survived the first weekend with no kitchen, we managed to keep the kids out of the way (most of the time). We had a little too much take away and definitely need to stock up on plastic plates, bowls and cutlery.
Noah is still going well in his little bed. He is going to sleep pretty much right away and hasn’t fallen out yet either (touch wood). He looks so adorable tucked up in his little bed, and he is very proud of himself. He has also finally started conning out with some words. So far this weekend we have had “Nanna”, “hi” and his favorite “noooo”.
That’s about all I have to report really, just another typical weekend of mess, chaos and noise.
February 18, 2012 – 8:13 am
Success! I can’t believe how easy this has been. The first night I only had to put him back in bed once and he sleep through till 7:30, yesterday he went down for his day nap after only 10 min of fussing and the same goes for bed time. This morning at 7:45 he came toddling out of his little bed looking as proud as punch.
The old kitchen was pulled out last night, it is amazing how much space we will gain by taking out the U shaped kitchen.
The plan is to get all the base cabinets in place this weekend so the bench can be ordered ready for next weekend. The oven and dishwasher were delivered yesterday as well. I now have at least two weeks of no kitchen ahead of me, so I will have to get a little inventive at meal time. Anyone have any good recipes they can share that I can cook in either the slow cooker, electric frying pan, microwave or BBQ?
February 16, 2012 – 2:09 pm
I took one side off Noah’s cot this morning, he went down for his nap about an hour ago. I only had to put him back into bed three times before he gave up and went to sleep. I think the major challenge will be bed time tonight. I shall keep you posted…
I decided on a bench top as well (a glossy black granite-like laminate), and in other exciting news I submitted my final essay for my current subjects today. Such a relief to get it out the way, it is not my finest work… In fact I’ll be surprised if a scrape through with a pass but at least it’s out of the way. Now I just need to complete the exam next week and I can tick two more subjects off my list.
ETS: oh I just came back to brag about my major bargain find today, target are having a huge sale at the moment, I went down to get some clothes for the kids but I also scored two new tunic dress/tops for moi.
The first one was only $6 and the second one was $4! Can you believe it? I picked up a heap of clothes for Noah, all for about $4-6 dollars each and a few things for koby. Unfortunately there wasn’t much left in Charlees size so she missed out, but it was still a good bargain day.
February 13, 2012 – 1:22 pm
There is nothing like a bit of spontaneous kitchen redesign. We decided last week that it was time for a kitchen update, so there has been lots of planing and decision making…and then re-planing and more decision making. It’s not easy because i don’t have a huge amount of space to work with. Originally we were planing on just updating the kitchen based on it’s original and current design. It is small with very little storage and its in a traditional U-shape format with the fridge and pantry on the opposite side (they will stay in the same position.
current kitchen: (excuse the dishes waiting to be done LOL)
But then it was decided that since we were going to the effort (and we also need to try and fit a dishwasher in) we may as well completly redesign the kitchen to free up space, so now it will end up looking something like this:
Which means we will have a lot more space freed up into the dining area (the dining table sits on the other side of the bench at the moment which makes the whole area very squishy indeed). That picture is just a rough idea, i’m yet to decide on what benchtop to get. I would prefer something that looked like timber but the other option is something dark like above….i need to make a descision about that in the next week. The doors are definitly going to be white with the heratage panel and the tiled splashback will be white rectangle/subway style tiles like in the picture. Depending on how much mess is left behind once the old kitchen is removed we may end up tiling the floor as well bit that will happen at a much later date. 
Dad will be taking the next few weekends to install it all which means i will probably be without a kitchen for at least two weeks which will be a challenge, but a challenge that is worth it in the end. The flatpacked cabinets and doors have already been purchased and a few have been put together, we just need to wait for the appliances to be delivered and for me to make a descision about the bench top… hmmmmm
