Our New Kitchen: Stage 04 (Complete)

Part of what made this project a possibility was the donation of the cabinets by a friend of Linda's friend June.
All well and good.
That is until we try to fit them into our kitchen space.
The flat was built in the 1930's and the dimensions are somewhat at odds with those required of today's modern fitted kitchen which wouldn't necessarily be a problem if the cabinets weren't also a non-standard size.

The doors that came with the cabinets are not attractive but we blithely thought that all we had to do was march into B&Q, select a set of doors more to our taste and then attach them to the cabinets.
Oh, folly, folly.
So, the compromise plan is to have the ugly doors sprayed pale blue to contrast with the work-surface.

The next problem.
Because the cabinets are an odd size we can't get any of them to fit in the corners which will leave big gaps.
The compromise solution is to use the money we saved by not buying replacement doors to have a cabinet-maker build a couple of units to fill in the odd gaps.
All I have to do now is find the cabinet-maker.

The cutlery draw will, when fitted, have about a third of it's length obscured by the worktop.

I can't find a compromise solution to this so I've decided to live with it.

Ever tried to walk into an electrical goods retail outlet with the intention of walking out with a cooker-hood?
Dream on.
I visited 6 different stores before I found one that actually had a hood in stock.
The compromise here being that I wanted one in stainless steel but ended up with a white (Bosch) model.

Today's good news is that the sink, with it's fantastic new tap, has been installed and it doesn't leak anywhere!
I've tested it by having a marathon washing up session which went very well.
The draining board has changed from the right-hand side to the left leading me to the discovery that I'd been washing up left-handed for about 12 years.

This evening Linda prepared a roast chicken dinner and proclaimed that the work-surface area is to her requirements.
(Preparation of Linda's never less than delicious meals require every pot, pan and cooking utensil to be scattered randomly around the kitchen regardless of necessity to the process.)

Of course, non of these problems would have arisen if I'd designed the kitchen, oh no.