I'm Back Again....Desperate As Ever! :(
Tino Felly
7 years ago
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1st Ever Kitchen
Comments (1)Lucky you! I strongly recommend you do three things: (1) think back to all the things about your past kitchens (owned, rented, and borrowed) that you did and didn't like and write a list; (2) look through kitchen photos on this site and pick ones that are appealing - you can specify shape, flooring, budget, style, etc. - and save them to an Ideabook; and (3) factor in the style, light and shape of your new kitchen to be. Don't rush the process. Also, I think what happens with a lot of people is when they gather all appealing pictures in an Ideabook, patterns emerge and it becomes clear that there are certain features that you love and you should definitely try and include. There are lots of very helpful people on this site that specialise in kitchen design and I'm sure they'll weigh in and give you guidance. In the meantime, with your current pictures, I wouldn't have the wall oven near the door (ouch) and I've have a workspace near the fridge and maybe have the washing machine hidden/built in somewhere else as you have a lot of space to work with. I hope this is helpful....See MoreHave you ever locked yourself out?
Comments (27)Hello Tom, Yes sadly I have had experience with this... first of all my heart sank, it was getting late and nippy and I had just popped outside, shut the door and heard the "click" After sitting on the step waving my arms around, swearing at the top of my lungs and muttering at my idiocy. I decided that I could save the day... So off I went in search of friendly neighbours.... and more importantly their hangers... I decided rather ingeniously that I could fashion a hook to open the latch from the cat flap opening with the help of said hanger and my arm and body shoved up against the door and what I could fit through the cat flap, in painful and oddly fashion (which on obtaining hanger from friendly peeps down the road... I had opened out and created a loop..... I say ingeniously because shoving my head through the cat flap to a rather interested furry head and two eyes... saw how it could easily work and indeed it almost did! Problem was the latch was just that bit too heavy to spring open the door as planned... Swearing, tries, and more swearing and a arm nearly take out of it's socket endured for about half an hour... My cat did not lend a paw and so... heart sinking again.. I set off once again in search of friendly neighbours.... and their phone... This time however, they were closer to home and upstairs having some grub. A chap was called and a chat and an hour or so later... Someone arrived...... Well................ what was used was known as "The flexible friend" Yes folks........ The Barclaycard!... And no......... it wasn't mine by which to pay for his expertise, jiggery pokery, costly and lengthy tinkering and extensive toolkit!!!!.... It was in fact the tool kit!!!! 1 wave of it in the lock and "Open Sesame" my door sprang open, like it was never closed.. $**£%$3%!!!!! I grinned inanely whilst shuddering at the thought of it... My innocent smiles did not save me a buck (as thinking it was so easy, I would be "let off" without the fee)... Sadly I thought wrong.. I almost needed my Barclaycard to pay for it... So the moral of the story is this... When you're a spastic... just get the plastic!! ........(and then hide it in a plant pot, along with a snifter you'll need when the realisation hits that you've been had! :)) (The door in the story is no more!) :) )...See MorePOLL: Would you ever let your partner design your home?
Comments (39)My husband trusts me and prefers I make all those decisions. That said I always ask his opinion on large pieces. If I left it all to him he would lose interest before finishing! Design is so not his thing. But then I'm not interested in documentaries on outer space or Lego.... Best we stick to our own interests I think! ;)...See MoreThe best and worst place you've ever stayed!
Comments (19)The worst? Missed the last train from Dublin to Belfast and booked in at the 'hotel' across the road to be sure of getting the first train in the morning. Spent the night wide awake hoping the lock would hold, and my second line of defence - a chair wedged under the door handle - would kick in if the lock gave, while a steady procession of drunks knocked the door and rattled the handle whilst promising me a night of bliss....See MoreTino Felly
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