Hi Applepieorder - Ah well. The office is painted and was looking quite nice until I had sixteen boxes of files arrive from a client and the kids decided that Mummy's office was definitely the best place to build a lego star wars battle ground during the rainy school holidays because they love the new soft rug! They have all been camping overnight and so when they arrive back I'm making them clear it all up. I'll then post pictures! I need to find some nice roman blinds to soften it and I definitely need a woodburner installing since it gets cold and running the electric heaters is costing a fortune. My biggest problem is that I have too many projects on the go at once (well that and the fact that I don't yet have the money to tackle everything!!)

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hi all. please let me start by apologising for the messy state of the temporary kitchen photos I've attached. it's still a building site. arghhhhhhhhh. having an L shaped kitchen and island installed soon. my question is. the layout will be similar to the current temp layout in the pictures. back wall will be floor to celing units with American fridge freezer. other Wall will be worktop with floor and wall units. large 2.8m long Island that will bridge kitchen (tiled) and family room (wood) floors. I was planning to tile first but with the island how can you be sure that the tiles will be symmetrical around it? sure you could move the island a few inches one way or the other but there's no gaurentee that the walkway will look symmetrical. best to tile after to get joins and ground lines where they look best? also the builder put down t&g 22mm chipboard on joists in kitchen. will need to put some sort of cement board over to tile to but this will mean the finished floor height will be slightly higher than the rest of the house. any issues with this? thanks all

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