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I promised not to bore you too much with kitchen details any more, but I admit complete and utter failure: Progress this week focussed on the kitchen and, by the time that you read this post, it should be almost complete. The kitchen, that is.

Tiling and heating will be done over the long May-Day weekend, and we will continue our decorating efforts. Come another week or two, and we should definitely see the end of it all.

The new kitchen is much loved already. Check out the recent photos, and I am sure you will agree it’s just great. Here’s why:

• Almost 6 sqm solid surface worktop.
• A Neff BW1674N top-of-the-range oven that has grown very close to my heart already – with the preparation of Pommes Dauphinoise, shown in the little picture here.
• A Neff CM5770N combination microwave oven (supporting combination with circulated heat, top and bottom heat or grill). I only reheated the Pommes Dauphinoise so far, but that was a delight, too.
• A Siemens LC957BC40 900mm four-gear chimney-extractor with nice halogen lights (which, as you will see on closer inspection, requires some adjustment from by British builder’s standards of kitchen extractor installation to mine…).
• A Siemens ET675MG11E Ceran cooking field with 6.6kW power rating for quick heat-up, two adjustable zones, and a touch-and-slide control. I made Halibut and Tuna a la Greque in my new Le Creuset toughened non-stick frying pan (served alongside the aforementioned pommes), and it was just great.
• A Hotpoint G3201LIX two-flame gas cooker for those stir-fry meals.
• A Siemens SN26M290 dishwasher, which is wonderfully silent and extraordinary flexible.
• A Brita ‘Titanium’ water tap, supplying hot water, cold water, and Brita-filtered drinking water without the mess with filtering jugs.

Around it all is, of course, the IKEA-supplied kitchen (Faktum, with Ädel Birch fronts and Lansa door handles). I already told you about the beginnings of the journey to an IKEA kitchen; this deserves a separate post, some time soon.

Click here for the latest photos.

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