Ribh's D'Coopage

[drstratton]

Good evening folks


Can't wait to see it progress My last kitchen took 3 years and started with a pile of rough sawn oak and Maple.

And the finished product is absolutely beautiful, if that's the one you shared on Debby's thread!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Our new Kitchen

The electrician and plumber came today to disconnect the kitchen and rip it out.

A guided tour follows.

Our old kitchen was original to the house. We estimate it was built in the early 1980s.
We have lived here 30 years and the kitchen was overflowing.
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I have been slowly emptying cupboards and getting rid of stuff over the last few weeks. This weekend the whole family made a concerted effort and we finished emptying the kitchen!
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The doors were made of covered particle board which did not stand up to water very well after 40 years of use.View attachment 2782677

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We had a slow leak under the sink and didn't realize it until the shelf started to sag.
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Notice that the water pipes run along outside the gyprock.
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Kitchen removed and water pipes relocated to within the wall.View attachment 2782681

After clean up. It echoes so much now!
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Hubby and I will be putting in new gyprock tomorrow. The install starts on Wednesday!

Potential disaster! Lock down has gotten tougher in some areas of Sydney, including where the man who was going to do the Gyprock for us lives. He is unable to come fix our walls.

Hubby and I quickly educated ourselves on You Tube and spent all day fixing the walls so the cupboards could be installed tomorrow.

I just wish I had time to undercoat everything. Oh well.

 

[Ribh]

Those colours are wonderful. The water looks like mercury.

The colours were glorious & ran together in a most wonderful way. It is etheral & almost fairy~like.

 

[drstratton]

It was interesting, but with just the two of us doing it, it took time. We pretty much did the whole house before we sold.

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The Island used to be walls that the kitchen lived within.

Yep the same one...just beautiful!

 

[drstratton]

Potential disaster! Lock down has gotten tougher in some areas of Sydney, including where the man who was going to do the Gyprock for us lives. He is unable to come fix our walls.

Hubby and I quickly educated ourselves on You Tube and spent all day fixing the walls so the cupboards could be installed tomorrow.
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I just wish I had time to undercoat everything. Oh well.

Maybe you could get it done early in the morning. This is the way it always seems to go with any projects...there are always unknown variables that come into play. I'm sorry AC, hopefully this will be the only hiccup...

 

[drstratton]

There is nothing like transforming a kitchen. You will just love it.

We did ours in 2002. I've been told that at 20 years you need to do it again............

We made it 25 years, but that was pushing it!

 

[drstratton]

With all this talk of kitchens I must need to pay lots of chicken tax. here are the girls in pecking order.

Deana
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Alice
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Edwina
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Pepper
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And beautiful girls they are!

 

[MaryJanet]

Potential disaster! Lock down has gotten tougher in some areas of Sydney, including where the man who was going to do the Gyprock for us lives. He is unable to come fix our walls.

Hubby and I quickly educated ourselves on You Tube and spent all day fixing the walls so the cupboards could be installed tomorrow.
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I just wish I had time to undercoat everything. Oh well.

Well done!!

Can't wait to see it with the cupboard in

 

[drstratton]

My little *I want to be people* Olivia is a real chicken.
Today she squatted for me then laid her 1st egg in a nesting box.
I happened to see her investigating her options when I went to collect the egg under Luna, which wasn't Luna's. Olivia couldn't believe her luck. My shoulder was @ the perfect height for landing! Here is Olivia's 1st egg beside one of Soda's for comparison.
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What a good girl...such an adorable little egg...just like her!

 

[drstratton]

@MaryJanet : We have mist again this morning. It is very fine but coming in thicker. At least it is warm.
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Just lovely!