And what will the Easter Bunny bring you?

Posted on April 12, 2019 by pensitivity101

DIY.
Hubby likes a project, and the state of the kitchen has been getting him down, even more so since we replaced the fridge freezer in February.

It’s been on the cards for a few months and I’ve been squirreling away the money to replace the worktops, mixer tap and the bottom drawer and cupboard fronts since before Christmas. The wall cupboards are fine.
We have priced materials, agreeing to try and save a little by keeping the existing wall tiles (re-grouting where necessary) and also the one and a half bowl Leisure sink. Similar style replacements were so thin, you pressed it and your finger sank (not a typo).

Today Hubby made a phone call and the young lady promised to call him back with a price. Two 3 meter lengths of 38mm worktop will suffice for the job, and there will be enough left over for a ‘pan board’ so that I can lift hot pans off the stove and put them on that rather than run the risk of scorching the worktop.
I did that in my new house when I was first married. The worktops were marble effect and heat-resistant, not heat proof, so one very hot pan placed on it left a round scorch mark. We’d only been there about two months.

It is surprising just how much prices vary (£40 to £125), and in one DIY chain you can buy worktops in our size for £39 TRADE. For Joe Public, that same worktop shoots up to £85. As we only have a small car, we’ll need to have them delivered so that’s an additional cost, and the day of delivery will be the day we start as we have nowhere to store them.

By 9.30, we hadn’t received a phone call and decided to have a field trip. It was only 7 miles to the showroom, and we had a couple of other things to get too.
We were about ten minutes away when the phone rang, so we told her we’d be with her shortly.
We had a fair amount of choice, although she didn’t have 2 the same but could order them in. We’ve settled on a beech wood block effect, and they will arrive next week. Delivery is actually free as the bill will be over the minimum hundred pounds required.

From there we went to the garden centre.
Now that was an absolute riot…………….. not.

Continued…………….

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About pensitivity101

I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too. On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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6 Responses to And what will the Easter Bunny bring you?

  1. Sadje says:
    April 12, 2019 at 2:38 pm

    Oh, what fun. I love when the place gets a makeover.

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