Sorry my blog has been a bit quiet recently, we are bogged down with half term, puppy, illness, holidays and renovating our kitchen!
My mind is rather full up with decision making and keeping everyone happy, however I wanted to give you an update on our kitchen renovation. When I previously wrote about it, we hadn’t done anything apart from choose which kitchen we were having from B&Q.
As my husband is fitting it himself, things take longer to complete as he also is working and still enjoying our days out together. I am so thankful that he is happy to fit it himself as it saves us so much money.
The downside is…..your house ends up looking like this and my nice lounge renovation doesn’t look so nice anymore!
Even the dog was confused on what all this was in his house. So this is how it has stayed for quite a while, until we thought it was a good idea to host a dinner party around ours…….it was pre-arranged when we thought we would have more space by that point. However like all renovation plans they never go to plan, and we then had to move lots of boxes to my bedroom!
So this is our current kitchen, it was a temporary one which we put together 3 years ago just to make it a much better space than a 1960’s original kitchen could offer.
As you can see it was full up with stuff, as we had 1 wall cupboard to put food in and then rest were full up with kitchen essentials to use. I went for a dark floor as I thought it would be easier to upkeep but it just darkens the room, the fridge was from our old house and far too big and dark. So this is all gone now!
We had the electrician in to add more plug sockets, tidy the ones we had up, move the light into the middle of the ceiling and move the light switch from the old dining room doorway. If you have this done in your house, top tip is to take everything out of the room. Don’t leave lots of things in there, like I did. The dust this creates goes everywhere and there is so much of it.
Next stop time to plaster over the electricians work, and get rid of the Artex bubbles on the ceiling.
Another really messy job, but I was ready for this one! If you are local to me (Hedge End, Southampton) and need a decent plasterer, then Proficient Plastering is your man! He has done a fantastic job and we are really pleased with it.
The bubbles have gone! Look how lovely and smooth that is, we are really lucky and most of the house was Artex free. However I never thought it would make that much difference to have a smooth ceiling but it really does.
You can also see that I have painted, I have used Valspar paint again. I love it, I haven’t used their kitchen paint before so I was keen to see how it compared to their normal emulsion paint. I wasn’t disappointed, it did have to have 2 coats, but it went on so easy and quick. With great coverage, it hide all the new plaster, old paint colours and filling.
I used their colour matching service again, as I wanted it to match the new floor tiles I have chosen. I am being a little bold with my choice in tiles, so keep your fingers crossed with works well!
Pretty good match hey!
I thought I was also give you a real life mood board of my kitchen and what we have chosen. I have included our kitchen doors, handles, paint, floor tiles and worktop.
What do you think of my ideas?
Please subscribe to my blog to follow the rest of our kitchen renovation, it is a big job for us but I think it will be great once it is all done!
*I was sent the Valspar paint for review, however all words are honest and of my own.
26 Comments
Look forward to seeing how the final look – I’m intrigued by the tiles! We’re doing up our house and I’ve seen so many tiles that I really love. Will have to check out that paint too as I’m sure that would save us an absolute ton of time x
I absolutely love grey and have it dotted around our house in a variety of ways. Gorgeous tiles – can’t wait to see those up on your walls! x
Aaah EXCITING!! Although it looks a bit of a mess at the mo it will be amazing when it’s done. After my she-shed is done, our next big project is our kitchen. I’m looking forward to it/ dreading it in equal measures!! I know whilst it’s happening, our house will be an absolute STATE!! It will be so worth it though!!! Can’t wait to see the update Steph!! Caro x #HomeEtc
Gorgeous colour and what a mess! I love before and after posts so looking forward to the next instalment! Jess xx #HomeEtc
It will look so amazing when it’s finished and I’m totally impressed with your hubby for doing it himself. If it’s any consolation I only ever ask mine to put up pictures and even that takes him 6 months to get around to!! X #HomeEtc
OOOh it looks great already! How exciting. I’m looking forward to the next instalment! Thanks for sharing over at #HomeEtc x
I love the colour similar to our lounge, I ma dying to see what its like when its finished. New kitchens are so exciting ! x
That smooth ceiling is a thing of beauty! Love the paint colour and tiles, hope you get your dining room (and now bedroom) back soon 🙂 Good luck with it all, it’s going to look fab x
I really love the grey, that is going to look so lovely 🙂 #HomeEtc
You’ve made great headway. I love the paint colour you have chosen, I think we will use the Valspar colour match service when we paint our lounge. It must be good to get the exact colour that you want #HomeEtc
I love what you have chosen and can’t wait to see it all finished!
Well, for a start, you’re much further than we are, so congrats 🙂 Yes, the smooth ceiling makes a huge difference, what were people thinking when they put Artex up?!?! Lovely choice of colour, it will all look great when it’s done and I look forward to seeing it 🙂 x
Wow, what a difference already!!! I love the colour paint. It’s similar to what I have in the living room and it’s super lovely how it changes slightly depending on the time of day and the sun shining through the window. Can’t wait for the next update!! x
Wow you’re a busy bee! I love the grey you’ve picked and just getting rid of that bumpy ceiling makes such a difference. It will look amazing when its finished x
Loving the colours. Sounds like it is all coming along nicely. I have just started to write up about my bathroom renovation and the start of my post sounds just like yours with my husband!
yes I love the colours too its coming along!
I love anything grey at the moment so love the scheme you’ve picked. Can’t wait to see how the tiles look x
That colour looks gorgeous, great choice! Hope the rest of the renovations go well.
feel you pain . We renovated our kitchen first time around with 6 month old twins and no water for nearly a week !
Love your colour choice. x
Oh my gosh, how did you cope with that!! We haven’t had any water in the kitchen for a 1 day and its driving me potty!!
That’s a lovely colour. Can’t wait to see the finished kitchen 🙂
Great colour! Can’t wait to see how it all comes out 🙂 Kitchen remodelling can be so stressy and all the dust is crazy but totally worthwhile in the end 😉 xx
I am in love with that colour you have chosen! how exciting
Ooh I love a freshly plastered and painted ceiling! Artex was such a crime wasn’t it! Love the shade of grey, can’t wait to see when the tiles are on, they look a really interesting pattern! X
Love the colour you’ve chosen, I use grey everywhere 🙂 The floor tiles are great, look forward to seeing how they look.
Love the colour, very similar to something I have in my sitting room. Dying to see the finished look!