Kitchen renovation - our current obsession

Thought some people might be interested in the kitchen plans. Can be skipped over for those competely disinterested - just be grateful you don't have to hear us in full flight if you came to the house!

Our kitchen is being done in Kitchen Connection Bordeaux style. It will be off white and has tongue and groove panels in the doors. The benches will be made of Caesarstone.

Here is the kitchen as it is now. Instead of the U shape we will be having a galley style kitchen, open on both ends.



The space where the fridge is will not change - just the new cupboard above it.

Next to it there will be a narrow cupboard with winerack above then a corner pantry.



Next to the pantry, sort of where the microwave is now, will be a wall oven then a little bit of bench space then the cooktop.






We have chosen a Smeg induction stove. It was not only on sale at a very good price; it comes with $500 worth of pots and pans.















The bench top against the wall will then extend another couple of metres. Under the benchtop, from the wall oven to the end will be 3 sets of drawers. They have a shallow drawer on top for cutlery, etc. The bottom two drawers in each are deeper, for pots and pans and other stuff. We had deep drawers at Macquarie Road and found them much easier for keeping pots and pans in than a cupboard - less bending to see where things are.

On the other side of the kitchen will be a bench running parallel with the one against the wall. In it will be the sink - a white, square, porcelain Butler/Belfast sink and a dishwasher under the bench beside it. The bench will then extend down to end at the same place as the one on the wall and will have an overhang on the other side and at the end so we can put a few stools under and have a breakfast bar thing happening.