Progress Report: Laying Slate Tiles with Underfloor Heating
Oooh get ready for a whinge-y post. This project tested our patience to the nth degree. Even just typing out the title of this post makes me feel tired. Maybe because it just took so much longer and so much more money than we'd ever anticipated to finish the...
Progress Report: White Painted Kitchen Cupboards (I’ve only been waiting a year for this)
I've been dreaming of a white kitchen since the day we moved in. If there was nothing else we would do, we were going to paint the cupboard doors. Oh yes, yes we were.The reason I was so sure of this was because my lovely boyfriend, W, sprays cars for a...
Less Is More: Kitchen Counter Tops
I've made a few little tweaks to the kitchen recently because I'm learning a few things about open shelving and I wanted to share them with you.And very simply, here's what it boils down to. You can have the most gorgeous kitchen in the world but if it's filled...
Progress Report: Crown Molding {Cornicing} and Open Shelving
So, last I updated you on the kitchen, we had finally, after weeks and weeks of indecision, got the open shelving up. But as I told you in that same post, it was far from complete.If you are new here (and if you are, why hello there you sexy thang! Thank you for...
Progress Report: Jali Shelving and My Startling Impatience
So I'll just start this post by saying, yes the open shelving is up BUT (and it is a very large 'but' indeed), they are not finished yet. We have lots more to do on these but I was so bloody excited to finally have it that I've already moved all my stuff into...
(Lack of) Progress Report: Kitchen Shelving Units
I do apologise for the severe lack of posts here on Swoon Worthy the past couple of weeks. My work has taken me here, there and everywhere recently and unfortunately, it's always the things we enjoy the most that suffer when we're so exhausted that people are...
Kitchen Inspiration: Swoon Worthy Open Shelving
Hello my lovelies, how has everyone been this week? Apologies for all the quiet here on Swoon Worthy, work has been a bit of a mad one and my brain has turned slightly vegetative the last few days! However I did want to check in and firstly, say a huge...
Progress Report: Why I Already Love My Kitchen
Sarah of Modern Country Style, being the ever-so-clever girl that she is, has decided on a fabulous theme for her linky party. It's all about what we love about our kitchens.As you are probably pretty well aware if you have been a regular reader of my blog (and...
Progress Report: White Brick Tiles and Shiny Cooker Hoods
Finally, an update on the kitchen!If you are new here (and if you are, why hello there you sexy thang! Thank you for joining me!), you can read about my design influences here, discovering the hidden ceiling here, tearing it down here, putting up the plasterboard and...
Progress Report: Plastering the Kitchen
I haven't provided any updates on the kitchen for the last few weeks because there's not been much to show that is that exciting and I'm not really sure how much everyone wants to see wet plaster. (Or ya know, maybe you are into that sort of thing, you weirdo. It's...
Progress Report: Let There Be (Kitchen) Light
Just a quickie from me as I'm away for the next few days in London for work. However, I wanted to share the progress on the kitchen from this past weekend.If you want to read some background on our kitchen remodel, you can find previous posts about the...
Progress Report: Work Continues on the Kitchen Ceilings…
This is just a little update on our Kitchen ceiling situation for those that are following along our slow-but-sure progress. If you've only just come on board (and if you have, welcome to our mess!), I talked a bit about the inspiration for the kitchen here, the...
New Heights: Adventures in Ripping Down the Kitchen Ceiling
I mentioned in this post that we'd made the rather delicious discovery that our short, stout, boxy kitchen had a false ceiling and as the kitchen was our next big project, we figured we might as well remove it to gain those extra precious inches in room height before...
Light Up Light Up: As if I had a choice…
Sorry that was a really poor play on this song...(And no this ISN'T the bloody Leona Lewis version, it's the GOOD one from Snow Patrol dammit.) Now that that's out of the way, I'm actually going to talk kitchen lighting. I reckon I could do 14 posts on kitchen...
Weekends, Randomness and Beautiful Bathrooms
It's been a lovely relaxed weekend, our first without particular plans in such a very very long time. I've been taking advantage of the time to properly spring clean my house along with getting on with some little projects I've been meaning to tackle for weeks...
Size Does Matter: Kitchen Ceiling Discovery
I know I mentioned that we were starting from the bottom up when it came to our kitchen remodel, as in starting with the underfloor heating and slate tiles. However, there may just be a slight change of plans there.I can't actually express to you how exciting...
Hot Stuff: Getting a Bargain
Granted, this isn't going to be the sexiest post so there's your first warning. However, I just had to share.W mentioned at work that we are going to be renovating our kitchen and included within that renovation was underfloor heating. With gorgeous slate...
Starting From the Bottom Up: Kitchen Flooring
When I sat down and wrote out the list of things we're going to do in the kitchen, it was ridiculously long. Like seriously. I stopped writing after a while because I was getting a cramp in my hand.I honestly thought because we weren't changing the...
Kitchen Dreams: If I Were a Single Girl Living in France…
I would so have this kitchen.And the chairs and those floors and the doors and everything else in the flat as well please. Ooooh Pretty.Image via decorpad
Kitchen Inspiration: Deciding on a Style
If you've read Sarah's excellent advice on Modern Country Style, you'll know that when making decisions on your kitchen, you should make sure your kitchen inspiration pics are rated no less than a 9 in your mind and scratch everything you don't feel is absolutely...
Getting It All Done: Deciding Priorities
In my last post, I teased we have a big project coming up here on Swoon Worthy. The question is really, what do you choose to do when your to-do list is a mile long and you've got a limited budget? When I walk around my house, I have a list in my head that's...
Glass Bottles: New Year, New Function
Just wondering if anyone else is slightly relieved that the stress of the holidays is over?Putting away all the Christmas decorations and relieving the bits and pieces from storage that I had stowed away to make room for all those fairy lights and glittery baubles...
Kitchen Art and Apologies…
I must firstly apologise for the lack of posts this week... Work has gone a bit mad and by the time I get home, I'm so exhausted I just want to kick off my shoes, pour a glass of wine and chill right out.I also must apologise for the delay in showing the living...
Easy Kitchen Update: New (Old) Plant Pots
When we moved into our house, there was a lot of rubbish left behind by the previous owners. Yes, thank you very much because we have actually were hoping for a rusted baby swing in the back garden and probably about 30 rusted, broken and completely useless...