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| August 1997
- A New Kitchen |
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August 1997 saw another milestone
in the restoration of La Martiniére with work starting on
fitting out the kitchen.
We had come across a picture of a
rustic-look kitchen in a French magazine which we all liked and
so we set out to try and re-create our own version. The basic
idea was to have wooden doors set into a stone/plaster effect
framework with tiled worktops.
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To get the appearance of the doors
being set into a stone structure we needed a chunky
framework around them and so used 3"x2" timber
left over from the construction of the first floor
bedroom. |
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On one of our first visits to the
local DIY store back in May 1996 we had bought a set of
terracotta wine rack modules that we really liked the look of.
Whether this was forward planning or impulse buying, I'm not sure
but they fitted in nicely across the left-hand corner of the run
of cupboards.
Once the framework was in place,
the existing concrete floor was sealed with a bitumen
waterproofer and floor tiles laid to match the lounge.
The cupboards were topped with
¾" thick chipboard before being tiled and finally a sink
fitted (which involved the two major feats of getting a hole for
the waste pipe through a two feet thick stone wall and plumbing
hot and cold water across the full length of the house) to give
us a working, if incomplete, kitchen by the end of the holiday.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the house
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