Bespoke Builds
Bespoke Builds
With us occupied elsewhere it’s down to Mike at Turnerford Oak to build us a bespoke kitchen unit, extra-deep oak worktop and a chunky shelf to compliment the building. The unit has turned out really nicely, so Rachel has left the oak drawer fronts and shelves alone and just painted up the frame and it fits into the room really well, with plenty of space for those kitchen essentials.
Although we reinforced the kitchen floor, we haven’t actually sorted out what we’re going to do about a cooker yet and have been relying on the camping stove and tapanyaki grill to keep us going during our stays. However, once we’ve made a decision on the heating system, that will no doubt push us one way or another but it’s a decision we’ll need to make before the weather turns again. Although the log burner alone is just enough to heat the whole building, the levels mean you have warm and cold air areas until it’s been on for hours which isn’t ideal. Also, it doesn’t solve the lack of hot water, so we need to do some more thinking about that one. The instant hot water heaters all seem to use more energy than our invertor can support, so again, we’re back to the drawing board for that one too.
Anyway, the beautiful oak shelf which Mike has made needs a light coat of preservative but once the brackets are up and the tiles start to go on, the kitchen begins to look the one we’ve imagined for the last six months!