It all began with the death of the old refrigerator, which lead us to throw out the fridge and freezer and replace them with a new combined unit.
The original plan to simply reinstall the click floor once it had dried was soon abandoned. Out went the click floor, out went the old blue linoleum carpet, and in its place we put beautiful slate tiles. It may be cold, but it’s real. A real material, a real floor.
It didn’t stop there. We need to fill the space where the old refrigerator was, so a new countertop has to be installed, longer than the existing one. Out with the cheap white laminate, in with solid wood.
However, it is difficult to remove the countertop without damaging the tiles above it, so we decided to get rid of the dull standard white tiles.
Funny how one thing leads to another, don’t you think? Today the work began, and once again the kitchen turned into a construction site.
We all helped to tear down the tiles, and they came down quicker than I first thought they would. They will be replaced with absolutely gorgeous, rustic 10×10 cm tiles that arrived from Italy earlier this week.
You know, if I can’t have a kitchen in Italy right now at least I can have Italian tiles in my kitchen. Pure logic.
November is soon to be over. Only a little more than three weeks left before the nights slowly will begin to shorten. Hopefully we’ll have a pretty kitchen in time for Christmas.
Oh my word, that is what I need to do!!!! Hope you get your Italian style kitchen in time for Christmas, I really look forward to seeing the finished product.
Think I will have to go and find the hammer !!!
It will be beautiful! Somehow home improvement projects always morph into something bigger. And more costly! Good luck with your project.
I had a gut feeling that this wouldn’t end with just a new fridge! Alexander looks like he is having a ball knocking those tiles off the wall. Is child labor common in Sweden? Just kidding. Looking forward to the new Italian style kitchen.
Very familiar with the chain of home improvement events (from our family home back in the U.S.), but there is nothing more wonderful and rewarding then having a beautiful kitchen! Maybe this was for the best, eh? Happy Holidays!
Sounds great-imagine how happy you will be to be in your beautiful kitchen for your first Christmas!
Take a deep breath…it’s all gonna be good!
Wow–Alexander got soooo big!!
Debxx