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Oh wow. What an amazing job. You are both very talented. Bet it's an absolute pleasure to cook there

Oh wow...
Its so lovely to look at,must be heavenly to be in it,
Nicest kitchen ive ever seen! Love the individual stamp youve put on it WM! X

[carieoates]

Wow. You should be very proud of yourselves. Absolutely love the tiling too.

@carieoates hope your convalescence is coming along nicely and that youre feeling better day by day x

[carieoates]

@carieoates hope your convalescence is coming along nicely and that youre feeling better day by day x

I'm doing really well thank you very much, just a little dull back ache now and then. Back onto the full fast wagon now.

Fantastic looking and well placed. You can tell when a cook has designed a kitchen rather than a 'designer', the kitchen makes sense.

So, when are we all coming over for dinner then???

[Betsysgr8]

Love all the cupboards and cabinets and massive countertop space! The cats and the butterflies are a wonderful whimsical touch.

Just wondered @wildmissus if the butterflies and cats are stencilled or are they decals? (think that's the word?!)

Oh it's LOVELY! We recently updated our kitchen and I chose that same purple/aubergine (your blind) colour for mine too!

I've seen the cats and butterflies as stickers on ebay and amazon. I use stickers myself to change a rooms 'feel'. My lounge is now covered in stars. When I get bored I will change them out. I also have a massive 'rock climber' in the stairwell of my house and Martyns room has a massive 'Pacman' decal running across one wall.

[wildmissus]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. We did it with quite a low budget for the size of the room, the carcasses, doors and worktops came from Ikea, the oak effect tiles are from B & Q. @callyanna the cats and butterflies are exactly what Julie says - wall stickers/vinyl decals from ebay.

It wasn't until I cooked Christmas dinner that it was apparent that our choices were just spot on. I will be spending a lot of time in my kitchen now.

I didn't want a kitchen that looked like the ones in the brochures so put in a lot of effort to get something I wanted rather than what is 'in' at the moment. Can't wait for the doors to get tatty so that I can paint them . I really enjoyed doing it but OH said he wouldn't do it again - he prefers to tinker with cars instead.

I'm jealous ! We had a new kitchen when we moved in25years ago and there is no way I could persuade my OH that it is dated!