Tiles and Work Tops

Another thing we have done recently is made a decision on our kitchen tiles.  A couple of weeks ago, we bought 4 metres square of cream metro tiles.  We have been umming and ahing about the kitchen tiles since we started on the kitchen.  We started off thinking metro tiles, moved away from them, back again, away again and finally decided to bite the bullet and just get them.

Husband Features thought we should go white, which I thought might make the kitchen look a bit like a butcher shop - a bit cold.  But luckily Husband Features is not too hard to talk around.  So these are the tiles - Homebase cream metro wall tiles.  Homebase worked out the cheapest for these tiles - they were around £20 for 50 tiles everywhere else - so homebase was £4 a square metre cheaper.  Woo hoo.

And finally, for the moment, the work tops.  

Husband Features' brother is, rather handily, a chippy - so this weekend, he came over to cut the worktops to shape for us.  The kitchen does not have simple walls.  There is not a simple 90 degree angled corner and where there shoule be 90 degree angles, there are not, so the cutting is not a simple job.  He also cut the hob into the countertop for us.  

So here is the final product (when I say final, what I mean is the cut out counter top that is not yet properly attached to the units, the two pieces need joining together properly, they need to be sealed and treated and need a bit more cutting here and there):

 

Next step will be the boiler.  Lucky really, as the mornings are getting a bit chilly now.  Bring on hot water on demand and heating.