Kitchen begins

The start of the kitchen (sans doors)

The kitchen has started going in!  The first time that I saw it, the doors were on, but they have since been taken away to be painted.  The pantry is on the left, and will be covered by two bi-fold doors.  The oven and speed cook oven are in the middle (covered in blue protective film while Regan is painting the ceiling), with cupboards above and below them.  The slots immediately above the ovens are for platters, although we do wonder if the builder has made that cupboard too shallow.  And then the last gap is for the fridge.  Ah, the bliss of having a fridge that does not ice up at the back!

One bag of floor screed applied to the shower

Regan has obviously been doing more painting (as you can see in the photo, in his dead sexy overalls).  He had a break from the painting during the week (hi Jo, Martyn & Abigail!) and had intended to extend the break this week-end and do some work on the bathrooms.  He squared up the shower bases and mixed his bag of floor screed and started to apply it to the main bathroom - but then discovered that he needed WAY more than the one bag that he was told he needed.  And the only shop in Dunedin that seems to stock that particular brand was closed for the week-end by 3 pm on Saturday!  So it was back to the painting for him.

The plumbers have also been in and installed the fireplace and its assorted bits and bobs.  We've chosen a nice little studio burner, which will hopefully be enough to keep us warm.

Of course, it's not a gyrofocus, but it's quite cute.

Meanwhile Dog Named For an Architect #2 (Frank) is sick, which has been a distraction for us.  He has been poorly enough that he could barely rouse himself to chew offcuts of wood that he shouldn't chew.  Hopefully he is on the mend now.