A Christmas Interlude.

I apologise to anyone who has been kindly clicking on the old blog over the Christmas period only to find it as empty and neglected as Ebenezer Scrooge's Christmas card list. 

I have been taking a small break, not deliberately, but because with Husband and three boys around all the time and all the festive comings and goings, together with the usual unending catering operation, I haven't had a single minute. 

So, normal service will resume on Monday next week and in the meantime I thought I could entertain you with a few more kitchen photos with explanation. Some kind people have been asking where things came from...

The lovely bespoke windows with bi-folding doors came from Express Bi-folding Doors, in Leeds...

The beautiful smoked oak wooden floor came from Waxed Floors in Clapham…

The vintage lights over the island came from Urban Cottage Industries… Urban Cottage Industries 

ditto the three little over-sink lights…

The vintage blue enamel lights over the table are reclaimed ship's lights and I got them from ebay and had them rewired…

The metro tiles are Valencia white from Fired Earth…

The inset wood-burning stove is a Swedish Contura i6 bought from a shop called Kindle in Twickenham...

The oak cabinets are from the freestanding Vermont range from Fired Earth…

I had the carpenter make the floating shelves from cheap 4 by 2 wood which we sanded down and stained to look old…

The island and sink run worktop is metal grey leathered granite, textured, from Marble City in Wandsworth…

The five island stools (new acquisitions!) are reclaimed from a school science lab, sanded and stained and also from ebay…

The table cloth, for until I get that fabulous new table (!), is from good old John Lewis…

Love E x

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