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  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Top bird , next door have had 2 Honda Jazzs and they have proved very reliable 

    Obs , very modern looking kitchen , may you have many happy hours in there image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Son says lots of people recommend Honda Jazz for 'grown ups' ........... he says that's what Jeremy Clarkson bought his mother image  

    My son recommended my elderly Megane Cabrioleta  for me - he obviously knows I'm not a 'grown up' ............. image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291

    Lovely kitchen Obelixx! Had mine replaced last November - my old cabinets look very similar to your old ones! Circa 1987?? Felt slightly bad binning wood doors but over it now! 

    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291

    Just catching up on news and forum news... congrats Fritillary family! Warm baby cuddles are the best! 

    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Afties, or evening, all. Congrats to daughter of Frit, and speedy granddaughter  image and hi Jamie. Welcome to the forum. Dive in and see what's what  image

    Lookin' good Obs. Your old kitchen is very similar to the one we inherited in our last house - only in better nick - and a lot cleaner, by the look of it, although that wouldn't be hardimage  

    We did the same - ripped it all out (including the Swedish sauna pine ceiling) opened it into the utility and put in a lovely modern one. Hope the new owner's enjoying it... image

    New one looks absolutely terrific. What a difference it'll make for you. It makes cooking pleasuarable instead of a chore when you have a nice workspace. What are you cooking up first?  image

    I've done very little today. Sown some seeds, fed the back grass and not much else outdoors. Been damp on and off but not bad. Been busying myself indoors with boring chores instead.   

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    Congrats on new kitchen and new baby.

    Eventually got hold of the man at the bike shop:

    " it's a helluva palaver and be prepared for it to cost about £1,000.00 to get it on the road."

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    I've been lifting and splitting cannas to take my mind off things. Should that read "burying my head in the sand and hoping things go away"? 

    Devon.
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355

    Great kitchen Obx - like others, our old one was like your old one and your new one is very, very similar to our new oneimage.

    People have questioned having gloss white doors - "Don't they show finger marks / dirt / smudges etc etc?". Well, yes they do - but in a kitchen I prefer to be able to see the dirt when there's only a bit and it's easy to clean off - rather than wait till there's a disgusting sticky residue everywhere. Those wooden mouldings (darker wood in our kitchen) could (did) hide 20 years of someone else's muckimage

    It is a real joy to have a kitchen designed and built to your personal specification and needs.

    Thanks for the comments about the Jazz. We know it's probably a bit of a 'mature' person's car - but the Mark 3 has got a younger, slightly sportier feel to it and, at the end of the day, it will be a bit of a work horse.

    It's replacing OH's MX5 which is no good for anything except getting a sun tan. We've had to come back from a spontaneous visit to a GC with 6' garden canes with the roof down on the A14 - in a heavy thunderstorm - lorry spray, rain - the works! image 

    Laughed like a drain the whole way home - got absolutely drenchedimage 

    Last edited: 29 March 2017 18:32:37

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Hosta - you could sell some cannas and water lilies to pay for it...image

    Forgot to say T'bird - I had a Jazz when a car was in getting repaired some years ago. It was great. I had a big Honda, but it cost a fortune to get anything done. I loved it dearly, but had to get rid of it. I hate the car I have, but they offered me so much for the Honda, I nearly bit the guy's hand off to exchange. The car I have has foldy down seats and a nice 'flat' boot so that you don't have to lift stuff up and over, and plenty of room for plants, shopping, compost and walking gear. Not all at the same time usually...image

    Did you have a bath when you got home?  image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Fairygirl says:

    ...Did you have a bath when you got home?  image

    See original post

     Nah - just a rather grumpy OHimage. The car has leather seats and they don't really like getting wet. Serves him right for not having a sensible carimage

    He's retiring at the end of this year and I've told him he's not knicking my sensible car every time he wants to go away camping, walking, cycling with loads of stuff in the car. I need a proper car at all times for trips to the vet, the tip, the GC, the bottle bankimage and the SM.

    Edit to add: PM for you Fairy in case you haven't seen a message

    Last edited: 29 March 2017 18:53:17

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    I know what you mean Topbird ... we've not yet been caught in a rainstorm with the top down and a tree sticking out ... but it may happen one day ... and the Megane doesn't have leather seats image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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