In my Easter update I flagged that the next phase of The Charlton House project was to be the kitchen renovation. That has now become a reality with the temporary relocation of the kitchen to the Hawthorn Room (so called because it is painted in brown and gold).

Early on in the renovation we identified the Hawthorn Room as the best place for the new bathroom. Hot and cold water were nearby and the new sewer we laid to pick up the kitchen waste ran right past this room. It was therefore easy to deck this room out as a temporary kitchen whilst the “real” kitchen undergoes its transformation.

Squeezing the benches, sink, cupboards and fridge into a room that is half the size of the original kitchen was not as challenging as we thought and it took only a couple of days to convert what was a dusty, cobwebbed storage area into a fully functional kitchen.

The fun now begins with the first tasks to be stripping the dado panelling from the kitchen walls and replacing it with cement sheet and sand blasting the several coats of paint from the fireplace to restore it’s brickwork to original condition.

Watch this space for further updates as we progress. Super excited!

Installing temporary kitchen cupboards

Finished, albeit temporary kitchen.

Ready for demolition…