Huzzah For my Darling Husband my new(ish) kitchen!

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Huzzah For my Darling Husband my new(ish) kitchen!

Post: # 172949Post Jessiebean »

I am utterly delighted with my updated kitchen. We had a most unbearable (or totally knackered as the lovely husband of mine says) freestanding cooker with collapsing radiant element hob and an oven with a mind of its own... and a family of mice in it and my cooking has been going downhill and I have been hating it....
A sheep farmer friend mentioned he had a cooking set (hob, oven and range hood) in one of his many sheds thathad been there since the eighties and never out of it's box due to being purchased for his mother who passed away before it was installed and wondered if we could do anything with it...
When it arrived I was delighted to find in was a DOUBLE OVEN and the large one is FANFORCED (oh bliss) and the hob is smooth ceramic top...absolutely top of the line (if rather brown) and I would never have bought one so fully optioned new for this tumble down cottage we live in.
We did hit a stumbling block... first of all we had no where to mount the hob- bench space is at a premium and the oven was a wall oven (our walls are 120 year old brick- not cavity) but my ever resourceful and recycling minded demi god of a husband has solved the problems- the hob has been mounted in a modified Tasmanian made teachers desk from the Mission Shop and the oven in the old fire place...
I have been baking (really very well if I do say myself) all day and just had to share!
hmmm I wonder if I posted this in the right spot- after all, I didn't make it and it is sort of recycling...
Ah well!
*AAAAH* double fanforced.. mmmm
*AAAAH* double fanforced.. mmmm
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Who's got a clever hubby? look at this hob! (also pictured, kitchen compost bin, grubby)
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Post: # 172953Post Green Aura »

I really like that - what a great use for an old desk! And the oven in the chimney breast is a stroke of genius. Glad you didn't just decide to rip everything out. :thumbright:
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Ah yes, this house is a little too "quirky" (read old and falling over and apart) to even consider doing a whole reno on (it would never end!) so we are forced to be resourceful... I just walked past it again ... so very chuffed!
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Post: # 172972Post Mullein »

:thumbright: nice!!!! I want one...

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Post: # 172976Post lazyspice »

Love it! So much more character than the showroom-style We sell total junk, we will rip you off, we are scammers everyone I know seems to aspire to :thumbright:
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Post: # 172988Post Millymollymandy »

Wow that's really clever! :thumbright:
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Superb :cheers:
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The Darling Husband in question is astonished that people like his work but pleased... he tells me that he musn't rest on his laurels though... I never know what he will be up to next!
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Post: # 173074Post Urban Ayisha »

i love the oven fireplace feature! brilliant!

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You have a very clever hubby and a lovely kitchen! What a lucky gal you are!
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Love it! The use of the desk is inspired!

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Post: # 173163Post Martina »

Lucky girl, Jessebean. I like the creative use of existing features. Way to go and good health in using it. :cheers:

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Post: # 173381Post Thomzo »

You really are lucky to have such a clever husband, and he is lucky to have such an appreciate wife. Well done to you both. It really does look good. The desk is such a practical idea, loads of drawers for storing utensils. Fitting the oven into the fireplace looks so neat.

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Post: # 173572Post Jessiebean »

*looks smug despite having done nothing herself* Yes I am so happy to have more storage space.
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