Walnut Kitchen - finished with granite installed

[BradNaylor]

I posted photos a couple of months ago of a walnut kitchen I'd built and fitted.

Anyway, I've been back today to sort out a mercifully tiny snagging list and to take some photos of the finished kitchen with granite, lights etc in place.

I'm really pleased with it; more to the point, so's the client.

Hope you like it too.

Cheers
Dan

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very nice, Dan =D> Is that a picture of you on the fridge?

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[wizer]

Stunning Dan. Tho, I'm undecided on the colour of the granite tops. I can see what they was trying to do, lighten it up a bit. But there's something classy about black on walnut. Lovely kitchen tho, I'd love to have a kitchen of that sort of size/config. Much nice place to be than our galley style.

 

[jedmc571]

Nice work Dan,

looks really nice completed, what lurks in the big double cabinet in the corner by the tree, fridge/freezer?

Jed

 

[The Shark]

Good job Dan!
I think I too would have gone for black tops, but hey, I'm not paying!!

Malc

 

[shim20]

look awsome, good work

 

[Jake]

Nice kitchen, the only thing that detracts from it a bit is the flooring (which doesn't look high enough quality for the kitchen on top of it).

 

[Oryxdesign]

Nice Dan, how did you get on with the corner solution, what runners did you use on the corner drawers and finally do the top cupboards open up or did you use those lift and raise jobbies.
I really like the ladder unit.
Simon

 

[Mr Ed]

Nice work Dan.

I'm not mad about the worktop colour, but thats obviously a client choice.

Cheers, Ed

 

[Chippyjoe]

Very nice,you must be pleased with your work.
I bet the corner drawers caused you a few headaches. :?

Regards, Mark.

 

[Doug B]

Great job Dan.
I don`t mind the worktop though not my choice, but it`s the tiling that gets me, brick style reminds me of victorian public toilets especially when they are white tiles!!!
Can`t fault the woodwork though, looks an excellent job.

 

[Jake]

It's the floor that's wrong - if the floor was the same as the worktop, the worktop wouldn't look at all 'wrong' and the whole room would look much better. Not very practical, mind.

I like the worktop - 'at least it isn't black granite' - it has become such a cliché these days.

 

[maltrout512]

Great work Dan. I'll post some photos of a kitchen that I'm just finishing this week. Made out of oak. All the best.

 

[The_Stig]

Great work, walnut is a beautiful timber.

 

[ciscoeuk]

best kitchen i have seen, bloody expensice?

outstanding, i really like the corner draw idea, do you mind if i nick the idea?

cheers

 

[BradNaylor]

Thanks guys.

The floor was a bit of a saga! There was a solid oak floor down in the kitchen when the clients bought the house a year or so ago. The builders however, managed to trash it when they were doing the alterations prior to the kitchen fit. So the builders had to replace it at their own expense. It's OK but a bit ordinary.

When we came along to fit the kitchen we laid down sheets of hardboard over the floor to protect it and taped the joins. The builders looked at us open-mouthed as if we were geniuses!

Duh!

I agree with Jake. A tiled floor would look better in this situation. I wouldn't mind betting that the clients replace it in the next year or so.

The magic corner solution was a dream to fit and works superbly. Every kitchen I build gets one of these from now on!

The corner drawers however, were a bit of a pain. I used Blumotion 650mm runners but had to set them back from the front of the drawer to fit the brackets underneath. Fitting the fronts was the most challenging bit!

The cupboard by the Xmas tree contains a Dyson, an ironing board, and a mop & bucket!

Price?

I didn't charge enough - £10k for the cabinetwork.

Next time it will be £15k but the client caught me at a weak point in the summer when work was drying up and recession talk was scaring everybody.

Still an earner though!


:wink:

Dan

 

[jhwbigley]

under price is a pain, but then when you over price a job because you don't want it, then you get it! :wink: