Kitchen - Colac (continued)

With the floors in, and the walls rough finished, the room makes a lot more sense now:

From kitchen (see hole for ducted heating, and sink plumbing) into the dining room.

Next came the installation of the joinery.

The corner in the above photo was not wasted. Accessible from outside, there is a small, 50 litre hot water cylinder, servicing just the kitchen tap. Fast, hot water. (The main hot water system was on the far side of the house and ran at a lower temperature for safety).

The other corner is this U-shaped kitchen had a cupboard accessible from the dining room (actually a variable depth cupboard).

Variable depth cupboard, facing 180° from it's eventual location

Of course, I didn't take any photos of the finished job - we were too busy using it. If I recall correctly, we got full access a couple of days before Christmas 2004.

But here are a couple of pics with various people in the way.

You can see the huge walk-in pantry (1.8m x 2.5m) in this shot

And here you can see the frosted glass doors for the cupboards under the raised bench.

Here's a shot of a similar thing (this is from my parents' house in Ashbourne) which might be a bit clearer.

And two years (almost to the day) after finishing this reno, we sold and moved to Geelong. Go figure.

Shout out to Karacsay Constructions who did the work - they did a fantastic job, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.