new kitchen jam: gas v induction (plus anything else we should be thinking about?)

Mrs JBJ is convinced that we have water marks on the compact laminate.

I've googled all morning - the marks look a lot like part of the marbling design, the stuff doesn't need any special sealant etc... turmeric wipes off with ease and it's meant to be 100% water proof - I think she's tripping because one of our friends had water damage where steam got between his hob and the glass worktop in his old house but she's sure these marks weren't there previously.

She is making me second guess myself right enough. It won't be today but I'm glad we've got a decent sized off cut in the garage that I can look at and compare against it.
 
There was a bit of a faff with the pull out bin order.

We changed what we wanted, they sent something similar but much bigger, we were going to take it back then I warmed to the idea for that space so we decided to keep it.

Today I decided it was finally time to install. The instructions flit between great and useless. They also have the template for drilling/ screwing everything in.

I've double measured everything to the Nth degree and all of the inner workings look and work great, totally plumb.

Mrs jbj is out in town, I show her a progress pic, tell her I just need to fit and align the door bit she'll need to help me with it tomorrow.

I then get bold and think fuck it, let's get this done, it's literally the last little job needing done in there. No idea what's gone on but it's WAY of the vertical alignment. I've gone back and measured every single thing and it's all good as per the templates.

The main bit the instructions go to total shit is what drilling and fitting of this door - I'm not an engineer but I know that bolt A, B and C will not adjust the door alignment that these instructions say so they've fucked something up.

I hope I just need to flip the template and drill from the top instead of the bottom but so annoyed just now. Plus getting the door off is much trickier than getting it on so I will need to wait for Mrs jbj tomorrow!
 
Finally fitted the bin after avoiding dealing with it for weeks

Fixed a couple of minor snags with cabinet doors.

Just need to install the roller blinds and we're done, done as far as the kitchen itself is considered.

We want some art on the dining room wall but can't decide on what. I've found a website that does faux vintage travel posters. Before we got big dopey Lola we went all over the place so I like the idea of getting a couple of big prints of places weve been to that mean something to us.

Of course Mrs jbj might opt for something completely different and I'll just nod and agree :embarrassed:
 
I'm not a class warrior by any stretch but I come from a VERY working class / rough area so I'm having an existential crisis about whether or not to buy a very nice bread bin I've seen that costs £65!!!
 
jbj said:
I'm not a class warrior by any stretch but I come from a VERY working class / rough area so I'm having an existential crisis about whether or not to buy a very nice bread bin I've seen that costs £65!!!
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This has been our inner and marital struggle throughout our remodel. We are both generally cheap as hell but have totally different priorities about where we would drop more money than usual for the kitchen.
 
Lerxst said:
This has been our inner and marital struggle throughout our remodel. We are both generally cheap as hell but have totally different priorities about where we would drop more money than usual for the kitchen.
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I wouldn't say I'm cheap but I don't like spending spuriously (said the guy looking at buying a £65 bread bin!) and Mrs JBJ loves spending money :cry:

We did get an absolute steal on this kitchen through some secret hand shake cabal stuff I couldn't possibly mention :embarrassed: but we hated the old kitchen so much that we'd have been quite happy to pay a tonne more just to get it the way we want it. I'm not materialistic (again, said the £65 bread bin guy!) but I can honestly say the joy the new kitchen is given us is almost priceless.

We're moving on to the upstairs bathroom next which I'm not giving a shit about at all tbh - it's literally been a tool store for me since we moved in the past 15 months but Mrs JBJ has the bit between her teeth. It's a small bathroom no one else will ever see but she's got her heart set on flowery tiles that are £80+ per sqm. I'm looking forward to that conversation with my old man who, quite rightly, reckons some new vinyl on the floor, a new shower tray and going over the grout with a bit of cleaner would make it all look brand new :grin:
 
If you’re splurging on something for yourself, I believe there is no shame in that.
If you’re splurging on something to show off to others, then that, I think, is more of a materialistic problem.

You’ve earned that Fender amp breadbox. Go get it.
 
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