Things you love/hate about your kitchen

Own_My_Own

I hate the corner with no plug socket. I would love to put the coffee maker there out of the way. But it has to go next to the kettle and toaster, making that part of the kitchen looked cluttered.

kmmr

I love my glass splashback. Only a few hundred quid as I had it done by a local glass company and they painted the back for me and installed it. People comment on it much more often than my expensive cupboards!

I love the built in wine rack, and my granite benchtop - although I hate how quickly it shows up marks. And I totally love my inline induction hob - that I had to get as a normal square wouldn't fit. HAD to get.





And finally - the two black stools we got from ebay for £40. Bargain!

MrsAtobe

Love my double oven, hate the lack of cupboard space and the integrated fridge freezer, and I absolutely loathe the gas hob.

We moved into a new build recently, so got to choose doors and worktops, but the kitchen in my old house had far more cupboard space, I still can't see how you'd cook a meal for five in the space the kitchen planner thought was adequate (Or store enough food for a week for five, for that matter).

If we wanted a double oven, we had to have the integrated fridge freezer, I can't wait for it to fail so that we can take it out and have a proper larder unit there. The gas hob is so badly designed you can't use all four rings at once the stands are offset, rather than centred on the ring, if that makes sense. There was no option for a halogen or induction hob, it was gas or gas

gingin_2

kmmr wrote: »

I love my glass splashback. Only a few hundred quid as I had it done by a local glass company and they painted the back for me and installed it. People comment on it much more often than my expensive cupboards!

I love the built in wine rack, and my granite benchtop - although I hate how quickly it shows up marks. And I totally love my inline induction hob - that I had to get as a normal square wouldn't fit. HAD to get.





And finally - the two black stools we got from ebay for £40. Bargain!

are those the Howden units? I have them, too, in white.

Bangton

I don't have an awful kitchen - it's white and kind of old cottage-esque but there are a few bits I'd like to change just to make it a little nicer. Firstly I'd have a stone floor (we have grey lino which has seen better days).

I'd change the sink and have one of those big deep stone sinks rather than the bog standard steel one that we have.

I'd swap the worktops and have wooden ones instead.

Finally...I'd get shutters on the little window

Oh and I'd fix broken drawer...which we are doing when joiner comes back of his holidays!

kmmr

No - they are some strange solid acrylic thing. In cream. I can't remember what they are called.

edited: Like parapan. http://parapan.co.uk/galleries/

fluffnutter

Under unit lighting is worth every penny. And pay attention to where your sockets are. If in doubt, go for more than you think you need. There's nothing more frustrating than thinking 'I really want to put the coffee machine/bread maker/kettle *there* but there's no socket within easy reach'.

kmmr

Oh - and the thing that was a massive waste of money (although I don't hate it) was the sink. What planet was I on when I bought a £500 Franke sink!

Great value was the Brita Filter water tap which I got for virtually free. If you sign up on the Brita site, they give you the tap free from time to time in an offer if you buy two filters.

The filters are expensive, but living in London the water is so horrible its a wonderful luxury to always have filtered water.

Bennifred

I love having deep pan drawers next to the range cooker. I love having wall cupboards that fit up to the ceiling so they don't collect all that grot on top. I love the roller shutters on some of the wall units. I love having dishwasher which consists of drawers. I just love my kitchen

cookie_monster

Love my 70cm CDA range cooker.

Hate the fact that my kitchen is very narrow.