ONE DOOR CLOSES

When one door closes another one opens up to present you with a new and exciting opportunity.  Today we said farewell to our back door.  Adios amigo! 

 

Here today, gone tomorrow

The design for our new kitchen is mainly centred around a large L shape radiating out from the side wall and across the existing hob wall.

What our kitchen might look like

To accommodate this design, the existing back door has been replaced with a single bottom opening window in front of which the new sink unit and washing machine will be positioned.

 

Doorway bricked up and new window fitted

For privacy and to reduce the noise from neighbouring dogs/kids, I’ve opted for patterned ‘accoustic glass’ in the window as apparently this type of glazing has the power to repel sound.  Perfect for damping down the shrill screams of next door’s playtimes as the banshee like wails floating over the fence on a summer’s day are enough to make your ears bleed. 

Naturally, the cost of silence doesn’t come cheap but at £528 for peace and quiet it’s not beyond the bounds of my already ravaged bank balance. 

With the side door gone, access to the back garden is now through the lounge patio door until such time as the extension is built.

 

No more doorway

Poor Bertie’s been locked in the bedroom all morning whilst the builders have been busy downstairs.  He’s been such a good boy.

It's all so noisy downstairs