Timeline, December 2013: I had set myself the task of getting to grips with
three important elements on the barn before returning to spend our last
Christmas in the UK. The plan was to have the kitchen, installation of wood burning stove
and the staircases on order, but France was in no hurry to rush into these things. The
kitchen had been progressing through our in-house design processes, while the
wood burning stove company decided they simply didn’t want to come out and
play, even after we visited their offices to arrange a site visit. This left a
minor success in having received two indicative prices and drawings for the
staircases, so there was at least hope of getting one, or possible two out of
three targets into play.
After much looking at
websites, brochures, showrooms and other peoples kitchens, we finally decided
on IKEA for ours and after using their rather nifty internet design tool,
followed by much discussion and revision, the bride et moi finally sat down
together with a laptop just before Christmas to order our kitchen on-line.
Calling up the website, we
were met with the proud announcement that IKEA were pleased to announce their
first all new kitchen design for decades, together with the discontinuation of
the kitchen we were just about to order. Customers are still able to buy the
discontinued line and still have the benefit of the 25 year warranty. Yeah
right, so what happens if we want to change something round in a year or two?
Or how about actually getting every piece of a new kitchen from a discontinued
range where the units will be in the winter sale to get rid of them! Hmmm and
to cap it all, the new range is not compatible with the old one and cannot even
be seen on the web until February and even later in store. Brilliant! All that
time wasted and a delay in being able to poach some eggs. Cheers IKEA, the new
one better be exceedingly fab and groovy and have the same feel and finish we
were after!
Actually, I found the new
Metod range brochure on-line on IKEA’s Egyptian website and while still short
on detail, there is still hope, so, we’re looking forward to the new IKEA
kitchen range launch over here and getting stuck back in.
A bientôt,
LC
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