Never thought I’d get so excited about a sink and work surface. However, although we want the kitchen in general to have some kind of traditional rural feel (free standing cooker, no ikea cabinets…) we did decide to splash out on a flash work surface. It was all designed last year so it was great to see it actually installed, and the brown speckledy bits go great with the terracotta tiles (that’s cement dust on the floor):

The guys who put it in were really nice. One of them found a problem with the orange trees in the courtyard, we hadn’t seen that they had become infested with some kind of cochineal beetle. He recommended what we should do to get rid of it, and then proceeded to lop off some of the branches!

Meanwhile, the final stonework is being put in around the windows and the spiral staircase is coming this week. Am trying not to get too excited, there’s still lots to be done, but it’s really looking like a home now.