I Had The Most Beautiful Tasting Ham On A Salad Last Night

[Bobbisox1]

at my sister in laws, She'd done a gammon joint in her slow cooker with Diet coke for the liquid, the taste was absolutely divine, I have often done diet coke with chicken but never with ham, it was so tender it melted in the mouth

[bednobs]

Grey seems to be very popular for interiors lately. Problem is that when you go to the shop you get a choice between 50 shades!

[AuntPollyGrey]

Grey everywhere is going out of fashion in the top end homes now bednobs. Like everything these fashions trickle down from the designer homes into the everyday designs.
Cottage core is the big thing now, bit over the top for me, I prefer the Nordic type kitchens, so simple & chic. Islands are really out now - people are replacing them with wooden kitchen tables like in the 1990's
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PMXWxMcWeey79A37tTivrL.jpg

[pastafreak]

I watch interiors/design programs and some people go OTT with grey. It's the new neutral...but then I read its going out of style.
I've got a tiny ...old...and odd shaped kitchen. I just repainted everything...walls and cabinets...in a pale,watery aquamarine. Makes it look a bit bigger, and the odd bits blur together. I can't fit a big fridge...unless I were to knock out a small cupboard and work surface that's in a kind of alcove.
Large kitchens always sound glorious...enjoys yours Lcg.

[LadyCG]

Thanks Pasta. The guy at the kitchen place last week told me grey was as popular as ever, and dark blue is becoming more and more popular. Gloss is becoming less fashionable and I must admit since we first had a kitchen drawn up before the first lockdown we've gone off the gloss look. I definitely haven't gone off the grey though, with the brick and industrial style lighting and the feature blue wall it's a look that suits both our tastes. The dining area which features the brick wall will continue the industrial theme with the table, bench and chairs and lighting and so on.

[LadyCG]

Go and take a lie down, Martine.

[pastafreak]

That sounds great with the brick wall...my kind of kitchen with the industrial look.
Dark colours are definitely in style. I painted my east facing bedroom a deep teal green. It's like being in a cocoon...I love it. It took me a good couple of months of dithering to jump in and do it.

[LadyCG]

This house has a very similar kitchen concept to what we're having. Our layout is slightly different but the concept is similar (with grey kitchen cupboard).

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/106510043#/media?id=media3&ref=photoCollage

[bednobs]

that's nice. i am busy dreaming of interiors for when/if my neighbours eff off and withdraw their stupid objections to my planning permission

[anneasquith]

Grey is everywhere. Clothing, house interiors . Baby’s clothing.someone must stop this grey world we find ourself in .

[zebo]

Trailer trash ham is the name I've seen it as .

[barry1010]

I have seen kitchen islands with sinks which to me is bizarre, far too easy for accidents to happen and crockery come crashing down.

[Bobbisox1]

I wouldn’t want a sink in mine Barry just the Quooker and working surface with storage underneath .

[barry1010]

A quooker needs a sink, surely? That's the point of it - hot water for washing up, rinsing pasta and such like.

[Bobbisox1]

Eee, of course it does haha, whatever was I thinking, I’d flood the kitchen in seconds wouldn’t I ? well maybe just a small sink, not a Belfast one which I’d also love :0))))

[barry1010]

Bobbi, put a sink in an island and that means the drain is going to go under your very expensive new floor. Problem with the drain would be costly and inconvenient.
I firmly believe that any fixed sink, toilet, shower etc or water using appliance such as a washing machine should be set against an outside wall.

[bednobs]

errgghh belfast sinks are a pita unless you are a certain height and completely unclumsy :)

[bednobs]

barry i feel the same way about underfloor heating

[Bobbisox1]

Barry it’s just a dream that’s not going to happen :0)
I’m happy with my house and kitchen in general