Spares and Repairs to Shiny and New!

Hello

I posted on Twitter a couple of photos of the recent restoration my hubby did on  
Rangemaster type cooker we bought and said I would put the whole process on here. Not everybody's cup of tea but here goes.

The cooker we had was a Stoves, great make but no idea how long it had been in the house before we moved into Bronllan and the electrics seemed a bit dodgy. We also really fancied a multi oven affair; the cupboard was going to have to change so this is the before photo.

I cleared all the pans etc from in the cupboard along with my herbs and spice box and dumped them in the top kitchen.

Jon saw the cooker for sale on Facebook for £20 somewhere just past Aberaeron; he came home with it feeling confident he could turn it around.

This is basically how it arrived at ours. Jon took all the doors off and we sourced new knobs from the internet.

The doors all needed sanding down and filling in parts where the heat proof paint was peeling. (Use 101 from a covered pool table!)

 

We ordered the new paint in a colour called Brunswick green. I'd thought about having it orange but with the Rayburn I thought it might get a bit obviously dirty plus the green really suits the style of the kitchen.

To have it fitted into the kitchen was a bit of a dusty job to say the least. Once the original cooker and cupboard were removed a 2 inch deep slate plinth needed to be taken out; I'm not good with mess and dust and it was probably a good thing that Jon just decided to get on with it without giving me too much notice. My hyper ventilation didn't last too long....

The lovely thing, one of them, is that some of the original black and terracotta tiles were exposed when the plinth was moved!

Jon had obviously taken the cupboard out previously but once the cooker was put in place and levelled Jon went about making a cupboard from the original casing.

Again, the conservatory was sooo useful for extra space.

I've lost exactly half the original space, but it looks as if it has always been this way.

Et voila, the after photo.

We are so very, very pleased with the result and all done for well under £100 including purchase price.

Bye for now.

Lou.xx