We awoke to a bright but cold morning on the island. There was a heavy dew on the grass, a sea haar clinging to the Sound, and a definite touch of autumn in the air.
The butter was cold and hard in its dish in the caravan kitchen.
We clutched our mugs of hot coffee at breakfast for comfort and put the fire on to take the chill off the air. The season is on the turn as we move into September, and I feel a new sense of urgency to be in the house.
The installers arrived this morning to fit the Dekton worktops in the kitchen. They bumped up the track in a rusty old van which looked as if it was struggling to make it, and were unloaded into the house and working away within minutes.
I have worktops! Worktops that won’t melt if I put a hot pan down on them by mistake! I’m stupidly excited by the prospect of that. This pattern of Dekton is called Fossil, and I spent a good ten minute looking for ammonites bedded into the material, but without success. And I still love it.
PS. that long mark that looks like a crack is meant to be there – all part of it looking like fissured stone, apparently..
Now that the worktops are in, we can go ahead and fit the drawers and doors into the kitchen carcasses.
Then start to build the appliance wall. The hob, sink, dishwasher and freezer are here already in boxes waiting to be fitted, and the rest will be on order shortly.
It’s a constant juggle for space. The light at the end of the tunnel is that the barn is going up next week and for the first time since the build began we will have storage space.
Ravencroft Skye 
Isle of Skye, coffee and some porridge for me please ♥
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Porridge goes back on the menu this month! ☺️
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I’m waiting with bated breath for your post telling us you have moved in. good to know you’ll be really comfortable this winter. Good luck with the last leg.
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Awww thank you Linda. It will be a few months yet but hopefully before the worst of the winter starts to bite! ❤️
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It is feeling autumnal here too. Your worktop is beautiful and very practical too – perfect. A barn to store materials and other stuff will also make a huge difference to life and efficiency. Real progress!
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Thank you 🙏
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It is looking spectacular. A labour of love that is as amazing as the scenery out of the window!
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Thank you 🙏
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Are you now excited to try putting a hot pan on the bench top?
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Hee hee! Yes. Although I’ll wait until we’re in, I think. It would be a bit sad to heat up a pan in the caravan and run it over the yard to the house just to test it!
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It would be, but I would totally understand it.
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