While all the renovation was going on we had to eat, so one of the first major installations was the kitchen. We could sleep under the bare slates of the roof and the lounge was bare stone walls but habitable. We had sanitation in the room behind the kitchen but cooking and food preparation became urgent. The last owner had plans to use what is now our kitchen as a bedroom and the walls were plastered but the electrics were too light, corroded and unearthed so we rewired entirely. A cooker that ran on bottled gas replaced our barbecue as our main cooking appliance and self-assembly units and a donated sink gave us the basics for the rest. Shelving, wallpaper and paint produced a kitchen/breakfast room that is as modern as any yet still gives a “country kitchen” feel.