Our Dream Kitchen

I'd like to quote one of my facebook statuses:

[My facebook profile name] sees herself 10 years down the road, in a kitchen as modern and as complete as Bree Van De Kamp's, grilling the most tender 12 oz steak and baking the most perfect chocolate brownies her husband has ever tasted. All the while still looking like a 27 year old woman. Svelte and sexy. Amin

Okay let's do a reality check:
Bree's Kitchen - nope. But I do have a house to build the kitchen in tho.
Most tender steak - Hahahaa. Okay, funny.
Most perfect chocolate brownies - Actually, I dont even like brownies. Not that much, that is. But the perfect brownies actually symbolizes me being an expert in baking, which I am not anywhere near now. My cakes are either poorly risen, or hangus. Malu, malu~
Svelte and sexy - I am still sexy. I am trying to remain sexy (tho ach can argue that I'm not trying very hard at it). I am a funny person kan? Teehehe.
I think all of the above are doable. In fact, some are work-in-progress, tho progress of each item varies. Today I am going to concentrate on item no. 1: Kitchen.

Sometime last month, Ach and I went to our house to see what renovation works need to be done. We planned to renovate, extend and add few rooms here and there but in the end, we realized that is gonna cause lubang to our pockets here and there. So we decided to focus on the kitchen first.
Our (my) requirements for the kitchen are -

1. It should have lotsa storage space to store my stuff (yang takde la banyak mana pun).
2. It must be cozy enough that I would be very happy to spend the whole day in it
3. It must have the standard kitchen set i.e. hob, hood, and oven, all built in.
4. Must have two-basin sink.
5. Movable island and two-door fridge is a plus.

Okay, cakap macam orang yang ada seratus ribu to spend.

After many hours of googling and reading online forums, we decided to check out IKEA's kitchen. On our first trip, we chose the color scheme and design that we want, on the second day kitorang made an appointment with IKEA's kitchen planner. Actually you can plan your kitchen yourself using IKEA's kitchen planner, available on its website. It's quite easy to use, even for beginners like us. Prior knowledge on photoshop makes it even easier.

Anyhow, after the appointment, we got a visual image of how our kitchen is going to look like, siap dengan estimated cost lagi. FYI, if you plan to use IKEA's kitchen cabinet, they will charge you for every door and knobs you use, and in addition you will have to pay for the contractor to come to your house and measure the kitchen, lepas tu kena bayar the cabinet installation fee. If you decide to buy the cabinet from them, they do have this easy-payment scheme. Pakai credit card alliance bank rasanya. They even have a counter for customers who wanted to apply for the card. Bagus. All in all for our "dream" kitchen, we would have to pay around RM10K. Itu belum masuk hood hob oven lagi. Kalau beli brand Fagor dekat IKEA tu, total bill would come up to RM12K. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa jantung berenti tiga saat.

Of course we DID NOT place our booking immediately. We went back home, weigh our options... and then, RAHSIA.

Ahahahahaha panjang2 tulis lepas tu tamau tulis ending. Mari sepuk si Ajan ni. Finally after weighing our options we decided to continue looking around. Maybe ada other companies that can make our dream kitchen with our limited budget.

But I really like IKEA's cabinet systems, especially the one for corners tu, boleh main tarik2 keluar. Okay tak berapa space efficient but very convenient. I wanttt!Let's pray supaya Tuhan murahkan rezeki our family and we can afford our dream kitchen. Amin.

we want the color scheme to be something like this

or this. tatau la. saya confused!

p/s: All pictures are from IKEA's website.