21 October, 2002

Dear Christian & Narelle,

Please find enclosed photos of our absolutely fabulous Christian Farmer kitchen!

I don't know if you will remember us. Earlier this year we drove down from the Sunshine Coast and Narelle helped us come to some decisions on styles etc. It was worth the trip as we were able to look at handles and glass as well and everyone raves about our handles. Later Christian was very generous letting us buy some stain and telling John how to apply it so that pur pine stools could match our kitchen. They turned out a perfect match (except for the aged look which we will have to leave to the experts). Unfortunately they are not in your photos as John had not done them at this stage.

It took a long time to send you photos as we had three tries and could not capture the warm colours that are so obvious to the human eye. We knew that it must depend on the time of the day so we tried all different times but we only ended up with one photo that comes anywhere near doing your doors justice. If you are ever up this way you will have to pop in to see what we mean. This style of kitchen matches so perfectly with our farmhouse style of house that newcomers don't even realise it is a brand new kitchen (which was our aim). All of our friends rave about it (but then they ARE in the age group Christian told us that likes his kitchens). However, last weekend our daughter had ten of her friends come and stay and they are all mid to late twenties. Guess what! They loved our kitchen. We were most surprised.










Narelle assured us that stainless steel would look great even though it is so modern and the style of kitchen is not what you call ultra modern. She was right of course. It all matched in really well. Unfortunately, the reflections created by the shiny stainless steel make it hard to capture the magic of it all. We both love working in the kitchen (which is pretty unusual for me as I have always hated cooking). We are both really happy that we didn't give up until we found your ads in magazines - we knew straight away that that style of kitchen was exactly what we wanted. I must admit that I was disappointed when I discovered the doors were veneer as I really have a love-affair with wood but I have adjusted to it now as they look so authentic.

Thanks for all your help both on the phone and in person. Your product enables people to do something a bit different and with real character. We were relieved to find it otherwise we would have ended up with second-best.

Yours sincerely,

(Phillipa and John Wiley)


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