Kitchen renovation advice needed

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  1. robbie_p

    robbie_p Well-Known Member

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    Attached some pics of where the electrical / plumbing will be affected (very minor) as well as the new layout..
     

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    Just an update from my side..

    The job has been locked in :)

    This week - My plumber/electrician will be doing the 1st fix
    Next week - Builder putting in beam and removing wall / patch work etc
    Following week - Kitchen delivered and installed, my plumber/electrician will be doing the 2nd fix

    Work to do my side..

    Before the kitchen arrives all slate flooring to be removed (14sqm to go) as well as have all the floors ground down and sealed.
     
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    Beam put in the roof, kitchen and wall removed :)
     

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    robbie_p Well-Known Member

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    Hi guys,

    A long overdue update.. the wall removal and kitchen installation was completed last year and looks so much better than it did previously.

    Going to be tilling in a few weeks, but will take some pics tonight to show you.

    Cheers,
    Robbie
     
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    We're doing the kitchen in our PPOR at the moment and it's frightening just how much some options add to the price depending on what you want. We were considering shaker doors (the square routed cutouts) but they was over 3 grand more than the plain doors with no functional benefit. Most of our lower cabinets are drawers instead of cupboards, these are expensive too. We changed the lower cabinet in our walk in pantry from drawers back to a cupboard and saved over $400. The mobs also gouge you for handles - they'd budgeted $25 per handle whereas we'll end up buying the same handles from the wholesaler for half of that. We've got 25 handles so the difference starts to add up. Handy really, since my wife fell in love with a tap that cost just shy of $1000 on sale on its own.
     
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    here are some pics of the kitchen after the wall has been removed and the new kitchen installed.

    As you can see, i still need to paint, tile and fir new blinds etc..
     

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    Well done @robbie_p! You got there in the end. A nightmare over. Looks great

    Is it a relief now that it's done and you can enjoy it knowing it's done right
     
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    where's the rangehood? its not just that extractor fan is it ?
     
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    @bob shovel yup, thanks for all the advice along the way. I'm sure it will look even better when tiles are laid, painting is done, lights are installed etc. I kinda ran out of cash, (only got cash left to tile) but ill do the finishing touches over the coming months.

    @neK At the moment I'm just using the previous extracttor fan. In the coming months ill decide what i want to do in terms of a rangehood etc.
     
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    On a similar note, I am going to look at painting the kitchen, lounge area etc.. pretty much the rest of the house (as all rooms are connected).

    Any suggestions on a colour for paint? As you might have noticed, the trimmings and skirting are Dulux Aquanamel(vivid white - high gloss).

    Any suggestions for the walls?
     
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    Vivid white walls :)
     
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    As the new kitchen is very white with gloss doors, perhaps painting the walls white too might be toooo much white.

    Perhaps a light shade of grey?
     
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    With vivid white trimmings, white kitchen, wouldnt vivid walls be too much white?
     
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    Umm maybe but I like white, then get colourful pictures and stuff to decorate. Gives you a blank canvas to work with.

    You could get a nice photo of you on the jack hammer in the dining room :D
     
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    Heres one my wife took on day one.. the smile on my face clearly indicates i didint know what lay ahead!
     

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    Haha find someone to photo shop it into a pastel type look with bright colours then hang it!

    Any photo shop gurus here??

    Grab February issue of Australian home beautiful, write up on white kitchens
     
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    Another thing i like about white on white is that you can get away with bad cutting :p
     
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    The tiling of the kitchen,dinning and meals area started this morning, so will start looking at painting in the coming days.. still leaning towards vivid white (high gloss) trimmings and vivid white walls.
     
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    The walls im looking at Dulux white on white, which im told is a clean and crisp white.

    Any other recommendations?
     
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    Wow, your kitchen looks great and given me some ideas!

    Mine is similar layout but even smaller lol
     
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