Help with my kitchen reno
agneskg1
9 years ago
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need help with where to start with my reno.
Comments (5)Depends on your house and what you want. We planned out our renovation and have drawn a timeline in pencil on the wall and put the things we want to do on post it notes that we re arrange as we rethink what to do first etc... It keeps changing, things move up and down the line but every idea is still there. First thing is to get imagining and have fun thinking of what you want the place to look like. Look for some photos of rooms you like for inspiration and have fun scheming and dreaming! Then figure out your budget and see what can be done from your dream list. I think organising your to do list into chunks according to manageable budget amounts works. So like $5000, $2000 or whatever. The main things to do first is decide what you can leave as is, what works and plan the house around that. The less you have to change the better. The first things to do will be the ones that have the biggest impact, so typically new appliances, maybe new floors, reorganising rooms to flow and function practically, maximise sunlight and airflow, storage. Again it will depend entirely on what your house needs....See MoreNeed help with my extension/reno floorplan
Comments (29)Daniel, can imagine you don't deal with a lot of fire places in QLD but South of that we do. It's like any beautiful old building we need to respect and conserve what is already there, a new addition can allow for more sleek and modern design. I had been very fortunate to own a beautiful federation house which was simply white inside with polished floor boards, fire places mostly timber, when we sold the new owners striped all beautiful arch ways and all exterior Fret work. I have recently seen an Architect show his work on this forum where the Bull Nose verandah's and metal posts were removed "they weren't original", even though they would have been a 100 yrs, and were replaced with more modern square posts. Look at what is happening on the North Shore Pacific Highway, the past government (Labor) has approved multi story apartment blocks along this highway destroying beautiful heritage houses and gardens to do this and losing any historic charm a big lose for Sydney and Australia , and while not doing anything to update ANY transport to support .this Conserve what we have as is done in other countries for future generations cheers...See MoreCan you help us with our kitchen reno floor plan?
Comments (83)I've been playing around with a pantry location. Originally, I was going to move the pantry into the laundry with some custom shelving and cut the laundry space in half. Now, Im thinking of cutting into the study area and building a wall there, and converting the new space into a long and narrow walk in pantry. Either that or build half a wall and put built in shelving in the study. Building the extra wall will reduce the need to cover in the door way that is currently in place and instead utilising it. Thoughts? p.s. this isnt too scale....See MoreHELP :) Advice on kitchen plans and how to start our reno??
Comments (15)Thank you @oklouise for your detailed response and proposing a plan! Just a couple of responses and questions regarding what you've mentioned: - Agreed that we need a proper plan in place before doing any big kitchen renos. I've been doing research all day and have better understanding of how complex the process can be. I think a complete DYI kitchen will be out of the question for us, so we will shop around for builders and a cabinet makers to get a better feel of the costs involved - Agree with leaving the 70cm wall, at least on the side where the fridge is. Spoke to my partner and we will amend our plans - You mentioned that you like the stove location but think the kitchen is too shallow to have the stove and kitchen there. Can I ask why? I've seen a couple of examples where stove & island is 1 meter apart, which seemed to work. - We unfortunately won't be able to have the dining table in front of the stove, as we won't have enough space to accommodate quite a large couch & TV in the remaining living space :( I'm still gravitating towards having an island, as I prefer some separation between kitchen & living space Cheers, Xenia...See Moreagneskg1
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