You could try DECO Mirrors in South Dowling Street. phone - 02 9662 7658 if you're in Sydney. They are really helpful and incredibly affordable. Good luck. Jane

Keep growing the Aussie consumer community, get more pros to interact with them not just with each other.

It's many years since we've had an eat-in kitchen, but my current renovation incorporates an eating area in the kitchen because, frankly, I'm tired of the extra work to carry things to and from the dining room and the extra cleaning created by always using the dining room even for casual meals for just two of us. We have had bar stools at the kitchen island, and the grandkids use them, but my husband hates them and refuses to eat at bar height or even at a lowered 'ledge'; on the side of the island. So my kitchen reno will include a table on one end of the island, at regular table height and large enough to seat 5 if necessary. There is a large sliding door to the veranda close to where that table will be positioned, so it should be a pleasant place for casual meals and I expect we'll eat most meals there. I'm so confident of that, I'm converting the dining room to more living space and putting our big timber dining table in the alfresco area, which will be semi-enclosed, with open parts security fly-screened. The dining area we use when we have guests will be super-casual, with a BBQ in one corner and swim spa in the other. I just don't see a purpose for formal dining anymore, especially living in a sub-tropical climate.

I've always cooked, in various kitchens, mostly small, which is a good thing as our new (downsized) place had a small kitchen, which we renovated, to ensure it had the necessities - decent bench space, good appliances, things easy to get to and a pantry that I can see everything! And deep drawers for things like small appliances and plates. I enjoy it but as I've always cooked I don't cook more than I did, but maybe I enjoy it more.