Creative kitchen plan for my budget shed conversion - HELP PLEASE.
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Comments (40)Hi Blake, What an exciting time of your life. I would agree that painting the fence charcoal will be a great start. I would create a few zones. You like the idea of a fire pit, so get one of those fabulous metal dishes that can be custom designed such as Yarrawonga Custom Plasma Cutting does. You could put this outside the alfresco area and pave the space around it. PO Box designs do some amazing lazer cut decorative screens and sculptures. You could break up the fence and add more height and privacy by placing a decorative screen on it which can even be backlit to give a lovely atmosphere at night. Just be aware that you shouldn't block the neighbour's light, especially that high window which they wouldn't be able to see you from but will be providing important light for their home. I suggest having an edible garden. You can plant oranges, lemons and limes which are all evergreen, grow to a good height, and have the bonus of divine smelling flowers and fruit that you can use, and under them plant herbs such as rosemary, sage, and thyme. A bay tree is very useful, but they can grow huge so keep it in a pot or prune hard to keep it to a workable shape. You can use the leaves fresh or dried so cut away and give the prunings to friends! In a shady spot that you are happy to have anything grow, you could plant mint. It will spread but I use it by the arm full in summer in my drinking water, in salads and in fact most summer dishes, and even as fresh mint tea. It will bring in the bees. If you don't want it to spread them plant it in a tub. I would also make some raised beds for some home grown vegies such as tomatoes and annual herbs like basil and parsley. Water is great to attract birds and bees so find a small birdbath and place it by a plant so that the birds can feel safe. I have a lovely one that is on a pedestal with little wrens around the edge but a wide shallow dish on a ground of pebbles looks lovely too. It is lovely to have fresh flowers inside so adding gardenias, daphne, lavender, native shrubs like grevilleas, banksias, correas, bulbs such as daffodils and jonnies, also iris and roses are all lovely. You can train climbers up the fence too such as jasmine, wisteria, and native hardenburgia. None of these plants are difficult to grow though the citrus will like some frost protection to start and I grew them all with great success in the bitter frosts, a number of floods and the scorching heat of the North East Victoria. As you can see, I like my garden to be a work horse not just a show pony. If I am investing my money and time then I want to be able to get perfume or produce from each plant....See MoreNeed help for my renovation plans
Comments (10)So many ways of approaching these projects, but also yes you will be somewhat constrained by the limitations/issues/impacts resulting from going up. I always try and absolutely maximise the opportunity in these small space scenarios. I did a very similar project in Collingwood a few years ago, on a smaller block, one boundary dimension was under 4m (!), and we managed to achieve 3 and 1/2 bedrooms (one being a study/mezzanine/guest) so maximising options/function and ultimately value. the key to it is not wasting a single square inch and it comes down to deftly managing the planning, understanding exactly how you want use the spaces, maximising zoning and minimising any wasted "passage only" planning. I'd be getting the kitchen set-up exploiting the length rather than say approaching it from the back and squeezing it's proportion - plenty of planning tricks possible here.........also without understanding your particular preferences as suggested above you may want to consider consider the laundry/pantry combo as it can work well, but some of those things are ultimately personal....I could go on and on with planning suggestions for certain details but knowing these projects there's a fair bit involved here in order to achieve a comprehensively considered front to back, internal/external solution/resolution....... to best protect and maximise your investment (which for this will be significant, whatever particular version/option/layout) my advice is to seek professional design advice/process. It's (presumably inner) Melbourne, most likely a heritage scenario and ultimately it will involve a delicate balance between your budget, your particular requirements/priorities and negotiating the natural constraints involved here (physical/council/code).....and with full respect to the general concept you've presented (in my opinion) this one involves proper assessment of your conditions and clarification of/working through your particular goals before getting into fine detail resolution (which is resolved appropriately in due course) first things first, what is your budget and what are you specific (prioritised) requirements......that's the critical and fundamental information......I always endeavour to comprehensively understand how a client wishes to live (and also the particular context) and practically the budget limitation before providing specific/accurate advice one way or another.......These are exciting projects and it's a great opportunity for you (& assume family?!) - best of luck with it!! Hope this helps in getting your thinking focused appropriately at this critical early stage :)...See MoreHelp! Floor plan ideas please
Comments (106)Thank you siriuskey. Yes that's what I was referring to, but I think I wasn't giving credit to the island sink, which would also serve for food prep. I was thinking about efficiency from my perspective. Euro bins next to sink in island, would be beneficial for ease of handling waste. Another consideration is: when using cooktop and extraction fan, will noise from fan interfere with person in study? Also, will steam from say, boiling water steam bother anyone using the study desk? I am not trying to throw cold water on the plan by my questions, I'm merely trying to imagine diff scenarios so as much as can be taken into consideration is. I have a glass splashback behind induction cooktop and a very effective extraction fan; however, when a large pot of water is at full boil, the glass steams up something chronic and I have to constantly wipe it and the underside of exhaust fan or else water drips down onto the cooktop (and any food I'm cooking)....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 Moresiriuskey
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