Good Afternoon, My name is Penny Van Loon from Stoneville Australia, I am one of the sales Representatives. I have been following this page for a few months now and I would love to inform you lovely people that we are indeed bringing Vetrazzo to Australia, We have other exclusive products such as Geoluxe currently in stock and our shipments of Vetrazzo are indeed coming in a few months time. If you are still building or renovating, now is the right time to contact us. :) We are based in Capalaba, Brisbane. And our showroom is in the process of getting displays and plans made for showcasing our stunning array of products. We also have another Representative named Daphne based in Sydney who will also have stock at hand. We currently have a lot happening in the pipeline and we are hoping to have our launch towards the end of Oct beginning of November. Please don't hesitate to visit our website to view the products we have on offer. www.stonevilleaustralia.com.au If you would like to contact me direct please email me at; penny@stonevilleaustralia.com.au or call me direct on 0411583048. Warmest Regards, Penny Van Loon Key Account Representative Stoneville Australia

Thanks. The calacatta engineered stone bench was from a wholesaler in melbourne at the time (Polygramm), then i used his recommended stone mason who cut everything on site which took a whole day. Its equivalent to the top ranged ceaser stones... saved a few thousand after getting many quotes! Glad i chose engineered stone as i nearly went timber.. i use it everyday and its copped dropped glass jars, wine/beer, you name it.. couple of light scratches but a product called gumption seems to 'cut and polish' everything out so far. I am carefull though to use wooden chopping boards though. Very easy to clean too, i would certainly chose these style of bench tops over anything else if i was to do it again. The cabinets are by flatpackkichens in melb, they offered 50mm increments in cabinet sizes so made customising for my compacted space easy. Pretty sure they just order the doors from Polytec, which are vinyl wrapped gloss classic white in a style called sofia or atlanta (think they are the same). Good luck!

Hi SonaandDi, In case you haven't come across it, here is the link to my finished kitchen: https://www.houzz.com.au/discussions/5598603/renovation-of-our-1956-red-brick-triple-fronted-home-all-done This layout has the potential for issues, but I tried to factor those in by noting where the fridge doors came to when fully opened. I should have allowed a little more width for the fridge gap, as the theory didn't quite translate in practice: on the plans I allowed the minimum of 20mm either side of fridge, but ended up with only about 13mm (was not fun getting the fridge in!). So my suggestion is to make sure there is 50mm either side of fridge. eg the fridge space is 1000mm wide for french door fridge around the 900mm mark. Even so, my doors do open fully (vegie drawers slide out unobstructed), as the doors themselves sit forward of the nib wall on the right. If your fridge space is wider, you won't need to sit the fridge out the full thickness of the doors, which may look more streamlined. But make sure you allow for 50mm space at the back of fridge. This will decide the depth of your nib wall. I calculated mine as 50mm plus the depth of the fridge to the start of the doors. You might prefer to make it a bit deeper, as the doors have more room to open due to the extra width of the space. It isn't annoying having the door opening over the pantry entry. It isn't often that someone wants to get to the pantry at the exact moment someone else opens the fridge. Even if that happened, you could get past if you couldn't wait: Good luck with your renovation! Because you can't be on site, I would always factor in more wiggle room. Let me know if I can help with any more info - I could talk about this stuff all day long!

Very true! The five key points stated really can make the difference between going through hell or having an enjoyable experience, which should be had when renovating!