Congratulations on your move! Cost for buying custom cabinets is like buying a car... they can all get you from point A to point B, but can vastly range in price. You will need to provide more information to be able to provide a cost estimate. But to give you some tips... Design choices that effect the price are: SIZE: Obviously, the size of the unit effects the price. 2) FINISHES: Two pack is dearest, single pack next, timber veneer next and laminate the cheapest. On an entertainment unit single pack is acceptable unless you want high gloss, which is only achievable in two pack. Finish will change the price by approx 15%. 3) FUNCTION: Drawers are the most expensive component of a unit. Whilst a bank of 3 drawers may cost $600, a door covering the same space can be $150. So if you decide to have 2 banks of drawers instead of 2 doors, the price difference can be around $900. 4) STYLE: Clean contemporary style costs less than period style because of less detail in the manufacture. So when getting a unit designed, have a photo of the wall, a floor plan of the space with dimensions and ceiling height, size of television, amount of equipment required to be stored or any other functional requirements, and style of the apartment. This will provide enough information to get something designed. Better still, get a designer / maker out to give you an onsite consultation and they can draw all this information together for you and provide a concept and price. Hope this helps, Regards Mark Wang Designs Australia

Hello, We are in the process of building a new home at Bendigo and was looking for a good cabinet maker with reasonable cost to do our kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Could you please share your contact details to discuss this further. Thank you Ashlyn

Hi Sue - it’s true - lots of paint companies don’t publish the data. But every single one of them has a measurement for Lightness / Hue Family / Chroma for each paint colour. For that is the system they use to conceive, make and match each paint colour in the first place. EasyRGB includes Dulux Paint and Frazee, Taubman’s and Benjamin Moore, all available in Australia. Every paint colour has an L = Lightness, C = Chroma h° = hue angle° So you know how light or dark, how colourful or near neutral and in which Hue Family each sits. In this system, consider a minimum difference in Chroma of 2, rather than 0.2. found in the images I posted above, between whites/off-whites. Were you to use Benjamin Moore, many are found in the Colorographies at The Land of Color. Taubmans themselves only publish Light Reflectance Value LRVf) each colour but nothing else. RGB or #Hex are the same and only useful for making digital swatches of a colour. No use to a householder. So,,,, if you fancy a Sherwin Williams product or Farrow and Ball colour, you can find all the important values for each colour and the nearest matches in Dulux, Frazee, Taubman’s, Benjamin Moore etc. on EasyRGB If you are comparing 3 very similar colours, you can consider each of their attributes separately on EasyRGB. Quick. Simple. Fun. 🌈 See where Taubman’s Quill sits in the Yellow Hue Family at 94° 🌈

First question -- are the tiles the same all the way through ? The kitchen ones look beige , the lounge look white ? IMO white tiles would LOOK better in the kitchen -- I highlighted 'look' because if you are worried about dirty marks or the like , then white mightn't be the best , BUT if that was your motivation for going beige , I think going charcoal would have been better ? Anyway , theres a slight problem with mismatched handles , although I don't think thats too bad given the 2 colours used , and the metre or more height between them . ASpart from that , I quite like the kitchen -- but boy is it boring haha ! Monotone done well is okay , but this is monotone-us to play on words . the different between a grey blind and a beige one means diddly-squat -- arguably the grey suits the overall scheme better , but how about say mustard or burgundy or ( I can imagine the shudder from you ) bright red ! Then some appliances in whatever tone you pick , teatowels , cushions , a rug , even artwork with some aspects in the mustard or burgundy or your choice , which might be green or blue or similar . Then carry on , with a larger clock , 2 or 3 potplants with the pots in your chosen tone , or some or all the pots in gloss white if you have already do the art and cushions and a rug -- the green leaves with add some colour and variety but also some life !