. Its just way too much timber! So the floor should stay, because its harder to change. Start by definitely at least pull out the part of the kitchen with the weird enclosed fridge space. that really cramps the room. Then pull of and replace the cabinet doors and the laminate bench top. pick some amazing tiles and have your husband work his magic! Paint the walls a nice colour to really make the space look more vibrant. Get rid of those horrible blinds completely! We are doing out kitchen up and we don't have much money or skills or access to tradespersons anyway. So we are keeping it to a minimum. Do it little by little. We started with a new stove with really changed the feel of the room. We plan to just paint the cabinets.

Love the lighting and pristine white color palette that sets off the cars and cabinets so nicely. Why not go all the way and find an inexpensive Oriental-look carpet to lay under your favorite ride? (assuming it doesn't leak oil. If it does, remember, it was a cheap Oriental-look carpet!) How about some leather stools or chairs in there too?

Unless you particularly like to lounge in a bath you could do what we are doing: ( In construction now ) -shower for grown ups of all ages stays where it is -next to it under the window we have a 1205 bath so we can bathe the little ones. (without causing a drought) -A slide cavity door leaves much more space. -the vanity could have been 1200 but we have decided to keep to 900 which we think will be ample enough. This leaves a space between the vanity and the bath. bathroom size 2150x 2150.

Well, I finally calmed down and called the retailer this afternoon. Our builder must have scared them as they have now "found" some stock and are awaiting delivery tomorrow to confirm that we are good to go. Thank you all for your input! It makes a difference when things go wrong to hear other people's perspective. And yes, it wasn't going to be the end of the world BUT I work full-time, have kids and going on weekend tile shopping mission is not my idea of fun. (with the kids anyway...) Trek, we had to choose the tiles as part of the specifications prior to starting the build. Not by choice because I also wanted to see the tiles in the rooms they go in prior to ordering like we did in other projects. I hope the delivery tomorrow is our selected stock......Thanks again everyone!