They are mostly hung and to quickly show you one - this is the laundry door :)
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Putting the cabinets in. Part 3 - kitchen wall cupboards and plinths!
I have a new respect for the contestants on Survivor who have to do those endurance tests where the person who holds something up in the air for the longest wins. I seriously struggled holding the wall cabinets up in position while they were being fixed. Really struggled to hold them straight. After taking a break and deciding it wasn't working, the man had an idea and made up a frame the height of the gap to rest them on. The frame sat on the cabinet and I just held it steady instead of trying to do that and help hold it up. It worked brilliantly and the wall cabinets were hung in minutes without any more burning arm pain for either of us!
Looking awesome with the doors attached :)
Next job was to get the plinths measured and cut, the edging ironed on then attach them to the legs. My iron hasn't seen this much action in years!
Looking awesome with the doors attached :)
Next job was to get the plinths measured and cut, the edging ironed on then attach them to the legs. My iron hasn't seen this much action in years!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Paint fail :(
Among my googling and pinning inspiration marathons, I saw a great looking laundry room with similar tiles, cabinets and cabinet doors to what we planned for ours. I really liked how it had green walls so we decided to copy that and got some green paint. We looked and scrutinised samples and chose a colour. After one coat we decided it was awful lol.
The main mistake we made *I think* was doing the sample next to the door in the bright light. That area looked alright like it does in the photo but the darker areas, such as in the loo, were very unappealing. I still want green so Trev tipped a heap of ceiling white in and it is now more of a dark mint instead of flouro milo tin green and a lot kinder to the eyes. I'm sure that it will be less in your face with the doors, skirtings and tiles on too. One can hope lol and if not we can tip some more ceiling white in and do another coat ;) (will get photo soon as I have had a day off from housing due to the flu).
The main mistake we made *I think* was doing the sample next to the door in the bright light. That area looked alright like it does in the photo but the darker areas, such as in the loo, were very unappealing. I still want green so Trev tipped a heap of ceiling white in and it is now more of a dark mint instead of flouro milo tin green and a lot kinder to the eyes. I'm sure that it will be less in your face with the doors, skirtings and tiles on too. One can hope lol and if not we can tip some more ceiling white in and do another coat ;) (will get photo soon as I have had a day off from housing due to the flu).
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Putting the cabinets in. Part 2 - Kitchen!
Looking fabulous :)
The peninsula has been fixed to the wall next to the window and we might rig up some kind of timber frame to secure it to the floor ar the far end because it seems a bit unstable at the legs. Possibly we are being a bit paranoid and the weight of the stone bench tops will stop that movement, but I don't think you can over do that kind of stuff.
Because this is the first time we have ever installed a kitchen, we decided to fit the dishwasher so that we could make certain our bench was level and perfectly straight too. Because of the integrated door, we had to *****drumroll***** fit the very first handle. That really wasn't all that bad and now we look forward to drilling holes in all the other doors and drawers. I must add that the paranoia of messing it up was lessened somewhat by discovering that the door had been damaged somehow. There was a gauge out of the cardboard and it has a chip in the paint at the bottom :(
The peninsula has been fixed to the wall next to the window and we might rig up some kind of timber frame to secure it to the floor ar the far end because it seems a bit unstable at the legs. Possibly we are being a bit paranoid and the weight of the stone bench tops will stop that movement, but I don't think you can over do that kind of stuff.
Because this is the first time we have ever installed a kitchen, we decided to fit the dishwasher so that we could make certain our bench was level and perfectly straight too. Because of the integrated door, we had to *****drumroll***** fit the very first handle. That really wasn't all that bad and now we look forward to drilling holes in all the other doors and drawers. I must add that the paranoia of messing it up was lessened somewhat by discovering that the door had been damaged somehow. There was a gauge out of the cardboard and it has a chip in the paint at the bottom :(
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Putting the cabinets in. Part 1 - Pantry!
Pantry. View #1 - before the doors went on and the legs went on the broom cupboard. I'm not going to complain about our order being short two sets of legs either...
Pantry. View #2 - a few days later and another trip to Ikea to get missing stuff and the doors and legs are now on :)
Pantry. View #3 - through the doorway! The row of drawers to the RHS of the doorway are the kitchen ones adjacent to the oven. I'm too scared to start drilling into them to fix the handles...the tape is where I have marked out the holes.
Pantry. View #2 - a few days later and another trip to Ikea to get missing stuff and the doors and legs are now on :)
Pantry. View #3 - through the doorway! The row of drawers to the RHS of the doorway are the kitchen ones adjacent to the oven. I'm too scared to start drilling into them to fix the handles...the tape is where I have marked out the holes.
Monday, July 15, 2013
The mess in the backyard...
This was our storm water pipe! It's been replaced now :)
View from the deck looking back to the street along the laundry side.
View from the deck looking back to the street along the laundry side.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Paint.
It's getting a bit tedious and our arms are sore, but we're getting through it alright!
The colour we have chosen for the kitchen/family area is called banana custard.
Next job on the list is for the kitchen, pantry and laundry cabinets to be joined together and drawers assembled. I'm both excited and daunted at the thought :)
The colour we have chosen for the kitchen/family area is called banana custard.
Next job on the list is for the kitchen, pantry and laundry cabinets to be joined together and drawers assembled. I'm both excited and daunted at the thought :)
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