Okay back again to go through the paint colour choices so far (which as we know are very liable to change at least another 50 times)!! Please excuse my terrible photos.
First are my (new) choices for the exterior. All colours are by Dulux:
Mint Twist is the top colour. As the name suggests it's a mint colour. This one will be for the front door and for my window boxes.
Meniscus is the middle colour and is a light grey. This will be the colour for all the weatherboards.
Woodland Grey is the bottom colour. This is a colorbond colour and the colour for our roof. It's also the colour I'd like to paint the porch.
Vivid White is to the side and is the colour for all the trim. So windows, doors and posts for the verandah and porch. This will also be used inside on all the trim too :)
Next is Kitchen:
Distant Shore is the blue and it's by British Paints. I like it because it's a dirtier light blue rather than a bright one. This will go along the back wall of the kitchen and on the back and sides of the island.
Soyanut is the bench top I'd like to use. It's a good quality cut-to-measure laminate and it's pretty cheap which is important with a small budget!
Master Bedroom are all Dulux:
French Limestone up the top is for the walls.
Mildura on the bottom will be for the barn doors to add a bit of contrast.
Eldest Son's Room are also all Dulux:
Top left is Symphony Red. Not 100% sure about this red yet but the red will be used as a stripe around the room, the Union Jack on his desk and his bunk beds.
Vivid White is top left. As well as the trim he will also have it for two thinner white stripes either side of the red stripe.
Passionate Blue on the bottom will be the wall colour and his desk colour.
I grabbed so many paint samples that I forgot to grab colours for my middle son's room so will have to go back another day. So onto the Girls' room. These ones are both British Paints colours:
Temperate Tide is the top colour and is actually quite a bright aqua in real life. It didn't photograph very well. This will be the main wall colour.
Pink Perfume will be the colour of the Argyle diamonds on the feature wall as well as the colour for the cube unit.
I'll go Half Strength with these two.
So that's all for now :)
I love Ikea but we don't have one where I live and they never used to deliver to my state... until now apparently. I found out from a friend on the weekend that you can now get furniture delivered and so I have been on the website since I got home adding things to wish lists. Now I have redesigned everything haha but we knew that was going to happen didn't we!
I have decided to get my kitchen from there now as I love the look of their range. I am planning to go with the Faktum Stat off-white cupboards because I love the look with the glass fronted ones on the wall framing the stove top:
I've done you another crappy drawing in paint to explain the layout aren't you glad
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This first one is a birds-eye view of the base cabinet layout. The wall is the thick line down the right side. All measurements are cabinet widths. The depth of all the cabinets is 60mm and the breakfast bar will be made by putting a 900mm deep counter top on:
This is a front on view of the wall cabinets on the back wall. The thick black line is the bench top and the cupboards resting on it match up with the 300mm base cabinets:
This post will probably be quite long as there is so much to do to a kitchen. I guess that is why the kitchen and bathroom are said to be the two most expensive rooms to renovate! ٩(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)ᵒᵏᵎᵎᵎᵎ
We will start with the cabinetry as that is pretty standard. I've mentioned I have champagne tastes but a beer budget so as much as I would like a custom designed French Provincial kitchen I have a budget waaaaaaayy smaller than I need. Instead I am planning on installing Bunnings Kaboodle kitchen cabinets with the white Provincial doors. Then add birdcage handles that I found on eBay fairly cheap by a seller named av-rf to give it more of the Provincial look I love and make it look not so stock standard Bunnings kitchen:
We will also be getting an under bench oven, bench stove top and dishwasher by Bellini and a full range hood all from Bunnings. They are cheap and work well and fit nicely into the Bunnings kitchen cabinets. I would love to get an Aga just because I love the way they look but honestly it wouldn't be very practical and they are apparently quite expensive to run! For the oven splash-back I am planning on getting wallpaper in a beautiful black and white fleur-de-lys similar to this:
Then covering the area of wall behind the stove top under the range hood. I'd like to then have it covered in glass.
Bench tops are one area where I am planning to splash out a bit extra on. I could get laminate bench tops very cheap but I'm not a big fan of them. Instead I want to use Granite Transformations which is a thinner layer of granite over a bench top. This way you get granite bench tops but at a fraction of the usual price. I'm not 100% sure on colour yet. Still deciding between black and white but I'll update when I have made a decision ٩(^ᴗ^)۶
*Update* I think at this stage I like the White Star:
Because the kitchen area is quite small and we won't have a lot of bench space I would like to put in an island bench to give us a bit more room for food prep and serving. I don't really want a stock standard island bench though so I thought I might buy a gorgeous Provincial style Sideboard/Buffet and use that instead. I'll just have some granite laid on top when I get the other bench tops done. I really adore this Harmonie 3-door sideboard by Early Settler:
I think this could work really nicely and it would match the kitchen cupboards enough to be cohesive but is different to stand out and be a piece of interest. I'll probably also buy some bar stools so that it can be used as a breakfast bar too. I quite like the white and black Zeta bar stools from Fantastic Furniture:
Having one of each should match the dining chairs I have picked out too
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There's still more! The sink and tap ware! I am spending more on the sink than I can get away with. However it's really important to me that in a Provincial inspired house I have a Belfast sink. I love them and I think they look so much nicer than the usual stainless steel ones found in most Australian homes. Unfortunately they are also more expensive than stainless steel ones which might explain why most people don't have them!! I have been eying off 1901 Fireclay Sinks collection and have fallen in love with their Belfast sink:
I want it installed with one side visible at the front of the bench. The taps I want are similar to one I already have with the same antique bronze look. This one is from eBay seller e-presentshop:
Finally wall cupboards. I left this until last because now I have decided I don't want the normal wall cupboards. Instead I have decided to have open shelving after looking at some gorgeous kitchen pictures for inspiration. Shelving is cheap and can look lovely and add personality to the kitchen I think. Here are the pictures I found inspirational:
And I think that is finally about it for the Kitchen Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
I have been to-ing and fro-ing on what I want to do with the lighting in the Kitchen/Living Dining area. I have had so many ideas although all involve at least one chandelier. I think I have finally settled on something though
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Like I said I always knew I wanted a chandelier in either black or white. I thought I might scour eBay and see what was on there as the budget isn't huge and I thought I might find a bargain. I found a few different ones that were well priced that I really liked and I noticed they were all by the same seller and that the seller not only offered free shipping Australia Wide but had a website too. I thought I'd check it out and lo and behold the company is actually fairly local. Their name is Ivory&Deene and if you are a fan of pretty chandeliers that are also quite cheap then I suggest you take a peek at their website. I have been umming and ahhing but I am now pretty set on the 12 arm Cassie black vintage chandelier:
It's just stunning and under $300 as well which is unbelievable. I have always wanted a chandelier. ( ˘ ³˘)❤
Originally I was thinking of having 2 chandeliers but I didn't realise the ceilings were cathedral (don't ask me how I missed that haha) and I also thought the space probably wouldn't suit 2 as it's not exactly huge. I also want to have a bit of a modern mix throughout my house to complement the French Provincial/Victorian pieces and stop it looking too over the top.
I did some searching on google images and found this which I thought was pretty perfect for the look I was trying to achieve:
I love the look of the chandelier in the centre and the down lights discreetly lining the centre of both sides of the slanted roof. Obviously I would just have the one big chandelier right in the centre of the room though. Even though the down lights are a more modern looking fixture I think they complement the old fashioned looking chandelier nicely and would help prevent my home from looking tacky which I want to avoid. I found these on eBay by a seller called bestlightings:
They are pretty cheap and are also LED meaning they should be cheaper to run and also last longer (which is good because I don't think I'll enjoy changing light bulbs on a Cathedral ceiling!
I also found this funky floor lamp from Freedom that I thought might work for the Living area:
It's a nice mix of modern with the chrome but also has that old fashioned look. I really love it and I think it makes a nice sculptural looking piece as well as being functional as a lamp!
And I think that's about it for the lighting in that space. I may need to wait until these lights are in to see if I need anymore.... and for that I'll probably need the house 。(⌒∇⌒。)
