Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Nov 03, 2014 10:18 am Hello all, I'm a new member of this forum and have lots and lots of questions to ask. Am hoping to gain lots of knowledge from expert renovators out there. Firstly, our family home is approximately 30years old, double storey, double brick and very well built. However, the decor is extremely dated and after 30 years of various families inhabiting it, it needs a few major changes. Nothing structural which is good but carpets, tiles, kitchen cabinets, oven, cooktop etc. My first questions are: I'd really like to replace the kitchen cabinets and appliances in the next 12 months as well as the flooring of the entire downstairs. All of our skirting boards and doors and the balustrade of the stiarcase are exposed timber, natural colouring. It certainly wouldn't be my first choice however it seems too big a job to paint all of this timber, the house is approximately 52sq. So, in terms of flooring, I have heard that if I have timber floors (currently we have cream carpet and dusty pink tiles) it will create a blending effect of the skirts and doors. Eg. the time trims will not be such a stand out and will not be so obvious. Any thoughts on this please? I really love nice big light coloured tiles but I'm wondering if they will make the timber too stand out. Would appreciate any feedback. Thank you. Re: New Member - Rookie Renovator 2Nov 03, 2014 2:43 pm Paint the timber trim. It will look dated if you don't even with the upgrades you have planned. A bit of work but if you do it room by room you can do it at your own pace ( unless you get a painter in ). Stewie Re: New Member - Rookie Renovator 3Nov 10, 2014 11:10 pm Hi, whereabouts are you? I have a great painter, cheap but good! Timber can be beautiful and is used in a lot of current looks if it's oiled and glossy, maybe not on doors but doors aren't hard to paint or replace. If you're going to paint Skirtings consider replacing them altogether with new modern profiles & pre-under coated skirting you can quickly paint. You might be pleasantly surprised at the economy of that. Or oil it up and make a feature? I think it would blend with the right timber floor, but again to do flooring it's quicker and easier to pop it off and replace it, so moot point? I did bamboo, by the way, which is gorgeous, constantly glossy and so hard wearing. Rebecca Jarrett-Dalton Property crazy expert mortgage broker, love building new homes! Two Red Shoes mortgage broker http://www.tworedshoes.com.au/building Re: New Member - Rookie Renovator 4Nov 11, 2014 9:59 am It seems a bit extravagant to change what you want for flooring to avoid painting skirtings. If it's not what you really want you won't be happy with it. Yes it will blend in with the timber floors (maybe- depends on the flooring and the type of skirting) but is that what you really want? You have to live with it a long time. Take your time and do it right. Post some photos if you can. We have lovely timber everywhere and originally decided to leave it but when we put in the white kitchen and bathroom we didn't like it so we are now painting all the timber. We did the kitchen and bathroom. The rest we are doing next year (then replacing all the doors). It looks amazing though. Re: New Member - Rookie Renovator 5Nov 21, 2014 4:01 pm I agree with @travelbug here. It's one thing to get your house presentable, an entirely another to blow a bomb on getting everything done at one shot. Take your time, put pieces you like into storage until you need them and do a bit of research with colours and materials before deciding. Doing up your house is a lot of work and a lot of money! What seems to be the officer's problem? When you get a chance watch the last couple of videos. The cracks are pretty bad, it's almost as though he hasn't put any reo in that corner and hasn't compacted/levelled… 2 3358 Hi All, We are building in Maitland and considering between Vision Homes or New Edge Homes (part of Masterton). Anyone has experience with them especially in Maitland -… 0 3176 |