Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Jun 04, 2013 11:22 pm Hi All, After much inspiration from these forums we're nearing the end of another renovation to our 13 yr old house in Beeliar, Western Australia. We're a young couple with a little 2 yr old and another due in October. Reno's are hard enough with one in the house so I decided to bring the Kitchen forward before the new one arrives. That way I could get it done as quickly as possible and not cause too much disruption to the lives of my other half and little girl. Anyways, this is a budget reno and to date has cost me under $9,000 total. All works have been completed by myself excluding the gas plumbing and electrical. Gas was paid for, electrical I got help from a sparky mate. A quick break down of the costs below: Cupboards (Ikea) - $4,400 Appliances (All Bosch) - $1,700 Sink + Tap - $700 Bench top (180fx Laminex) - $2,100 To date it's taken me approximately 3 weeks from pulling the old kitchen out. The biggest delay has probably been the bench top which I didn't order until the new cabinet bases were in. As good as I might be I wanted them in to remeasure to ensure I had it all correct. I think I measured the bench top about 10 times... We considered stone or acrylic but as much as we wanted it this house isn't forever. This will keep us happier for a while and by then we will have hopefully paid this one off, ready to either build or heaven forbid buy another reno! Outstanding items include the splashback which we're still deciding on, would LOVE colour suggestions, and a few filler pieces and finishing touches like new blinds, those brown ones are coming out and being replaces with similar white ones. Before and after pictures are below. As you can see our old kitchen was disgusting to say the least and oh so small. The layout of the kitchen area / house didn't give us many options in terms of layout unfortunately. The width of the bigger bench though has gone from just under 600mm to 1050mm. We also added another 400mm in length. The increased storage is obvious. Any questions that might help fellow DIYers appreciated. As mentioned, need help with the splashback!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 3Jun 05, 2013 2:48 pm Very impressive. Can I ask what colour your laminate benchtop is? Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 4Jun 05, 2013 2:54 pm wanttorenovate Very impressive. Can I ask what colour your laminate benchtop is? Thanks The product details are: Laminex - Soapstone Sequoia 180fx Let me know if you'd like some more photo's of the bench itself and I'll take some tonight. Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 5Jun 05, 2013 3:15 pm craigmh wanttorenovate Very impressive. Can I ask what colour your laminate benchtop is? Thanks The product details are: Laminex - Soapstone Sequoia 180fx Let me know if you'd like some more photo's of the bench itself and I'll take some tonight. Was the 180fx range the only range you looked at? I'm just wondering if it's more expensive than the diamond gloss regular range do you know? I do love the benchtops - I hadn't even looked at those on the website! I might order a sample of that one. I think I'm set on stipple cocoa for the cupboards so need to make sure they match. re splashbacks - I have a sample of the 'Argente pearle' and that's quite lovely - pearly white. Perhaps that might look good. Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 6Jun 05, 2013 3:29 pm wanttorenovate Was the 180fx range the only range you looked at? I'm just wondering if it's more expensive than the diamond gloss regular range do you know? I do love the benchtops - I hadn't even looked at those on the website! I might order a sample of that one. I think I'm set on stipple cocoa for the cupboards so need to make sure they match. re splashbacks - I have a sample of the 'Argente pearle' and that's quite lovely - pearly white. Perhaps that might look good. When we went and looked they also had diamond gloss there, the 180fx was the only range that offered the bigger pattern of 8ft by 8ft. The downside to the diamond gloss is they dont offer the matching acrylic edging which makes a big difference I think. Therefore your limited to the minimum roll diameter which I think is 6-10mm? And you end up with a cut edge somewhere. Acrylic edging cost us an extra $11 a metre I think. Downside to the 180fx though is there isnt a huge number of colours available in it. Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 7Jun 05, 2013 4:11 pm well done, it looks great. Not too sure on the splashback, were you thinking tiles or glass? Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 8Jun 05, 2013 4:22 pm TinaG well done, it looks great. Not too sure on the splashback, were you thinking tiles or glass? At the moment I'm just thinking colours. I dont mind subway style tiles in all colours but glass is also an option, no sure if it will be "too modern" for the kitchen and house though. Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 9Jun 07, 2013 12:24 am Looks great! White subway tiles with a feature grey grout would look smart. Or grey tiles with black grout. If you are thinking a colour just choose your favourite. Yellow would also look good with they grey bench top, IMO. Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 11Jun 07, 2013 11:17 pm I love hexagon tiles, although I think as you have a lot of detail in your cabinetry a simpler tile would work best Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 12Jun 09, 2013 2:46 pm Hi Again Went out shopping yesterday to have a look at a few local shops. The missis liked these ones, what are peoples thought on them vs our kitchen? I'm still not 100% but I'm terrible at decision making. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Inspired from the kitchen below, just not sure it goes with the more traditional styling of our kitchen. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 15Jul 22, 2013 5:23 pm Hi All, Thought I'd update this thread considering the help I recieved. We ended up with too many options for splashback to the point of being a little overwhelmed I think. We decided to play it safe and go with the white subway with white grout tiles. I'm still reconsidering the grout, I think grey would also look nice give then subway effect is a little lost. Anyways, here are a couple of more pics for ya's. Put up our pendants last night, no wired as yet. Will replace existing light with downlights in time. Cheers http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa168/craggles123/IMG_3506_zps252a5076.jpg http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa168/craggles123/IMG_3508_zps1495d009.jpg http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa168/craggles123/IMG_3507_zpsacaddd5c.jpg Re: Our Budget Kitchen Reno 18Jul 24, 2013 1:55 pm white subway tiles..so the bench is the feature. it looks MINT Coming back to your old stomping grounds, huh? Renovations on a budget can be quite the journey. It's like giving your house a new lease on life. The twist of not knowing… 1 3528 Hello It is good to have a planned bathroom reno to suit your budget and design, living for 10 years I think you need a bathtub 4 10445 Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8830 |