Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 21, 2011 10:23 pm ]Hi Everyone, Just joined this forum - it's fantastic! I need your advice please! This is our first home we have built and we have tried to create a warm, family home with lots of warm tones and colours. Our kitchen has been installed, paint, tiles and carpet are all in! I feel sad that the result is not what I expected and now realise how hard it can be to mix neutrals! Kitchen colour choice, Cabinets - Pumice Benchtop - Stipple Seal Paint - Baked Clay http://s1097.photobucket.com/albums/g359/Gemma_Friend/?action=view¤t=DSC02209.jpg http://s1097.photobucket.com/albums/g359/Gemma_Friend/?action=view¤t=300188_10150291105485981_550480980_8259616_1329187516_n.jpg http://s1097.photobucket.com/albums/g359/Gemma_Friend/?action=view¤t=316937_10150291106330981_550480980_8259621_1365393188_n.jpg I cannot spend much money changing the laminex or splashbacks now but if I had my choice over I would! The paint against the Pumice has come off as very yellow in tone. I saw pumice in a display house and loved it! Going back to those houses I have noticed the paint colours surrounding the kitchen were much lights then ours and I think the taupe paint is offsetting the pumice badly. To resolve this problem in a cheaper way I was thinking of painting above and around the kitchen white (like the roof white). Then having the feature wall down the side in white also but continue the taupe paint in the rest of the room. Any advice people? Do you think white will help the pumice colour not look as yellow tinted? What should I do? Look forward to hearing your advice! Thanks! G[/img] Re: NEED HELP! Kitchen is in & is not what I expected! 2Sep 22, 2011 3:51 am Hi gemfriend. Sorry you are disappointed. We get so excited when we are building, and it can be disappointed when something doesn't turn out as expected. I actually like your kitchen and from what I can see, the tones are ok. Though it is not what you are expecting, it doesn't look bad at all. My advice would be to not do anything until you move in. It might look and feel totally different once there is furniture in the room. Once you are in, you will be able to get more of a feel for it and look at your options then. Re: NEED HELP! Kitchen is in & is not what I expected! 3Sep 22, 2011 7:33 am Hi Gemfriend, I agree your kitchen is gorgeous. Don't you dare change it! You must remember the display homes you have been looking at are fully furnished. I love your neutrals and it will be so easy to add the pop of colour with your accessories. Would love to see some photos when you add your own touches. Re: NEED HELP! Kitchen is in & is not what I expected! 4Sep 22, 2011 11:40 pm Thanks so much to you both for your advice!.. I think I was having a little bit of a stress attack last night when I really let everything get to me and think I had really stuffed up the whole look of my kitchen which is so upsetting when you really tried hard to create something you would love.. In thinking over the comments and my concerns with it all today I think you are both right. I will wait until we move into the house. I always wanted to decorate with great natural woods (dining table etc) and mix it all in with white furniture to compliment the baked clay on the walls - Then accent pieces of colour to really make the room pop. I think as you said, display homes are fully furnished and styled (if you were to take it all out you would pretty much have a blank canvas, which is what I was trying to do with our neutrals. Once I put in appliances, artwork and furniture we can then see if it's really necessary to change anything to much. I would like to incorporate red in the kitchen and find a really nice big piece of art to put behind the dining room. Thanks so much for your honest opinions and helpful advice. You have put my mind at ease and when we move in I will be sure to post some updated pics and let you know how I have gone! Thanks again, you have been really been so helpful and made me rethink making any drastic decisions too early! Gem Levelling compound Ardit is the best but buy a bag of sand and make sand dam to protect your wood floor 2 15258 Thanks for your reply! All valid points and I agree with you on many of them. I am in QLD, any recommendations on a construction lawyer would be helpful 3 2654 Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6468 |