dibdot posted:Can turn-style doorbells be repaired? (Melbourne)
We have two turn-style doorbells - one on the door, one to the left under the sidelight (Edwardian home, traditional wooden panels and leadlights).
The one on the door doesn't work…
dibdot posted:Direction of swing for screen door
We are just finishing our outdoor works (carpentry maintenance, landscaping, fencing, painting) and the time has come to decide on a screen door. We are in an Edwardian and the…
dibdot posted:Paint colour to go with red bricks and terracotta roof???
Hi Michelle - yes a bit late, but thank you!
I went with my gut (and what the 19 sample pots told me, haha!) - Wattyl Smooth Horizon walls, Dulux Natural…
dibdot posted:wattyl paints- which white???? HELP
I haven't, sorry, but I've definitely had white paint paralysis before! Our challenge was finding a true neutral that would go with both slate, and baltic pine (original part of…
dibdot posted:wattyl paints- which white???? HELP
I think it depends on the colour of your floor and furnishings, and what kind of natural light you have. Can you post a pic or give a description?
dibdot posted:Who's got a project going?
I have! Gripped in paint choice psychosis.
South facing. Solid brick, obviously has to be painted as it has been previously. Driveway is now paved with secondhand brick pavers.
Would like…
dibdot posted:Paint colour to go with red bricks and terracotta roof???
Please help me in my paint-choosing psychosis. I'm onto my 13th sample pot and going slowly mad...
The situation: Federation home, double brick, already painted so we have no option but…
dibdot posted:Colour experts: HELP!! Drowning in exterior choices
Hi all,
We are shortly going to be repainting the exterior of our house. The details:
1. Edwardian, double brick, no decorative features or fretwork apart from a panelled door which is…
dibdot posted:What white paint colour on kitchen cabinets
I think the most important aspect is that the white you choose is totally neutral or leans cool, rather than having any antiquey warmth whatsoever.
Personally I would probably go with…
dibdot posted:URGENT splashback colour dilemma, help!!!
crazyk - I'm sure you will be fine - especially since you have white shimmer benchtops, so there's really not any "warm" or "cool" reflecting on your splashback. We wanted…
dibdot posted:URGENT splashback colour dilemma, help!!!
Tranquil Retreat is a gorgeous grey but is too blue for our benchtops, Crazyk!
triggywiggy - Grey Pebble is an awesome colour, it just looks very beige in the context of…
dibdot posted:URGENT splashback colour dilemma, help!!!
Thanks for the reply 
I actually ended up changing to Silkwort and feel really good about the choice - even though Caesarstone Urban and Oyster look…
dibdot posted:URGENT splashback colour dilemma, help!!!
We have Vivid White shaker cabinetry with Indian slate floors, Natural White walls, stainless steel appliances and satin nickel handles.
Benchtops are Caesarstone Oyster.
I had requested Dulux Grey Pebble Starphire splashbacks…
dibdot posted:Rangehood - Qasair or 2x Neff/Siemens better
I can't comment on the specific units recommended but my understanding is that if there is "enough" extraction, the area of the rangehood does not necessarily have to cover the…
dibdot posted:Help please with vanity choice
I can't comment on endurance or durability over time, but we've just had a 900mm 2-drawer ADP wall-hung vanity installed in our bathroom and it looks and feels terrific.
dibdot posted:Change in Caesarstone colour - change in splashback??
I should add - Grey Pebble looks "properly grey" against the Vivid White. Or at least, when I put an A4 (paper) swatch up against the splashback wall, it looks…
dibdot posted:Change in Caesarstone colour - change in splashback??
Hi all,
Would appreciate some help if anyone is good with colours!
Our kitchen benchtop choice yesterday abruptly changed from CS Urban to CS Oyster, due to non-availability of Urban.
I'm very happy…
dibdot posted:Laminate benchtop match for Caesarstone Urban?
We were lucky in that Oyster was our first choice, but also we had multiple other (QQ and Essastone) options available to us - and in all honesty I probably…
dibdot posted:Laminate benchtop match for Caesarstone Urban?
Interesting to hear it's an ongoing issue - I (and our kitchen project manager) was surprised that there's not some kind of industry PSA about these things when they occur,…
dibdot posted:Laminate benchtop match for Caesarstone Urban?
Interesting to hear it's an ongoing issue - I (and our kitchen project manager) was surprised that there's not some kind of industry PSA about these things when they occur,…
dibdot posted:Laminate benchtop match for Caesarstone Urban?
Nope, I was wrong - it's Polytec Concrete Fabrini.
An unexpected twist was that I got a call from the kitchen dude this morning to say that our CS Urban benchtops…
dibdot posted:"Transitional" style lighting in Australia - where??
Oh gosh, I had no idea they sold fixtures in a choice of voltages!
Anybody know the implications of having them installed here though? My understanding is that Australian sparkies are…
dibdot posted:Laminate benchtop match for Caesarstone Urban?
gbdesigns - thanks so much for your post! As it turns out our kitchen company project manager had it all in hand and the laminate top unexpected turned up this…
dibdot posted:"Transitional" style lighting in Australia - where??
I'm looking for a couple of pendant lights and the style that I like seems to be described as "transitional" - it's not replica, not contemporary, not modern, not traditional.…
dibdot posted:Splashback Colour Suggestions?
If you can live with tiles, I second the suggestion for white subway tiles or something similar.
I couldn't deal with that much white grout to clean, so for my white…
