ashilleong posted:What do we need to know about kitchens?
HB 111-1998
The Domestic Kitchen Handbook
Does anyone have a pdf share copy or know where it is being sold for a reasonable price? SAIGlobal is charging $95 for a pdf...…
ashilleong posted:What do we need to know about kitchens?
Given the absence of replies I'll start posting my own research. Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
600mm of vertical clearance to a combustible surface,…
ashilleong posted:What do we need to know about kitchens?
Hi,
We are DIYing our kitchen this Dec/Jan and wanted to know what we need to look out for, especially behind the oven and sink. The house is in NSW, if…
ashilleong posted:Aussie Cut Kitchens - anyone had any experience?
Quote seems pretty reasonable, but very little about them online/no reviews
ashilleong posted:Planning our kitchen
Fair enough. Thanks for the help anyway.
Houzz has an australian website now, launched a few months ago.
ashilleong posted:Planning our kitchen
Evelyn, what software are you using? Also, are you on Houzz? There are a few people on there who ask about kitchens who could certanly benefit from your help!
In other…
ashilleong posted:Planning our kitchen
We'll likely model ours after the corner pantry in our old house. That pantry was the bomb
ashilleong posted:Picture Hanging Systems
Some friends of ours have this and they love it - they've actually gone as far as to install it in their rental (their logic is that the tennants don't…
ashilleong posted:Aussie Cut Kitchens - anyone had any experience?
We'd been looking for a flatpack supplier and these guys do made-to-measure at a reasonable price. Does anyone have any experiences with these guys?
ashilleong posted:Planning our kitchen
We do have a dishwasher, but we're both a little old fashioned and like to actually use the sink now and then. A second drainer sometimes comes in handy if…
ashilleong posted:Planning our kitchen
Freestanding cooker (yep, I know some people hate them) at 900. I don't know the celing height off the top of my head, but they are reasonably high.
Cabinets would ideally…
ashilleong posted:Planning our kitchen
I'm going to start a thread to try and collate our kitchen plans so far. It'll be two and a half months until I can go in and rip out…
ashilleong posted:built in book shelves and desks
We're in a simular position and will be using ply to build adjustble shelves.
ashilleong posted:Removing plywood stains from concrete surface
Could you update to say if it actially worked?
ashilleong posted:Holiday House, not Beachfront. Does it matter?
Not really - in essence you are giving up the view for the ability to actually have the holiday home!
ashilleong posted:What brand of paint to use?
Don't Taubmans and Solver come from the same factory?
Whatever you do, get a good primer!
ashilleong posted:Thoughts on window coverings.
Definately consider the interior of your room first! Timber shouldn't be a problem, probably a lighter colour due to your other wood. It doesn't have to be matchy-matchy though.
ashilleong posted:Advice for bedroom design
I hadn't even thought of that! G recieved an excellent paitning from his mum for his birthday that I have always pictured above our bed when we move. It didn't…
ashilleong posted:Bambeoo Flooring, UB Trading Belle Bamboo
There seem to be a lot of positive reviews online. We'll be ordering from them at the end of the year when we redo our entire house. The samples are…
ashilleong posted:Plywood as finished flooring
I'd be interested in seeing what this looks like if you decide to give it a go.
ashilleong posted:Timber flooring - bamboo, engineered or solid?
Bamboo can get wet- just don't let it soak in.
We are putting bamboo through out the house, even in the kitchen (open plan house, would look absurd otherwise). We…
ashilleong posted:Australian works of art
Or Mary Caspar. We have a few of her pieces and I loooove them.
ashilleong posted:remove flooring or lay new flooring on top of old
Just don't do what the previous inhabitants of a rental I was in in Melbourne did - a vinyl carpet sandwitch!
ashilleong posted:Bamboo floors - give me the good, the bad, the evil!
We have a sample from UB Trading
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Strandwoven- ... 461c020e6c
in coffee and that starts at $36m2 . You hear this company all over the place an so…
