New Purchase/Build - Home Renovations - Gardens - Garages & Sheds.

[k31th]

looking schmick, Dan!

[.Stripes.]

Cheers Keify!

[bossmang]

looking the goods now. making me look slack now with all your progress and my lack of.

 

I would go a nice 40mm white stone top, new square sink, new tap, and new square handles. keep your doors if cost an issue and will look a million bucks.

 

with the roller blinds we had all new ones put in at work and they had the roll section on the inside. looks like yours rolls towards the outside if that makes sense. wonder why???

[.Stripes.]

Cheers freaky. Need a while to recover from this round of renovations before I even consider doing anything else...quickly went from looking at a few grand for just new blinds to blowing out to $20k for electrical, carpenter, painting and blinds. So yeah, my credit card and bank account would really appreciate a rest.

Plan for the future though is to reno the kitchen. Our biggest problem is storage, so want to push the bench out a little, make it an L-shape, add a double pantry, bigger fridge nook, move the gas top, add a microwave nook and add bulk more cupboards. Will do stone bench tops, cupboards, handles etc at that point. Aiming for similar layout to this.

Yeah, you can either have the front roll or rear roll roller blinds. Mine are front roll and it's mostly for aesthetics. With them this way it hides all the hardware still when it's rolled down, plus when it's rolled up you don't see the plain white backing on the roll at the top, you still just see the pattern. It also gives more clearance for door handles etc this way, which I need...so just went for consistency throughout as a result.

[bossmang]

all good

 

you know what your doing that's the main thing. kitchen can be up to 20k mark again be prepared lel

[Stockies]

Stripes, what colours did you use for painting the interior of your house. They look great.

I'm really stuck at the moment for colour scheme in my place, have to completely repaint and re carpet the whole house. 

 

It's hideous - but its a big job and I don't wanna have to paint it all again if I hate the colours I've picked.

 

For anyone who may/can help - I'm going/want to do:

Dulux "Vivid White" for doors and skirting

Standard Ceiling white, for you know - the ceilings

Dulux "timeless Grey" for any feature walls, was thinking hallway, living room master bed etc

Dulux "Lexicon" or "lexicon half" for walls

 

Only really looked into dulux at the moment, but I have no idea on picking colours

[Stockies]

Bit of background, since this is the right thread. This is my first house, bought it a year and a half ago, its a small 3 bed, 1 bath completely wog spec joint. Bought it for location more than size/newness. Has never been been modified or painted since built in 1979. No gas - only electric hot water unit in roof and old school wall heater (removed for being a fire hazard) 

Have done some basic electrical rework on it, new board, Clipsal saturn switches, moved switches from architrave to wall, LED downlights etc.

 

Pictures below, since they speak louder than words:

 

Outside of the house:

 

Living room on move in day - light fitting has been replaced, carpet has not - yes its hideous

 

Lovely pocket door to kitchen, this time the glass is hideous/retro

 

Other side of living room with new furniture and some artwork to liven up the place:

 

Hallway with the lovely 70's spec carpet and standard bachelor artwork, did splash out of the console table so it matches my dining, coffee and lamp tables

(Also been colour testing in hallway)

 

Good old Clipsal Saturn, have changed all light switches and power points and added data points

 

Data cables in roof- (blow in stuff is booked to be sucked out and replaced next month):

 

Study with IKEA shelving with glass doors to keep the dust out:

 

Its going to be a big job to paint, and fix up - but its my foot in the door of the real estate market.

Edited 15/06/17 05:16 AM by Stockies

[bossmang]

I was in the same situation as you. got my foot in the door, had to paint, new carpet, I did backyard 80% complete, im moving onto the kitchen this year.

 

as for paint I used dulux but its a fkn rip off and for the kitchen and lounge im switching to British paint or maybe taubmans.  apparently cheaper. but fek dulux. prices went up across the board I think too. 

 

because I dont like the blue tinge in our hallway/bedroom paint im biting the bullet and repainting. lesson learnt on that one. 

[.Stripes.]

9 hours ago, Stockies said:

Stripes, what colours did you use for painting the interior of your house. They look great.

I'm really stuck at the moment for colour scheme in my place, have to completely repaint and re carpet the whole house. 

 

It's hideous - but its a big job and I don't wanna have to paint it all again if I hate the colours I've picked.

 

For anyone who may/can help - I'm going/want to do:

Dulux "Vivid White" for doors and skirting

Standard Ceiling white, for you know - the ceilings

Dulux "timeless Grey" for any feature walls, was thinking hallway, living room master bed etc

Dulux "Lexicon" or "lexicon half" for walls

 

Only really looked into dulux at the moment, but I have no idea on picking colours

Hey mate. I chose Dulux colours (had a Dulux colour consultant come out from Bunnings, only cost $100) but actually used Solver paint, as my brother in law (painter) got a really good deal through his supplier a few months back and I got 50L of Solver ultra for $320.

I gave the Dulux colour codes to the painter and he had the Solver shop make up the tints to match the Dulux colours.

 

We used Dulux 'Lexicon Quarter' for the ceilings (which is essentially 'Vivid White' with a shot of black in it - painters pretty much mostly need to do this anyway to be able to see their coverage. It's also known as 'WA White' over here...it's pretty much the standard white white colour)

Dulux 'Lexicon Quarter' gloss for doors, frames and skirting.

Dulux 'Vanilla Quake Half' for the main wall colour.

Dulux 'Heifer' for the feature walls.

 

Be really mindful of what sort of feel you're aiming for with your house before choosing your paint. I initially choose a colour from the small Dulux swatches from Bunnings called 'Highgate' that I though looked really nice. Did a bit of googling and found a few examples of people painting their houses with it and it came out really blue on the walls. I've also read a LOT of instances where people have been really displeased with Dulux 'Lexicon' (even in half strength) on walls as it also has a tendency to look blue.

 

Blue tinge is ok, if that's what you're after. But it does tend to make a house feel a bit colder and less warm and homely. 'Cool' paint colours have more blue and green in them and less red, and are a little more show homey. 'Warm' colours tend to have more red and less blue and green and feel more homely and inviting.

 

Also need to take into account your lighting. Are the LED downlights you added 'warm white' or 'cool white'? If you went with 'cool white' then you'll definitely want to pick a paint colour that gives some warmth back, as those lights tend to emphasise a bit more of a cold hospital/clinical/showhome type feel.

 

I was wanting a warmish grey (definitely didn't want blue) that opened my place up and made it more modern, but still feel homely and not clinical. Need to add a bit more colour back with artwork, but even though the main wall grey ended up slightly lighter (and perhaps a little more 'cool') than I'd initially been aiming for I'm really happy with the outcome as it's done what I was hoping it would in terms of feel and look.

 

Another nice warm colour to take a look at is Dulux 'Grey Pebble' and its half variant. I was initially pretty keen on it for my place, but the colour consultant talked me out of it because the floorboards in my place would make it turn a bit too brown. My friend has it in half strength on his walls and it's a really nice colour.

 

Your carpet reminds me of my childhood haha! Can't wait to see the progress pics as you start working through it all! When are you looking at getting the painting and carpets done etc? Is the paint on the wall behind the bachelor artwork the feature wall colour you mentioned?

Edited 15/06/17 02:05 PM by .Stripes.

[Stockies]

Thanks for that mate, really do appreciate it.

 

I get what you mean with the "cool" vs "warm" paint colours, that's what what I have struggled a lot with. I'm onto at least round 4 of "settling" on paint colour choice.

I really want the modern feel to my house and I keep running into the "it looks too cold" look, as you explained above.

Really do like the grey look, but I keep thinking its going to be too dark.

Have had the paint experts out last time and she recommended a pure white (Vivid White) ceiling - since there will be roof mounted speakers in most rooms for multiroom audio controled off an iPad with independent volume control in each room. It will also match the bezels on the LED's.

 

I went with cool white LED,s but also have warm white accent LED's in the study (in photo above) and two roof mounted on a gimble pointing at artwork in the hallway, just to "soft light" some paintings I bought - The posters in the hallway are a little too bachelor spec - as much as I like them though (They were the first things I hung on the walls)

 

The carpet I cannot decide on, I'd like a really dark grey for contrast and to look good for longer than a lighter carpet. The other idea is a floating floor in a lighter timber stain to "brighten" up the house. Simply can't decide what I want.

 

The carpet that's there now is great when someone has dirty feet or drunkenly spills a drink, you simply can not tell its dirty. Its also really thick and in good condition - its just ugly.

Makes a great conversation starter when people first walk in however.

 

The photo of the "bachelor wall" - the colour I want is the lighter grey on the right - that's "timeless grey"

The left hand side is "Teahouse" and was one of my first choices, but I feel its too dark - I did however use it to paint my kitchen (woodgrain panel - but otherwise in good nick) to stop the two different types of woodgrain patterns that where there. I'm about halfway through with that now, thought It would do for a year or two - until I fully replace it with all new appliances - with hopefully a gas cooktop - since everything is currently electric.