Big Kitchen + Delonghi = a woman's DREAM!!!

Big Kitchen + Delonghi = a woman's DREAM!!!

Things have slowed down with the house since I last posted on my blog. There was a delay with the kitchen supplier, but finally they have come to the party and have installed the kitchen, pantry, laundry ensuite and bathroom cabinets... This is very, very exciting....

Firstly though, all the plaster work, skirtings and architraves have been completed - see photos below. We selected Classic Colonial and I must say I am very happy with the choice and love that Greybox's standard range includes the higher skirting.

All the downlight, powerpoint and light switch holes have also been cut out.

Painting is still under-way. All the doors have been completed and hung and the walls at the moment only have one coat of paint with 2 still to be applied.
Check out the photo below of how they paint of the doors together. They join them at the top with little latches, place wooden peg things underneath and off they go..

The verandah has been started, however some &%$# really liked our timber decking and thought they would help themselves to it. Apparently ours wasn't the only one they liked. The boys in blue are now involved so hopefully their little fingers will be cut off soon!

The only thing I am not happy with, is the verandah cuts across one of the mouldings around our bedroom window due to it having to run off.. doesn't look the best, but once the roof is on, hopefully it won't be that noticeable - see below...

Kitchen - below is a full view of our kitchen, you can also see in the pantry door that the cabinetry has also been installed.

I must say I am not 100% sure I am happy with the colour, but hopefully once the floorboards are laid, the GLACIER caesarstone bench top (see below) and the mocca glass splash back tiles are installed it will all come together!

GLACIER - caesarstone bench top - 20mmit looks more cream on this picture, but it's actually more of a white with a speck..

Below is a photo showing where the fridge, stove and range hood will go...

View of the sink, dishwasher & window wall...

My huge island bench - From left, top draw is the cutlery draw and the rest are all meant to be pot draws!! Currently in discussions with Greybox to have these fixed as they all look like cutlery draws to me. I was so excited and couldn't wait to open the other draws to see how much I could store. However.......... all of the draws are the same depth and width as the cutlery draw!!!!
WHAT THE??? Text our site supervisor so hopefully this is rectified ASAP!!

Pantry - these are my built in cabinets for my pantry. There are two shelves to be installed about the cabinets and four shelves to go around the rest of the wall to the left.
To the right of the draws is where our deep freezer will reside..

Laundry - lovvvvvvve my big laundry.
I extended the bench so I can either place our washing baskets or put our dryer under it - still to be decided! In the middle of the room you will see a pipe. We added that as Dame likes to flood houses.. lol - only an extra $400 to install!!!!!!!!

Ensuite Vanity - really happy with the vanity's... again, not so sure about the colours. Hopefully it will all come together. One thing is that the architraves had to be removed as the vanity almost goes right to each window, so now they will cut them around to shape to fit around the vanity.. hope it looks o.k!!

Girl's Bathroom Vanity - they are both very excited to get their own sinks and cupboards, but are already arguing about who gets the extra draw... WHAT THE!!
They are only 6 & 3... lucky we put in 2 sinks, a bigger shower, power points on either side of of the vanity and their own walk in robs... plus made their bedrooms the same size, millimetre perfect!!!

Not only did I discover all the cabinetry had been installed, but on this wonderful day my DELONGHI, yes don't be jealous now, but my DELONGHI appliances also arrived from Sydney... HUGE thanks to Matty and my big brother - I greatly appreciate it.. Xx

See below for photos..

Beveridge Fridge - for our Alfresco - to be built in.. hehe... cold drinks while having a spa and watching golf... gotta love that!!

My beautiful new oven... soooooooo excited. I actually ordered a different one but my brothers friend upgraded it for me.. This one is 109 litres, has nine oven functions, a rotisserie and closed door grilling, blue LED display, durastone plus enamel (which apparently is easier to clean), removable slide out telescopic shelves, reversible catalytic liners and a gas cooktop with five burners including triple wok burner, fish burner and simmer burner... I AM IN HEAVEN!!!!! Have really missed not having my own Kitchen...

Stainless Steal Splash Back.. I think the picture says it all... hehe... but I do love the handle to put my utensils on!

My beautiful looking dishwasher.. better wash as good as it looks.. haha.. :-P
Any one who knows me well, knows I despise dishes...

Last, but not least... my range hood.. decided not to order the glass one as it's just more cleaning... plus I like this classic look...

So there you go... WOW, what a long blog this is.. oops... sorry, but I am getting excited now. Our site supervisor still hasn't and won't give us a hand over date... I was told after the kitchen was installed the tiler would be able to start what he has to do..

I can almost see the finish line now... fingers crossed it is smooth sailing from here on..
Can't see why the 1st July isn't still achievable... 8 weeks and counting..
I hope you all had a fantastic Easter break with your loved ones and I am looking forward to Mother's Day now... I have put my order in for a 'Snuggle Chair' at Plush.. It's a big round reading/relaxing chair for my new study...

Until my next blog... take care.. Xx

P.S Just to add to this glorious day, I got to meet one of our future neighbours who I have been chatting to via email and blogs.. Thanks Megan for welcoming me into your home today. Wish I could have stayed longer, but really looking forward to being neighbours very, very soon.. :-)