Kitchen Makeover (any ideas)

[nomadic]

What's your budget? If you're reasonably handy you could replace the benchtops, doors, draw fascias, pantry door, chase the plumbing down to install a mixer and replace the sink for about ~$2k. I wouldn't paint it.

 

[dags]

go for a basic fresh white colour everywhere and add your colur with a red splash back or something similar(or tiles).
white always will be able to mix with other colours.
Everyone was using stainless steel splashbacks a while ago, but they are starting to look a bit ordinary now.

have you heard of the reno kings? they have a lot of good tips for renos.
http://www.renos.com.au

 

[bronwynt]

Hi,

I would also go for an off white colour, but not plain white as it shows any marks or dirt too easily. Something like Dulux Whisper White or Antique White USA would work well.

For the splash back tiles or paint, the natural stony colours are in at the moment and appeal to most people.

Bronwyn

 

[Rodney]

Thankyou for your feedback.

What would new bench tops cost?

I think that i will use White Knight paints for the rest of the kitchen.

I take over the property in mid August and i will to work on the property each weekend until its done.

Please forward any further ideas. thanks

 

[bythebay]

They had a kitchen makeover on Better Homes and Gardens on Friday. They said the bench top (laminex) was around $80 per metre. I got a quote from Barry's Kitchens and it was $180 per metre...

Any ideas where the best place the get them is?

 

[Rodney]

Has anyone ever put a laminex bench top on?

Is it hard?

Are you able to paint bench tops?

 

[arms]

They had a kitchen makeover on Better Homes and Gardens on Friday. They said the bench top (laminex) was around $80 per metre. I got a quote from Barry's Kitchens and it was $180 per metre...

Any ideas where the best place the get them is?

this figure is for 300mm wide square edge benchtops , no laminate fixed (blanks)
in reality 600mm wide laminated tops are $135.00 wholesale from the laminex pricebook ,so a slight deviation from the truth seems to have happened here ,

specialist benchtop companies will charge around $100.00 including gst ,then you have to add joins,seen edges onto that

 

[Rodney]

Does anyone know of any paint that i could use on the tiled bench tops?