My Renovation November 2021

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n our home, the kitchen is a hub of activity. It sits in a central location of the flooplan, and looks over both the main dining and living spaces.

This space is where I prepare my family’s meals as I watch my children play.

This kitchen is where my young son made his first Christmas cookies and where, each year, we work together to decorate our traditional gingerbread house.

Our kitchen is where my husband and I chat together each evening as we tidy and prepare lunches for the next day.

For our family, the kitchen really is the heart of the home.

My Renovation columnist and designer Cassandra Fenaughty feels the same way, and she kept this in mind when planning her own kitchen renovation.

In this edition’s cover story, Cassandra opens up her home and takes readers on her renovation journey. She provides valuable advice and ideas about the project. Turn to page four to find out more.

Until next month, happy renovating.

This beautiful kitchen was designed by The Block contestants Ronnie and Georgie. Image credit: Channel Nine.

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08 Laundry Creating your space

10 Flooring The new eco range

12 Style Organic shapes

14 Kitchen Designs you’ll love

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HEART OF THE HOME The kitchen is the space where families gather to create and share, which is why the room should be not only functional, but comfortable.

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hroughout the next 12 months My Renovation columnist Cassandra Fenaughty will showcase photos and design concepts of her current renovation project in Buderim.

Here, she unveils the kitchen portion of the renovation.

The original kitchen of this home was small and pokey, and we had intended on waiting until the end of the renovation to carry this stage out. However, one evening as I was scrolling through marketplace a fabulous kitchen popped up before my very eyes.

This kitchen came from a recently renovated home in Ascot, Brisbane and had recently sold for around $3 million.

The kitchen was less than a year old and the new owners had decided to renovate the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry and robes, which resulted in a lot of cabinetry and benchtops to work with.

We purchased the entire kitchen, laundry and butler’s pantry for just over $7000. While this may seem expensive for a “pre-loved” kitchen, the cabinetry was handcrafted, and benchtops were solid Carrara marble. It was all in perfect condition. The best part about using this kitchen was that it didn’t go to landfill.

The quality of craftsmanship of the cabinet doors, and the fact that the benchtops had journeyed all the way from a quarry in Italy, makes me feel good about saving it. With the decision made to adopt this kitchen and make it our own, we just needed to design the space and tweak the colours – black and gold did not fit into my coastal-luxe vision for the home.

In the planning and design phase we decided to steal some space from a dining zone to extend the kitchen, which would allow us to include a butler’s pantry in the design.

The overall living space is large enough that a dining area could be sited elsewhere in the room so this wasn’t a problem. We planned with a functional kitchen triangle scheme and also wanted to ensure good circulation throughout the space. I wanted to avoid a kitchen with only one entry and exit point. We also wanted to ensure the butler’s pantry was not just for storage but could also be a proper space for food preparation when entertaining.

In regards to finishes, the overall concept for this project was to create a sophisticated coastal palette with a hint of boho and British colonial. The boho elements such as the pendants and styling items can easily be changed out in future years as trends evolve. We deliberately chose a neutral colour palette for the cabinetry to be timeless.

Sunshine Coast business Total 2 Pack did an amazing job of changing the black doors to a beautiful fresh white. Our splashback tiles were possibly the most challenging decision. With such an intricate cabinet door design, we didn’t want anything competing or clashing, but we needed something special to relax the formal palette and make the space feel more homely. After a great design session with the team at Amber Tiles in Maroochydore, we found a stunning artisan tile in white, but designed in a layout of matte and gloss to subtly add visual interest. Stokes Premier Tiling installed each tile by eye to bring out the best of the handmade tiles.

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Benchtops: Carrara marble and walnut-stained timber. We used Feast Watson Stain and Varnish to get a beautiful deep and glossy walnut finish.

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KITCHEN SNAPSHOT • Formal cabinet design teamed up with handmade pendants and splashback tiles balance the mix of luxury and coastal living styles.

• Timber accents warm the palette and ground the design.

• A small amount of open shelving is handy for accessing everyday pantry items.

• Our study nook is the hub of the home. Our daughter can do her homework here while we prepare dinner. We do quick online grocery orders and pay bills. During Covid it’s been a beautiful place to work from home with natural light flooding in.

BUTLER’S PANTRY SNAPSHOT • A mix of cupboards and open shelving provide a practical storage solution.

While it seems like a great idea to use a pre-loved kitchen, it’s not something we would usually do or recommend. This find was the exception to the rule. Used kitchens are often too old to salvage, with water damage and old fittings and fixtures. Most of the time it’s not worth it, unless it’s for a rental property or holiday home, and you have a really tight budget. The planning and design part of this was tedious and required exceptional attention to detail to make it all work. We also needed to make sure that our trades understood that we only had what we had to work with, and it needed to be well executed to ensure the end result didn’t look like a second-hand kitchen.

Sometimes the installation costs can be so high for second-hand kitchens that it would have been better to design and install a new one. All of these things need to be considered.

• A large deep sink in a butler’s pantry is perfect to ensure functional versatility.

LAUNDRY SNAPSHOT • Custom made leather loops for the hanging rail add a touch of the British colonial style.

• Overhead shelving adds valuable storage space.

• The handcrafted timber bench warms the laundry and references the walnut timber framing of the island bench in the kitchen and study nook.

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EXPERIMENT WITH THE DESIGN The designer says aesthetics play a role elevating the laundry from the plain, simple room as it was once known. “Add something beautiful – a plant, a wall light, an artwork, that gives the space some personality,” she says.

“Don’t try too hard though with too many materials, because it can become overwhelming, so I recommend sticking to three – one for the floor, one for the walls and one for the joinery.”

FOLLOW FUNCTIONALITY There are four design rules Ms McNamara recommends following, with another a preference if possible. “Consider bench space for washing baskets, shelves for washing products, a swivel tap so that soaking bucket can be used and hanging rack to dry shirts,” she says. If your space allows it, she also advises elevating your washing machine and dryer for easy load and unload.

CREATE A VISION Ms McNamara’s first and perhaps most vital step to designing the laundry is to have “a clear vision measure up and then have it drawn up accurately.

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“Conscious consumerism is becoming a way of life, driving designers and manufacturers to respond by creating beautiful, innovative and cost-effective products that don’t use additional resources in the creative process,” Carpet Court ambassador Mr Palmer says.

“Unlike virgin nylon, which relies on oil from the Earth’s reserves, not a single barrel of oil is used in producing Econyl yarn.

“Minimising oil usage, reducing emissions and creating colour within the fibre during the manufacturing process, allows consumers to make a thoughtful flooring decision that will withstand the test of time.”

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“Not only are they soft and luxurious to the touch, but they also boast all the practical qualities homeowners are seeking in a carpet – they’re low maintenance, stain and fade resistant, hard wearing and affordable, offering a high-value solution for the conscious consumer,” Mr Palmer says.

There is no single answer to creating the perfect look to suit any style of home. “With so many varieties of texture and colour, the versatility of Carpet Court’s ranges made

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BUILDING APPROVALS ROSE IN AUGUST

TRY THEN BUY Haymes Paint’s Sunshine Coast stores have launched new sticker paint samples to help take the guesswork out of picking the right shade of white for your next home DIY job. Available from the Haymes Paint Shops in Coolum, Currumundi, and Noosa for RRP $11.95, these fuss-free, time-saving stickers are designed to minimise the mess of sample paint pots, allowing customers to trial multiple colours without pulling out a paint brush.

Choosing the right colour for your home can be an overwhelming task.

Trialling a colour first, in the easy format of a sticker, allows you to feel confident about your choice before committing to purchase your paint.

The stickers, which are 30 centimetres wide by 60 centimetres long, are currently available in Haymes Paint’s top 20 white paints, and perfectly replicate the colour and finish of the Ultra-Premium Low Sheen Acrylic paint. They are locally manufactured by hand by The Big Paint Sample right here on the Sunshine Coast.

The Big Paint Sample owner/founder Jodie Milwright paint can transform a room

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“Remember your first ventures into paint selection? Lots of sample pots, washing rollers and paint brushes, splodges of colour in various rooms and despite shelling out lots of valuable cash on sample pots, you’re still not sure it’s the right colour for you,” she says.

“I have developed a no fuss, no mess, quick stick solution to this challenge we all face in the form of The Big Paint Sample.

“These super-sized, removable and reusable paint sample stickers are the easiest way to select the perfect colour for each room in the house.”

They are easy to adhere to walls throughout your home and can be left on for as long as you like. The stickers can also be easily moved around the home to view the paint shade in different lights. There is zero mess with no sticky residue left behind after removal – no painting, no wash up, and no waiting for the colour to dry.

“We are confident these samples are the answer to so many of our customers questions and really do the work for you,” says Haymes Paint’s colour and concept manager Wendy Rennie.

An increase in detached building approvals for the month of August suggest a continuation of a strong demand for housing.

In late September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its monthly building approvals data for detached and multi-units data.

“Residential dwelling approvals increased by 33.7 per cent in the three months to August 2021 compared to the same time last year, with detached approvals up by 31.5 per cent and multi-unit approvals up by 38.1 per cent,” says HIA economist, Angela Lillicrap.

“The value of renovations approved also reached its second highest level on record. Households are spending money that typically would have been spent on overseas holidays, on improving their living spaces.

“Leading indicators, including HIA’s new home sales data, suggest that the detached market remains robust despite lockdowns. Sales in the three months to August 2021 were 15.4 per cent higher than at the same time in 2019 and 4.5 per cent higher than the same time in 2018.

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AMAZON UNVEILS ‘JETSONS’-LIKE ROAMING ROBOT FOR THE HOME

Amazon’s new robot can hear, see and follow you around the home, but its no Rosey the Robot.

Amazon’s version, called Astro, doesn’t

cook or clean like the animated character from The Jetsons, but it can check if you left the stove on while you’re out or send an alert if someone enters the house it doesn’t recognise.

It uses cameras, sensors and artificial technology to avoid walls or dogs, and Amazon said Astro – which also happens to be the name of the Jetson’s dog – will only get smarter as time goes on. It does do some housework: snacks or a can of softdrink can be placed on its back to be carted to someone across the house.

Amazon executive David Limp asked the 43-centimetre tall robot to come on stage during the virtual event, then asked it to beatbox. Its round digital eyes close or widen as it does tasks, giving it a human-like touch.

Amazon said a limited number of the Astro will be sold, but didn’t provide a number.

The US$1000 robot, which will be sent out to customers later this year, was one of a slew of gadgets Amazon unveiled last month.

Besides the robot, Amazon also unveiled a picture frame-like screen that can be hung to a wall and has Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant built in. The company foresees it going in the kitchen, where users can see recipes, check their schedule or watch a show as they cook.

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Step 3: Fixing the cross rails The next job is to notch the posts for the rails. The top rail should be a minimum of 75 millimetres from the top of the post’s final height. The bottom rail is set a maximum of 175 millimetres from the plinth, and the mid-rail centred between the two.

The notches are made by sawing to the depth of the rail and chiselling out the excess. They should not be deeper than the depth of the rails provide for a flush fit.

Now cut and nail on the rails on the rails using the 75 x 3.75-millimetre galvanised bullet-head nails. Joins in the rails should be butted together in the middle of a post and rail joints on posts should be staggered. Finally, nail on the plinth at the bottom of the posts, just keeping clear of the earth. Use your string line to make sure the plinth is straight. The palings rest

on top of it and if it’s not straight, your palings will be crooked.

Step 4: Now come the palings Overlapping your palings makes for a private, more attractive fence than simply butting them together. First, nail on the 150-millimetre palings using the 40 x 2-millimetre galvanised nails, leaving a 50 millimetre space in between each paling. Keep the palings vertical as you go – check regularly with your spirit level. Then nail the 100-millimetre palings over the spaces so they overlap 25 millimetres on both sides using the 50 x 2.8-millimetre galvanised nails. Drive these nails in so that they don’t go through the palings. This allows for the palings to shrink without splitting.

Step 5: Topping off your fence Saw off the tops of the palings in a straight line 200 millimetres above the top of the upper rail.

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