Denali Demo and Rebuild

[Denali]

Was very surprised to see the kitchen/cabinet people at 6.30 this morning. They are still here so Im guessing they are installing.

 

[Denali]

Hubby got this sneak pic for me. Yes, it's blue. He refused to have white cupboards and I didn't care to fight it as long as I got my pot drawers, 40mm bench tops and oven tower and extra storage in front of the sink. We will put screening to hide the brown colorbond fence and it will be painted as well at some point. Same colour to the left for butlers and to the right for laundry. Laundry not installed as tiler running a couple of days late.

The bench top will be caesarstone intense white but it has a bit of..... inclusions for want of a better word, in the stone so you're not spending all day wiping it down for imaginary dirt/dust.

 

[RooFlyer]

inclusions for want of a better word

Embedded rock chips?

 

[Denali]

Embedded rock chips?

Flake.... bits..... all I know is I stayed at a place with super white bench top and I would spray & wipe it multiple times every day as it looked like dust or dirt on it. This way I'll pretend its in the stone and ignore it

 

[kookaburra75]

This way I'll pretend its in the stone and ignore it

Embedded dirt - I like the concept. Although I don't think MrsK would go along with it

 

[love_the_life]

Hubby got this sneak pic for me. Yes, it's blue. He refused to have white cupboards and I didn't care to fight it as long as I got my pot drawers, 40mm bench tops and oven tower and extra storage in front of the sink. We will put screening to hide the brown colorbond fence and it will be painted as well at some point. Same colour to the left for butlers and to the right for laundry. Laundry not installed as tiler running a couple of days late.

The bench top will be caesarstone intense white but it has a bit of..... inclusions for want of a better word, in the stone so you're not spending all day wiping it down for imaginary dirt/dust.

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Looks fabulous - pot drawers (in fact all drawers) are great.

 

[Denali]

Hoping this works but hubby discovered the corner unit in the butlers and was very excited about it, he was "take a video, take a video!". I hated the useless corner unit we had in our old kitchen so really wanted this. We didnt get the custom painted (2pack?) cupboards at $5-$6K so I could get a few things that made sense to me... for $1700 this corner unit things makes sense to me and brings us joy .

 

[blackcat20]

Flake.... bits..... all I know is I stayed at a place with super white bench top and I would spray & wipe it multiple times every day as it looked like dust or dirt on it. This way I'll pretend its in the stone and ignore it

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Similar to ours, we have Osprey and it has little stone flecks. Hides most things

 

[JessicaTam]

Hoping this works but hubby discovered the corner unit in the butlers and was very excited about it, he was "take a video, take a video!". I hated the useless corner unit we had in our old kitchen so really wanted this. We didnt get the custom painted (2pack?) cupboards at $5-$6K so I could get a few things that made sense to me... for $1700 this corner unit things makes sense to me and brings us joy .

Video worked fine. It looks like a great idea.

 

[love_the_life]

That is so nifty Denali! And will be sooooo useful. Luckily in my kitchen there are no corner cupboards but if I had one I would be looking for one just like yours.

 

[Pushka]

That is so nifty Denali! And will be sooooo useful. Luckily in my kitchen there are no corner cupboards but if I had one I would be looking for one just like yours.

We had one like this installed in our kitchen redo around 15 years ago.

 

[Denali]

We were so excited about the bottom cupboard corner thingy that I forgot about my top cupboard corner thingy so my SS let me in today to have a quick look. Door handles still to be installed but I like not having to fight into the corners to find things.... not that I'll have much in this area as its been designated as Mr Denali place to put all his stuff

 

[RooFlyer]

or $1700 this corner unit things makes sense to me and brings us joy

Personally, I would have designated that corner the "can't throw it out, but never gunna use it" area - but that's just me.

 

[Denali]

Personally, I would have designated that corner the designated "can't throw it out, but never gunna use it" area - but that's just me.

I had one of those in the old kitchen and hated it. You can get much cheaper options at Ikea but that wasnt going to be us.

Im also planning on having inadrawer add a couple of pull out drawers after handover, like the vanities, under sink and one cupboard in the butlers.

 

[VPS]

When I moved into my apartment they had two cupboards like this - I'm a short cough so no hope of reaching the higher shelves and the back. Previous house had a half depth shelf in between full shelves to put more things on which was better.

I had drawers (of varying height) put in all the cupboards except on the top shelf. Money well spent

Forgot to add the image. 3 years this week since I settled on my apartment. I'm so grateful I was able to get what I wanted in a fantastic location in the middle of the Pando

 

[Pushka]

We were so excited about the bottom cupboard corner thingy that I forgot about my top cupboard corner thingy so my SS let me in today to have a quick look. Door handles still to be installed but I like not having to fight into the corners to find things.... not that I'll have much in this area as its been designated as Mr Denali place to put all his stuff

I have one of those too, in the apartment here. And one of these pull out cupboards.

 

[MARTINE]

I have one of those too, in the apartment here. And one of these pull out cupboards.
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Imagine what our younger selves would say to us if they knew in the future excitement took the form of cupboards and door-ware!! I am really enjoying your vicarious reno @Denali - keep the pics coming

 

[VPS]

I have one of those too, in the apartment here. And one of these pull out cupboards.
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Do you like the pull out cupboard? I thought about changing mine to that but ended up with the drawers which I'm very happy with

 

[Pushka]

Do you like the pull out cupboard? I thought about changing mine to that but ended up with the drawers which I'm very happy with

I do. I need the space

 

[Denali]

Tilers started yesterday, im surprised by how deep the concrete layer is. Still to do our bathroom and alfresco area before starting actual tiling.

When we started this, we wasn't expecting our concreted front entry or alfresco to be tiled. When we saw the slab work, we were impressed with how neat the work was and it was going to be tiled over. Hubby picked tiles that basically look like concrete....its the Greek in him

For the bathroom I couldn't have the fabulous Terrazzo tiles that I loved so we stuck to the basic selections and picked a French Navy vanity and accessories to bring some colour into the room as I dislike grey.