Kitchen modifications

The kitchen contractor is very busy so we met with Natalie from Hettich. Hettich supply a lot of the kitchen hardware and Natalie is one of their Kitchen designers. Overall, the service has been excellent and Natalie provides 3-D mock-ups of the proposed kitchen. Here is one of several early mock-ups Natalie did for us:



We made a number of changes:

• Shrunk our pantry (which was huge) to make room for a wall oven and microwave and extra cupboards and drawers.
• Added a wine rack above the fridge.
• Specified melamine shelving and an additional appliance shelf in the pantry.
• Replaced our benchtops with Essa Stone Crystal Salt 40mm benchtops with a waterfall edge at the end of the bench.
• Added additional overhead cupboards.

We're also specifying our own appliances and deleting the Eden Brae-supplied appliances. Here are a couple of images (courtesy of Visio) of the proposed changes in the kitchen:



Our laundry was modified to:

• Add a laminated broom cupboard
• Add overhead cupboards above where the washing machine and dryer are located
• Add a drying line spanning from the side of the overhead cupboards to the side wall.
• Replace the Clark laundry basin thing with a laminated cupboard, sink and mixer with pull-out spray. The pull-out spray mixer allows us to wash our dog in the basin.

Here are a couple of images showing the proposed modifications to the laundry:


Our bathrooms were modified to:

• Replace laminated benchtops with 20mm Essa Stone benchtops.
• Replace the basins with above-counter basins (ensuite) and inset basins (main bathroom)

One thing to keep in mind when changing basins is to make sure the taps selected fit the basin selected.