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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Enter, for tickets to HIA Home Show Sydney
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Archicentre
I was going through my nrma magazine and it had attached "little book of big savings" - one of the coupons was for the Archicentre get 12% OFF, I know you have a archicture/engineer already but look at the website I saw this seminar which might be of interest.
See you tomorrow at 9.45am - we have to go to the following place
http://www.archicentre.com.au/html/seminars.html
The venue for the following Seminars is the Balmain Tigers Club, 138-152 Victoria Road, Rozelle.
Bookings are essential call Archicentre on 1300 13 45 13 or use the booking form below.
6.30pm - 8.30pm Tuesday 14th April 2009
Sustainability - Ten Things You Should Know about Building in a Changing Climate
The seminar by David Baillie and Angus Kell will cover building in bushfire prone areas, why houses are cracking, what people can do to save water and energy, discuss alternative construction techniques, showcase a recent sustainable building project and take questions from the audience.
Lots of Love
Leisha
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
10 Kitchen design rules
10 Kitchen design rules
1. Streamline surfaces
Think smooth and seamless. Cupboards should reach the ceiling or run flush with a bulkhead, doing away with dustcatching wasted space. Benchtops should be streamlined with few visible joins. Go for under-bench sinks that sit below the benchtop so you can't see the edges.
2. Integrate applicances
In a quest for open-plan bliss, appliances are making themselves scarce, hiding behind closed doors for a clean look that blends with the living area. For fridges, it's a matter of fitting a door in the same material as the cupboards. Disguise your dishwasher with an integrated front panel.
3. Get a smart splashback
Want to show off some flair with colour or texture? As the design focus of modern kitchens, the splashback is the best place to do it. Natural, clear glass splashbacks are still high in the style stakes, as are mosaics, or choose the same material as your benchtop for a seamless look.
4. Flaunt benchtops
For a modern benchtop, choose natural textures like marble or matt granite. Stone composites, polished timber and poured concrete are also beautiful. Design-wise, it's all about chunky slabs with deep edges. For a price-smart option, apply a thick edge to a thin slab.
5. Opt for an island
A well-designed island bench is essential for entertaining. Fit with a sink, cooktop or chopping boards, so the cook can face family and guests. A benchtop overhang makes it comfortable for people to sit. Or if you prefer to keep mess out of sight, a raised edge will hide the lot.
6. Clue up on colour
Create calm by choosing neutral colours. All-white, cream or pale grey are foolproof design classics. Dark tones make an impact, but can overwhelm small spaces, so use on the bottom row of cabinetry. Keep bursts of colour to feature spots, like splashbacks or the front panel of island benches.
7. Choose the right layout
No matter what your style, budget or space, every kitchen layout should be designed around what experts call the 'Golden Triangle'. This involves placing the main work areas - fridge, sink and oven/cooktop - close to each other, positioned at three sides of a triangle. Regardless of kitchen size, these activity zones should be no more than three metres apart, so you can move easily between them.
8. Switch to clever lighting
Light up your kitchen with pendants or halogens, plus over-bench lights for brighter work spaces. For extra atmosphere while relaxing, fit ceiling lights with dimmers, or just leave on the over-bench lights.
9. Look, no handles
Cupboard handles are best kept low key. Choose invisible angled 'finger pulls' cut into the top or side of the cupboards. Or, if you want handles, go for no-fuss designs in matt chrome or stainless steel.
10. Maximise storage
Drawers maximise storage space, making it easy to access your kitchen's darkest corners. Extra-deep options are perfect for pots and pans. Shallow, extra-wide varieties are great for storing cutlery.
Kind Regards
Leisha
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Kitchen Layout
By Cybele Masterman
Australians spend 60 per cent of their waking hours at home in the kitchen. So, there's not a moment to lose - the time has come to get smart and streamline in our kitchens!
The trick to a time-saving kitchen that minimises elbow grease is clever planning; a great layout with seamless surfaces and innovative appliances to ensure you're out enjoying dinner with your guests in no time. In a nutshell, a smart kitchen is a clutter-free space where everything from the kitchen sink to the fridge sits in the 'natural order' of cooking - everything is close at hand when it's needed.
Meanwhile, easy-to-clean surfaces save on scrubbing time, while appliances that think for themselves, whether it be a self-cleaning oven, smoke-sensing rangehood, sensor lights or ever-ready boiled and chilled filtered water, do the hard yards for you, with a view to creating time to allow you to do what you love - whipping up cuisine masterpieces or spending time with the family, out of the kitchen!
Layout solutions
The recipe for an easy breezy kitchen is to plan the design in sync with the flow of movement. Allow for comfortable distances between each of your primary kitchen tasks:
- storage,
- cooking,
- workspace,
- waste and
- cleaning up.
Three essentials -
- oven/cooktop,
- sink and
- fridge - are positioned at each corner of an invisible triangle. Preferably, each side of the triangle will be three to four metres apart; any bigger and you'll run a marathon every meal, and any smaller you'll be at risk of tripping over yourself.
- dishwasher,
- sink,
- workspace,
- cooking zone and
- fridge," says architect Renata Popovic. "For right-handed people, run the circle anti-clockwise and clockwise for the lefties."
Build storage around these essential ingredients:
- cutlery and crockery need to stay close to the dishwasher and
- sink, pots and pans should live near the cooking zone, and
- pantry items work well near the fridge.
- Meanwhile, knives should be kept in the vicinity of the workbench.
Ideally, allow for a bench space of 450 millimetres next to the fridge, and 300 millimetres on both sides of the cooktop and sink.
Smooth surfaces
Keep things moving with smooth and seamless finishes. Acrylic resins, such as Laminex's Freestyle Surfaces, or custom-fitted stainless steel have no visible joins between the bench and splashback and are quick to clean.
Integrating the sink with the benchtop allows mess to glide straight into the sink without catching on the lip. To make life even easier, grooves can be routed into the bench for drainage.
The same goes for underbench bins. In one sweep, everything disappears down the hatch (try the Franke Sorter Series 700, a segmented bin which slides out). Handle-free cupboard doors (that click in and out) will allow you to move unimpeded down the bench while you work. "You don't want to get caught on a handle when you're cooking," says architect Michael Bremner.
Cupboards that run flush with the ceiling will do away with dust-catching surfaces.
Easy access
In an ideal world, all appliances would be tucked away in handy benchtop cupboards, plugged in and ready to go, so that 'putting away' simply involved closing the door.
The next best thing is to install plenty of spare powerpoints for any stray appliances.
Recessed power track systems make it easier to move electrical points around the kitchen, as opposed to shifting appliances. The Eubiq RC Recess Compact Track is priced from $154 per metre plus installation costs.
Kind Regards
Leisha
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Bathroom Dollar Savers
We love the look of frameless shower screens but, costing between $1000 and $2000, they are a little pricey. So, if your budget just won't stretch, bathroom expert Simona Castagna of Minosa Design suggests opting for a semi-frameless screen that looks almost as good for half the price. Pick one up from Regency, with prices ranging from $500 to $1000.
Kind Regards
Leisha
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
FW: Kitcheners Kitchens [Ref-LD10015]
Kind Regards
Leisha
Subject: Kitcheners Kitchens [Ref-LD10015]
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:34:03 +1100
From: VrushaliM@kitcheners.com.au
To: leishamajor@hotmail.com
Hi, Leisha
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Renovate Article: Demolition: what to consider - DIY - Renovate - realestate.com.au
Blog, Leisha (leishamajor@hotmail.com) thought you might find this article interesting:
Subject: Demolition: what to consider - DIY - Renovate - realestate.com.au
15 March 2009
- You need DA (development application) approval first
- Obtain a demolition permit and hire a professional, licensed demolition company
- Recycle as much of the waste as possible
The demolition process can be tricky. Here we outline what to consider when demolishing a house.
Click here to read the full articleOr you can copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=ac&t=hr-rnv&path=%2Fdiy%2Farticles%2Fdemolition-what-to-consider.htm
