Building Journey: Eden Brae Livingstone 23 Blog: Kitchen Inspiration

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Saturday, 12 July 2014

External Quote - Kitchen

We've reached out to an external kitchen manufacturer called Paradise Kitchens (Wetherill Park, Sydney) to quote on the 'remaining' kitchen requirements. It's such a shame to learn the standard kitchen with Eden Brae (even with the upgrades package) doesn't even come with overhead cupboards!

Here is what is included in our Eden Brae kitchen package:

Laminex 400mm Squareform benchtops to island and cooktop run
Stainless steel 900mm canopy rangehood
Stainless steel 900mm gas cooktop with wok burner
Veninni 600mm oven
Stainless steel 1.75 bowl Monaco kitchen sink
Irwell Yukon mixer to kitchen sink
Dishwasher provision
Cupboards underneath island and cooktop run
Standard ceramic tiles for the kitchen splashbask
Wire shelves to walk-in-pantry

Here is what we're looking to upgrade with Eden Brae / Kitchen Culture:

900mm Baumatic oven
900mm Baumatic curved glass rangehood
5 x pot draws either side of the oven
Increase length and depth of stone kitchen island benchtop
Inclusion of bin draw
Monaco double kitchen sink with left hand side drainer
Mirrorsheild splashback (TBC)

Here are two quotes to fitout the walk-in-pantry and overhead cupboards:

Paradise Kitchens walk-in-pantry quote:

Laminated two tone finish

Polar white overhead cabinets

Lustrous Elm natural finish all other cabinets

1mm PVC edge

20mm Essastone bench top new crystal salt

Delivery and installation of cabinets and stone bench tops

Floor cabinets and overhead cabinets

Standard Hardware

Microwave pantry cabinet / double door pantry cabinet

Bi fold Appliance cabinet

Laminated end panels

Brushed Aluminium kickboards

Modern Square Handles cross bar handles

Supply and install RAW MDF Bulkheads

Overall Height 2250mm

Price quoted for above items $7,500.00
Supply and install glass splash back mirror shield based on 2.05sqm $1,400.00
Soft close hardware $800.00
Silk Polyurethane overhead cabinet $ 950.00
Grand total $10,650.00

Paradise Kitchens overhead cupboards to cooktop run quote:

Laminated Finish

Polar white overhead cabinets

1mm PVC edge

Polar white back panel behind canopy

Delivery and installation of overhead cabinets

Overhead cabinets only

Standard hinges

Modern square cross bar handles

Supply and install RAW MDF Bulkheads 300mm

Overall height 700mm

Price quoted for above items $2,200.00
Supply and install glass splash back based on $2.85sqm $2,000.00
Grand total $4,200.00

Kitchen Drawings:
Here are our sketches of the kitchen and the walk-in-pantry so you can visualise what we're after. We put these together so that when getting quotes we can compare apples to apples. We've also re-posted the kitchen photos from the Livingstone 23 Display Home for your reference.

Kitchen Cooktop Run.

Kitchen Island.

Kitchen Walk-In-Pantry.

Livingstone 23 Display Home Kitchen - view of island and cooktop run.

Livingstone 23 Display Home Kitchen - view of cooktop run, island and walk-in-pantry.

Livingstone 23 Display Home Kitchen - pictured is the Moncao 1.75 kitchen sink with right hand side drainer. We're planning to upgrade to a Monaco double bowl kitchen sink with a left hand side drainer so that we have more space on the kitchen island itself. In addition increase both the length and depth of the kitchen island.

Livingstone 23 Display Home Kitchen - this area to be converted to a larger walk-in-pantry as per the sketch above.

Here is a link to read more on our kitchen inspiration and research process; click here

Monday, 30 June 2014

Research - Taubmans Paints

Eden Brae as part of the standard range let you choose one out of 54 colours available, as featured in the Taubmans Custom Colour Selections booklet, pictured below. This will be applied using two coats; the first being the undercoat with the second being your choice of paint. To upgrade to a three coat application will cost approx. $1,000 based on what I have read from other blogs.

If you've started to research or are undecided between colours my recommendation would be to get to your nearest Taubmans store or stockist and purchase sample pots (ours cost $11 per pot). This way you get a better feel of the colour and if it throws any other colours that you might not have been expecting.

In the interim, I have scoured the internet gathering photos from the standard range available. I hope this is useful for you:

Taubmans standard paint colours