Thanks for the feedback.
The light is from Beacon and it's the 1.8m long one. The island bench is just over 3m long so it sits nicely in the middle.

We bought our new family home back in 2016 as it was close to school for the kids and large enough for us to grow into. In fact it was…

So while we were waiting for the cabinet maker, we decided to get cracking with putting the flooring down. We chose a loose lay vinyl plank called Dunlop Heartridge. We…

Progress through to completion. A lot has happened over the past 5 months and we now have a finished product which we're very happy with.
The next step following the…

So reviving this thread as we're now progressing with the renovation and like my garden thread, thought it would be good to document the progress here.
The final design we settled…

So by removing the in built coffee machine we can get an extra 600mm of bench space to put a proper coffee machine on. This results in both the island…

Yeah the cooking triangle we've thought about and the fridge is slightly closer in the second option but it's only a step difference.
Good suggestion about the option of…

The coffee machine has been a topic of a lot of debate with this reno. We have a Nespresso at the moment which gets used 4-5 times a day…

Hey Alexp79,
It's two ovens, 1 a full sized steam oven, the other a pyro oven.
The other appliance there is actually an inbuilt coffee machine in the same line as the…

It's software on the Ikea website, free to use. Includes all the Ikea cabinetry. Can press one button and it gives you a quote to the cent for…

Hi all,
Next phase of home renovations are focused on the kitchen where we're looking to knock out a few walls and open up the living space and install a whole…

Having three weeks off over the Christmas and New Years period motivated me to tackle the next phase of the renovations which was the ugly upstairs deck. The combo of…

Last step before being able to sit back and fully relax is to put in the glass fence along the other sides. Decided to give this a crack as as…

Thanks Cat. It's been hundreds of hours of work and just as many hours researching and designing different options.
Bit more of an update now. So the paving has…

Decision was made to put in a pool. After a lot of research, we decided to go with a fibreglass shell by Leisure Pools. We went the Acclaim…

Ok, so the last update in June last year was when we covered the cracked concrete and tiled pergola floor with the Merbau decking.
Next step was to replace the…

Really want to update this thread with the extra work that's taken place over the past 12 months but bloody photo bucket changing their hosting terms for 3rd party image…

So the next phase of the backyard landscaping has been done and I chose to get the professionals in.
Tom at Lifetime Decking came and knocked this up in a week.…

Hi Kylz,
yes, I screwed a treated pine sleeper to the fence posts at the back to spread the load of the soil in the garden bed.
This photo here shows…

So here are the final pictures from the Stage 1 part of the landscaping along with some before and after pics which show the transformation.
The total effort here was 6…

Thanks for the kinds words. That makes two of us looking forward to seeing it completed.
We did the design largely ourselves although we did get a consultant to come…

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Thanks for the kind words. There was quite a bit of research and thought put into it.
Regarding the back corner, we actually have an offer from one of the…

So after the raised garden bed was laid, it was onto the path which would split the rear of the garden up between the 'kids zone' and the turf. This…

Sure thing. We were lucky that there wasn't any major 'retaining' needed with the walls. With the sleepers, we used 2400 x 200 x 50. We used…

The space we have available to us in an elongated triangle with a large tree about 12 meters from the back corner and 4 meters in from the side which…

Hi all,
Have lurked around this forum for a few years but haven't ever felt compelled to contribute however I've obtained quite a bit of knowledge from the various posts…