Secondly, we started looking around and getting quotes from kitchen shops – we know that they are a very, very important part of the home, however we could not believe the prices of some quotes we were coming home with! At least double, sometimes triple our budget! We are all for quality and ensuring that it will last, however we knew we could get this for a much more affordable priceģ.

It was called Home Styler and we planned our whole design on it - kitchen and living room!Ģ. Jamie measured the spaces and we found an online 3D design website which was AMAZING. To sum it up – we LOVED that we could do it all ourselves from start to finish, we could create a look that was exactly as we wanted and a lot cheaper than any other option for amazing quality.ġ. Lastly, it is so cost effective – seriously a lot cheaper that all of the other places we had looked around. Also, if you’ve been following us for a while you know if we can do it ourselves we 100% will and this was another appealing thing for us.ĭIY! We were able to do it all, the design, choosing the style, building + installing! This also saved us a lot of money and is so satisfying! The range of finishes is awesome in both cupboard faces, benchtops and handles and the modular options are endless. We could get our custom one off kitchen exactly how we envisioned it at a price/ quality point we could afford! We designed our kitchen online playing around with the 3D walk through and then brought the modular pieces to fit our 3D design – so this way we were able to get the exact look we had designed online. You literally can’t beat the price and quality. However, in all honesty we chose our Kitchen/all cabinetry before being asked to come on board so after a lot of research it was already our number one choice. One last point to be super clear, yes, we are partnered with Kaboodle. We will do another one soon (we promise!) on all of finer details like paint, finishing, curtains, flooring. – oh yes, did I mention we also took on the living room too! This was an unusual shaped, lime green, skinny awkward room just off the kitchen– let’s leave that for another day.

Our aim was for a clean, modern + open kitchen/living area.

We still wanted to ensure we kept a part of the original character – the heart. However, besides the above we loved it, it had character, charm and although it was well overdue and in great need for an extensive makeover. No sunlight, very small, retro lino that was uplifting, cupboards that wouldn’t close properly and very little storage – not to mention the appliances were on their very last legs (bless). First, let’s paint a picture for you of our original starting point.

Kitchen caboodle