Kitchen renovations - I've been postponing my kitchen renovations for about 6 years now. Due to Auckland still being in a Covid lockdown (aka, not allowed to leave the area until the rest of the country has their vaccine jabs), I've had my second attempt to get lost in the Southern Alps cancelled.
It started off accidently, when daughter suggested tiling a kitchen splash back, using the tiles I bought 6 years ago for the job. Daughter wanted a bigger splash back than I had tiles for, so from then on every day I was either at a hardware or trying to relax at a shopping mall. We still not allowed to sit down at the mall with the meals we purchase from there, because sitting down spreads Covid (well it does mean a lot of people in close proximity without masks).
Everyone I interacted with - from hardware shops, the people helping me chose the correct paint and tinting it, tile shops, clothing shops and food outlets, have been absolutely fantastic and very helpful, people holding doors open an allowing me through first etc. Even in the busy shopping malls during the Black Friday sales, staff been amazing, customers starting random conversations with me about stuff in shops.
One lunchtime, I was sitting with my daughter and granddaughter on the front deck, wearing her blue dress with plunging neckline (we both wear a little something under so our boobs aren't on display with this shared dress), and a neighbour walked by and had a long chat with us about the roses and flowers in the garden.
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Mitre 10 hardware
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| New shiny skirt I'm probably going to buy |
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Getting dinner for the family, microwave food as kitchen is too messy to cook
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| Bunning hardware, coffee before buying paint |
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Bunnings hardware demo kitchen
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| Sylvia park shops, found a seat to relax on |
So the old kitchen was dark red, with the assistance of two of my daughters who sanded and primed the door panels, the kitchen is now an off white.
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| 13 cabinets and draws, dark red |
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| new layout, nice and fresh looking |
Total renovation (not including stuff I already had from other projects). Tile cutter $104, extra tiles $56, tile adhesive $20, paint, primer roller and brushed $110, cabinet handles to match existing kitchen unit $180
Total cost of new looking kitchen $470 NZD
