Colour Selection Day 2 - Kitchen Culture and DiLorenzo Tiles

I had been waiting or this day and with Mum in hospital I had to make the decisions alone. I knew I wanted to make changes and upgrades and I knew it was going to be an expensive day!
Thankfully we had chosen the bulk of the colours before she needed to go in for surgery. I decided to ask for all the possible options I might want and work backwards if the budget didn't allow.


Kitchen Culture


This gave me the opportunity to discuss what I wanted in my new kitchen as well as take on board suggestions from the experts. Again, not many suggestions although they have an entire showroom of options. I was given the quote on the spot and I was pleased overall with how the appointment ran.


I chose to add

•  pot draws x 3 to the bench either side of my oven                                                  $1386
•  overhead cupboards on either side of range hood.                                                   $1724.8
• bank of 4 drawers in island bench where they had allowed for microwave             $340
• lift up cupboard above fridge space                                                                           $530
• extend the width of my island bench 30cm to give me a breakfast bar size bench    $871.20
• add a two door cupboard on hallway side of island                                                    $585.20
• soft close runners to drawers                                                                                       $340.00
• soft close buffers to doors                                                                                            $200
• bulkhead above cupboards                                                                                           $646.80
• upgrade stone bench colour to Torrone                                                                        $261.80
• Gloss Formica upgrade o cupboards                                                                            $1232
• organisational tray to cutlery drawer                                                                         $73.92           
• upgraded laminate in both bathrooms                                                                          $880
• garbage bin under sink                                                                                                 $255
• glass splashback in lieu of tiles                                                                                    $2818

A grand total of $11 864 and I will have my kitchen exactly as I want it

Di Lorenzo Tiles

This appointment ran well and thankfully I was dealing with a person whom I ha asked questions of several times in my research visits. This was a huge help as she knew what I wanted. The only frustrating part of this appointment is that the quote didn't arrive for maybe 10 days.


I decided to go with included tiles for floor, bathroom/ laundry  walls and floor and only upgrade the feature tiles. We wanted plain white tiles so it seemed silly to pay when the basic option worked.
There was a reasonable choice of floor tiles and I loved the large square tiles on offer. I had swatches of my chosen paint colour as well so I could match and compare.


Our choices

 the feature tile for the ensuite with the vanity and benchtop

The feature tile for the main bathroom with the vanity and benchtop


We also decided to add tiling in lieu of carpet to the rumpus, Rear hall and children's retreat as well as having the porch and alfresco tiled.

Total additional tiling $6269


Carpet was also chosen at this appointment and we went with a standard carpet and an upgraded underlay at $8 sqm