the dining table...

We went hunting over the weekend for a dining table to suit the space we have. Now that our island bench has gone in we have a better idea of space and how the area will work. Months and months ago we fell in love with an Australian made Messmate hardwood (recycled telephone poles) table at a store in Essendon.

We headed out to Focus on Furniture http://www.focusonfurniture.com.au/ (where we've previously purchased our Aussie made spare bedroom suite) on Saturday to have a look. The lady was 'reasonably helpful', but we didn't walk away totally satisified with her customer service. We want to be able to colour match the stain to our existing timber furniture, and she didn't tell us how much it would cost, or seem to want to actually help when we mentioned the custom size we were after.

Sunday we headed out to Nunawading after some Googling to find other suppliers. Nathan at LifeStyle Furniture http://www.lifestylefurniture.com.au/ just off Whitehorse Road was wonderful. We're after a custom size which will be either 3000mm x 1050mm or 2700mm x 1050mm, he quoted us on both, so it's just a matter of going back and taking a piece of our existing furniture to colour match.

This is the table in a different stain. We love that it has the pedestal legs, so it's easier to fit people around the table without legs getting in the way. We already have 8 black leather chairs to go with the table, we may look out for another two of the same to go at the ends, or even two red leather chairs to go at the ends.

the kitchen...

IS FINALLY IN!!!

We're so excited! ...however they've made a mistake with some cupboards. The two cupboards that are above the wall oven should be Laminex LUSTROUS ELM, but they've done them in the same colour as the underbench cupboards (FOSSIL). Will see if it grows on me over the coming days... otherwise will let them know they need to replace them.

the architraves...

Day 119:

Our architraves have gone on, and the internal doors have been hung. Downpipes are on the outside. Kitchen cabinets have still not arrived.

the internal doors...

...have been delivered, along with the doors for wardrobes and pantry. We also have architraves sitting and waiting to be put up. Our eaves have almost been completed, however other than that, not a huge amount of work has been done over the last week.

the cornices...

Day 109: We have cornices up. We assume the inspection of the plaster by Boral went ok. Looking forward to seeing some cabinets going in! Hopefully sometime this week, fingers crossed.