Kitchen Ideas & plans

Hello again!

We are very excited as our kitchen plans are all drawn up and have been submitted to three joinery companies for pricing, were now awaiting with abated breath for the costs!!!

To get to this stage I have been gathering ideas for our kitchen/walk in pantry, (scullery or butlers pantry as they are also known as) and laundry for quite some time now.  In reality it must be approximately six months or more!  I'm known to be a detailed person and to always have things close to perfect!!  If not perfect!  I'm also a bit of a control freak, but I am learning to let go and breath.  I do believe I am getting better as I get older!

Anyhow this isn't about me its about my ideas!

I sourced all the ideas via Pinterest and Houzz.  Both are absolutely amazing sites, but please be warned you can get totally engrossed in them!! I have lost days and evenings researching!

Here's my link to all the kitchen styles, ideas on Pinterest...

http://www.pinterest.com/suzielock/churton-kitchenlaundry/

Our kitchen will be a traditional/colonial style design.  White cabinets with a mix of stainless steel, Quantum Quartz and Formica bench tops.

The main island bench top, which will be the centre piece of the kitchen will be produced in a Quantum Quartz, Engineered Stone, we have chosen the Turino colour/style.

In our pantry we are going to use a Formica top in Silver Strata velour finish.  This top will be in a totally separate room to the Quantum Quartz and stainless steel, so it shouldn't clash with anything but will be a nice mix of surfaces throughout.  The colour should also blend in too.

I'm hoping we can afford the following type of tapware! Or something similar for the main sink as this style would really fit well with the colonial feel I am trying to achieve:

We bought all our lighting requirements for the kitchen, dining, pantry and laundry the other day too. We were really happy as we managed to capture an overall saving of $1,200!!  It took me a few days to finally make a decision on what would look really good over the island bench and the dining table, within our budget range too!. Thankfully Dave, our daughter and designer were all in agreement of the selection. I think these chemistry beka pendants will look quite stunning.  The picture doesn't do them justice!

In regards to the installation time frame, we are looking at the last two weeks of July to remove walls, existing cabinetry, plumbing, electrical, re-gib, plaster etc.  Marked in yellow are the walls to be removed.  Marked in green are the doorways to be filled in with gib.

Then either the first or second week of August for the joiner to install the cabinetry.  Its all getting very exciting now!!!

The following is our kitchen plans as they stand at present, depending upon the costs received from the joiner we may need to cut back on some of the detail.  

view of cooker, sink, drawers etc.

view of fridge, wine rack etc.

view of island drawers, and unit for microwave 

view of shelving within the pantry room

My job before the demotion starts is to remove the lino from the kitchen and laundry floor.  This will save us time, and labour costs, plus I can't wait to get my hands dirty and that great feeling of accomplishment!  So I have several ways of attempting this.  Hot water, spade and scraper first.  If that doesn't work a heat gun, with and electric scraping tool.  Wish me luck!!!

If you have any other tips on how to achieve the lino removal, I would love to hear them.