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This D.I.Y. kitchen renovation features wine fridges built in to a custom-designed central island.
The project
We had a design in mind and contacted the Bunnings kitchen design team, who modified it to fit our space perfectly and gave us some great ideas.
In particular, they modified our bench space so that we could build in our wine fridges while still giving us plenty of storage space.
We ordered raw board for the doors and panels so we could paint our own cabinetry. We painted the cabinets with Porter's Paints Explorer Blue and then sealed all surfaces. We also added some inverted picture rail to the top of the cabinetry to give it a little bit more of a country look.
With the cabinet doors I used a primer, sealer and undercoat as the first coat. Once I had added a coat of paint, and while the paint was still wet, I ran the brush down in one stroke from to the top to the bottom of each surface so that any brush marks were going the same way. It then dried beautifully flat so there were no brush marks at all. I love that paint – it's fantastic to work with and has a lovely creamy finish.
For larger areas, such as the ends of the island bench, I used a small roller and then went over it with a brush to remove the stippled look of the rolled paint.
The door and drawer handles are the Asidrama brand. I had seen them online a long time ago when we first started talking about a new kitchen and fell in love with them. They're the brushed satin nickel version.
We put everything together and installed it ourselves and we love it!
More kitchen project inspiration for your home
Bunnings Workshop member LizzieCro's popular Shaker-style kitchen renovation used plywood glued to cabinet doors to create a Shaker-style trim.
Workshop member dorabulldog's Kitchen refresh with bleached floor brightened up a dark kitchen by lightening the existing parquetry.
How to plan a kitchen renovation
Experienced Bunnings Workshop contributor Adam_W has put together this handy guide to planning a kitchen renovation.
You can begin transforming your own kitchen with our step-by-step video guides to painting kitchen cabinets and painting a tiled splashback.
If you just need a quick kitchen refresh, check out our collection of 10 kitchens transformed with paint. There's also plenty of great inspiration in our Top 10 most popular kitchen projects.
Let us know if you need a hand with your kitchen project. Start a discussion in the kitchen board – we're here to help.
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