Kitchen Design Guide | RENOMART http://renomart.com.au Advice & information on kitchen design by a qualified kitchen designer. Photos & ideas on renovating, budgeting, choosing appliances, cabinets & more! Sun, 26 May 2013 08:08:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How to Paint Laminate Cabinets and Doors http://renomart.com.au/how-to-paint-laminate-cabinets-and-doors/ http://renomart.com.au/how-to-paint-laminate-cabinets-and-doors/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:35:02 +0000 Kevin Sorby http://renomart.com.au/?p=3087 With the right preparation you CAN paint laminate. However, you just can’t use any type of ordinary household paint. It needs to be specifically formulated in order to adhere to it. Laminate paint is available in a large range of colours but can be tinted to virtually any colour that you desire. Painting the cabinets...

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]]> http://renomart.com.au/australian-kitchen-standards/feed/ 0 Big Brother 2012 shows off retro kitsch kitchen http://renomart.com.au/big-brother-2012-shows-off-retro-kitsch-kitchen/ http://renomart.com.au/big-brother-2012-shows-off-retro-kitsch-kitchen/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:19:25 +0000 Kevin Sorby http://renomart.com.au/?p=2450 Big Brother 2012 gives us a sneak preview of the kitchen inside the house. Housemates will be polarized by the kitsch, retro overload styled kitchen reminiscent of the 1950′s.  Featuring kitchen cabinets built with face-frame construction techniques, it even includes round plastic vents to the doors, laminated benchtops with chrome edges and rounded open shelves...

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