How to modern farmhouse look kitchen on a budget.
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Comments (30)Hi Amelia Like the fine lines of the house with the right planting and garden it will look stunning There may be a few things you would like to consider; 1. Its difficult to tell from the photos but I would check that the ceiling veranda lining is not asbestos - The jointing strips of the lining looks reminiscent of how they used to join that horrible material. Get a professional asbestos remover in to check and follow their advice in getting rid of the stuff. 2. The roof tiles are dark and will absorb heat, they will most likely brake in a heavy hail storm (unless their are really good 'terra cotta' ones like Wonderlicht) and also can let possum and other vermin in, (possum are notorious for lifting tiles) and if you do not have insulation and sizalation on the roof this is the time to put some in - and in the ceilings should you be missing some there. Because now you will have a zincalume roof it is good to earth your electrical system and the roof so that all current overloads are taken to the ground, a good electrician will solve this problem. Also if the roof is replaced with zincalume you should check your "Holding Down" straps to the roof. Because the roof was designed for a tile roof there is always the possibility that the "holding Down" straps were not included or are sparse. Because you are going to a lighter zincalume roof these are to checked and increased or included if missing, especially as you may be in an open area were winds can pick up considerably. 3. Its good that you have north facing veranda's to shield you from the summer sun, and what appears to be a concrete floor with tiles on the veranda. I would not replace it with timber decking simply because concrete does not burn in a fire - and if you are in the country there is always the possibility of fire. However some large white or of white tiles say 500x350 or thereabouts resemble flagstones could be good as long as they are very light in color and rectangular in shape. Maybe something resembling a very light sandstone may give more to a country ambiance than the small bathroom tiles of the 50's. Also I would bring out a roof over the front steps ending it with a "or gable end" pitched end" and provide a nice handrail in the middle and pave the bottom of the steps and area to provide a solid end to the steps using the same tiles as the veranda. 4. The existing aluminum windows are certainly and eyesore and not energy efficient in the slightest. An investment in new double glazed timber windows (Not cedar as cocky's like to eat the frames) or powder-coated white aluminum double glazed windows with "Thermal Break" - which are highly energy efficient would return money in energy savings and look great, especially if your frames are around 50 mm in width or greater. 5. I would not touch the bricks - just use very light colours in the veranda and the, doors, window and frames veranda posts. The garden will hide the brickwork below the veranda level making the roof and the lighter units the main features to stand out. The darker bricks will recede. Hoping this is of some benefit Regards Michael Manias...See MoreHelp with farm house design
Comments (8)@gramps,I get it now what you're after, I quite like all the pictures you provided.Here goes for your answers:1.8m veranda's were based on the existing 1.5m veranda's that we have in the little home we're living in at present that can't protect the entry when we get the occasional weather from the east and it is occasional.The entire veranda and door are wet and all shoes or other items must be moved into shelter, so 1.8m should be better and we thought that 2m might make the house too dark in winter, so we comprimized but we made no mathematical calculations just observed the problem we experienced in this tiny little home we're living in whilst we build.I still think that you might be dissapointed with the heat coming into your home with anything shy of a normal veranda, especially if you intend to built with iron like all the photo's you posted, you will be in an oven I think, unless you have very high insulation factor in your walls and roof, like 7 instead of the usual 3.5 and probably double glazed windows, and high sun factor blinds.Kids room facing south:When it's cold or winter, you will have the kids and their rooms trussed up like bugs in a rug I expect, with curtains drawn and heater on, so I doubt it will have any sort of effect overall, as it's the summer you have to get your kids through not the winter.I wouldn't expect that your kids will be living in their rooms during winter anyway, you would have them all in the lounge with fireplace a blazing, all in one place to SAVE on heating. The Entry:As I suggested in my earlier post, an entry is best facing either east or north as most bad weather comes from the west, here anyway, not sure about the Wimmera, and the least bad weather comes from the east, again here.I expect that the only difference between my weather here and yours will be the higher temperatures you will experience.You need to remember that it won't matter didly squat about the position of your entry during the summer but when you have freezing winds followed by sleet and rain, you are going to be trying to get into this door and if you intend to be coming and going through the laundry door, more appropriate anyway, with gum boots and mud and there will be MUD!!!!..... your laundry at present, facing west, is going to be horrible too if your prevailing winds come mostly from the west like they do here and if it's raining too, that will follow you into the home.Not sure what else I can say except, just be sure you have everything in the right place so that you can be happy with the home at the end of the day.You seem to be extremely passionate about trying to get it looking beautiful as your layout is beautiful, you just need to make sure that the position of the home for all the different rooms and entries etc... are also right!!!Veranda's can be very forgiving of internal mistakes like a front door facing the wrong direction so you can have your cake and eat it to that way.As I said again in my earlier post, if you could flip the home around, everything would be in the right place from my point of view but I know you said this design suits the driveway and that has to work properly too.Bottom line is be sure and don't be overly concerned about extending your eaves and turning them into veranda's, as I think any one of the photo's you posted would still look fabulous with them, in fact I think it would make everyone of those homes look more finished except for the third photo by Nick Deaver, that does show a veranda/alfresco area.Best of luck.PS: Remember too, you will never have all your doors and windows open like these beautiful homes seem to lead people to believe by the photo's, unless you like living with flies and blowflies during the day amd billions of midges at night like I have and I can assure you the Wimmera will have it's fair share, especially if you or your neighbours have sheep!!! Cheers Barbara...See MoreHas anyone added farmhouse style legs to kitchen island?
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