How I can help Nadia

I would love to assist Nadia. I also know the joys and vagaries of the Sydney climate intimately!!! Nadia, you have given your renovation a lot of thought and detailed this in your post. Including your architectural plans was a great idea, complementing your photographs to complete the overall picture. By working through your questions and clearing the confusion in a logical and easy to follow process, I can help you find the perfect architectural and decorating solutions for your growing family. Your kitchen / deck goal is so cool, and you will ultimately acheive the 'look' you are after :-) As an architectural designer, draftswomen, interior designer and colour consultant, I offer personalised solutions online, in your time. You can contact me by email and you may like to visit my newly launched blog Archecolour. Look forward to hearing from you. Sue.

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The original post is here http://bit.ly/NadiasDilemma where Nadia has posted photos and architectural drawings of her home.

Nadia needs help


Posted on Thu, 7 Jan 2010 by kim on the desiretoinspire.net

Nadia emailed us just after Christmas looking for some help: "We live in sydney (yay!!!) and our house is elevated about a metre and a half in the back so we will be building an outdoor deck / veranda with a flat roof overhead. So we have council approval and the deck is a simple rectangle 8m w x 5m l, with the right side having some screening. We will be using hardwood and we would have a fence around the entire area with stairs going down (we have 2 kids and plan on adding one more!!). So this is my questions to you ladies. I need help with designing it in terms of fixtures as we plan on building a kitchen later on on the side with the screening but i am so effin confused with the type of fence, lighting, kitchen material, furniture and furnishings to use etc....Our current interior is very modern with plenty of white, black, brown and splashes of colour from paintings and our built-in book shelves. I have attached some photos of our house which consist of the back sunroom. Our home is currently very open plan with the dining living and kitchen all in one section. Then we have bi folds that open up to a sunroom / living space. The proposed decking will obviously continue from the sunroom out. This is how I envisage the deck, open with a kitchen going along one side, since its a kitchen i know we will have to put a screen or back on it and in turn we will leave the rest of the deck open to the view. As for furniture we are thinking of a large outdoor table that would seat up 20 people and some great lighting above the table. We would like some plants etc to make it look 'green' and 'outdoorsy'. So in a way it will be like a dining room with its own kitchen. I would like to keep the sunroon, living room etc as is. However if you have any ideas I am very open to them."

Kim, at desiretoinspire.net replied to Nadia:

As much as I'd love to be of assistance, I am having trouble wrapping my arctic-living brain around the fact that Nadia wants to put a kitchen on a deck. The climate in Sydney is pretty much the exact opposite of that here in Ottawa, so I'm hoping there are folks out there with more of a clue than me that can give Nadia some ideas.

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Archecolour can help Nadia.