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FLOORPLAN

ROOMS

REPLASTERING WALLS UPSTAIRS, INCLUDING LIVING ROOM AND SECOND

BEDROOM: $1600. DOWNSTAIRS FLOORING ORIGINAL HARDWOOD FLOORING

WAS SANDED BACK AND SEALED: $500. PLUMBING CRACKED WATER PIPE

REPLACED AND DOWNSTAIRS WALL REPLASTERED: $2500. HOUSE PAINTING

ALEX AND DOMINIC DID THIS THEMSELVES, ENLISTING THE HELP OF A

PAINTER AT ONE POINT: $1800, INCLUDING PAINT. WINDOW TREATMENTS

WYNSTAN PLANTATION SHUTTERS: $2400. NEW ROOF BY IVY CONTRACTORS:

$3500. POND REMOVAL THE COUPLE ALSO DID THIS THEMSELVES, FILLING

THE POND WITH SOIL AND PEBBLES, AND PLANTING GARDENIAS, $150. A

B

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Hex appeal

Many of the homewares in Alex and

Dominic’s place, like these Hex boxes,

are from their store Eviegroup.com

real living

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A INTERIOR WALLS^

Dulux Wash & Wear

paint in Vivid White

(A), $71.90 for 4L.

EXTERIOR WALLS

Murobond Pure

low-sheen paint in Raw

Earth (B), $89 for 4L.

FLOOR FINISH

Feast Watson in Black

Japan (A), $96.20 for

4L, Bunnings.

KITCHEN ISLAND

Caesarstone in White

Attica (B), from $1000

a sq m (installed),

Caesarstone.

BATHROOM FLOOR

Polished concrete

(C), about $35 to $65

a sq m, from concrete

flooring suppliers.

COLOUR

PALETTE

A

C

B

KEY

FINISHES

B