NZ DIY

10/06/2026

Part Two of our flatpack kitchen install 🔨

We’re using Rebon cabinets and Midea appliances from Trade Depot ✨



Collaboration with Trade Depot 🙌🏽

04/06/2026

Trade Depot kitchen complete ✨

We removed a false wall so we could extend the kitchen into what was once the dining room, and by doing that we were able to add extra bench space, an integrated dishwasher and a double door fridge freezer.
With the kitchen being just 2470mm wide, it’s still a small space but we’ve done our best to make it more open & functional.
We added a small breakfast bar by overhanging the benchtop - it’s such a nice place to chill with a tipple while waiting for food to cook - or while old mate is making dinner!

Never a fan of black & white, we chose a warm white & dark brown woodgrain colour combo as it’s softer but still contrasting. The Trade Depot finger tiles in beige are the perfect midway colour to tie it all in & keep it neutral, which in turn should allow it to age well (& not date too quickly).

The appliances are ✨Midea ✨and have so many features from WiFi connectivity for the dishwasher (turn in on from an app while you’re out and about) to the stone insert for the oven so you can cook incredible pizzas (can’t wait to try that one!) 🍕
My fav is the matte black double fridge - so much room!! And also being matte means you don’t see finger prints or wipe marks all over it 👏🏽

Kitchen in collaboration with Trade Depot and Midea

03/06/2026

We DIY’ed a flatpack kitchen from Trade Depot to take our tired, impractical 80’s kitchen from drab to fab!

Slick appliances from Midea 🙌🏽

Cabinet colours:
Dark woodgrain & Shaker white
Benchtop:
Laminate pure mineral stone
Tiles:
Porcelain finger tiles in beige

Collaboration with Trade Depot and Midea 🙌🏽

31/05/2026

DIY skylight install. We saved THOUSANDS doing this ourselves.

13/05/2026

We turned a water tank into a plunge pool for our small back yard. Absolutely NO REGRETS!! Love cooling off in summer & cold plunges in the winter. Love the aesthetics of water as part of a garden 🩵
Was a mission but the hardest party was working through a council consent for the pool fencing.

15/04/2026

Renovating an 80’s house, on a budget 🤑
Trying to teach our adult kids some DIY tricks along the way 🏡🔨

DIY insulation 😤

14/04/2026

13/04/2026

We love the use of wallpaper for a quick room glow up ✨