Renovate Australia

A home improvement blog about renovating our Queenslander house in Townsville, Australia

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Entries from April 2009

Time for Some New or Refurbished Tools

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I am at a point right now where I am needing to pick up some new power tools. As I’ve been looking at what kind of tools to pick up as well as looking at the brand of tool, I have also been considering some refurbished tools. One Project Closer has a great article on [...]

Tags: Tools

Free Ceiling Insulation for Australians

April 24th, 2009 · 7 Comments

I don’t know how I missed this, but the Australian Government is offering $1600 to all house owner-occupiers to have ceiling insulation installed. They estimate that it will save up to $200 per house in energy bills, and increase the energy rating of all Australian homes to a minimum of two-stars. In addition to offering [...]

Tags: Roofing

Build a DIY Kid’s Kitchen from an Entertainment Center

April 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments

With my daughters birthday coming up I have had big plans to build her a kid’s kitchen. Unfortunately time hasn’t permitted me to do that, but in looking around I found a fantastic way to build a children’s play kitchen out of an old / unused entertainment unit … They took an old entertainment unit [...]

Tags: Furniture