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A Stunning Kitchen In The Vaal

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Over the years, the APT Team has delivered quite a few phenomenal kitchen projects. For instance, there was Aviel's and Makenosi's, where we were literally handed a blank canvas to get creative with. And speaking of Makenosi's kitchen in particular – who can forget the almost perfect symmetry wrought by the delicate interaction between the kitchen floor tiles and the laminated flooring in the dining room, captured in that near‑iconic  image ?  On the other hand, the Mtambisis' kitchen was a lesson in optimal utilisation of tiny spaces. But the Molipas' kitchen, in the Vaal, will be distinguished for a different reason. In fact, I was literally running out of suitable adjectives trying to describe this kitchen. Suffice to say: it's stunning. A view of the sink unit from the dining room  --- A Kitchen Born from Word of Mouth and Pinterest Regular readers of this blog will recall that my team did a kitchen for the Mphahlele family in Teanong Section, Tembisa. It so...

About Plastered Ceilings And Bulkheads

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Considering the number of Blogs in the works - that I just seem not able to complete due to other work pressures - I really was not planning another blog and certainly not one that has to be published right away. But, after the conversation that I've had lately, with one potential Client in Northmead, Benoni, on Plastered Ceilings, I think it would be helpful, not only for him but also, other Homeowners who might have similar questions in future. In that sense, this post certainly would be a good starting point to unravel the subtle differences between the two.  So what is the difference between the two?  Ceiling Plastered And Downlights Installed As Part Of A Complete Kitchen Makeover Project, Tianong Section, Thembisa  Well, put simply, a Plastered Ceiling is a Ceiling that has been skimmed with a finishing plaster product such as, Gypsum commonly referred to as Rhinolite in South Africa. It has to be noted too that, the best board for use here, is the thicker (12mm Boa...