RENOVATORS’ NOTEBOOK

Waldimar and Wilhelm agree: a good project manager makes the world of difference.

[FINE FINISHES] Construction Zack van der Fort of MZ Building Services (082 508 9817) Project manager Ingeborg Pelser of IP Projects (071 896 0881) Electrician Ebrahim Abrahams (082 341 6402) Courtyard Viking Cobble from Revelstone (revelstone.co.za) Tiles on stoep steps Moroccan Warehouse (021 461 8318)

Paint Exterior walls: white Plascon Micatex; interior walls: white Plascon Super Acrylic Polvin and Plascon Architectural Greys in the colour Off Shore; kitchen cabinets: Tribecca Corner from Plascon; bathroom vanities: Paris Paving from Plascon; Wendy house door: Valentino Rose from Plascon Cornices BUCO (buco.co.za)

Steel-frame doors Jambmax (021 982 0660, jambmax.wixsite.com/jambmax)

Kitchen metro wall tiles and taps: Victorian Bathrooms (021 704 4850, victorianbathrooms.co.za); cabinets: Woodspec Designs (082 650 7144); countertops: Vicostone (vicostone.co.za); butler sink: Plumblink (plumblink.co.za); pendants: Eagle Lighting (021 424 4071, eaglelighting.co.za)

Bathrooms Metro wall tiles, taps and shower heads: Victorian Bathrooms (021 704 4850, victorianbathrooms.co.za); basins: Italtile (0861 555 109, italtile.co.za); toilets: CTM (0800 010 810, ctm.co.za); shower floor tiles: Pudlo SA (021 448 0607 pudlo.co.za); vanity: Ruba Furniture and Kitchens (072 291 2208, ruba.co.za); porcelain doorknob: John Brass (021 447 2807); shower glass: Lifestyle Glass Aluminium Steel Worx (0860 021 028, lgasw.co.za)

Bedrooms Security shutters: Sequre Western Cape (021 851 6558, sequrewesterncape.co.za); ceiling fans: Eagle Lighting (021 424 4071, eaglelighting.co.za); cupboard doorknobs: Handles Inc. (021 422 2322, handlesinc.co.za); built-in cupboards: Ruba Furniture and Kitchens (072 291 2208, ruba.co.za)

Accessories Bofred (082 563 5640, bofred.co.za); Chair Crazy (chaircrazy.co.za); H&M (086 0690 707, hm.com/za/); MRP Home (0800 212 535, mrphome.com); Woolworths (0860 022 002, woolworths.co.za)