Contract has arrived!
I'm in my sick bed!
Now to go through it with a fine tooth comb - mistakes where are you?
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Sunday, 31 March 2013
I got a bin...
Sorry I've been AWOL, life is fairly hectic around here.
We finally did our colour selections - I was dreading the day soooo much - BUT - I loved it.
Our Colour Consultant/Interior Designer was F A B U L O U S... I had 100% confidence in her and took great advantage of her experience and expertise.
Word of advice to anyone heading into their colour selections, if there is a slight possibility that you will be doing your own flooring - take a sample of your tile/floor boards/carpet ~ whatever, with you. We had chosen a tile that we liked if we didn't end up liking what MCDJ had, and we took that with us 'just incase'.
Thank god we did because we decided to go with that tile and the rest of our selections was built up from that. We actually took two tiles and sat them side by side, as the rest of our colours started to come together we could see exactly which one of the two tiles we had to go with (and surprise surprise it wasn't the one I thought we would go for). I found myself in this situation a couple of times, some items that I had my heart set on, once I teamed it with something else, it brought out different tones and colours and I had to change them. With that in mind, I would say as a word of advice ~ don't get stubborn when it comes to your choices, be open to change, listen to the designers and really consider the options, some you may genuinely hate but I found a lot of her suggestions made sense and really brought the whole design together.
So what did we do?
Well you can see our colours under the colour selection tab here but in addition to colours we had a few upgrades ~ here is what we upgraded.
General
We finally did our colour selections - I was dreading the day soooo much - BUT - I loved it.
Our Colour Consultant/Interior Designer was F A B U L O U S... I had 100% confidence in her and took great advantage of her experience and expertise.
Word of advice to anyone heading into their colour selections, if there is a slight possibility that you will be doing your own flooring - take a sample of your tile/floor boards/carpet ~ whatever, with you. We had chosen a tile that we liked if we didn't end up liking what MCDJ had, and we took that with us 'just incase'.
Thank god we did because we decided to go with that tile and the rest of our selections was built up from that. We actually took two tiles and sat them side by side, as the rest of our colours started to come together we could see exactly which one of the two tiles we had to go with (and surprise surprise it wasn't the one I thought we would go for). I found myself in this situation a couple of times, some items that I had my heart set on, once I teamed it with something else, it brought out different tones and colours and I had to change them. With that in mind, I would say as a word of advice ~ don't get stubborn when it comes to your choices, be open to change, listen to the designers and really consider the options, some you may genuinely hate but I found a lot of her suggestions made sense and really brought the whole design together.
So what did we do?
Well you can see our colours under the colour selection tab here but in addition to colours we had a few upgrades ~ here is what we upgraded.
General
- Door handles, we upgraded all the internal door handles;
- Deadlocks - they are a necessary evil;
- Front Door - bigger & wider;
- Laundry Door - I put a venetian door in the laundry;
- We upgraded the internal garage door to an external grade door;
- Porcelain tiles to all wet areas;
- Fly screens and doors to whole house (I'm considering deleting this and doing it after handover);
- Airconditioner - upgraded to Actron 4 zone.
Kitchen
- 2 x drawer banks on either side of cooker;
- Range hood vented externally;
- Soft close drawers and doors;
- Overhead cupboard finishes (silk finish)
- Pantry doors - Lin 1 doors;
- Pantry door handles;
- Stone bench top to 40mm;
- Upgraded the glass splashback to a higher grade glass splashback;
- Underbench fitted bin - yeahhhhhh I GOT A BIN (you have no idea how amazing this is, after years of plastic bag bins hanging off cupboard door)
Media Room
- Lin 1 cavity doors to entrance;
Laundry Room
- I fully fitted out the laundry room in a design of my own.
Family Room
- Added an extra shelf in all the kids wardrobes (we have 2.7m ceilings so there was plenty of space above the shelving for an additional shelf).
Ensuite/Bathroom
- We changed the sinks in all the bathrooms and we changed the tapware;
- Added pop up plugs to all the sinks;
- Upgraded the shower surround to silver;
- Upgraded the actual shower head thingy (yes that is the technical term);
- Added a bank of drawers to the vanity in the ensuite;
- Added a second sink to the bathroom (for the kids)
- Put in shower recesses to both showers
In addition to the selections on the day we also increased the heights of all of our internal doors and stacker doors to the higher doors as we have the 2.7m ceiling and we deleted the drop ceiling to the kitchen area...
... and I think that was it.
Bring on the electrical appointment!
Did anyone else love the colour appointment as much as I did?
Sunday, 24 February 2013
You had me at....
So where are we with regard to the build...? We are in no mans land. We have done everything we can to this point and we are now on hold until the Bank decide to join the party. Don't you just love waiting on the Bank.
In the meantime....
I've been keeping myself busy
I've been having a little cushion party to myself today... wanna see
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| all pics courtesy of Etsy |
Anyone else have to suffer with a slow bank?
Saturday, 23 February 2013
The most important room...
If you are a man and reading this then I apologise, I am NOT referring to the Media Room {sorry but my husband will likely post on that topic in the near future}.
They say the kitchen is the most important room in the home - all I know is that so far it's been the biggest headache of the home so far.
Colour is my biggest issue. I've always wanted a white kitchen, but after analysing other colour choices, namely the floor, I'm not sure a white kitchen will work.
Here is what I'm contemplating...
Can you see where my thought process is heading with this? Mixing up a little of the dark browns with the white benchtops and possibly throwing in a couple of white cupboards {not sure about that yet}.
Another headache is the lovely build in bin idea - YES! I have lived with plastic bag bins for years so you have no idea how exciting this prospect is ~ however nothing ever seems to be easy when it comes to my choices. The only area on my island I can put it, is where the microwave is currently positoned to be built in. This means I need to move my microwave. The only place I can think to move it to is inside the pantry - anyone have any thoughts on that? Not sure I like that idea.
They say the kitchen is the most important room in the home - all I know is that so far it's been the biggest headache of the home so far.
Colour is my biggest issue. I've always wanted a white kitchen, but after analysing other colour choices, namely the floor, I'm not sure a white kitchen will work.
Here is what I'm contemplating...
Can you see where my thought process is heading with this? Mixing up a little of the dark browns with the white benchtops and possibly throwing in a couple of white cupboards {not sure about that yet}.
Another headache is the lovely build in bin idea - YES! I have lived with plastic bag bins for years so you have no idea how exciting this prospect is ~ however nothing ever seems to be easy when it comes to my choices. The only area on my island I can put it, is where the microwave is currently positoned to be built in. This means I need to move my microwave. The only place I can think to move it to is inside the pantry - anyone have any thoughts on that? Not sure I like that idea.
All input welcome - post me your thoughts below :-)
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Pre - decor decisions... ahhhh
It's been a crazy few weeks and to be honest I've kind of put the house on the back burner. Don't get me wrong its still buzzing away there at the back of my mind, mostly to do with the kitchen and my indecisiveness over what colour I want and how many drawer banks etc, etc.. {Just incase your wondering I'm still undecided}.
Obtaining quotes for tiling & carpets and 'thinking' about obtaining quotes for driveways and landscaping, sometimes its just easier to live on pinterest and houzz and keep dreaming - making the dream a reality can really be a right pain in the a**e.. I'm beginning to see the value in Interior Designers.
However the only interior designers I have access to come in the form of magazines, and the internet so I will continue with the dream until I have some progress to report with the build.
Obtaining quotes for tiling & carpets and 'thinking' about obtaining quotes for driveways and landscaping, sometimes its just easier to live on pinterest and houzz and keep dreaming - making the dream a reality can really be a right pain in the a**e.. I'm beginning to see the value in Interior Designers.
However the only interior designers I have access to come in the form of magazines, and the internet so I will continue with the dream until I have some progress to report with the build.
Sunday, 27 January 2013
We picked one.....
Finally after looking at 29,745 show homes {trust me it feels that way} we have finally picked one. We have thought about it, walked through it (many times), fell in love with it, harassed the sales guy with a million questions at all times of the day and night and now we are just about to sign on the dotted line....
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| Kitchen |
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| Dining Area |
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| Alfresco |
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| Kid's area |
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| Media Room |
Now we have to sit back, relax (hahahahahaha) and wait for the colour selections appointment to come around! Not likely, I see many nights of research, browsing of shops and obtaining quotes ahead of us.
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