Week 14...

It's been a big week.

The house has been wrapped...

and topped with a roof.

We also received the cabinetry renderings.

I am so in love!


Along with it being a big week on the actual building front it was also a huge week for decisions. We did a trip down to Bairnsdale and had meetings with the flooring people, builders and cabinet makers. We walked into the flooring place at 8:50am to decide on floorboards, carpets and tiles, then went to the builders followed by the cabinet makers who we left at 6:00pm (we did manage a 40 minute break for lunch somewhere in there too).

We have now finally decided on a few things tho.

KITCHEN:

Carrara Marble for the kitchen benchtops.

Kitchen door and drawer hardware from Schots Home Emporium

The whole stones benchtop thing has been a real learning experience for all involved. It has worked out that, mainly because of slab size (when buying stone for benchtops you have to buy it per slab as apposed to by the meter to fit to your bench sizes) the natural marble (bigger slabs) that we originally wanted is actually going to be cheaper. Finally something went our way. This has also meant that there will be enough stone after the kitchen is done to do the vanity top in the main bathroom aswell. Another win for us.

PANTRY:

In the pantry we are going for a diamond gloss benchtop in White Valencia

With a white subway tile splashback

I like the contrast of the white tiles with the dark grout

As there are no windows into the pantry (the only natural light will come from a solar tube) we are using a lot of white to keep it nice and bright.

ENSUITE BATHROOM:

For the vanity top in here (because it is bigger than the main bathroom, therefore too big to use up the marble off cut) we are going to use a diamond gloss benchtop with the new square edging.

and something along these lines for the tiles

Next week we are off to the plumbing store to choose our tapware, shower roses, vanities etc
Bring on another big week of decisions.