Its time to start thinking about the garden

With all the excitement of building the actual house its been hard to find time or energy to think about, and agree on what we are going to do with the other acre or so of land that isn't covered by the house itself.

We still can't decide what we are calling our 'front yard' and what is our 'back yard' but this is the area we will be looking over from our kitchen, dining and pool rooms and also from our bedroom.

I know I want to use a lot of Hydrangeas, some Wisteria and maybe a few David Austin and climbing roses.

I'm also loving the Hamptons style planter boxes.

We have already started planting some stuff. We have a row of Lilly Pillys along part of the boundary which will one day hopefully grow into a hedge. We have also planted a bunch of fruit trees; nectarines, peaches, apricots and citrus.   

INSPIRATION:

Love the white bench seat, the hedges and the built in planter boxes.

Love the idea of having mini hedges running along the edge of the verandah

Love the combination of Hydrangeas and mini hedges matched with a very pretty white gate.

And one day maybe we can even build a pergola like this but with a roof or a covering of some kind of climbing vine.

Week 22...

Render is done and we are now ready for paint!!!

Oh the difference 5 months makes!

Week 22

The inside is looking like the real thing now too. We have cornice, skirts and arcs, doors, WIRs are fitted out and the last of the outdoor beams have been boxed up.

Left: Double shower in en-suite, Top right: Master bedroom WIR, Bottom Right: Loving the Gyprock Concerto Cornice we used throughout the main living areas.

One of the kids bedrooms.

Living Room.

We chose our slab of marble this week too.
Well wasn't that a daunting task... so much pressure to pick the right one when its costing so much. In the end we picked this one for the even spread of veins and lack of yellowy-brown tones. 

From Corsi & Nicoli

Next step is paint, first outside, then in. Once the outside is painted the concreters will be back to do the front verandah deck, our bedroom patio and the alfresco area.

Week 21...

The last of the doors are going on including our custom made stacker door between the dining room and alfresco area, the render is almost finished, the plaster and cornice are are done and the arcs and skirts are also happening.

Jason's picking up most of our order from Schots while he's down that way for a meeting so its going to be like Christmas when he gets home with all the goodies. Cannot wait to see our light fittings.


I think I may have finally found a dinning table that we both like and is big enough (hopefully not too big). I have always wanted a missive dining table so I think this twelve-seater should do the trick nicely.

Tuscan 2500 dining package with gallery chairs from 1825 Interiors

Render looking the goods in the alfresco area.

Week 20...

Yet another trip out of town and another million decisions in a day.
This time it was to finalise flooring, tiles etc.

But best of all it was for two dear friends WEDDING DAY!!! Which meant a lovely weekend in Metung with friends.

We are matching the tiles in the main bathroom with the ones in our en-suite the only difference is that we are using an off-cut of marble for the vanity top in the main bathroom.

Tiles from Carpet World Bairnsdale

For the flooring we are using vinyl planks in the main living areas in a rich chocolatey brown, the sandy coloured textured carpet in the lounge and plainer one in the pool room with the grey carpet going in all the bedrooms and office/nursery.

Carpet and boards from Carpet World Bairnsdale

 
We came home from our weekend away to the plaster mostly hung and the render started which was sooo exciting. Really looking like a house now.

Lounge room.

Kids bedroom end of the house.

While in Metung we came across this stunning new house under construction perched on top of the hill with the most amazing views over the East Gippsland Lakes. Needless to say I had a serious case of house envy! Even the pelican sculptures in the front yard are beautiful.

Week 19...

Quote of the week "White is apparently not just white".

Deciding on exactly which white we want to paint the walls and therefore match the cabinetry to was not as easy as it may sound. There are cool whites and warm whites, then there is what it looks like in natural light verse under lights and even then what colour lights are you having? The questions and options to consider just kept coming.

Finally we got there and decided to go with Dulux Classic White 

For the babies room we are particularly conscious of the smell of fresh paint being pretty strong so at least for that room and maybe ours we are thinking of using Porter's Paints as they are know for being less toxic and better on the environment. We are thinking Snow Patrol or maybe Grey Goose.