It has been some time since my last post. The painters and tilers have finished and the electricians have also put their final touches to the house - I am sure they will be back to fix things!
I went past the house today to find the floorboards are being laid. Looking from the windows outside (house is now locked), the floorboards had been laid in the dining room only so there was a bit more work to go. It was a hard to decision to make at the time - floorboards or tiles? But we came to the conclusion that floorboards (Bamboo) would make the house feel warmer and possibly easier to keep clean.
It's great to see everything come together. Even though I had taken photos of our colour choices it was so long ago that I had forgotten what we had chosen. This also applies to the handles and mixers. I am really happy with the bathrooms. The tiles look fantastic. I am glad we followed the advice of the guys at Beaumont Tiles and just stuck to the one tile/design. It's true what they told us. You can always add and change accessories to the bathrooms but once you choose different patterns or designs in the tiles you are stuck with them forever. That's not to say you won't love them forever but for me I like things simple and the tiles are just that!
So why the heading Retail Therapy? Well since we are getting closer to handover we decided to go shopping for furniture on the weekend and we ended up buying a lounge, dining table. chairs and a bedroom suite for my daughter's room. Tick, Tick and Tick!
I love shopping - who doesn't? But I have to tell you it was pretty exhausting travelling around town negotiating on the best deal.
I know most people like to see photos of the house and where everything is at so below are some pictures of the house so far.
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| Ensuite - we have light! |
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| Feature wall - insert fireplace here. |
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| Main bathroom - porcelain tiles |
can i ask how did you go about putting fireplace in we need to do ours prior as well but worried it might get stolen:(
ReplyDeleteHi, the fireplace was one of the last things to be installed. We ordered the fireplace through Metricon so they installed it only a couple of weeks before we had handover. If you have your builder installing it then they should probably do it just before handover. Hope this helps. By the way we love our fireplace. I am so glad we put it in. On a cold winter's night there is nothing better than sitting in front of the TV with the fireplace on.
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