With the second-coat of our paint samples drying
as I type, Mick and I are one step closer to council submission. ‘Maltshake’ is
definitely going to be our cladding colour. It’s warm, creamy and has a subtle
pink undertone to tie it in nicely with the rose in the bricks. Colourbond ‘Dune’
seems to be a good segue colour between the ‘Barramundi’ roof tile and
cladding. It’s just the render colour that is tricky. We’re waiting for the
final coat to dry, but so far we like ‘Berry Bliss.’ It’s a sort-of “earthy
rose” colour. I’ll update you with pictures soon.
I think that external colours are the
hardest to choose. You need to be sympathetic to your neighbours’ colours and take
into account the estate guidelines (if applicable) whilst still choosing
colours you like. In our case we can’t
afford to render the whole façade and we can’t choose a dark brick, so our
first two preferences are out. There are a lot of colours to choose at the
front (roof tile, brick, guttering and fascia, render, cladding, driveway,
windows and doors including front door and garage door, eaves, balcony railing
etc) so you want to choose colours that don’t overwhelm, but the scheme needs
to be able stand on its own when there’s not as much happening at the back and
sides.
And of course we ended up falling in love
with a brick that itself has two colours (Boral ‘Rose Cove’).
Oh well, it’s not like we see the front of
the house all the time and we can always re-paint…right?
On another note, we ordered a spa bath for
the main bathroom! It’s not a very large bathroom and we can’t fit a large
bath, so we decided to indulge by making the small space count as much as it
can. We’re getting the Caroma Newbury Island Plus Body Therapy Spa with hot
pump and electronic operation (click here to see more details and there's a picture below). It’s the only one that is
double-ended that fits in our space (and I like the rectangular shape), and the
hot pump means that we can keep the water warm. I’m in love!
Also, while picking up tiles for the unit I
found the tiles I want for the main bathroom and ensuite in the new house. I
know it’s too early to choose but they are beautiful! You can see them in the photos/links below:
This tile for the wall and floor of the
main bathroom:
…with the matching mosaic (which shimmers)
for around the bath and in the shower niche (and the bath niche I’m going to
ask for).
For the Ensuite, we want to use the black
gloss tile that is on the walls in the photo below and also have the mosaic “feature
wall” in the shower as pictured:
They are very beautiful tiles and I just
hope that when it comes time to choose, they are still available and we can
afford to buy them!
Speaking of money, Mick and I are trying to
save a little by doing the landscaping plan ourselves. Mick bought a very
complicated (and it’s not even the professional version!) piece of
architectural software that we are slowly mastering. I hope to have a landscape
design by next week. The software will also be handy for visualising the rest
of the house and it saves us $1k in landscaper’s fees (click here to see the
program). We’ll also be doing the landscaping ourselves, with the help of my
family and a builder/handyman they know. I love gardens and my family has a lot
of gardening and landscaping experience. Plus our block is not very big and our
plans are not overly ambitious.
Lastly, Champion Homes have cleared the
formwork from our block and it looks like our neighbours’ cleared our block of
the green waste. We’ll have to pop by next weekend and thank them. Having an
amicable relationship with your neighbours is important.
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