Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jul 22, 2009 2:52 am Hi All, I am building my first home at the moment and deciding on everything to design it and found myself trying to find inspiration in more and more places..... I just realised today how much I am obsessing over my house and that on EVERY TV show where there is a kitchen, bathroom, exterior... ANYTHING I am looking to see if there are design ideas I can take away LOL And I am talking about even shows like masterchef!! Wondering if anyone else has fallen into this habit? Got any ideas they have locked in from noticing something on a tv show/other? Land Settled 02 Oct 11 Final Build contract Dec 11 Pre-Start 19 Jan 12 Construction Licence 25 Jan 12 Still waiting for final plans to go to slab list Blog @ http://nessieshouse.webs.com Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 2Jul 22, 2009 8:48 am We've just bought a house that needs a few things renovated and I'm finding myself doing the same thing. I've left my new property alert with realestate.com.au so that I can check out the photos of the interiors of all the houses that come up for sale. I've also been trying to watch all of the house renovation shows I can see on tv. Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 3Jul 22, 2009 9:40 am nessbrown Hi All, I am building my first home at the moment and deciding on everything to design it and found myself trying to find inspiration in more and more places..... I just realised today how much I am obsessing over my house and that on EVERY TV show where there is a kitchen, bathroom, exterior... ANYTHING I am looking to see if there are design ideas I can take away LOL And I am talking about even shows like masterchef!! Wondering if anyone else has fallen into this habit? Got any ideas they have locked in from noticing something on a tv show/other? LOL! Definitely Ness...I'm sorry to admit but the thing I like doing is going through everyones threads/blogs (not reading them usually) just flying through looking for photos of kitchens, bathrooms, tiles, carpet and bricks. Anything I can get my eyes on! It's all a bit sad isn't it Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 4Jul 22, 2009 9:41 am nessbrown Hi All, I am building my first home at the moment and deciding on everything to design it and found myself trying to find inspiration in more and more places..... I just realised today how much I am obsessing over my house and that on EVERY TV show where there is a kitchen, bathroom, exterior... ANYTHING I am looking to see if there are design ideas I can take away LOL And I am talking about even shows like masterchef!! Wondering if anyone else has fallen into this habit? Got any ideas they have locked in from noticing something on a tv show/other? LOL! Definitely Ness...I'm sorry to admit but the thing I like doing is going through everyones threads/blogs (not reading them usually) just flying through looking for photos of kitchens, bathrooms, tiles, carpet and bricks. Anything I can get my eyes on! It's all a bit sad isn't it Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 5Jul 22, 2009 9:49 am Walker, your not alone in doing that!!!! When I was in panic mode over my tile selection I did the same. Actually, just thought I would mention one too... I have been particularly obsessing over my flooring and have got into one VERY bad habit. Every time I go to a shop of any sort, I check out the flooring and get excited if it's vinyl plank as that is what I am installing and I like to get an idea of how real it looks and compares to mine. Its at a point where in places like rebel sport, I turn to my friends and go... ohhh.... look, its vinyl, and I reckon its Tasmanian Oak by Karndean...... hey, can you guys tell its vinyl? Its awesome isn't it.... look at it compared to white walls... too stark? Hmmm... imagine this in dark brown guys.... LOL. My boyfriend makes me leave a store immediately now if it has anything resembling floorboards Land Settled 02 Oct 11 Final Build contract Dec 11 Pre-Start 19 Jan 12 Construction Licence 25 Jan 12 Still waiting for final plans to go to slab list Blog @ http://nessieshouse.webs.com Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 6Jul 22, 2009 9:55 am i am guilty of this also We are still at the design stage for our new home, and i already have a scrapbook full of ideas from magazine and my favorites folder includes tabs called - kitchens, bathrooms, tiles etc all from other peoples blogs.. Custom build Gold Coast . My build : https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=21952 Its all happening!!! Our build started 24 September !!!! Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 7Jul 22, 2009 3:46 pm I can relate to all of that! Now I'm driving around like a stalker looking at peoples landscaping Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 8Jul 22, 2009 3:52 pm I find I am doing it in waves, first I will looking at rooves and tiles on rooves and colorbond colours, and then I will move on and be looking at driveways and then looking at window treatments and so on. My current obsession is also landscaping and plants, what grows well in our area, what looks good etc Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 9Jul 22, 2009 4:59 pm Yep I do the same. Last weekend it was looking at tiles on rooves. Before that it was bricks. I look at tiles in shop floors as well. Have decorating magazines and go through them endlessly. Check out everyones pictures of what they are having here. Re: Do you find yourself assesing every home you see??? 10Jul 22, 2009 5:21 pm I find myself looking at color combinations and tiles. 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