Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 61Mar 30, 2009 7:02 pm good job jellylegs!!!! did you get itchy Isn't it a nice feeling to be working on 'your' house after renting for so long....it is so rewarding! Can't wait to see what happens next on your build! Kylie handover happened 15/6/09...love living on an acre but still so much to do! Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 62Mar 31, 2009 8:55 pm I am just loving going to the HOUSE each day and finding that either something has been delivered, or something has been done. Yesterday all our gyprock and cornices were delivered, today the walls and ceiling were done. It has made such a difference. It really gives a much better feel of how big (or in our case - small) the rooms are Front entrance: http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr64/JellyLegs01/100_0120.jpg Dining/Meals Room: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Can't wait to see my kitchen installed now! Wonder how soon that will be done?? Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 63Mar 31, 2009 9:29 pm looks great jellylegs! can't wait to see your kitchen come together...what colours were you having again? 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 64Mar 31, 2009 9:40 pm Jess, we've taken our inspiration from your average hospital. White. White. And More White. Seemed like a good idea at the time to keep it simple, now I'm not so sure. Hey, I'm not sure about ANY of my choices though! Paint - Dulux white on white Cupboards - Laminex Polar White Benchtop- Laminex Diamond Gloss Puremineral Stone (white with grey flecks) Splashback tiles have cost me numerous nights of lost sleep - 100x300 Silk Smoke - really really light brown/off white. Nahh, even that description doesn't sound right. Anyway, not long now 'till I find out how it will all look. Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 65Mar 31, 2009 9:48 pm jellylegs, can't wait to see pics of that kitchen with the polar white. How are the cupboards going to be finished off, gloss wrapped or the normal laminate way? We are using formica snow drift which is about the same whiteness hence I'm keen to see Ozzroo Built 36sq Plantation "Retreat" on 4460m2 at Spring Mountain, Qld In Living and landscaping.. >>> ... http://retreatspring.blogspot.com Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 68Apr 01, 2009 6:05 am JellyLegs Jess, we've taken our inspiration from your average hospital. White. White. And More White. Seemed like a good idea at the time to keep it simple, now I'm not so sure. Hey, I'm not sure about ANY of my choices though! Paint - Dulux white on white Cupboards - Laminex Polar White Benchtop- Laminex Diamond Gloss Puremineral Stone (white with grey flecks) Splashback tiles have cost me numerous nights of lost sleep - 100x300 Silk Smoke - really really light brown/off white. Nahh, even that description doesn't sound right. Anyway, not long now 'till I find out how it will all look. that is what i look like when i think about tile selection - I have lost sleep also!!!!!!!! your plaster looks fantastic!!!! I think the white will be good for making it look light, spacious and airy. can't wait to see your colours! I was/am so nervous about colours - something that I have no clue about! All your exteriors look great so I am sure the interiors will follow suit! Kylie handover happened 15/6/09...love living on an acre but still so much to do! Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 69Apr 07, 2009 7:49 pm Not that I'm the competitive type at all ( ), but I do believe we've overtaken WakeboardAndy and Ryan Oliver!! Way to go Coral Homes, I can't believe how fast they're working and it all looks really fantastic! Our Alfresco and eaves are finished Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our wet areas are sealed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We've had our doors hung http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr64/JellyLegs01/100_0240.jpg We've had our architraves finished off Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And BEST and most EXCITING of all WE'VE GOT A KITCHEN!!!!!!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr64/JellyLegs01/100_0231.jpg http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr64/JellyLegs01/100_0237.jpg http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr64/JellyLegs01/100_0235.jpg The splashback tile that I'm still REALLY unsure about. The photo isn't really very clear and it's not the sort of thing you can get a good idea about on the basis of one lonely tile, but at least it didn't look BAD. I'm just not sure that it will look any good though. http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr64/JellyLegs01/100_0239.jpg Our door handles. They seemed like the best of an out-dated range when I chose them and had planned on replacing them as soon as possible. Now that they're in though, I actually don't mind them. Glad I hadn't got ahead of myself now and bought the replacement ones before seeing these. For the colour freaks like me: Cabinets are Polar White and the benchtop is Diamondgloss Puremineral stone Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 70Apr 07, 2009 7:52 pm ozzroo jellylegs, can't wait to see pics of that kitchen with the polar white. How are the cupboards going to be finished off, gloss wrapped or the normal laminate way? We are using formica snow drift which is about the same whiteness hence I'm keen to see Ozzroo Hi Ozzroo, It's just the normal laminex. We debated long and hard about getting gloss or not, but after seeing the normal laminex in a display home decided it looked fine. I think if the whole kitchen was glossy 1. it might look too 'sparkley' and 2. the finger prints would be a bugger of a job to keep off on all those surfaces. We still have the plastic cover on our kitchen, so it's hard to get a really clear idea, but it looks bloody good to me right now as it is!! Re: Our Coral Heron: More progress! 71Apr 07, 2009 9:21 pm I could be wrong, but from what i can see, these tiles look the same as what we have in our new kitchen.. They look really good with the white grout!! -Sha Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 72Apr 07, 2009 9:27 pm yay jellylegs! glad to see you powering ahead!! go coral!!! 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 73Apr 07, 2009 9:48 pm sha I could be wrong, but from what i can see, these tiles look the same as what we have in our new kitchen.. They look really good with the white grout!! -Sha Sha, the chance of you and I picking the same colour is pretty high! I did see yours on your blog and wondered if they were the same. Mine is Coco Brillo Gloss - do you know what yours is called? I've tried to find it on your blog, but can only see the white ones you originally chose. It looks great, if mine come out looking that good I'll be really happy! Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 74Apr 08, 2009 8:53 am Looks great Jellylegs. Its great to see your house getting into shape and I am very interested in all your choices as we still have NO IDEA what colour goes well with our Blue Pearl Bench Top. Although we wanted a lot of white in the kitchen and in the floor tiles we might have to reconsider the colour for the body of the Breakfast Bar. I'm afraid that white stands out too much in the rest of the living area especially when the sun comes in. So we dropped white and tried the sample of Blue Pearl with all kind of different colours. The Granite shows lots of Silver, Blue and a hint of gold. As I don't want the kitchen turn out too cool, Blue and Silver are not an option. A colour that is coming up every time is Laminex Stipple Seal but my husband does not like it very much so still a lot to do. I noticed the black window frames, are you having the Dark Grey tinted windows? cheers Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 75Apr 08, 2009 10:43 am Annelies Looks great Jellylegs. Its great to see your house getting into shape and I am very interested in all your choices as we still have NO IDEA what colour goes well with our Blue Pearl Bench Top. Although we wanted a lot of white in the kitchen and in the floor tiles we might have to reconsider the colour for the body of the Breakfast Bar. I'm afraid that white stands out too much in the rest of the living area especially when the sun comes in. So we dropped white and tried the sample of Blue Pearl with all kind of different colours. The Granite shows lots of Silver, Blue and a hint of gold. As I don't want the kitchen turn out too cool, Blue and Silver are not an option. A colour that is coming up every time is Laminex Stipple Seal but my husband does not like it very much so still a lot to do. I noticed the black window frames, are you having the Dark Grey tinted windows? cheers Thanks Annelies, I've noticed you've been looking at Coral Homes - have you made a decision? I must have missed that. Yes, chosing the colours is SO hard. It doesn't matter how many decorating magazines or web sites I've visted, I still haven't been able to get a clear picture in my mind of how it will all look. I've been anxious about all my choices, so now that we're seeing them come together its...interesting. The frames are 'anotec dark grey' which we chose because we thought the black would be too stark, and it was a good match for roof tiles (Barramundi) and the gutter (Ironstone). I have to say though, that is one choice we were SO confident about we didn't even consider lighter frame colours and now regret it. It does look nice inside, and will probably look even better when the walls are painted white, but we don't really like how it looks on the outside. When we made that choice most homes had dark frames, now light seems to be the way to be the trend and probably would have looked better with our bricks. We're having security screens installed and wanted these to be dark, so we just assumed the frames should be dark to match those. Now, we've seen light frames with dark screens and that looks great. Oh well - seriously, if colour coding a house is a concern, life isn't too bad at all is it, so I'm not complaining at all. I think the stipple steel would look good with the blue pearl. Have you seen a colour combination like that in any of the display homes? I'd even recommend going to a kitchen company - tell them you're renovating because they wont give you the time of day if they know you're with a project builder - and play with their 'big' samples there. A lot of them will have whole doors and a slice of benchtop so you can see how they all match. Also, the Laminex showroom at Murrarie has a HUGE range of samples and some lovely displays and is really worth a look. If you're finding it really hard to get colours that match the blue pearl, have you considered putting it behind glass for a splashback? You could keep the kitchen neutral and have that as a feature which would be lovely. They also have examples of that at the Laminex show room and could give you some advice on how to do it. Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 76Apr 08, 2009 11:37 am Looks fan-tastic JellyLegs. We cannot wait to be at this stage. Congrats! Keep those pics coming. Love them Building our first home in Brisbane. Windows installed wed 1 April. Bricking started Thurs 9 April Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 77Apr 08, 2009 12:05 pm congrats on your kitchen!! this is making me so excited, i'm up to where you were last tuesday... i hope i'll have a kitchen in a weeks time!! Building first home in Melbourne - Hilton NBG 24E (changed dramatically) inspection done... just waiting now for finalization!!!!!!! Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 78Apr 08, 2009 12:20 pm How exciting! Looking good. I really like your handles!!! Building with PD - Regent 23 Cascades on Clyde Estate HomeOne Building Thread - PCI Completed - 28th August. Handover - 11th September. Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 79Apr 08, 2009 12:25 pm Everything looks great! I love your entrance, so spacious! Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Our Coral Heron: Kitchen Pics! 80Apr 08, 2009 12:29 pm OMG. You are obliterating our build! Well done on all your progress. It all looks so fantastic! Building Vancouver 33 - My Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89689 I second taking your plans elsewhere. 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