Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South West

Goodness, all that work done! It's looking fantastic, congrats! On the home stretch now

What a stuff up having to shift all ur planned events and removalist. Loving the kitchen. Cant wait to see it all finished. Your space around the kitchen looks really big. Least u have plenty of time now. Bet u will still rush at the end tho. Thats what im like, doesn't matter how much time I have i am still in mad rush at the end.

Exciting times JMCL!!!! Love the idea of taking the backsplash tiling all the way to the ceiling! It certainly would become a feature! I also love subway tiles, I have quite a few examples on my pinterest page (pm me if you want my page details) although from memory none with dark grey grout. I'm going starfire glass in my kitchen but I also have overhead cupboards so keeping it fairly simple. My doors will be shaker style so want them to be my feature! But my bathrooms and laundry are fair game for subway tiles at this stage!

I love symmetry so having shelves on one side only would do my head in! But you have that return of cabinets so it would fit that space! What side were you thinking of putting them?

Bit of bad luck with timing but on the upside I'm impressed Celebration have been open with that info! Hoping there is some flexibility with everyone involved for you.

I think I'll be renting a 'holiday' rental to have that month to month flexibility, my place won't be ready before my kids start school down there next year. But hopefully it won't be too far from it! I'm building the Jackman now (similar to the Lennox) but garage is on the 'right' side for my plot!

Your colour scheme is simple, and stunning! A picket fence will set it off beautifully!

Thanks Trixee, it surprised me how much work had been done too! We really are on the hone stretch now. Thanks for your kind words, it's so nice starting to see it coming together FINALLY




Thanks Malsannie, so far our build has been fantastic and Celebrations have been wonderful to us. My CLO is a dream and if I ever build again I will try and build with her. I feel so forunate compared to some others on here who have horror stories with their builders, I'm sure you've read some?
Have you chosen your fireplace yet? I've been fireplace shopping and found soooo many beautiful ones. I love how you've built yours into the wall




I know the removalists were great about it but the events are a bit of a pain. And my sisters wedding is the biggest pain as its going to cost a huge amount to go to now which we never budgeted for My kitchen is huge We cook most of our own food and we honestly need a big kitchen. Ours is tiny at the moment and I hate it! I'm counting down the days until I can move into my huge one
And you're right, I will rush at the end I work soooo much better under pressure it's ridiculous! I blame my uni days for that




Thanks jlo1990! I wonder why too? I was speaking to a friend who built in Canada and they were wondering why we were locked up so early as they don't do lock up until a few weeks before handover over there? I thought that was really interesting?




Oh FantasticFour you wouldn't believe it? I was flicking through last months Real Living Magazine and there were 10 kitchens with full height tiling, maybe it will be a new trend in Australia now and not just Nordic countries?
I generally love symmetry too but I had almost the same kitchen in the past as I'm building now and the big L shaped bench and island worked brilliantly for our needs. I would only put the shelves facing the larder though and make the rangehood a feature too?

Its a tad bad luck with timing but besides my sisters wedding it's probably a good thing in the end? Celebrations has been keeping in contact with regard to timing to help us make a smooth transition when we move. I'm not sure where you're moving from but in the South West people really seem to care about their clients and try to help them out as much as possible, it's very different to Perth! If you're not already in the South West now, you're going to be love it!!!



Thanks SmartHomesBuild, I just checked out your thread and you're way ahead of me! You've got bathroom tiling and so many others things that I don't have done yet. You should be able to move in within their suggested timeframe How exciting, you're soooooo close to moving in! I love your study, if I could choose a study like yours I would be in study heaven. I hope you're enjoying organising everything for your move. Hopefully everything is a smooth transition for you. Good luck for the new journey you're about to start, decorating your dream home! Yay