Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South West

MalSannie · Aug 16, 2015 11:13 pm

JMCL

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

There are very many nice ones, we decided on the same one Asha chose - we had limited time to make a decision to get measurements so we could adjust the plans. I reckoned she'd done all the legwork so all would be good hehe - copycat me! I just hope they're still available by next year which is probably earliest we'll have it installed. It is the Regency Bellerive - here is a link http://www.regency-fire.com.au/Products ... erive.aspx

JMCL · Aug 18, 2015 1:41 am

My benchtops are in

I just got sent some great shots of my kitchen and thought I would share. Sorry for all the kitchen spam but I just love it all - benches, cabinet colour, drawers etc

I love minimalist design and big spacious rooms. It's so exciting, watching our dream home come together

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/6BE34D01-0694-43E6-94F6-CE54DE7DC16E_zps1lkz9ziv.jpg

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/FDD99A77-7AED-4204-A11B-1D3453A894F9_zpsm4eymg2s.jpg

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/341C190D-E96C-42CC-98B2-FE02F9A62649_zps4fv019kr.jpg

And this is our final render colour! Aaaaawwwwwweeeeeee, everything is starting to happen so quickly and I can't believe we'll be living here soon!

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/6F618C76-3175-4D9C-AD1E-E7ACF8550CD7_zpsemimvmlq.jpg

JMCL · Aug 18, 2015 2:18 am

MalSannie

JMCL

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

There are very many nice ones, we decided on the same one Asha chose - we had limited time to make a decision to get measurements so we could adjust the plans. I reckoned she'd done all the legwork so all would be good hehe - copycat me! I just hope they're still available by next year which is probably earliest we'll have it installed. It is the Regency Bellerive - here is a link http://www.regency-fire.com.au/Products ... erive.aspx

Good on you for copying Asha. You have sooooo much to research from afar why bother doing extra work that you don't need too :wink:

I've found a couple of free standing ones that I love but I'm not sure if they're big enough? I've found a more traditional fireplace that will heat most of my house but the ones I really love heat a smaller space, or not as much as I probably need :th:

I'm going to wait until I move down there to decide as I would like to get a feel for the house first?

Because I'm bored I've loaded a photo of my dream fireplace ::stop::

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And this is a similar one in their range that I'm thinking about buying as the above one just won't suit our space and no doubt will be out of our price range?

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And because I'm in a sharing mood I just screen shot this photo to show you. Aren't these products just divine!!! I love them ::kissed::

They're by a Melbourne company called Oblica and a company in Bunbury has just starting stocking them :z:

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Lozel · Aug 18, 2015 10:22 am

The kitchen looks great JMCL! Our kitchen will always be the hub of the house so getting it installed is defo the most exciting part. Those colours are beautiful, have you had any thought on what lights and accessories you would like in your kitchen?

I think the copper look would work well with your colours: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=copper+lights&espv=2&biw=1680&bih=917&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIntDMq62xxwIVpCKmCh1Uqwmt
but everyone has their own personal taste don't they.

I absolutely love those fire places, they don't take up much room, look amazing and you can also still clean underneath them ::lol::

MalSannie · Aug 19, 2015 7:46 am

Those fireplaces are STUNNING! I've seen them on pinterest and elsewhere and they're amazing but I just assumed they'd be out of my league

I hope you will have one would love to see it in a real setting!

Your front render colour looks lovely too and your kitchen nice and spacious - you're so close now aren't you!!

livpal5 · Aug 19, 2015 8:03 am

Yay its all looking so good. Not long now. Progressing well. Cant wait to see more.

kellie_87 · Aug 19, 2015 1:10 pm

Oh my gosh check out those fireplaces! So cool

trixee · Aug 20, 2015 9:40 pm

Looking great JMCL! It's so exciting seeing the cabinets going in!

JMCL · Aug 28, 2015 5:10 pm

Lozel

The kitchen looks great JMCL! Our kitchen will always be the hub of the house so getting it installed is defo the most exciting part. Those colours are beautiful, have you had any thought on what lights and accessories you would like in your kitchen?

I think the copper look would work well with your colours: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=copper+lights&espv=2&biw=1680&bih=917&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIntDMq62xxwIVpCKmCh1Uqwmt
but everyone has their own personal taste don't they.

I absolutely love those fire places, they don't take up much room, look amazing and you can also still clean underneath them ::lol::

Hi Lozel,

Sorry it's taken so long to respond! My whole family has been down with an awful diarrhoea bug and my baby has been in hospital so life has been crazy full on!

I agree, the kitchen will always be our main hub of the home and is the most exciting part at the moment.
I LOVE copper, it's a stunning metallic shade and I really thought about what colours to put in the kitchen but I decided to go with silver. From the beginning of our build I decided on these pendants ::lol::

I love them ::kissed::

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/010F4ACA-F4DC-4471-9064-7F7A7569244A_zpsmiz5h8kd.jpg

We will be getting this colour ::kissed::

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/FD454D3C-782D-4672-ABA4-7D916A7A3EB4_zpsdfqa1ahw.jpg

I have also decided on these barstools but they are ridiculously expensive so we might have to wait for a few months after moving in to buy them. Because our move is delayed and we now need to fly to Perth as a family for my sister's wedding, we will have to use some money from my furniture budget :::

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/F8FD874A-ED08-4C50-BFCB-3E4B2D38635B_zpsdxhpybbp.jpg

JMCL · Aug 28, 2015 5:36 pm

MalSannie

Those fireplaces are STUNNING! I've seen them on pinterest and elsewhere and they're amazing but I just assumed they'd be out of my league

I hope you will have one would love to see it in a real setting!

Your front render colour looks lovely too and your kitchen nice and spacious - you're so close now aren't you!!

They are stunning, I love them! Let's hope I can somehow make one work in my living room? My fingers are crossed I can :wink:

Thanks for the lovely comments about my render too ::lol::

livpal5

Yay its all looking so good. Not long now. Progressing well. Cant wait to see more.

Thankyou! I can't believe how fast it has been going either

kellie_87

Oh my gosh check out those fireplaces! So cool

Soooooooooo cool hey! :wink:

trixee

Looking great JMCL! It's so exciting seeing the cabinets going in!

I know! I keep having second thoughts about everything but it's look gorgeous so far :z:

Thanks for all your kind comments everyone ::lol::

ColleyCrew · Aug 28, 2015 6:39 pm

Have just read through your thread. Your house looks great!

Lozel · Aug 31, 2015 5:50 pm

JMCL

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/010F4ACA-F4DC-4471-9064-7F7A7569244A_zpsmiz5h8kd.jpg

We will be getting this colour ::kissed::

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/FD454D3C-782D-4672-ABA4-7D916A7A3EB4_zpsdfqa1ahw.jpg

I have also decided on these barstools but they are ridiculously expensive so we might have to wait for a few months after moving in to buy them. Because our move is delayed and we now need to fly to Perth as a family for my sister's wedding, we will have to use some money from my furniture budget :::

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/F8FD874A-ED08-4C50-BFCB-3E4B2D38635B_zpsdxhpybbp.jpg

Oh My!!! I love those lights and stools!! I always find when you need to sacrifice these purchases for something else and you need to save to buy them, you always appreciate them a lot more. I can not wait to see your whole build come together.
Enjoy the wedding!

livpal5 · Aug 31, 2015 6:07 pm

Love love love those pendants. They will look amazing in ur kitchen

JMCL · Sep 01, 2015 12:23 am

ColleyCrew

Have just read through your thread. Your house looks great!

Thanks ColleyCrew! I can't wait till I can finally see it in person :z:

Thanks for taking the time to read thru my thread

Lozel, you are sooooo right about sacrificing! I keep telling myself that this home needs to be liveable and relaxing, not a show home :wink:

I feel like I've sacrificed so much to get this house that it's too precious to live in, lol.
A few friends have moved into their new builds recently and I'm loving all their pictures. One of them told me today that she feels like they're living in a hotel and she will have to leave soon, lol. This house will be very luxurious for us.

I love the stools and pendants too! As soon as I saw them I knew they were the ones and I've never looked for anything else :z:

livpal5

Love love love those pendants. They will look amazing in ur kitchen

Thankyou! I think they will look perfect :z:

We really do have similar tastes livpal5 :wink:

JMCL · Sep 01, 2015 12:40 am

Well not much has happened the last 2 weeks but we have some tiles :z:

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/7B0F1418-FC60-4500-996D-4EDA0FC4C015_zpsuyfw4hfr.jpg

We have a garage door

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/216B7FF4-9DFB-45DB-BD63-89FCCAD42BF3_zpshhbvtmjg.jpg

The back patio

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/0C9F3C4A-0E57-40F6-93CB-2BBC39655FDE_zps7fdcprbc.jpg

One of the minor bedrooms we enlarged. Look at that huge space, yayyyyy!

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/0D07679F-A27A-4FC1-815A-C5FB9D12902E_zpswviqufuh.jpg

Hot water system upgrade. Apparently this pays for itself within the first year. It's instantaneous gas

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/28C4AA44-C5A6-43EB-BB65-FCBD710311AF_zpsgc0diqyg.jpg

This is where the gas units will go

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/29C66088-7A56-4E02-B65F-17EBDEA11198_zpsq8fubzqj.jpg

This is laundry. This has the old tiling plan so I need to call them in the morning?

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/06259E43-5961-48D9-BE81-012651B1CC34_zpsgncczz0c.jpg

We are slowly getting there! Hopefully not to long now and we will have PCI dates?

Hootie · Sep 01, 2015 1:18 am

Loving your kitchen, your selections and the fireplace...yes love the fireplace idea very midcentury

Things seem to be happening quickly for you and here's hoping you get a PCI date soon

kellie_87 · Sep 01, 2015 12:41 pm

That laundry is huuuuuuge, love it

JMCL · Sep 01, 2015 8:01 pm

Hootie

Loving your kitchen, your selections and the fireplace...yes love the fireplace idea very midcentury

Things seem to be happening quickly for you and here's hoping you get a PCI date soon

Thankyou for your kind words! Those fireplaces are gorgeous hey? I'm not sure if I will get one yet or not because even they're largest one doesn't heat a big space like our house :shock:

Let's hope I win lotto and can afford two or three of them, lol

kellie_87

That laundry is huuuuuuge, love it

Kellie_87, that laundry is 4 metres long and the benchtop is 3.86metres long to be exact. My washing in my current house is currently sitting on my lounge waiting to be folded tonight after dinner. I won't have to do that anymore in my new house :z:

And I can probably fit a box/container for each family member in the cupboards so they can carry and put their own washing away? Let's hope im that organised anyway :z:

kellie_87 · Sep 01, 2015 8:55 pm

4m, wow! Sounds amazing - I'm a sucker for a well organised laundry lol

JMCL · Sep 01, 2015 8:58 pm

Well the builder sent a few photos today and here are a couple of them

This is the bathroom

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/688D4DB7-C1AB-4163-9BF1-44184AD249E6_zpsbu1zzjsq.jpg

This is the larder, can you see that space on the left. It's the perfect size for my wine fridge :z:

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/FEBE9202-D650-44A2-B10C-9CEB9816BF4F_zpsxnkxirkc.jpg

And this is the right side of the larder. Ignore the odd space on the right, it's going to be turned into a wine rack and shelving will be going around the whole of the top area

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/55C7041D-809C-4AD4-9E32-4B3C90B5A5C8_zpsvn3etev8.jpg

And this photo is one that a friend took yesterday and I forgot to post earlier on. It's taken from outside so it's a bit blurry. It's of my master bedroom

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah296/JMCL1/Mobile%20Uploads/F2D58B60-74E5-4E9A-B04A-645B5DE0DFE7_zpsaambo2ja.jpg