Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 506Oct 26, 2017 6:43 am Magavin Love the update Dani. I think the window will drive you crazy when they first put it up because you will be scrutinising it every day and looking at the plans until you go mad BUT I think once you are in you won't even think of it again and certainly no one else is going to notice. So try not to overthink and stress over it. As for the tiles my kitchen splashback ones are 100x200 and look fantastic. I didn't like the bigger ones. However in saying that I think for the bathrooms because there is going to be a lot of them I think the bigger ones will look better. Make the room more spacious and clean. Are you splashing out and getting the 100x200 for the blue kitchen ones? Would be worth doing for the feature Thanks so much Mags, you always calm me down lol!! After looking at more pics online, the bigger subways do look less busy on a large wall, though as Waldorf Grange pointed out, it also depends on the grout. With white grout, I think smaller tiles can look pretty great too. For our kitchen splashback, the blue tiles come in 75x150 or 75x300. In the end I opted for the larger format as we have some small areas either side of our kitchen windows which I think would look pretty messy with small tiles by the time they are cut in half or thirds even to accommodate the brick bond pattern in a small space. Otherwise would have loved to go the smaller format. I think you’ve got the perfect size there on the 100x200! Unfortunately everything I liked did not come in this size. Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 507Nov 15, 2017 9:19 pm Hey guys, haven't had much to share of late but things are finally starting to pick up again. Builder assure me we will be at lock up stage with walls plastered by Chrissy. Thanks goodness. We are 7 months into our build already and it's looking like we won't be in for another 4-6 months. Gotta to have patience with a custom build but I'm sure it will be worth it! Today we met our builder and cabinet maker on site to review what we want for the cabinetry. They will then put together 2D drawings for us to sign off on as we did not get internal elevations done through our architect. We made a few little changes: - upgraded to shaker cabinetry in laundry and bathroom as per rest of the house - expanded bench and cabinets in laundry. Managed to convince hubby to sell our top loader and get a front loader instead - looks so much better when everything is under the bench! However he is adamant he doesn't want a clothes rack under the overhead shelf as reckons it looks tacky. So that's going. Guess I'll just have to get a dryer then ha ha. We are having a floating vanity in the powder room and realised the pipe is not set up that way so now the builder has to recess it somehow. Hope it can be properly concealed as don't want to see any ugly pipes underneath!! Also had a chat with the builder about the cavity sliders to the study. We brought this up months ago but only now they are saying they can't do them because the wall is load bearing. I don't really understand this. Anyone know what this is about? Carpenters were on site today and started installing the upstairs weatherboards. Can't wait to go back on the weekend and share some pics! Our 37sq Custom Hamptons Inspired Home: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=86931 Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 508Nov 15, 2017 9:37 pm Oh and while the scaffolding is still up, they will paint the weatherboards straight after they are installed. Which means we REALLY need to decide on a paint colour. I was not happy with our original choice (grey pebble half) which is a bit beige. Have decided on Dieskau which is a popular weatherboard colour and hopefully complements the shale grey render of our ground floor and our Surfmist gutters/ downpipes. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ One of the Dulux colour designers I was chatting with online also suggested we go for a colourful front door instead of white. I love this colour but I'm not sure. Thoughts? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our 37sq Custom Hamptons Inspired Home: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=86931 Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 509Nov 15, 2017 9:57 pm Glad to hear of some progress.. it is truly exhausting waiting for a build! Hope your changes work out! cant wait to see more piccies!! Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 510Nov 15, 2017 10:22 pm I love the Hamptons style. It’s so timeless. I also love the feature door idea. Makes the house unique I think. We are thinking of painting our weatherboards blue charcoal and our door a blush pink colour . I’m still not sure though. Good luck with your decision Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 511Nov 16, 2017 6:34 am ruraldoc Glad to hear of some progress.. it is truly exhausting waiting for a build! Hope your changes work out! cant wait to see more piccies!! Thanks Rural, it totally is! Have to make myself not go past the house when I know not much has happened to avoid disappointment lol. I see you are almost at handover - how exciting and congratulations!! I should add - I only realized now you had a thread! I’m going to properly check it out and catch up. Very happy for you though Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 512Nov 16, 2017 6:38 am sparrowsnest I love the Hamptons style. It’s so timeless. I also love the feature door idea. Makes the house unique I think. We are thinking of painting our weatherboards blue charcoal and our door a blush pink colour . I’m still not sure though. Good luck with your decision Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Me too! Thanks Sparrow.. Your colours sound amazing. Do you have some inspo pics to share? I’ll have to check out your thread Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 513Nov 16, 2017 11:43 am Dani_J Oh and while the scaffolding is still up, they will paint the weatherboards straight after they are installed. Which means we REALLY need to decide on a paint colour. I was not happy with our original choice (grey pebble half) which is a bit beige. Have decided on Dieskau which is a popular weatherboard colour and hopefully complements the shale grey render of our ground floor and our Surfmist gutters/ downpipes. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ One of the Dulux colour designers I was chatting with online also suggested we go for a colourful front door instead of white. I love this colour but I'm not sure. Thoughts? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our 37sq Custom Hamptons Inspired Home: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=86931 Love Dieskau - great choice Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 514Nov 16, 2017 9:55 pm Great to hear the updates Dani. I'd guess that they can't put cavity sliders in as the cavity is hollow and if the wall is load bearing it needs to be strong enough to well bear the load so it needs full framing. Only a guess though. Oh and I love deisku it was my second choice for our interior walls. In the end vanilla quake won out but they are so similar I think deisku just had a touch more violet in it. Barely noticeable though but could only chose one. Oh and that door colour is amazing!!! I say go for it!!! ❤️ Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 515Nov 17, 2017 8:36 am Magavin Great to hear the updates Dani. I'd guess that they can't put cavity sliders in as the cavity is hollow and if the wall is load bearing it needs to be strong enough to well bear the load so it needs full framing. Only a guess though. Oh and I love deisku it was my second choice for our interior walls. In the end vanilla quake won out but they are so similar I think deisku just had a touch more violet in it. Barely noticeable though but could only chose one. Oh and that door colour is amazing!!! I say go for it!!! ❤️ Mmm. Yes that makes sense. In lieu of that I think we will have to stick with double doors. They suggested hanging the sliding doors on the outside but that looks terrible to me, so old fashioned! Your wall colour was a great choice. It’s so hard to choose one from so many and have to have to hope it will look good in different levels of light. For inside, I am still undecided whether to go with a light grey with warmer or cooler undertones... Yes the door colour was an amazing choice by the designer, just not sure if I am brave enough!! Might do some mocks up on the PC to try and visualize it better Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 516Nov 17, 2017 11:16 pm Dani_J ruraldoc Glad to hear of some progress.. it is truly exhausting waiting for a build! Hope your changes work out! cant wait to see more piccies!! Thanks Rural, it totally is! Have to make myself not go past the house when I know not much has happened to avoid disappointment lol. I see you are almost at handover - how exciting and congratulations!! I should add - I only realized now you had a thread! I’m going to properly check it out and catch up. Very happy for you though Thanks! Can't wait to see yours finish too! You have really put together a dream house!! Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 517Nov 20, 2017 5:30 pm Nothing much to report from the weekend unfortunately. With the rain we’ve had I think they’ve been unable to get up on the scaffold due to OH&S. So no weatherboards up yet, just the sheeting underneath the eaves. Looks good though. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Stacked door has been installed. I hope it’s properly recessed / will match the finished floor height as haven’t checked to be honest!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Builder can apparently install a false wall behind the load bearing wall so we can have our cavity sliders to the study Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 518Nov 22, 2017 10:56 pm Recessed doors are so nice... wish we asked for it sometimes... if it doesn't end up properly flush! Make them fix it!!! They can't say no coz you paid and asked for it! Othewrise, woohoo on cavity sliders. I totally look at our house now thinking.. hmm could have a cavity door there... and there... everywhere! Well not everywhere... but maybe a few more. Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 519Nov 23, 2017 12:38 am Lol I laughed when I read your thing about the-pebble grey half being your original choice. We are going with -pebble grey full for the weatherboards. I think any of those grey tones will look great you can't go wrong. About the waste for the floating vanity. My plumber told me you can do a floating cabinet but have a recessed kickboard to cover the water pipe so it still looks like it's floating. We are considering doing this as the water pipe is in the ground on ours. Re: Our Custom Hamptons Inspired Home - Frame Stage 520Nov 23, 2017 6:33 am ruraldoc Recessed doors are so nice... wish we asked for it sometimes... if it doesn't end up properly flush! Make them fix it!!! They can't say no coz you paid and asked for it! Othewrise, woohoo on cavity sliders. I totally look at our house now thinking.. hmm could have a cavity door there... and there... everywhere! Well not everywhere... but maybe a few more. Lol. Just want to avoid the tripping hazard, especially with kids and older relatives who come to visit. I better get onto that and check!! The cavity sliders to the study were not on our original plans, an after thought. Hubby is just keen not to waste the space behind open doors if you know what I mean! He is thinking floor to ceiling bookshelves Hi, can anyone recommend a custom home builder who can build in north east area? Looking to build a custom 4-br energy-efficient home with a max budget of 750k. 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