Browse Forums Building A New House Re: building our DREAM!! 6Mar 07, 2010 3:37 pm A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands. Melbourne West Our build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34169 Landscaping viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51147 building our DREAM - our colours PLEASE ASSIST!! 7Mar 07, 2010 6:16 pm Our Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30685 Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 10Mar 07, 2010 7:29 pm Our Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30685 Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 12Mar 07, 2010 8:49 pm I like it but I wonder if the laundry and bathroom can be swapped over. i tend to prefer the laundry as close to the rear of the house as possible as it's closer to the clothesline (which apart from just the distance of carrying washing is also a cost factor for pathway to the clothesline. Or even if bedroom 2 can be swapped with the bathroom/laundry/toilet so then there is a separation (for noise) between each of the bedrooms. After sleeping at my parents recently and being able to hear my Uncle snoring in the next room as if he was in the room with us I'm keen on acoustic reduction with bathrooms/laundry's not just gyprock or insulation. Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 13Mar 08, 2010 9:18 pm Hi Laney, I think you've chosen your block and your plan really well + put a lot of thought into it. At the time we were (initially) looking at single story houses, this would have been one of my favourites ~ wide enough to carry two rooms at the front as well as the entry and garage. Nice! Quote: Madagascar: Image So now is the confusing part, I personally love the look of white tiles, however we don't want to overkill the white, I was thinking white wall tiles with a stone feature tile running horizontal through, however i also wanted white floor tiles, now im confused as to what would look good and easy to look after!! Thinking possibly a silver grey wall tile as kitchen splashback, I am wanting high gloss designer white overhead cupboards. wall tiles: Obelis Grey Gloss 300x600 Image Linea Grey Gloss Image Love the drama of the Madagascar. You would soften the contrast between the white gloss overhead cabinets if you did pick a soft grey. But you would have to be careful that it didn't 'clash' or look like a 'mis-match'. There was a lovely kitchen I saw in the Decorating Lounge that had very simple white tiles as the splashback, with a single horizontal line of feature silver tiles. I love the texture on the Linea Grey Gloss (I had this on our shortlist, but we just aren't "gloss" people! ) ~ this is a beautiful tile. Are you thinking of this for the kitchen? Or the bathroom / ensuite? I would be a bit frightened of an all-white floor, but then, we have kids (so I have good reason to be frightened!! ) Looking forward to watching your build! ~ cheers, J _______________________________________________________________ We're a knockdown | rebuild ~ Melb SE burbs Building modified version of the Fairhaven Glenaire Homeone thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28429 _______________________________________________________________ Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 14Mar 09, 2010 10:12 am Hi Laney Love the colours you have picked! We are building with Dennis in Botanic Ridge and we are waiting for our colour selection appointment to happen. So far so good with Dennis. Look forward to keeping up with your build! Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 15Mar 09, 2010 11:50 am Hi there! So many decisions I know. It's tough, and it is very hard to visualize the end result - especially for un-creative people like me I came across this thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=29127 and I think they are using similar kitchen cupboards to what you have chosen. Have a look, maybe it will help? Good luck, you are definitely on the right track! Kat Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 16Mar 09, 2010 1:14 pm jodie76 I agree with your comments about men & having no interest in colours etc just the construction. Dh is exactly the same but that suits me because then I get complete choice of what I like & he is happy to go along with it! I resemble this remark! lol. Seriously though, my fiance and I are picking our colours on Thursday and its been doing my head in for the last couple of weeks trying to work out what to go with, and I am a guy! Unless Im the exception to the rule? lol Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 17Mar 09, 2010 6:36 pm Thanks to all who have responded, I would do the quotes to answer questions however not quite sure how to do it, and whilst I type, bf is busy watching his dexter dvd and telling me the story line (hope he realises I dislike this show ASAP as he still has another 3 seasons to watch!! AHHHH!!). Fernyhouse, that is a great idea, however trying to restrict from too many changes, keep to the basics, so we can add our own touch to it, and we have big plans for our background!! Can't wait for the backyard!!! Vanilla Tree, thanks for your input, greatly appreciated!! To be honest, we actually went into beaumont tiles and we were very overwhelmed with all the colours, so we decided to get examples of what we like, however the tiles, well lets just say to many shapes, sizes, colours, textures, so I had a look on the internet and thats were I found these colours, at the moment the only colour we have sent in stone (if available to us) is the Madagascar, we both love it, a colour we finally agreed on!! As i'm wanting the overhead cupboards in high gloss white, I was leaning towards doing a greyish wall tile with no feature, at the moment we are both not very keen on the feature tile, somehow I think my choice of feature tile will date quickly so perhaps we might give this a miss. However now perhaps, if we did a white wall tile and a stone feature tile, we might do the flooring a dark grey perhaps? we both do love the high gloss so hopefully we find something. Also with the bathroom I have no idea, we are thinking to keep the same thing throughout the house and then perhaps eventually paint a different colour, really we have no idea, would love a few suggestions!!! Laney. Haha Diesel, you must be the exception, im starting to think my bf is colourblind, at the start he was keen to choose colours, I think all the laughing I have done may have put him off, but i wont admit to it . Good look with your colours, hope you make a thread so i can have a look. Our Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30685 Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 18Mar 09, 2010 6:45 pm Well, I was popping in to say welcome, but you just lost me with that I don't like Dexter remark... Kidding.... Love your floorplan - I would have killed for that walk-in linen cupboard in my first house. I would have killed for any linen cupboard at all, actually. White wall tiles, stone feature and grey floor tiles sounds lovely to me. Don't overthink this stuff - you'll go nuts. Take a bit of time, make up your mind and then stop looking at other people's ideas, or you'll change your mind every five minutes. Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 19Mar 09, 2010 6:53 pm Hey Laney, I'm with Kek... Dexter... oh I love him... I mean it, you know, the show When you reply on your thread... scroll down the very bottom, you'll see the history of everyone's posts, you can then click on 'quote' and it will insert their post into your reply. Just make sure you have the curser where you want the quote to appear Re: building our DREAM -- Colours please ASSIST!! 20Mar 09, 2010 7:41 pm buiLdinGdReamS Haha Diesel, you must be the exception, im starting to think my bf is colourblind, at the start he was keen to choose colours, I think all the laughing I have done may have put him off, but i wont admit to it . Good look with your colours, hope you make a thread so i can have a look. Will do definately once we have some infor to put up, need to start a build thread! On the subject of high gloss kitchen cupboard doors, our sales guys quoted around $5k to upgraded, is this accurate? You should pressure clean your roof first and make sure the paint you buy also is anti mould. 4 21088 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 24424 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 36 24899 |