Mid August- tapware, painting continues, quotes for blinds

This week I have been busy getting quotes on blinds and looking at furniture. I would love shutters throughout but the budget doesn't stretch quite that far unfortunately. It looks like we will probably go with shutters in the dining room and the single window in the garden room and roller blinds in most other rooms. In the bathroom and ensuite we are looking at getting venetians.

The SS let us in on Friday 8th August to let the blinds lady measure up. He was happy for us to stay and take our time and just shut the door behind us when we left, so I had plenty of time to look around and take photos.

The first coat of paint had been done and I really love the colour, Marble Mist. It is a nice neutral beige with a slight grey undertone. The benchtop for the island was gone, after being delivered a few days prior. It must have been damaged. The doors were all painted and tiling complete. The microwave and rangehood are in too.

It was great being inside the house to look at colour samples for the blinds, so I could see how they looked with the walls and cabinets etc. I also took our floor sample to try next to the kitchen and bathrooms. I'm really happy with the colour, it's perfect.

Warning: lots of photos to come!!

We upgraded to the square tapware but I've noticed the wrong bath spout has been installed (it has a round backing plate, not square)

ensuite

 ensuite

spare room

spare room desk

 older daughter's room

 younger daughter's room

 kitchen stacker doors

looking towards family room and garden room at the end

 looking out to alfresco area

 kitchen

 laundry

 master

family room

garden room tv bracket

home theatre

Tiling Completed and Benchtops In

This week the tiles in the laundry, bathroom and ensuite were completed and the internal doors were painted. Today, after thinking no one had been at the house I was pleasantly surprised to see the kitchen and bathroom benchtops were installed! Yay! The kitchen bench is still covered with green plastic, but it's still very exciting.
The laundry tub was also installed this week. I really wish our budget could have extended to include benchtops and cupboards in the laundry, but maybe one day we will be able to do that.

 bathroom tiling done

 and with the cabinetry installed

 kitchen benchtops in

 kitchen

ensuite cabinetry

laundry tiles

Kitchen Cabinetry Delivered and Walkthrough

Very excited to see the kitchen and bathroom cabinets delivered on Friday 18th July and then installed the next day. Lucky we visit the house just about every day lol!
I took lots of photos through the (very dirty) sliding doors so some aren't the best quality.

Then on Monday 21st July I had a walk through with the SS to confirm the correct tiles had been delivered and to see how the rest of the progress was.

Overall I was very impressed with everything. The painter was there to get a headstart on the painting and the tiling was to start later in the week. The tiles delivered were the ones we ordered and the kitchen looked fabulous! It was amazing how much bigger the kitchen looked with the cabinetry installed!!

Lots of photos below:

kitchen cupboards delivered

                                                        kitchen cupboards installed (the next day)

 master bedroom Lin 1 doors

                                                                                                       ensuite cupboards delivered

 daughter's bedroom                       

                                                   other daughter's bedroom

spare room (toy room/study)

 ensuite

main bathroom

doors to alfresco

 shelf in front entry

 loving the facade

 and looove the front door

 garage door (love this too!)

garden room (lots of beautiful winter sun in here)

Gyprock and Water Tank

The last two weeks has seen the gyprock get delivered and put up, the water tank delivered and bricks cleaned.

Garage

Water tank

 Garden room

 View of dining room

 Front entry niche

 Master

Bricks have been cleaned