Cabinets - Part 2 / Tiling - Part 1

The cabinets have been installed in the bathrooms and laundry - very exciting!  We finally get to see what our 2D plans look like in reality.

The laundry is only partially done, because apparently the Laminex product in the colour we chose (Moose gloss) is out of stock, so they are waiting on more to arrive in WA.  Obviously a popular choice - but not sure that's such a good thing?!  The photos below also show the waterproofing in preparation for the tiles to be laid.

Another exciting addition has been the fit-out of our wardrobes.  We ended up using an allowance that was set aside for another (less important) part of the house and put it towards having proper shelving in all the bedrooms.  We are really glad we did - they look amazing and worked out exactly as we wanted.  Certainly not top of the range - they are just a white laminate suspended system - which is the cheaper way to do it, but they look good and should make the spaces much more functional.

[By the way, the paint colour shown in the wardrobes is Vanilla Quake Quarter - the one we weren't sure about.  Unfortunately the cabinets were booked in and had to go ahead, but the painter will repaint the wardrobes if we change our mind on the paint colour.  Looking at it again (many, many times!), it's actually starting to grow on us.  Will need to decide soon if changing minds!]
 

 Shelving in minor robes (is the same in all three)

 

Our wardrobe - Murray's side (left) and Julie's side (right)

 Kids' bathroom (above and below)

 

 

Kids' / guest powder room (aka toilet) - minus the toilet!

 Ensuite

  

Our toilet / powder room

Start of the Laundry

Here are the tiles delivered and ready to go.  They are all fairly plain - nothing fancy at all, but we didn't want anything that would date, so have tried to keep the tiles as neutral as possible.  The photos below don't show the colours very accurately, but give a rough idea.

 

 Wall and floor tiles for the laundry, kids' bathroom and toilet (will be laid horizontally)

 Wall and feature tile for our ensuite.  The floor tile is a similar colour to the feature tile on the right.

 

   

Shot showing our different doors - plain door throughout (left), doors to entertainment room (centre) and doors at end of entry hallway (right, still unpainted).

 

 Speaking of doors, here's Macey sussing out where her doggy door will be.  She seriously was!

You can see on the left panel where the glass has been cut ready for the frame/door to go in.

Painting & Cabinets - Part 1

(Another back-dated post!)

As much as we love trees (especially Murray), we managed to negotiate with the neighbour to go halves in cutting down a massive White Gum at the front of the house.  It was on the neighbour's land, though mainly affected us.  It looked nice, but was nasty - causing all sorts of dramas with masses of leaves in our gutters (not to mention all over several driveways and the road).  And being self-pruning, it had the potential to cause serious damage to our nice new roof (or passing children!) with falling branches.  So it had to go.

 Tree lopper

Before & After

In other news, the painters have painted the ceilings, doors and door frames.  The white we chose - for ceilings, cornices, skirting, doors and door frames - is 'Vivid White' and we're really happy with how it looks.  Very bright and clean looking, and should create a nice contrast with the walls and floors etc.

The main wall colour is a whole other issue!  We had selected what we thought was the perfect colour (after numerous sample pots!) - called 'Vanilla Quake Quarter'.  BUT the painter painted inside our wardrobes (in preparation for shelving) and I'm not happy!  It's looking far too dark and even a bit mauve!

So we've gone back to the drawing board and called in lots of advice to make a new selection.  How many damn light warm greys can there be??!!  Clearly many dozen!

 

Here's one of many sample colour boards we've painted.

This shows Vanilla Quake Quarter - what we thought was our perfect colour - except not so sure now!  :(

Other progress has been the screeding to the wet areas...

 Kids' bathroom

 Ensuite

Visited the cabinetmaker's workshop last week and was VERY excited to see how our little colour chips are starting to look as the real thing...

A few days later and they arrived at the house, ready to be fitted.

Photos of the cabinet installations in the bathroom, ensuite and laundry will follow this week, plus the shelving fit-out for all the wardroes.

This feels like the fun part!  :)