Colours for the Girls!

Over the past couple of days there's been a lot of painting activity - the windows have plastic on them, and we can't really see in. We hope to bring you some update photos tomorrow, but in the meantime here is our colour selection summary, as promised!


Late update: Paint selection colours are -

External:

• Front door (external face): Wattyl Gloss Enamel - Gravel Chip
• Laundry Door (external face): Wattyl Sunfast low sheen - Colourbond Woodland Grey
• Garage Door (external face): Wattyl Sunfast low sheen - Colourbond Woodland Grey
• Meter Box: Wattyl Sunfast low sheen - Colourbond Woodland Grey
• Mouldings: Wattyl Sunfast low sheen - Colourbond Paperbark
• Infill above garage: Colourbond Paperbark
• Alfresco Beams: Colourbond Paperbark
• Render: Rockcote Maudsland

Internal:

• Ceilings: Wattyl White
• Standard wall colour: Wattyle Low Sheen washable velvet - Feather White
• Main bedroom feature wall: Low sheen washable velvet - Donkey
• Theatre room: Low sheen washable velvet - Vinyard
• Architraves / Skirtings: Australian Colonial 67mm profile, Wattyl Easyflow gloss in Orchid
• Internal Doors: Wattyl Easyflow gloss in Orchid
• StaircaseHandrail, Treads, Risers: Woodcare New Maple
• Ballustrades: Wrought iron, plain profile, in black

Cabinets and bowls

Time for an update! The plaster is complete, as is most of the fix. The cabinets are also in, along with basins and laundry trough.

Some of these photos were taken yesterday while the tradies had the house open (g'day to Luke, Graeme and Mark!)

Other photos were taken this evening through the windows, including a broken window.

Huh? What's that? Yes - one of the windows has been busted by person or persons unknown.

One of the problems is that our block, and the still vacant one next door, have been used as a thoroughfare for the teenagers in the area for years. They jump the fence and walk though - the rear fence on the property backs onto a large easement. In fact, one of the palings on the fence was removed to make the access easier. Today we put a new paling on the fence, and I put some cardboard over the broken window.

Bernadette had a chat with three "youths" she saw jump the fence and walk up the side and through the garage.

Anyhow pictures below - M&M, I think we may have edged slightly ahead until your next update! I left a message for our Site Supervisor today, advising him of your progress!

Cornice is done

Bathroom vanity

Ensuite vanity with "salad bowls"

Doors hung, architraves and skirting boards done

Busted window next to the kitchen

Our new kitchen!

Making use of the broken window - photo taken when the house was locked.

You can just spot the drawers in the pantry, and the shelf.

Yes, now that we are at lockup, it's photos through the windows!

Kitchen and broken window

Replaced the paling in the back fence

Cardboard and tape. Not very secure, but does the job.

100 NOT OUT!

Friday was another busy day on site, with the cabinets being delivered, the trusses for the garage roof going on, the balcony framed in, the cornice going in upstairs and the fixing being almost completed downstairs.

Garage Trusses are up!

Latest view from the front

Our garage is taking shape. If you look closely, you can see where the ducted vac will go.

Cabinets

Architraves on downstairs windows

Cabinets again - more of them were placed in other rooms!

GLook closely - skirts, architraves, and a door!

Some upstairs cornice

The bath went in a while back

Watch that step...

Tiled floor will eventually go in.

Yesterday (Saturday) we visited Fowles showroom in South Melbourne to look at carpet and laminate timber floorings (thanks Tony!). Nothing is ever as easy as it seems.

We found a nice carpet (Godfrey-Hirst brand) which we like, and Gavin at Fowles priced and sized our requirements for us. Initially the plan was to carpet throughout upstairs, but due to the cost we may put some laminate timber in the family room at the top of the stairs.

The laminate timber floorboards available from Fowles is by Armstrong, and we will be laying it ourselves. Price is around $20 per square metre - less than half the cost of carpet just for the supply.

Problem is, that we have a light cherry colour on the kitchen cabinets - and we are having difficulty finding a colour for the floor which will suit. We are not done yet - we plan to go back to Fowles and have another look with a bigger colour sample Similar laminates at other places which we saw were around $30 per square metre.

100 NOT OUT! - Why the title of this entry? Easy, this is our 100th blog entry. Wow. We talk too much.

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Thanks to everyone who has hopped on board our adventure with us, and for all the comments and feedback!