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Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Week 16: It's all happening

The week before we came back from holidays was clearly a big one - all the finishing trades have started up, and we are getting an idea of how the house will shape up in the end!

The tiler has started. A little while ago, possibly influenced by 'The Block', I decided I'd like a feature tile in the niches. After a little googling, I discovered that I didn't like the look of a different colour feature tile, but preferred something textural in the same colour. You can see that we've gone for a simple gloss white wall tile, so I decided on gloss white penny mosaic tiles for the niche. Hopefully will look great when the grout is done!



Cabinetry has also started going in. We are thrilled with the vanity designs for the main and ensuite bathrooms. The Navurban timber veneer has come up a treat, and our cabinetmaker has done an awesome job on the finger pull handles. Because the bathrooms are small, we wanted everything as sleek and minimalist as possible, while trying to maximise storage.



Amazing what a lick of paint does to make the rooms lighten up! We have gone for Dulux Natural White in the living and bedroom areas, and Lexicon Half for the bathrooms and laundry.



Speaking of laundry, the laundry cabinetry has been installed.



Upstairs, cornicing and architraves have been installed, and the first coat of paint applied. 



Things are going to motor on from here! LOTS for us to organise in the next few weeks - carpet measure and install, kitchen install, benchtop measure and install, Crimsafe/flyscreen measure and install, coordinate fence removal and install with one of our neighbours, organise a new gas line and meter, buy a fridge... the list goes on. 

We are also waiting on delivery of floorboards for upstairs, which has been delayed by several weeks. We ordered from an online company at a great price, but since we ordered, several negative Google reviews have appeared. Not so shonky as to take money and run, but very slow delivery. So buyer beware! We should have done better research. 

As always, thanks for keeping up with the blog, and look forward to your comments and thoughts!

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