So much seems to have happened in a short time... It feels like a real house! Doors, windows, roof, cladding, solar panels, wiring, internal plasterboard etc...
I went up recently to go over the final wiring plan with the electricians... it was a little daunting because I was having to make final decisions without Benj there and the wiring was going in as I was there! But all seemed to go well and the electrician didn't think my lighting plan was dodgy, thank god! We had to make a few adjustments to positions of some of the switches, lights and the fans too because of how the framing work had been done... but it all seemed to work out in the end.
Colour choices have had to be reviewed too. My original colour choice for the cladding, 'Blind Date', looked a lovely sort of coffee colour on the sample paper... but looked bloody purple once we got it up on the external wall! So we went back to the drawing board (twice!) with about seven or eight different colours to compare. We're finally happy now with 'Warm Neutral', double strength. It looks like the internal colour might even end up being a quarter strength of the same colour but we need to see the large panels I've painted actually in the house to really be sure.
Benj has ordered the 'Big Ass' fans (which have been delivered already) and the water pump. So we're getting down to the details now.... lighting will have to be next. We have to buy all the pendants and fittings. I hope I can remember what I had originally planned! We should've done this bit sooner... because I don't fancy traipsing around a lighting shop again with a newborn! Oh well these things happen (when you have the organisation skills of Benji and I.)
Anyway... here are some of the latest images...
June 29, 2014...
Northern face.
July 19, 2014...
Final two colour choices... Warm Neutral (x2) wins... that's it on the right with WN written underneath.
Plaster board in the hall... looking forward to seeing the timber louvres which will go into those internal windows for the bedrooms.
En suite... little niches for toiletries. One each. Mine is lower and bigger. :)
Kids shower.
Linen cupboard.
Ceiling insulation - main living area.
And again... look at those lovely beams (with the black metal plates)... they will be our lovely exposed beams.
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Northernface again... note all the colour test strips. (And don't forget that ugly plastic water tank is just there for the builders and won't be there once the house is complete.)
Southern face.
Kitchen... note: Pantry (centre of photo); Big metal brackets (left of photo) for two floating timber shelves; All the wiring which was going in as we spoke on the final electrical plan day.
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