private comment:
facade without or less timber
& again
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private comment:
ensuite wall
private comment:
wall unit for hall
Love this light shade!
Contemporary Living Room by San Francisco Interior Designer Artistic Designs for Living, Tineke Triggs
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The window shape and style appeals for the shower although, even frosted, would this be a little too much exposure to the neighbours?
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Like the idea of the window above the door, a good alternative if there is to be no flywire on the double door. Flywire can always be put on the window, a little more subtle than on doors.
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Doors a classic & winner!
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Steps are subtle and flow beautifully
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Like a toilet with a straight line from bowl/lid to floor.
Also a fan of the shelf running through mirror, across wall & above toilet.
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Windows are obviously Asian inspired, but still have a traditional appearance when closed. Painted white, it maybe a nice alternative it a sliding window suits somewhere in the house.
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French meets bi-fold concept for external doors
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Love Love Love the drapes recessed into the ceiling
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Nice window
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Love the wrap around mirror. Perhaps for the powder room.
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Subtle runner for the drapes – LOVE this also.
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Nice wall colour & window box.
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Windows to ceiling, always nice.
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For a minimal French door, I love the doors, especially with the arched window above. Even a narrow version would be lovely for the front façade.
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Really DON’T like this kitchens finishes and look, but DO like the layout. A sucker for a big square island bench. NOT a fan of sinks/stove on island.
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Like the line of the bath where it meets the tile, rather than sitting against wall. Taps on opposite wall a big NO NO unless the bath is a small size and the wall can be easily reached when leaning across tub.
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Love ceiling windows if wall is not an option for 2nd story, or privacy ideal! Toilet??
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Fan of window. Mini version of doors shown earlier.
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Window ideal for a shower, although I would consider frosting. Layout good also to maximize bench.
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Sucker for window seat/box
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Fireplace is lovely with the grey border in addition to the silver edge. Like the stepped out feature with fireplace placed within (as if chimney behind). TV embedded great but limits the size of tv in future.
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Love the doors, love the colour (although white will likely be our choice).
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Wall colour perfect for bedrooms.
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Fan of ceiling frame/dropped feature with lighting/downlights placed almost as an added feature.
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An alternate kitchen layout of which I am a fan
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Love the detail around the window set.
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Stone fireplace frame, lovely!
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Above 2 shots have great placement of power points, great for pantry. Lighting great for kitchen bench.
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Cut out strip brakes up a wall.
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I like the fireplace feature, including the step for the main family area, although I would replace the bookcase with another window.
- This Closet would make a nice kitchen!
- Is that when you know that maybe your closet is a little over the top?
Ok I started this blog because we finally decided on a plan for our beautiful home, to transform our exhausted house. We were going to demolish the house and build.
Well we still are……….just not there!
Where?
We are currently waiting on the settlement of our new exhausted house. Much better block, bigger by 100 sqm, with beautiful gumtrees around the parameter (I know beware the falling gums). Better street, great primary school 250m, beach 1.5km, strip shopping 450m.
Well I digress, how did we end up one year on, new & improved plan?
Fate decided to sell the house to a lovely family that missed out on the house for auction across the road. I told the real estate agent to bring them through (after a hectic 18hr mass clean out, painting ceilings included) for a look. Looked like an episode of ’60 min Make Over’. Bundled half the house and kids into the car on two occasions for inspections and presto…….they bought it at $10, 000 more than we would have taken. Win win!
We are now staying in our investment property 30 min further out. Kids have changed child care, but I’m now 10 min from work, husband about 30. Dogs are loving the larger yard.
We’ve adapted well to the aftermath of the whirlwind.
The plans for the new place remain pretty much the same, although I fear we may blow the deca deadline by 6 months (I hope at most). There’s less than 2 years until the eldest starts primary school and hopefully attending the one 250m from the new block, and ideally I don’t want to drive 30-40min each way for school drop offs for longer than 4-8 months.
I went past the place today, met the previous owners, they seemed really lovely but very attached to the house we plan to demolish. Sometimes it’s easier not to have faces to put to the stories.
The house is in rough shape. Not much has been done in their 61 years of ownership, and it really showed. Hopefully we will find someone who will be happy to rent the place out as is, given I don’t really want to put any money into a future demolition zone.
The front yard is covered with brick pavers and the rear yard covered in concrete.
I spent more time today doing laps of the street and neighbouring streets. I am very excited by the location and can’t believe I have to wait 2.5 years (hopefully no longer) to call it home. I was giddy with the thoughts of my future lifestyle, but so nervous that it will never come to fruition.
Only time will tell!!!!!
Saw these in use the other day and thought they’d be perfect for the rumpus room. We hope to have bi-fold doors, so I thing these would be a more modern alternative to drapes. We’d have then in a heavier fabric.
The Deca Deadline 