what do I choose?

I started a scrapbook last night of kitchen and bathroom pictures that I like to help in selecting our colours after our tour tomorrow. I'm really not sure what i'm going to pick. I'm thinking of a chocolate brown or slightly lighter for the kitchen cupboards and bathroom vanities....although i'm possibly thinking of having different colours in the kitchen and bathroom but have the laundry match the bathrooms. One thing I know is that dark benchtops are not going to happen because they are incredibly difficult to keep clean.

I was thinking of a beige/stone coloured carpet but after visiting some more display homes again over the last few weekends i'm thinking that even a light grey might be ok as it would still go with our furniture and won't show the dirt. Tiles i'm still unsure about. I want the same tiles all the way through the house expect for the bedrooms and family room. I'm thinking of a beige again but definitely something non-gloss. They are just too slippery. I'm going to have off-white creamy walls and white ceilings so at least I know that.
I will upload photos of some of the samples I get tomorrow and my selections when I've decided.
Caz

Colours, colours.....it's a blur!

Hi all,
Our colour selection tour has been booked for Saturday....This is the first appointment for touring for and looking at all the colours available....i'm so overwhelmed and I haven't even been there yet. I know it's gonna be amazing and a huge shock and all that is available. I will probably have to go there in the school holidays without my boyfriend to pick the final colours because if I don't go then we won't be able to pick our colours until October and that is getting a little to late apparently. I'm kinda excited!!!!! Ok i'm very excited!!!!! This makes it seem so much more real!! I'm going to go and buy a scrapbook and spend the next couple of nights at home cutting out things I like and make a scrapbook to help me with my choices. Til next time, Caz

Our plans!

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This is the plan of our house. There is going to be tiles all the way through except the bedrooms and the family room. Feel free to comment.
Caz

Its all started...

We are on the way to building our new home. We have chosen our house and paid the deposit on it and our block of land in the Highlands Estate in Cragieburn. Its a beautiful estate and is going to be an awesome place to live. This blog is going to cover everything over the time we build our home. I will include colour selections, plans and pictures as our house is built. We are very excited about it. Its going to be a fantastic and exciting journey, hopefully with not to many downs, although I will encourage ups. We are building with Simonds, as we loved the layout of their homes and there prices were reasonable. I found when looking at layouts that some homes, like Porter Davis, were not planned very well. For example they have the laundry right next to the kitchen and meals area. I thought that was a really stupid design. The layout of the home was a big factor in our choosing builders. We also get recycled water in our estate for the garden, toilet and washing machine, which is going to save us a lot of money now that the price of water has gone up. Anyway I better sign off for today, I have some things to do. I'll upload a plan of our house in another post.
Caz