All of our choices stemmed from one thing- the colour of the carpet. We had or hearts set on charcoal carpet- it is practical, on trend and looks good.
During our first colour walkthrough, we explained to our consultant that we were keen on the charcoal carpet. Our only worry was making it work with the rest of the house. She explained to us that having elements of the charcoal throughout the house would make it work.
Next we thought about the kitchen. Having read hundreds of home styling magazines I realised that I liked a lot of different styles. However, one thing that stood out was the white base. We decided on a white kitchen and to incorporate the charcoal, we found some great pictures of charcoal splashbacks (his idea).
We knew that we wanted a timber floor, but due to budget and not liking the idea of scratched bamboo flooring, we decided that we would use vinyl planks with a timber look.
This picture is similar to the look that we are going for: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/88/f2/95/88f2955a985e3edac0bf34ca98088a3c.jpg
The choice of bathroom colours was the hardest to make. We had found so many pictures of bathrooms that we loved. We wanted something that was a little different to the display homes, but still working with the standard inclusions for our package. It is so hard to be sure without seeing it all together! We hope that the colours look a bit like this: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/47/8a/8d/478a8d08c63e492fdd2bc45a5588c2a9.jpg
Down further you can read the list of selections/ upgrades.
Here are some of our colour selections put together:
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedrooms/ Media (carpet colour)
Flooring
ExternalKitchen
Benchtop- Caesarstone White Shimmer 20mm
Cabinetry- Polytec Melamine Polar White MATT
Handles- Hettich clivia/ no handles to overhead cupboards
Glass Splashback- Blast Grey
Sink- Clark Monaco double bowl undermount
Mixer- Phoenix Cruise Sink Mixer with water purifier
Bank of drawers to the rear wall- 1 untensil with 2 equal ($)
Oven- Smeg 900mm electric oven
Cooktop- Smeg 900mm gas cooktop
Rangehood- Smeg 900mm canopy with ducting ($)
Smeg microwave and dishwasher
Bathrooms
Benchtop- Caesarstone White Shimmer 20mm
Cabinetry- Polytec Melamine Natural Oak Matt with nest of drawers to ensuite ($)
Vanity- Manoonga Bowl 70mm white (1 to main, 2 to ensuite) with chrome plugs
Bath- Caroma Newbury 1675 island bath
Shower hob- Stainless steel ($)
Towel rail- Gen Y single towel rail X 2 extra ($)
Tapware- Phoenix Gen Y mixers
Main Bathroom Shower- Deluxe Dura shower rail
Ensuite Shower- Quatro adjustable square shower outlet ($) & shower nook ($)
Toilets- Porcher Quatre Close cpld toilet suite
Wet Area Tiling (bathrooms/ toilet & laundry)
Floor tiles- Oxford Mocha Monotone 30 X 30
Wall tiles- Kalmar Grey 600 X 300 (laid horizontally)
Grout colour- Misty Grey
Internal
Painting- Taubmans Surfmist to all walls/ Taubmans Illusive White to ceiling/ trims/ doors
Taubmans Apache Stone to bedrooms
Doors- Standard flush doors with straight lever stainless steel handles ($) with privacy locks to bathrooms/ toilet ($)
Computer desk- Polytec Melamine Natural Oak Matt
Flooring- Gerflor Senso Lock Vinyl Plank Flooring in Australian Oak ($) (to entry, hallway, kitchen, dining, family/living, stairs to kitchen including aluminium stair nosing)
Carpet- Victoria Carpets Vantage in Jazz ($) (to master, WIR, all beds, children's activity & theatre)
External
Bricks- Austral Urban One Pepper with off white mortar in ironed joint finish
Roof & Gutter- Colorbond Dune
Garage Door- Dynamic slim-line (standard) in Caoba colour ($)
Front door & jamb- Nexus NEX35 (standard on Next Gen) with Caoba Stain ($) and Translucent Glazing ($) with bright chrome door lock ($)
Laundry door & jamb- JST2 door in Surfmist with clear glazing and deadbolt ($)
Fascia, water tank, eaves, downpipes and front post- Surfmist
Windows and Stacker doors- Surfmist matt, satinlite glazing to bathrooms. Flyscreens to all windows and stacker doors ($)
