We had our final design development meeting today, and were told that the builder has finally started on the contract drawings. Scary! We went through the last set of changes – the walk-in robe hadn’t greatly diminished in size as I’d feared, so we can still fit that double-bed in …
We’ve got some catching up to do! We’ve been so incredibly busy the last few weeks, focusing on the layout details of the kitchen, bar, bathrooms, powder room, and laundry. Phew! I’ll post some sketches etc later but right now I just want to catch up on the Design Development meeting …
On Tuesday, I had an appointment with Blum to do a “Kitchen Test Drive”. This is where they have a dedicated room where you can reproduce a life-sized model of your kitchen. You have the chance to test the layout to see how it works, how the space feels. Prior …
The past week was insane. We were supposed to have the kitchen and wet areas all sorted out, but focused on the kitchen as a priority. Lots of research into appliances (we’re going with Siemens for now), and inventorying, and zone planning. I did some running around during the week, bringing my …
We had another meeting with the architect today. Kitchen We were supposed to go over our kitchen plans, but we haven’t thought it through enough to specify what we want. Well, that’s not quite true. We’d put quite a bit of thought into it, but it didn’t seem to be …
The first real thing we’re doing in Design Development 2 is looking at the kitchen layout in terms of cabinetry, what we want and so forth. We initially wanted to go look at some cabinetry hardware companies, specifically Blum and Hettich, but their showrooms were closed on Saturdays apparently. So …
After getting the first set of design variations costed with both builders, we’ve decided to stick with the current one as it looks like it may be more cost-effective in the end. Today, we met again with Ken to discuss the variations. We still have some outstanding questions for the …
I want to do something a little bit daring with the guest bedroom. We have a wrought iron bed base with blue inserts which we’re planning on using, and also a wrought iron and crystal chandelier. At the moment, I’m thinking “industrial glam”. Bear with me a moment! Apparently it’s even …
The costings are in – kind of. The architect’s given us the raw costings but some info is missing and he wants to do his own analysis before we meet again. It’s a bit too early for us to sway either way too, we need to have a good look …
I have some fairly solid ideas of how I want the master bedroom to look. I have a lot of trouble sleeping at night so it’s really important that the bedroom is, well, sleep-inducing. I don’t want anything exciting – in fact, the more boring the better! So think grey, …
Eco Home Style is a blog about building a sustainable and stylish passive solar house in the inner city fringe of Perth, Western Australia.
It's my hope that by sharing this experience, you have some insight into the building process. As the build comes to an end, my focus will shift to what it's like to live in a passive solar house.
