We’ve teed up a consult with the interior designer for 12th June. So I better get cracking with the outstanding rooms. This week is laundry week. Or as I prefer to call it, the “utility” room. Hard to make a room both practical and pretty, but here I think practical …
We have an update! Yesterday I called our builder to find out what was going on as we hadn’t heard anything from the architect for a couple of weeks. I have to say I was really pleased with the prompt response – not only did they tell me as much …
I’ve been putting off writing this post because I still have no idea on how we should style our kitchen. The only thing I know is that we’re both pretty bored with white cupboards/black benchtop and want something a little more colourful. And I think we’re leaning towards charcoal cupboards …
Although I’ve put the greywater system on the “do later” list as it’s eminently retrofittable, it’s something that we will probably want to do before the landscaping is completed. For the simple reason that the greywater will be used for irrigation. This is what our greywater plan looks like: Here, …
As we’ve reached the end of design development, I’m beginning to freak out a little at how much is still left to do. I need to finish off some design concepts for the outstanding areas: kitchen meals lounge laundry exterior alfresco I might try modelling them in sketchup, and maybe …
So now we’re back to the waiting game, waiting for the last round of variation costings to come in. It’s probably going to break the bank, so I’m deliberately ignoring that and turning my attention to more fun things. One of which is Sketchup. My lovely husband has been painstakingly …
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 …
This week, I had every intention of blogging lots as I’ve taken a few days off over Easter. But. I also had plans to Get Lots Done over the break. But. We seem to be nearing the end of the planning phase, thank goodness, but at the same time it’s …
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 …
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.
