Saturday, June 20, 2015

Always Waiting

Just a quick post to say we are waiting once again. Still need to get a quote from my brother in law for the build. He's on holidays though so not sure when that will happen. I was hoping to get the process started with council before the birth of the baby but that won't happen now.

Which brings me to the second thing we are waiting on which is the birth of our bub. I am really getting over it now and happy to be nearing the end of this pregnancy. Only 15 more days until I get to meet my little girl (and have a glass of wine!).

I did have piccies of more paint colours but my daughter has broken my phone so it will have to wait until it's repaired. Thank goodness my husband is handy at these things!

Monday, June 1, 2015

Paint Colours

Okay back again to go through the paint colour choices so far (which as we know are very liable to change at least another 50 times)!! Please excuse my terrible photos.

First are my (new) choices for the exterior. All colours are by Dulux:



Mint Twist is the top colour. As the name suggests it's a mint colour. This one will be for the front door and for my window boxes.
Meniscus is the middle colour and is a light grey. This will be the colour for all the weatherboards.
Woodland Grey is the bottom colour. This is a colorbond colour and the colour for our roof. It's also the colour I'd like to paint the porch.
Vivid White is to the side and is the colour for all the trim. So windows, doors and posts for the verandah and porch. This will also be used inside on all the trim too :)


Next is Kitchen:



Distant Shore is the blue and it's by British Paints. I like it because it's a dirtier light blue rather than a bright one. This will go along the back wall of the kitchen and on the back and sides of the island.
Soyanut is the bench top I'd like to use. It's a good quality cut-to-measure laminate and it's pretty cheap which is important with a small budget!

Master Bedroom are all Dulux:



French Limestone up the top is for the walls.
Mildura on the bottom will be for the barn doors to add a bit of contrast.

Eldest Son's Room are also all Dulux:





Top left is Symphony Red. Not 100% sure about this red yet but the red will be used as a stripe around the room, the Union Jack on his desk and his bunk beds.
Vivid White is top left. As well as the trim he will also have it for two thinner white stripes either side of the red stripe.
Passionate Blue on the bottom will be the wall colour and his desk colour.

I grabbed so many paint samples that I forgot to grab colours for my middle son's room so will have to go back another day. So onto the Girls' room. These ones are both British Paints colours:



Temperate Tide is the top colour and is actually quite a bright aqua in real life. It didn't photograph very well. This will be the main wall colour.
Pink Perfume will be the colour of the Argyle diamonds on the feature wall as well as the colour for the cube unit.

I'll go Half Strength with these two.

So that's all for now :)