I actually don't know much about EER star ratings at all. Interesting stuff, thanks!

Thank you for your feedback bigreader. Advice on the layout is great! The main purpose of the room was to design a room with furnishings to compliment the architectural style. I didn't include a drink trolley as that wasn't part of my room design. My room is purposely designed as a personal room for quiet reading (I have just noticed my photo of the bookcase & armchair didn't load), a makeup station and a general sitting area. You are right though, I could still include the drinks trolley as it was a unique piece in the Art Deco era. I do agree that all furnishings have been pushed to the wall and the purpose was to have space. I found in my research that Art Deco rooms were generally large, spacious and glamourous. I was working with a small space for this project (measurements provided to me by my study institution) so I intended on leaving the middle of the room blank to attempt at providing that spacious feeling as you do in an Art Deco room. Again, thank you for your feedback and advice, I will look at applying same changes to emphasize on the Art Deco style a little more from your feedback. Julie

@gerard stewart - slab was ~60-70k & roof was ~20k. Overall happy with the project... we ended up spending a lot more than planned and it took almost 2 years. If I had to do the project over, I'd spend a lot more upfront with an architect, planner or designer. We ended up spending alot of money and only ~2k on drafting/design for council approval. I've spent hundreds of hours researching products and doing drawings (3d modelled the whole property) and although its (mostly) been fun - professional help at the planning/design phase would have saved my time/money and delivered a better product. Really happy with the concrete slab - has been zero maintenance so far. With post some photos tomorrow.

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