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Comments (29)Hi, if it's any help I went through this recently too. We built our first new home and colour selection was a nightmare for me, I wanted everything white! With so many different shades of white I was concerned we would get a 'stark' look, I can tell you that's not the case. We have Lexicon quarter on our walls, white ceiling, white porcelain floor tiles, white Caesar bench top in kitchen, white Polyurethane kitchen cupboards, white shutters, even a milky white splash back and marble fireplace surround, I thought it was too much at first...but...when you start furnishing and dependent on what style your after, I was going for a hamptons/coastal relaxed but modern style it will all come together...I found neutral colors bright pillows and soft light really make the home 'alive and inviting' and it always seems fresh, I have some of our home pictured on Houzz, just click through to my account and you can get some ideas :) you can never go wrong with white IMHO or have too much because it's always a great canvas to work with and always in style. Like illegally blonde said its the pieces you place with the white that pop and you can always change to what you feel like, I also have had 3 toasters dependent on what mood I'm in, the white always gives me a blank canvas to work with :) I hope this helps, happy to help with anything you might need :)...See MoreStacker doors or bifold doors?
Comments (38)If the front of the house is west facing in Queensland and you have glass on that side of the house, in summer in the afternoon the sun beats down on this side for hours, heating up the whole house. There is some speculation on double glazing as some think that they do heat up, better than nothing. Once the sun hits the wall you are lost. These image are for north this is worst for west. A more passive means of cooling the house is to install tall enough thick leaves to the base trees on the western side so that they shade that elevation. Problem with that is that in winter, that sun would be nice. So you need trees that drop their leaves early winter and have them back on say September when the sun starts to heat up. Some trees hold onto their leaves till a few weeks before spring, so make sure you do your research and think root barrier up front to protect your footings. Photo below horizontal external shade screens, Another method is to shade the house with screens, i said house not windows. With western sun, it is low when it starts to clear the roof overhangs, so no amount of horizontal shade devices will make any real difference. The screens for western sun in Queensland must be of a vertical nature. So screens that hang OUTSIDE the house to around say 900 mm off the ground would be fantastic. Since the sun travels around the west from more south west in peak summer to west in winter, vertical blades tend to be ideal solution and should pivot, to deal with this moving sun. In the past, Queenslanders used to have these vertical screens on castors and they moved them around to suit the conditions, for some reason we did not learn from the past. This house the screens are not shading the walls at the bottom so they would still heat up. From the plans i see you are building in brick, so western sun and bricks in summer make an ideal oven. Takes bricks 12 hours to cool down depending on the colour. All material heats up in the sun, but bricks take longer to cool, light weight material which is properly insulated is a better choice and against popular opinion, glass is also a good choice, all better if vertically screened. Double brick tends to keep a house cooler and you might as well use the double brick for structure instead of the decorative nature of cavity brick house, but after a while that heats up and takes forever to cool. Studs hold up the roof, not the face bricks. Ever wonder why the house stands up during construction with stud wall and roof? Photo is vertical blades which pivot. A good landscape architect would be worth a look and they will know how to blend your style of house with the garden. North windows in Queensland even with no overhangs, (which is stupid in Queensland) do not get sun into the rooms, but in winter it might crawl in say 2 M which is nice. What are you doing with the roof and concrete tiles heat up nicely and the darker you make them the hotter they get, Colorbond is a good choice with all the hail we tend to get, or keep a stockpile of tiles for when they break. Colour also makes a difference to heat. Make sure you vent the roof space, whirly birds, and vented eaves or gable ends, make sure you fully insulate the roof and also ceiling, and choose a light colour. choose a style of external screens or trees to fit the house. See if that makes a difference to the report which is there to make your life better and we are talking the cost of air con for the life of the house, the reports are there to help save you money, maybe a bit more up front but worth it in the long running cost of a house. Ros...See MoreInterior layout - Need help deciding!
Comments (13)I have just had another look at your floor plan and hopefully give you a better family room and flow, using the 4th bedroom is just too small unless you were to spend the money to make it the same width as the family room would be a mistake. . I know you mentioned through breeze, you should get that with the current window next to the 4th bedroom and by using the sliding door that is already installed in what was bedroom 2 this would also add breeze and light and importantly give you an overall larger spacious family room. The large 3 m x 900 island would have the sink which is one of two positioned slightly to the left so as not to be seen when viewing from the front of the house. The kitchen continues across into the old dining which allows for a servery to the alfresco and a wall of pantries on the back wall. The new dining table space allows for a long side board, IT, Kids craft with access to outside and importantly again you are able to supervise them while working in the kitchen or sitting on a lounge. The living room could be divided into two spaces if and when needed by using folding stacking doors, and again I think it's important to be able to keep that room as whole overall and not turn into two small rooms. Without seeing the size and shape of the block and how the house is positioned it's difficult to suggest anything else. cheers...See MoreIs it worth putting timber/polyeutherine doors on a sliding doors buil
Comments (8)If it is bare particleboard then my short answer is probably no, it is not worth paying double for better quality doors. Like I said, I haven't seen unfinished particle board inside cupboards in a long time. If it is laminated particleboard then it might be worth it. Like The Joinery Store said, laminated interiors are typical. Plywood is not unheard of (and I think it is more common in some other countries) but it would be unusual if you did not specifically request it. Just to be clear, the cupboard has been built and has laminate doors, and you are getting quotes to change the doors? For what reason are you thinking of changing them? What do you want the doors to look like from the outside? Do you want them to match any other doors or features in the room which are timber or poly?...See More- 5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
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