POLL: Is renovating with your partner fun or frustrating?
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POLL: How often do you redecorate in your home?
Comments (25)I love to change soft furnishings and some decorative items in our family room and master bedroom for summer/winter. In summer I have a lot of white/sand/soft blues with a beachy theme: blue glass, seashells - light and bright. Winter brings out the reds/orange/fuchsias etc. Some of the wall artwork is also changed. I just change the cushion covers, and things like bed linen/bedspread etc. Also the wall decoration behind the bed to tone with the new theme. I don't go out and buy new stuff as I find this method very refreshing ... and it seems 'new' each season! I should add that I have neutral backgrounds and furnishings so that I can do this easily. Even greenery and different floral arrangements enhance the respective themes....See MoreHave you & your partner renovated/ redecorated/ built a home recently?
Comments (8)Oklouise, it is great! I am off work for a couple of weeks after a fall, so it is stopping me going totally insane! Use of rooms: the living near the master bed/ensuite is currently dining, the front lounge is the family room, and the rumpus room I rarely even enter, mostly used by the 20 yr old who has the bedroom at that end of the house. The decking is used casually as the space has a split eleven design meaning table and chairs fit if you don’t want to get in or out of your chair. Whoever designed that was foolish! There are sliding doors from the current dining to the driveway at the front of the garage. MB, not sure of budget, I have no idea really what these things cost, I guess my next step is to settle on some options and meet with a builder or similar and ask them of cost Aprox? I agree on the wasted space in the plans we didn’t use, especially around the bathroom! To move the kitchen up to the master bedroom would be expensive as there is no clearance under the two ends of the u shape, the block slopes a bit up to the back. I think I’ve answered the questions? :)...See MoreFacade follies & fun
Comments (18)Yes, Yes and Yes Siri!.....discrimination factor aside, the ending to this tale is (unfortunately) a "what goes around comes around" one and I think good lesson in it to share here.......so the person who supposedly could "work with their budget" ended up designing something completely beyond the budget, something like 2-3x it (surprise surprise) - and so it was back to the drawing board for a 2nd crack with a draftsperson (gender unknown)...So at this point they have paid for design/drawings TWICE......well, despite a "dumbed down design" strategy being taken, the build costs proved to still blow out to a ballpark double their budget & pretty much exactly what I told them it would (boy am I rolling my eyes at this point), and the kicker is overall an inferior level design/outcome.......yet anther example of massive false economy and not maximising the opportunity.....they ended spending the money anyway, but not necessarily in the best way..... disappointing & super frustrating from our position to witness... We observe this type of scenario year in year out with what we do. Unfortunately, many people just don't get it, don't want to listen and mistake "value" for "low cost" and completely stuff up the critical fundamental decision making process thinking that they know better.....and ultimately they only let themselves and their project investment down.......but moving on now ;)...See MorePOLL: Which of the following do you "obsess" about in your kitchen?
Comments (17)I'm definitely a tea towel changer! I have a bazillion of them. I have a few knick knacks and salt pigs and things, a couple 1920's/30's art deco plates on the wall... I can't stand the 'magazine' look... it's like no-one lives there, so I obsess about NOT having the 'The Block' or 'Grand Designs' look....See More- 5 years ago
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