We have a date! I’m still hesitant to make any firm plans, but…hopefully just three more weeks to go. Please let it be just three more weeks to go. Please let everything go smoothly for the last push to get the house finished.
In the meantime, there is still updating to be done.
The old laundry – a euro-style laundry in the hallway – is being converted to a pantry and storage cupboard. We’re very excited at the idea of having a huge pantry, and space enough to be able to buy things in bulk and store them. I think it will be a work in progress to decide which items need to be kept in the kitchen, always on hand, and which items can be kept in the hallway.
From laundry to pantry
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The living room is overall being left the same, but the changes happening around the edges are going to make it into a cosier space. I love the light provided by the wall of sliding doors; my one hesitation with the plans was creating wall where there is/was open glass. However, the blind for that particular slider had broken over a year ago, so I had a reasonable idea of what it would look like without the additional light. That said, we have already decided that probably the first thing to save for after this, will be a skylight in the living room. Our builder recommended Velux skylights for the bathroom and new laundry and they are just so beautiful. I didn’t know a skylight could be beautiful!
The new sliding doors are double glazed, so there will be no more massive heat loss/gain through the large expanse of glass, and the frame is Colourbond in a colour which almost perfectly matches our living room colour – unexpected bonus. A bulkhead has been installed in the ceiling for the ducted heating/cooling vents. Happily it doesn’t make the room feel smaller, but we will need to reconsider where we hang our indian rug.
The living room
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