Building Journey: Eden Brae Livingstone 23 Blog: June 2014

Monday 30 June 2014

Research - Temporary Blinds

I stumbled across this really great site that offer temporary blinds at ridiculous prices - if you're not ready to go all out on your blinds quote. Such a cost effective solution for new home builders!

They're manufactured by a company called Redi Shade in the US and are distributed here in Australia by a company called Ezyblind, based in Melbourne. The temporary blinds come in a variety of sizes and colours, and the best bit is you only need a pair of scissors or stanley knife to install them!

I have no affiliation with this company, I just think it is such a cool idea and wished we had of stumbled across this sooner. Our blinds quote is already signed off...

Ezyblind Window Solutions: http://www.ezyblind.com.au/

Research - Laundry

Our laundry is now double the original size! We were able to increase the space from approx. 2.4 x 1.5m to 2 x 3m as a result of deleting the open study. Technically what we have done is turned the Livingstone back into the Manchester floor plan, as the study is the only real difference between the two!

Here is the original laundry space:

Livingstone 23 laundry space, as you can see only
room for 1 x front loader washing machine.

The open study which we deleted and
split the between WIP and laundry.

Here is what we plan to do with the space:

New laundry floor plan.

We wanted the space to be as functional as possible, to have plenty of storage space for linen, blankets, vacuum cleaner, ironing board, mop, broom and all the other bits and pieces. I would have loved to have drawers with integrated washing baskets, however happily compromised by splitting the tall linen cupboard into two sections, and dedicating the bottom section for the washing baskets.

We plan to get the new laundry floor plan quoted through Kitchen Culture, however know it's going to be a costly exercise! So we'll probably end up completing the necessities through Kitchen Culture and finish the rest of the kitchen through a third party company who specialises in kitchens.

Here are some of my laundry inspiration pictures from Pinterest:

Laundry Inspiration.

Research - Taubmans Paints

Eden Brae as part of the standard range let you choose one out of 54 colours available, as featured in the Taubmans Custom Colour Selections booklet, pictured below. This will be applied using two coats; the first being the undercoat with the second being your choice of paint. To upgrade to a three coat application will cost approx. $1,000 based on what I have read from other blogs.

If you've started to research or are undecided between colours my recommendation would be to get to your nearest Taubmans store or stockist and purchase sample pots (ours cost $11 per pot). This way you get a better feel of the colour and if it throws any other colours that you might not have been expecting.

In the interim, I have scoured the internet gathering photos from the standard range available. I hope this is useful for you:

Taubmans standard paint colours