Lights and fixtures

This week has been busy. There have been all sorts of things being installed. They were trying to get as much done as possible before they shut down next week for Christmas (for almost 4 weeks - don't get me started on that one!).

There was a bit of a hooha about putting lights and a fan on the outside patio, but that sorted itself out in the end. Unfortunately there is a bit of piping on the underside of the patio that is a bit ugly, but at least we got our fan!

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures for you.

Square lights that are in Bedrooms 2, 3 and 4.

Lounge room with cool wall sconces (love that word!)

Entry light. You can also see the kitchen light and sunroom fan with light in the background.

Main kitchen light.

Outdoor lightsShower screens and tapsMirrors and a sexy mama in the reflection!Taps on the corner bath.

Insulation batts are being installed on Monday (21st Dec) which is the last thing that will happen before the Christmas shutdown. They come back to work on the 11th of January, which also happens to be my birthday - I wonder if I will get a house for a present?! A few bits and bobs to do when they come back, but looking at Practical Completion Inspection (PCI) on 19th or 20th of January. Crossing everything that all goes well and we get handover by the end of Jan.

Merry Christmas everyone :)

Lighting dramas

Well, we went to Beacon lighting on Monday (21st Sept) after work because we heard that they had a sale on and we were hoping to save money on the light fixtures we had chosen. When we got there we were told by the very sweet sales girl that the entire range of lights that we had chosen, the ones that we had based our entire colour scheme on, had been discontinued.

J and I were a bit stunned and unsure what to do. We wanted antique brass fittings, which is kind of a dull browny brushed brass look. There are a number of light fittings in this style but unfortunately most of them are designed for old colonial style homes and are therefore old fashioned looking. The lights that we had originally chosen were quite a modern style and they were a good price, about $15-$30 per fitting. The only other lights in the store that we remotely liked were $130 upwards per fitting. You can probably see our problem now......

We discussed our problem with Jaymee-Lee (the very sweet sales girl) who suggested that the best way would be to do the entire lighting selection again. Anyway, after a couple of hours and a couple of arguements (thankfully no tears) we had redone our lighting plan with quite a few modifications from the orginal plan. We have reduced the amount of ceiling fans (about $250 each) to save some money and cover the cost of the expensive brushed brass fittings. We have left bedrooms 2, 3 and 4 with a simple lightbulb in the ceiling (no fixture) as we couldn't find any we liked in the store. This means that we can do a DIY light fixture later - more things to do after handover!

Anyway, we received the quote back by the end of the week and thankfully we came in just under budget. I still preferred the old plan, but I reckon once the lights are in the ceiling we will never look at them again - except to clean them. Just a little hiccup on the road to building a house......