Material Selection

3 November 2008

We had to go down to Shepparton (1.5 hours away) on a Friday for our Materials selection. It was an ardous drive & if you ever need to drive along any regional Victoria's highways, be sure to bring along with you some interesting company.

The material selection is carried out in a shop lot amongst some warehouses. We were greeted by a colour consultant, a female, predictably, since we are much better at colours compared to our other species. We began from the outside, going in.

After doing this kind of things half the time for my day job, it's interesting to be selecting fittings for ourselves. The difference is of course, unlike my very well-to-do clients, we only get to choose from a limited & average range of fixtures.

Concrete Roof Tiles - Monier : Tudor : Wild Rice

Austral Bricks - Parchment

Inside & Outside (I'm getting excited & apprehensive with the kitchen benchtop)

Square Bath (tiles excluded)

Round wash basin + basin mixer

Shower compartment (shower head excluded)

Kitchen sink (with square tap & mixer)

60cm cooktop & under bench oven - both from Technika (not really top-of-the-range)

Dishwasher - Simonds threw that in for F.O.C. after much unabashed haggling from us.

Entry door handle - Gloss finish. D wanted the satin finish which was just too 'quiet' for me.

Carpet - I hope I won't blame myself for that in the future.

So, all in a day's work. We like what we chose, but I think the colour scheme we went with was pretty cliche to say the least. We stuck with safe colours, earthy tones, boring shades, just shying away from any opportunities to splash something garish on somewhere. Sigh....next investment perhaps.