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Tiles cont...

This is my powder room downstairs. This might sound strange, but when I saw it today, with the granite mosaics, I was slightly disappointed. I think because the upstairs bathrooms are so striking, that it may take a little while to get use to the more subdued colour tile downstairs. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK1ndjgDfSFuIqrrimSSbsn-hQexrsiT9SRQIDwtLG_gaRjMeKdQAnv-k7orGmXYl73BV1ILXdbAnE7o4dUtj3oCoqTrAgzYBdHI2RubM0YqhkW53mYmpucH5zeuoiJg8CAQ2qUXfAkU/s1600-h/t20.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280602158470197458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK1ndjgDfSFuIqrrimSSbsn-hQexrsiT9SRQIDwtLG_gaRjMeKdQAnv-k7orGmXYl73BV1ILXdbAnE7o4dUtj3oCoqTrAgzYBdHI2RubM0YqhkW53mYmpucH5zeuoiJg8CAQ2qUXfAkU/s320/t20.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div>This first picture is of our lounge room upstairs. An interesting note...when we were designing our house, our architect didn't want a veranda in front of these windows, he said it is better you have the view uninterrupted by columns etc. I love the fact all you can see is water, it looks like we are built right up to the waters edge.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>                                                                                   Below are<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_o3QorhPHraLlS_jf2rjHcKIh_HtqymKqK5PMGg70QBKDQS-t07X1kWIvUmwHxUXPvv1oB5vgh-SUQS2as-gOSLmq_90ROEDr43FFTbB6pUpkcqOB2Byva8RJ8T3D6Cng6CnToKKaKA/s1600-h/t12.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280309042058789762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_o3QorhPHraLlS_jf2rjHcKIh_HtqymKqK5PMGg70QBKDQS-t07X1kWIvUmwHxUXPvv1oB5vgh-SUQS2as-gOSLmq_90ROEDr43FFTbB6pUpkcqOB2Byva8RJ8T3D6Cng6CnToKKaKA/s320/t12.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a> some more random pictures of the tiling. I love the green mosaics, not every bodies 'cup of tea' but you either like the look or not...<br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBB4tEmMtESIGPIfmLCRHcDDA9VH2V81i9Hba1WNmJ4NldvQBw1go2FRP54rq2G2WenNbebwW95cOCp1sbf4QBVyCvtxM0_FC30vvrESFMzqta6YWWd1B1HeRkvSuSfZMuSfnTBN9rQE/s1600-h/tile1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280309029384402242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBB4tEmMtESIGPIfmLCRHcDDA9VH2V81i9Hba1WNmJ4NldvQBw1go2FRP54rq2G2WenNbebwW95cOCp1sbf4QBVyCvtxM0_FC30vvrESFMzqta6YWWd1B1HeRkvSuSfZMuSfnTBN9rQE/s320/tile1.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo62vQqJ8AGill3TpgFG-ih3sa3d5pZJOXWqK8ue9KM_OxMLM30gT9-j0oUGZ-Ptz8-8cwFR-b78bP42vH8t_WKLplQ74pjyZ2OwUZNbb1CJXpXBUyYoAm0ft5Ogwzie5oWF54Dk_Lhbo/s1600-h/t9.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280309019350600130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo62vQqJ8AGill3TpgFG-ih3sa3d5pZJOXWqK8ue9KM_OxMLM30gT9-j0oUGZ-Ptz8-8cwFR-b78bP42vH8t_WKLplQ74pjyZ2OwUZNbb1CJXpXBUyYoAm0ft5Ogwzie5oWF54Dk_Lhbo/s320/t9.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a> This picture is our balcony up top. I really like the tiles I picked and surprisingly enough, the easiest to select. We are having a clear glass balcony with a stainless steel handrail on top. To the side we have to have a frosted glass panel so we don't overlook our neighbours house. It will still look really nice and we both need our privacy so I am happy with this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoijrjb8t2jbvYHcvBUB4XTbymfyxDOmnWHY-LGhXsIppkm3ysG8GjkUpYqbMgeGgixtRHCzJ3icu_ERSxP06YpVsQJaFK98rEnMizmbwsEON2cB9cNa5ZlhEjDibUyJgbjf5EvWr4-EM/s1600-h/t7.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280309012505972770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoijrjb8t2jbvYHcvBUB4XTbymfyxDOmnWHY-LGhXsIppkm3ysG8GjkUpYqbMgeGgixtRHCzJ3icu_ERSxP06YpVsQJaFK98rEnMizmbwsEON2cB9cNa5ZlhEjDibUyJgbjf5EvWr4-EM/s320/t7.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a picture of my walk in shower...green mosaic tiles still to go in. I just love the look of my main wall tiles and all the different shades of cream/beige/white. </div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><em>Mrs B</em></span></div></div></div></div>

Tiles cont...

This is my powder room downstairs. This might sound strange, but when I saw it today, with the granite mosaics, I was slightly disappointed....

12:50:00 AM

Tiling pictures

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxi3mJoR5R9QazEtMp7owVqfUqzNwFbvPq0LL3JgdxsWGGUk0UMIhngCHMybg1sFrvu4I2ZfefUx-F7VMPR1xqZpaKrYjD03uU7nrV_p25hKZhnH8teg9mySQYOLRDuVARg6_QhzcZqw/s1600-h/poder1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279106349260830034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxi3mJoR5R9QazEtMp7owVqfUqzNwFbvPq0LL3JgdxsWGGUk0UMIhngCHMybg1sFrvu4I2ZfefUx-F7VMPR1xqZpaKrYjD03uU7nrV_p25hKZhnH8teg9mySQYOLRDuVARg6_QhzcZqw/s320/poder1.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a> This is our powder room and in real life the porcelain tiles are so nice. We have selected a granite mosaic that will be placed at eye level. The two steel bits poking out of the wall is for our hydronic towel heater.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5uTHKv2fY3W2aqXnLA5QzhYhb3-uXxk49Pdd0cGBbCPPf2sfibTdFUau-mphslGNY2mlORiJ2Zj1IqMPk4Z2sZOeMwr9S00NAW_yeuXhfpRsoLpASZhznC8M9jd6xWpJfnuJ8uUr6GA/s1600-h/laundry+4.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279106341315257842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5uTHKv2fY3W2aqXnLA5QzhYhb3-uXxk49Pdd0cGBbCPPf2sfibTdFUau-mphslGNY2mlORiJ2Zj1IqMPk4Z2sZOeMwr9S00NAW_yeuXhfpRsoLpASZhznC8M9jd6xWpJfnuJ8uUr6GA/s320/laundry+4.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVGlUC_BrZCkw_gjEL9_oyugm15utG_KhCNK9xHg2-Q4QgAxWKVzkRpr0qgNCvAGmQBMc-uZyiOIaUZpGbFUteU667MsharOBy4twfbp9_NlW6_wVVYjc9mNFk-vNxByINbrTp5vh23o/s1600-h/laundry+3.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279106336648307122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVGlUC_BrZCkw_gjEL9_oyugm15utG_KhCNK9xHg2-Q4QgAxWKVzkRpr0qgNCvAGmQBMc-uZyiOIaUZpGbFUteU667MsharOBy4twfbp9_NlW6_wVVYjc9mNFk-vNxByINbrTp5vh23o/s320/laundry+3.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a> The next pictures is of our laundry. I am just thrilled with how everything is working out. The cabinets you see are just the carcass...the cabinet maker hasn't installed the doors/panels etc. The top cabinets are an olive green and the bottom cabinets are American Walnut. Plenty of bench space and storage. I love the thin white tiles, at first I was skeptical but the tile shop owner said they look really nice when laid...I totally agree with him.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7Wjm6huOLqwjEz14R6-ds8LbnEjBZk-cdWS49_9KKYJd19otRgA1HLUH5zzVc9plgbZVZIeleJ4Havekqz4EDPzZLOZvnYvwJ3LeYSO-sYy9J_ACXi5RakijVS3DqhO8XQQptcYZfCg/s1600-h/laundry+2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279106326903251058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7Wjm6huOLqwjEz14R6-ds8LbnEjBZk-cdWS49_9KKYJd19otRgA1HLUH5zzVc9plgbZVZIeleJ4Havekqz4EDPzZLOZvnYvwJ3LeYSO-sYy9J_ACXi5RakijVS3DqhO8XQQptcYZfCg/s320/laundry+2.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6paVvfsczm4r353mm-mKAkTJ_kGF2fuyB2UbS3EPlFKXXJfq16n7CdBAe1IENTLbN-nmzcSH05Q3LaumrWiljgHHcvjguztp8MlSY6hdLY7f5Pp3WkoQfa_35b7bZHwgkkrbUpSy8-4/s1600-h/laundry.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279106326579390930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6paVvfsczm4r353mm-mKAkTJ_kGF2fuyB2UbS3EPlFKXXJfq16n7CdBAe1IENTLbN-nmzcSH05Q3LaumrWiljgHHcvjguztp8MlSY6hdLY7f5Pp3WkoQfa_35b7bZHwgkkrbUpSy8-4/s320/laundry.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a><br /><div>The tilers were there late last night. We didn't want to go in and disturb them so we will just have to wait till Monday to see what they have done. Going by the off cuts in the front yard, tiling upstairs has been completed but not the powder room. I am so excited to see how it all looks.</div><br /><div>Now, back to photos....Yippeeee I am so glad I found the ones I took of the floors a few days ago, hidden behind another folder in my computer. So here they are, not the best quality but at least you get the idea of how they look. Hope you enjoy finally seeing some of my selections for my house!</div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><em>Mrs B</em></span></div><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div>

Tiling pictures

This is our powder room and in real life the porcelain tiles are so nice. We have selected a granite mosaic that will be placed at eye leve...

6:49:00 PM

There are no pictures! I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">don't</span> know what happened but I managed to delete all the ones I took tonight between transferring them between folders. I will take some tomorrow and post them here.<br />Good news, we went by tonight and the tilers were still there. They had almost finished the walls of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ensuite</span>. Can I just say once more, they look more stunning than I had hoped for. The guys (very nice to us and this has been the case for every tradesman that have worked on our house) told us they will finish tiling tomorrow and grout on Saturday. This seems to be a big shift in the progress of our house. Once the painting is done, I will see the home stretch. Another neighbour who started 4 months after us is moving in next week so we are the last family in our street that built this year to move in. It <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">doesn't</span> matter as long as I see progress. So fingers crossed that the painting is done this year.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>Mrs B</em></span>

There are no pictures! I don't know what happened but I managed to delete all the ones I took tonight between transferring them between...

11:36:00 PM

Wallpaper and curtains

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Wallpaper and curtains

Even though it may be a modern home, I still am going to add some features that others may consider too old fashion for such a space. First ...

6:18:00 PM

Tiles cont....

I'm back again and noticed that I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">haven't</span> posted for quite a while. Also, very excited that I now have 3 followers of my blog Michelle, kexkez and Stormy.... hi girls!!! Still trying to find my way around the blog settings so hopefully I can add <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">alot</span> more interesting features to my page.<br />Back to my house...yesterday DH went by the house first time in a week. We are both very disheartened through lack of progress but as we have invested our life savings into this property, we still have to care, ring the builder to make sure he knows we still exist. I never thought building a house would be this difficult and frustrating. Anyway, a miracle did happen and the tilers finally showed up and managed to tile all the floors of the bathrooms, balcony and laundry. For the first time I did not even go and have a look which is really so unfair because I should be excited and thrilled but when you have suffered so much disappointment, it really becomes hard to be motivated enough to even care.<br />This morning I had to drop the grout colours off at the house and curiosity to hold of me so in I went to have a look. The laundry tiles floor and wall were just stunning...my laundry is coming together as I have spent a great deal of time and effort in both design and colours. Despite my initial negativity, I just loved it! So feeling a little better, I ventured to look at the powder room tiles, these beautiful rich caramel tiles, and I was blown away how much I loved them also. Finally, I could see my selections I had agonised over come together...lifted my spirit a bit. Went upstairs and the beautiful bathroom tiles had been laid on the floor...just exactly how I had imagined. The sun was streaming through the house, windows had been fixed (after 10 months) and the site cleaned. Made me feel a little bit better but we had been down this road before...some work to keep us happy then nothing for weeks, so it left me wondering when all the walls were going to be completed...this is a big job so I hope it gets done before <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Christmas</span>. The house is suppose to be painted as well before the break but as usual, there will be the normal held up and we wont see any tradesman again till Feb next year.<br />I will take pictures of the house as it looks now tonight if there is anybody there to let us in. Before I go, it is also important to acknowledge that the quality of the work has never been in question, everything has been fantastic which I am always grateful for towards our builder. He is also a wonderful guy who we still get along really well with and the best part...he always answers his phone when we call him. There are many positives about the builder we chose it is just so unfortunate that we did not even get close to being in for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Christmas</span>. This alone has upset me greatly. On a final positive note, we will have a simply beautiful home once it is finished, that I have never doubted. I just cant wait to decorate it the way I have envisioned...after all, this is what my blog is suppose to be about.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>Mrs B</em></span>

Tiles cont....

I'm back again and noticed that I haven't posted for quite a while. Also, very excited that I now have 3 followers of my blog Miche...

4:32:00 PM

The tiles look just beautiful...

The tiles look just beautiful...

Back to my tile disaster! I met the builder on site today to have a look at the tiles. The tilers were not there working on the house but we...

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Tiles...

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYs7zJygEkRQK7kII8pr_0bogxTlTS7wohu48wJpl5EITWqtNrPQQxUpz-hV2M63aKGdbX-AglgoxDO6iwBXTo4Sv7IEk61yPBKVtBLBYkTknJU5v1jubkCEYHUeKH8NaOyLyDen3zgc/s1600-h/P1010003.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275137251741706274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYs7zJygEkRQK7kII8pr_0bogxTlTS7wohu48wJpl5EITWqtNrPQQxUpz-hV2M63aKGdbX-AglgoxDO6iwBXTo4Sv7IEk61yPBKVtBLBYkTknJU5v1jubkCEYHUeKH8NaOyLyDen3zgc/s320/P1010003.JPG" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a><br /><div>I've been thinking what I should put in my blog about my house that is being built. To say that it has been the most stressful, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">exhilarating</span> and disappointing part of my life would be an understatement. This blog is meant to be exactly what the heading is <span style="color:#cc0000;">Decorating a Modern Home </span><span style="color:#000000;">but the house is not built yet so I feel the need to share the journey where we are, right now. So what stage are we at.....</span></div><br /><div>We are at the tiling stage. The tiles I have selected are imported from Italy and are just beautiful, or at least they were up to 5:00 this afternoon. We got a call from the builder who had ordered work to stop immediately on out tiling until I could come down and have a look at the main bathroom tiles. He told me that our tilers <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">refused</span> to lay the tiles until he came down and had a look at the batch that was delivered to the house. Every tile was a different colour and pattern. Our builder said it was so bad that the tilers <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">didn't</span> want to continue because they knew the owner would be very unhappy when they saw it. So, taking a deep breath, I told the builder I would meet him in the morning early to look how bad it looked. No big deal you may say, just pick another tile.....when you have been waiting 4 weeks for the tilers to actually lay your tiles then find out the ones you had ordered have to be returned is not a good thing. 14 months into a build, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">excruciatingly</span> slow, we have almost given up hope. Mr B <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">doesn't</span> even want to go by the house any more....it will be built when it gets built.</div><br /><div>Hopefully, I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">don't</span> need to post on a negative note like this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">again</span> because this is not what my blog is about. Here is a picture of some of my early tile selections that I have changed in the last few months....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>Mrs B</em></span></div><br /><div></div>

Tiles...

I've been thinking what I should put in my blog about my house that is being built. To say that it has been the most stressful, exhilara...

2:10:00 AM

Pictures that inspire me....

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Pictures that inspire me....

The first picture is of my house as it looks at the moment. It has been photoshoped by D@n on homeone my favourite building forum. For th...

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