We were terribly spoilt this Christmas by our families and have a collection of gift vouchers to my favourite homewares store and also for bunnings (always useful). We also were given a new iMac which I am so excited to set up in our new study (instead of on the dining room table where it is currently living).
Facing the hoardes of buyers at the Boxing Day sales paid off this year and here are some of our purchases:
The Calibra bed frame and matching bedside tables were a fab buy from Domayne. We are looking forward to having a king size bed and also splurged on a good quality Sealy mattress.
As we are completing a small amount of electrical after handover we started purchasing fans and bathroom lights. We saw this amazing Vento Uragano fan on Grand Designs and searched high and low before we finally found it. This clever fan has a reversible summer/winter switch which changes the spin direction to circulate cool air in summer and push warm air down in winter. Great way to reduce heating costs! Ours will have clear blades so that the presence of the fan does not overwhelm the other feature lighting in the room.
Builder installed 3 in 1 bathroom lights were over priced and from a very basic range of fixtures. We will have these circuits pre-wired and have purchased these modern Jantec heat/fan lights in silver and stainless steel for each bathroom.
We are still undecided on a new lounge for our media room but are considering a purchase from Bay Leather Republic. We are waiting to get the dreaded plantation shutter quote before doing any more shopping.
Who else made exciting purchases in the sales and what has been your favourite purchase for your new home?
wow great work, those are some fab purchases! can you believe how restrained i have been with shopping? i was lucky enough to get a stack of freedom furniture, bunnings and ikea gift vouchers for xmas and i am ready to SPEND SPEND SPEND. hows the house coming along? has much happened over the xmas/new years break?
ReplyDeleteThanks hun! Hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas! When it comes to shopping restraint isn't my strong point lol, but I figured that all of the things we purchased can be stored without too much trouble.
ReplyDeleteI have been really disappointed with the progress on the house as no work has been done since Christmas Eve even though we were told they would keep working. That being said, everyone deserves a Christmas break. Our SS is back on Monday so hopefully that means action on the block. Our framework is almost complete and all off the gutters and roofing has been delivered. No sign of windows yet though.
I hope the weather man is off with his forecast for next week!
it's funny you say you felt disappointed because I have been feeling the exact same way. i KNEW we shouldn't really be having any site work over xmas/new years and yet i was so let down everytime i drove past and there was no action. the worst thing was us knowing that there may be some tradies on site haha. i saw on the forums that you had some sitework today, yaaaaaay
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain, I think I would have been better if they hadn't said there would be work happening. We had some scaffolding put up today and looks like they are getting read to install gutters. I've been a bit grumpy because our bathroom door frame is still in the wrong place, it is entering over the shower recess. We raised it prior to Christmas but it hasn't been fixed and they carpenters have moved on to the house up the road :( I'm giving it until Wednesday and ringing again because it bugs me every time I see it.
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