No need to comment...a documentation posting for my own records.
Fire update, March 14
Construction is moving along slowly, but we need to get going on identifying cabinets, ordering furniture. Today looked at: cabinetry for kitchen, granite and stone for countertops, hardware for sinks and cabinets, furniture of family room, Jim's study, my study, dining room. Feeling of the day: We got a lot done! Number of actual decisions made: zero. AGH! Very overwhelming. Lesson from today: our taste exceeds our budget!
Making so many design decisions at once is daunting! I always advise my clients to pick one element that they absolutely love first, such as kitchen cabinets or flooring or tile. Then the rest falls into place. You can adjust your budget by choosing less expensive cabinet hardware or countertops. Same goes for furniture decisions. The journey is the joy!
Great collage Taffy! It all sounds a bit daunting when there is so much for you to buy! Scary too when you look at the prices! Elizabeth's @redy4et advice sounds very practical and worth trying! Good luck and take care!
Sounds like progress is being made. So many decisions. I guess thinking back if you ever thought if I could change this I would _________. Now so your chance. Good Luck
This is a great collage for giving a sense of decision-making and how difficult it is when there are so many choices. Spend more on things you can take with you if you move :)
Numerous decisions can be overwhelming. Take a cue from my local jeweler: they never put out more than 3 options. With the 3, take away at least one before adding any more.
Most of us have that feeling. Sometimes what you do is start simple with the idea to expand as you can afford it. Get the layout of the cabinets that you want and latter you can change the doors and the hardware.
Always hard to make so many decisions in one day. I would start with the granite, then match that to the floor...........coz there is the most of those to look at, then do the other bits. We have fantastic Corian worktops with cheaper cupboard in the kitchen as I just couldn't compromise on the way the Corian sink blends into the worktop with absolutely nowhere for germs to lurk!!
@888rachel There are elements of fun -- especially picking out some new things for my study, and a desk in anticipation of getting a large monitor, which is exciting. It just takes so much time! I hadn't anticipated this part of it. Next year would have been an easier one with more time available!
I know that problem only too well. I have impeccable taste - what I choose is almost inevitably the most expensive one of whatever, and well beyond my budget. Good to hear there's been some progress on the home front though. You must be hanging out to get back home.
@golftragic Well, to be honest, we will be so sad to leave our current place! We've grown to love the single floor and don't miss the stairs at all, and we love love love the view. But if we can work out the furnishings the way we hoped, with the new kitchen, etc., it won't be bad going home.
@taffy I can well understand the attraction of no stairs, my dodgy undercarriage does not like stairs one little bit these days. And that view is to kill for. Mmmmmm. I sure see your point/s.
March 16th, 2015
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