Everything Including the Kitchen Sink

Our new house is across the road from where the kids go to school so I thought I'd have a look at what was going on there today when I picked up the kids from school.

I could not believe what had happened in 7 hours!

There is barely any plaster left in the existing house, actually there is hardly anything in there at all!

There is a huge pile if rubbish in the front yard, basically everything that has been pulled out of the house.

There is an enormous, shallow hole in the backyard where they did the site cut for the extension and the big tree has been pulled out.

There were cars and trucks and tradies everywhere and it gave me hope that we may have somewhere to move to when our lease runs out here in 7 1/2 weeks!

We also had to finalise our order from Reece's plumbing and I agonised over the kitchen sink. Too many choices! We are having stone benchtops so I really wanted a undermount sink instead of an inset, I think they look more sleek and unobtusive. I also wanted one with square, not rounded corners. Of course, these were more expensive as everything I choose is more expensive! Here is what I ended up choosing.

I think it is a beautiful kitchen sink and I was particularly pleased that David liked it too (even with the bigger price tag).

Another choice I agonised over were the bathroom basins. Did I want above counter or semi recessed? Square or rounded? Tap holes? What size? I had no idea of the choice available!

We ended up going for this Porcher above counter basin in all the bathrooms. Which meant we ordered five! Lucky they are reasonable priced.

We found it pretty easy to choose all the other bathroom products, which was surprising considering the range available.

We stumbled a little over the toilets. Crazy, I know but there is a lot of choice in toilets these day. We were quite keen on having those toilets where the cistern is completely hidden and you just have a couple of buttons on the wall to flush but they were just too expensive, especially since there are three toilets in the house. So we once again compromised and went with this toilet.

It looks easy to clean and has a soft-close lid so I'm happy.

Speaking of easy to clean, we are going for wet-seal showers, except for the girls shower which means only one shower screen to clean! The wet-seal showers are just three tiled walls and open otherwise. I am thrilled as I hate shower screens, the soap scum eventually soaks into the glass (glass is actually a liquid!) and no longer comes clean. And for the remaining shower with screens I have been advised there is a product that can be painted onto the glass that seals it and stops the soap scum soaking into the screen so I'll give that a go.

More on the renos tomorrow, now I'm off to watch Man Against Wild with my boy, he loves that show. Me, not so much. All the bug and raw fish eating makes me queasy!