With a new build there are extra options you can choose to have, to either upgrade the standard things you get with the house, or add extras (such as integrating the kitchen, flooring/carpets (yes, flooring is not included!) doors, chrome plugs, taps etc..). We knew from the outset that we did not really want to go to overboard with extras, if you have purchased a new build home you will know that these things come a costly price - most of the little things you could do yourself in the future for much, much less! We have chosen to add a cooker hood, heated towel rail in our en-suite, and we upgraded the bath in the family bathroom to have a shower over it. I could have easily chosen more options to upgrade, but it would have cost us a fortune!
Last weekend we got the dreaded IKEA trip over and done with (I am not a fan of IKEA due my hatred for people standing in the way and busy places!). We were in and out within an hour or so and had purchased everything we set out to get! Namely the dining chairs, dressing table, bed side tables for the spare room and storage units (mostly for my copious amounts of make up and toiletries). Dreading when the time comes to put all of our flat packed furniture together...
In regards to how I would like our home to look, I am very much pulled towards the neutral soft tones and lots of texture with pops of colour here and there. My Pinterest board definitely is a great help for me. In my mind I know what I want, which is always dangerous for me as I love the expensive things. I tend to find that I get an idea in my head, but cannot actually find anything like it out there in the homeware stores!
It's hard trying to decorate a house you don't live in yet, I am trying to visualize how I want it to look! I have started buying a few decorative items such as below - mainly bedding, curtains, pillows and ornaments - I cannot wait to see these actually in our home! I just keep praying that all will look well!
I am counting down the weeks now until towards the end of May, when fingers crossed we should get the call we have been waiting for!