We put some more thought into the couch situation on the weekend and visited a few stores. I'm much more positive about the whole thing. For starters, it looks like we could maybe still get the couch we wanted in the first place, but just in a slightly different configuration. Instead of the L shape with a two seater and a three seater arm, we could go down the parth of a three seater with a chaise on one site. This would still get quite a bit of seating (and crucially, allow 2 people to lie on it at the same time) and fit into our living room.
However, we also rather liked the alternatives available at King furniture as well. Those funky modular jobbies are actually looking rather attractive, especially with some of the cool fabrics they come in.
One thing is certain after the weekend's shopping - there are whole warehouses of terrible couches out there that I never want to go near. I think we've narrowed down the choices quite well, now it's just a matter of refining and ordering.
It has also not become apparent that there will be at least a six week wait between couch purchase and one turning up. This may put a crimp in our original plan not to order one until we move in...
Heh, crimp....
28 June 2010
26 June 2010
ELO rule
I was reminded at the pub the other night how much I love ELO. You should love them too.
Yeah.
23 June 2010
Has everybody seen this or what? WHERE'S THE GODDAMN ARNIE AT?
I saw this in an ad this afternoon (well targeted, google ads) and it's blowing my mind. I don't know what to make of it.
I mean I'd heard they were remaking the original Predator with Adrien Brody instead of Arnie as Dutch, but had dismissed it as hyperbole. It seems like it's not a total remake, and I'm actually rather glad of that.
But holy crap! Lawrence Fishburn!? The "are you a mexi-can or a mexi-can't" dude (aka Danny Trego)? EPIC LOLS!
The best part? The cast list on IMDB lists characters called "Bezerker Predator Black Super" and "Dog Handler Super Predator".
HA!
PS: I'm a Mexi-can!!!
I mean I'd heard they were remaking the original Predator with Adrien Brody instead of Arnie as Dutch, but had dismissed it as hyperbole. It seems like it's not a total remake, and I'm actually rather glad of that.
But holy crap! Lawrence Fishburn!? The "are you a mexi-can or a mexi-can't" dude (aka Danny Trego)? EPIC LOLS!
The best part? The cast list on IMDB lists characters called "Bezerker Predator Black Super" and "Dog Handler Super Predator".
HA!
PS: I'm a Mexi-can!!!
22 June 2010
Couchy couch couch
The last time we were on site, we did some very rough and ready measurements of the living room to see if the couch that we'd picked out would fit - and woe! - it doesn't look like it will.
The Club Grand, from Bay Leather Republic, met my key priorities of being comfy to sit on, and long enough to lie down on. It met Dana's exacting standards of style and quality, and it wasn't too deep for her munchkin stature. It also gave us enough seating, which I worried about a little for the lounge room. That might sound a little silly - after all, there will be just two of us living there - but we like to entertain a lot, and we really need the extra seating. It also sorted out the worry of matching any other seating in the lounge room with the couch, as there would not really be room for any other seating anyway.
I should also point out that we do already have a few arm chairs, but they really need recovering, and we were going to retire them to the spare room anyway. The spare room was going to be a study/library/reading room. I'm really looking forward to that room.
But I digress. I've been spending some time tonight thinking about alternatives. I've got a couple of thoughts about it at the moment. The first is something that Dana and I both like, but I don't know if it would really work in our living room - a "chesterfield".
I really like these couches, but they really seem like something that should be in a bar instead of in front of a TV in the living room. I'd love to have one of these the study for example. However, it may encourage me to drink scotch on it, which I probably don't need.
The next option is something a little more modern.
This is the Kato, from King Furniture. You've probably seen some of King's adverts - they're pretty aggressive with them . Every time I go to their show room, I change my mind about them. For example, I usually end up hating the couch I went to check out, but having my world rocked by another one in the show room. I think the problem is that the colours and way they are set out can vary so much. Anyway, the modular nature of the King's couches gives us the ability to get more seating in with only the one couch in a limited space, which is attractive. I'm yet to fall in love with any of them yet though.
The other way to cut it of course, is just to go with a more standard route, with a (nice) couch. This route is a little tricky, at least with online browsing, because I can't seem to find anything that great! The couple of options that I have seen are, of course, in the US, and not Australia. Maybe there's more, and my web-fu is just to weak to find them. I don't know, it's getting late, and I'm getting tired.
Here are a couple that I did find. Unfortunately I have no idea what they're like to sit on, or where to get their equivalents in Australia. I can't help but feel the best thing to do will just be to take a big trip up to Sydney and check out what's available.
As a side note, looking at online shopping in the US makes it really obvious how much more we pay for things in Australia. I'd find it quite frustrating if I didn't love Australia quite so much.
As I've been writing this, some crappy E! special about the Kardashians has come on the TV. I've just learned more than I ever needed to know about these people, who's primary claim to fame seems to be that they knew OJ Simpson and his wife. I think it's time for bed...
The Club Grand, from Bay Leather Republic, met my key priorities of being comfy to sit on, and long enough to lie down on. It met Dana's exacting standards of style and quality, and it wasn't too deep for her munchkin stature. It also gave us enough seating, which I worried about a little for the lounge room. That might sound a little silly - after all, there will be just two of us living there - but we like to entertain a lot, and we really need the extra seating. It also sorted out the worry of matching any other seating in the lounge room with the couch, as there would not really be room for any other seating anyway.
I should also point out that we do already have a few arm chairs, but they really need recovering, and we were going to retire them to the spare room anyway. The spare room was going to be a study/library/reading room. I'm really looking forward to that room.
But I digress. I've been spending some time tonight thinking about alternatives. I've got a couple of thoughts about it at the moment. The first is something that Dana and I both like, but I don't know if it would really work in our living room - a "chesterfield".
I really like these couches, but they really seem like something that should be in a bar instead of in front of a TV in the living room. I'd love to have one of these the study for example. However, it may encourage me to drink scotch on it, which I probably don't need.
The next option is something a little more modern.
This is the Kato, from King Furniture. You've probably seen some of King's adverts - they're pretty aggressive with them . Every time I go to their show room, I change my mind about them. For example, I usually end up hating the couch I went to check out, but having my world rocked by another one in the show room. I think the problem is that the colours and way they are set out can vary so much. Anyway, the modular nature of the King's couches gives us the ability to get more seating in with only the one couch in a limited space, which is attractive. I'm yet to fall in love with any of them yet though.
The other way to cut it of course, is just to go with a more standard route, with a (nice) couch. This route is a little tricky, at least with online browsing, because I can't seem to find anything that great! The couple of options that I have seen are, of course, in the US, and not Australia. Maybe there's more, and my web-fu is just to weak to find them. I don't know, it's getting late, and I'm getting tired.
Here are a couple that I did find. Unfortunately I have no idea what they're like to sit on, or where to get their equivalents in Australia. I can't help but feel the best thing to do will just be to take a big trip up to Sydney and check out what's available.
As a side note, looking at online shopping in the US makes it really obvious how much more we pay for things in Australia. I'd find it quite frustrating if I didn't love Australia quite so much.
As I've been writing this, some crappy E! special about the Kardashians has come on the TV. I've just learned more than I ever needed to know about these people, who's primary claim to fame seems to be that they knew OJ Simpson and his wife. I think it's time for bed...
20 June 2010
ZOMFG they're painting!
Just a quickie to say that we popped past the house this arvo, after a lovely lunch at the Smokehouse Cafe at Poachers Pantry (and a visit to Clonakilla to pick up some vino), and the windows were covered up with black plastic.
This can mean only one thing - they're painting! I'm so excited!
Unfortunately, there were some builders on site, so we didn't go in. Apart from Esa - Old Father Time has no fear. The other interesting thing about the site is that the last couple of houses all have roofs on them now. Looks like we might just make the July completion estimation, which would hopefully mean a late August/early September occupancy.
17 June 2010
Adventures in trespassing...
Last weekend was a long weekend in Canberra, and I feel like I got at least three weekends worth of stuff packed in there. One of the things I got packed in there was a proper fence jumping and exploration of the site. While we were on site, we ran into another home-owner to be, doing exactly the same thing.
He was pretty keen to be friendly, but he did tell us a few interesting things, foremost amongst them, we don't actually have to jump the fence - there are a whole heap of places you can just lift a bit of the fence up. I felt a little silly when he pointed that out. He also gave us the name of an online curtain company, and showed us the cornice-less design (he called it square set) in his unit. The square set thing looks pretty cool, very modern.
Then he told us why he bought his unit (because of the view, that someone had since obscured with a house). Then he showed us the extra light fittings he had installed. Then he showed us the kitchen bench top that wasn't the one he wanted. You get the picture. Nice guy, very keen.
Anyway, there has been some more progress on the site. Most of it seems to be going on in other people's places - one of them has all the light switches installed, all the tiles, and most of the kitchen - but there has been some in ours as well.
Here are all the cabinets waiting to be installed in the kitchen. I think the big one in the front will be the bench.
There's also waterproofing around the shower and bath in the bathroom. You can also see the vanity unit that will eventually be installed in there as well.
Same goes for the en suite - waterproofing and vanity.
Its kind of interesting seeing how some really small things make the house look finished. The two pictures above show the newly installed cornices in the living room and the gap between the walls and the roof in the kitchen, where they will be installing the kitchen cabinets instead. It's such a small part of the room, but it really makes the living room look more finished compared to the kitchen.
These two pictures are not from our unit - they're from another one in the complex that is a mirror image of ours. I've just included them to show what the kitchen and lounge room will look like when they're a bit further along. You can see the light fixtures as well!
Anyway, new season of ER just started in GO, and you'd better believe I'm watching that shit! George Clooney AND Noah Wiley are back on it!
He was pretty keen to be friendly, but he did tell us a few interesting things, foremost amongst them, we don't actually have to jump the fence - there are a whole heap of places you can just lift a bit of the fence up. I felt a little silly when he pointed that out. He also gave us the name of an online curtain company, and showed us the cornice-less design (he called it square set) in his unit. The square set thing looks pretty cool, very modern.
Then he told us why he bought his unit (because of the view, that someone had since obscured with a house). Then he showed us the extra light fittings he had installed. Then he showed us the kitchen bench top that wasn't the one he wanted. You get the picture. Nice guy, very keen.
Anyway, there has been some more progress on the site. Most of it seems to be going on in other people's places - one of them has all the light switches installed, all the tiles, and most of the kitchen - but there has been some in ours as well.
Here are all the cabinets waiting to be installed in the kitchen. I think the big one in the front will be the bench.
There's also waterproofing around the shower and bath in the bathroom. You can also see the vanity unit that will eventually be installed in there as well.
Same goes for the en suite - waterproofing and vanity.
Its kind of interesting seeing how some really small things make the house look finished. The two pictures above show the newly installed cornices in the living room and the gap between the walls and the roof in the kitchen, where they will be installing the kitchen cabinets instead. It's such a small part of the room, but it really makes the living room look more finished compared to the kitchen.
These two pictures are not from our unit - they're from another one in the complex that is a mirror image of ours. I've just included them to show what the kitchen and lounge room will look like when they're a bit further along. You can see the light fixtures as well!
Anyway, new season of ER just started in GO, and you'd better believe I'm watching that shit! George Clooney AND Noah Wiley are back on it!
16 June 2010
The Presets - If I Кnow You (Tania & Jori Version)
I started writing a full post on house progress last night, but it was defeated by TV and red wine.
Instead I present you with a track from a CD that someone lent me at work (MoS Uncovered 2) which is "chilled" remixes of the popular house that MoS like to push, interspersed with older tunes that someone who is clearly not me considers classic. Predictably, a lot of it was shit, but I really liked this track, maybe because I'm a sucker for the Presets.
Instead I present you with a track from a CD that someone lent me at work (MoS Uncovered 2) which is "chilled" remixes of the popular house that MoS like to push, interspersed with older tunes that someone who is clearly not me considers classic. Predictably, a lot of it was shit, but I really liked this track, maybe because I'm a sucker for the Presets.
Excellent music for a rough morning at work.
To follow on the "best of chill out remix '96" theme, here's another track I enjoyed - the Stakka and Skynet remix of Morcheeba's "The Sea", a prime example of what happens when dark side drum and bass producers go soft:
PS: Happy days, Blogger.com has reinstated the spellchecker! We will all benefit...
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