Ben called Keogh today to let them know of the loan approval and to find out how they are going with the permits and so on. Turns out that they are still waiting for the final engineered drawings before they can apply for the permit, but they are expecting them this week sometime. Once that has all been submitted, they will be scheduling the colour selection meeting and the electrical appointment....can't wait!
In the meantime, we thought we would go have a look at lights to give us an idea for the electrical plan. We had already purchased this light earlier in the year from Recollections, to go over the bench in the kitchen in our original Premier house design - luckily it will suit just as well in the new house design!
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| "Portia" Servery 3-light from Recollections |
So given how much I like "matching" things in life, we thought we would go back to Recollections to see what they had in terms of pendant lights - just to look mind you, not to purchase. However, it turns out this 'Portia' range has now been discontinued - BUT, they happened to have ONE 6+3 pendant chandelier left, at 50% off no less - bargain! Definitely couldn't pass that one up.... this will look lovely over the dining table.
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| "Portia" 6+3 pendant light |
Then, when the customer service assistant was ringing up the purchase, she helpfully offered to check the availability of the other sized lights in other stores. Turns out that the Mitcham store had one 6-light pendant left (also at 50% off!), so we raced over there and snapped up that one too! We are planning to put this one in the family room.
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| "Portia" 6 light pendant |
Inspired by our bargains, I had a look on eBay to see what else we could source....
Unfortunately I couldn't find any matching "Portia" lights, but I did find these similar lights that I think would go well in bedrooms 2 and 3:
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| Lights for Bedrooms 2 and 3 |
We successfully bid for and won these items (another bargain!), and we pick them up next weekend.
So that is almost half of our lights sourced for the house in one weekend - now we just have to try and squish them into the storage locker.....
Great choices! Very similar to the ones we have chosen from Beacon Lighting! Must do a post about it too. Nice to see you are, like us keeping the style of the house going in the decorating.
ReplyDeleteGetting close now you will have your permit before you know it!
great minds all think alike!! I love your lights too. We are a bit lucky as our eldest works in a lighting store so we get a bit of a discount on ours. We have chosen very similar lights, haven't bought them yet as storage is at a premium at the moment.
ReplyDeleteIt will be great to see you guys get started also. Won't be long.