Xpressionz of an Architect

This is the most interesting part of home furnishing( needless to say my favourite). The paint, the window dressings, rugs et all. Remember there are deals on these accessories and all home decor, always hunt for them in a local store or keep eyes open while in the mall. Iam making a list of all these things which are required in the house and categorising them in priorities. We dont want to get everything at one time and empty our pockets. The fact is our pockets will be empty after buying the house as it is:(:(:
There is so much info on line about the window treatments and how to measure the windows etc. The site which I found useful is www.bedbathandbeyond.com, and then there are other sites like Jcpenny, pottery barn.

We have white sofas with a dash of bright contrast tones in the pillows. The walls will have earthen shades. The fireplace wall which is at the entrance will be a mandarin /pumpkin.We have not reached consensus on it, still fighting:):) The table hardware of the centretable and the side tables need to match with the window hardware. The curtains will be complementing both the sofa as well as the walls. Also guys do not forget rugs, they are an important piece of accessory in the living room. Select the rugs which pull out colors from the room and get coordinated by a visual flow. This tells you a lot about me , I like to create pretty pictures:):)Dorky
In the meantime the hunt is on!!!

Today I attended the “How To” clinic at lowes about interior painting , it was very good. I had some color shades in my mind which we were discussing on. The clinic was informative and cleared all my misconeptions about painting. I am soo very excited and ready to paint my house now. Also as the closing date is finalised we are getting ready to shop for the furnishings etc.
The house looks good now, its getting there, its amazing how its coming together like different pieces of a puzzle. Our fireplace mantle is up , believe me it makes a huge difference. Now is the time when all the utilities and the minor details go in the house. The cabinets are in place , all the options which we decided earlier during the contract are coming in place one by one. There is a picture of the house which is painted in my mind , believe me what I am seeing in front of me is much more aesthitic.

Hey today we got our closing date for our new house. It is going to be 9/29/05 morning 9:00am. Best part is that is Swati’s birthday…:) Yeyeyeyey..

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The pre-Drywall meeting with the construction manager happened on 1st August , where in there is a walk thru of the house indicating all the utilities . Its a checklist for them if they have added all the reqd. electrical outlets etc as per our specifications. He goes over our options list for the finishes . We were not happy with one thing though that the main entry door is green in color whereas we wanted it to be black. but the exterior features were not in the buyers option:(:(
The drywalls were up after a week from then , Our field guy had told tht the closing will be towards the end of september. Iam soo excited.. I have started finalising the color shades for paint, I want to paint it . I have seen so many shows on HGTV that doing my house is super interesting. I love to do all such home improvement projects. Right now we have decided that the first level will be painted , and am so excited by the color palettes. We decided on an earthy color scheme as there is plenty of light coming in the house.
Did I tell you we ordered our living room furniture? Its a contemporary look and in white microfiber.the next step will be to select the furnishing, window treatments etc. Its getting more and more interesting as each day goes by. I have also decided to join a “How to clinic” at lowes the coming saturday. Will update the blog when I attend the clinic and give u all a piece of my mind. till then chao.