Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Initial Meeting with the Design Center

As I mentioned last week, we finally had our initial meeting with the Design Center for our home construction. I won't lie, it was a bit overwhelming to hear them talk about all of the options and what is/isn't included but it was so exciting to get the process started!

They sent us home with a cost sheet for all of the standard upgrades so we can begin deciding what we might want before our next meeting (on May 27th). Of course, being the Type A personality that I am, I went through that list with a highlighter and figured out, to a penny, how much everything we wanted would cost us. After realizing just how expensive that list was, we started narrowing down the list to our "non-negotiables." We had to remind ourselves that we can't change the footprint or location of a house, but we CAN change the interior at a later date (especially if we can get the items at a more reasonable price on our own). I feel like we now have a pretty good idea of what we can afford want moving forward and I think we are prepared for our next meeting!

I have been pinning like crazy and even created a few polyvore boards for inspiration:

Living Room Inspiration



Kitchen Inspiration

Since this entire process is so overwhelming, any tips/advice that you have would be greatly appreciated! 

17 comments:

  1. So exciting! Your kitchen inspirations look great. At some point we will completely overhaul our kitchen, I can only imagine how exciting it is to make all these decisions without the demolition portion!

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  2. WOW, love your inspiration boards, lady! They are just gorgeous and calming and chic. I'm a big fan of white kitchens or DARK kitchens and I love yours! Can't wait to see the progress.

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  3. So glad your meeting went well, this is so exciting! Love your inspiration boards - can't wait to see it all come together!

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  4. Love your choices!! I will have to find you on Pinterest!! Making all those decisions would be soo overwhelming!! What did you go with?

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  5. It is such a bummer to see how much the upgrades cost, but SO EXCITING to finally be making some decisions! I'm so excited for you! I know your house is going to be perfect and gorgeous! Have fun with it!!

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  6. Oh I am loving the ideas you have picked out so far!!

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  7. Mint and grey is such a good combination! My walls are a dark turquoise and dark grey. It's so pretty together :)

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  8. I can not imagine all the decisions you have to make when building a house. Holy cow - I can barely pick a body wash when I want to switch things up IT'S JUST SUCH A BIG DECISION (not really I'm just an over-thinking nut case.) I don't think I'd make it out of building alive. Your inspiration boards are sooo gorgeous though!!

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  9. I can't imagine starting with such a blank slate! I bet it's intimidating but fun! You will do a great job!

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  10. I'm sure it's intimidating but also super fun! Happy designing.

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  11. Gorgeous color combo! Love that it nods to your wedding colors

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  12. Oh gosh, we built our home last summer and I was so overwhelmed but excited at my first design center trip! I was the same as you and went home immediately and got to picking! Hope all went well today :) Just go with your first instinct!

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  13. Those polyvore boards are awesome! Love them! I think if it were me I would be going in circles trying to figure out all the details!

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  14. gray is my favorite!! and love the blue too!

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  15. I like whatever the blue looking back splash is! We have gray in this house and I love it. Although, my favorite room is a gray-purpilish color. It's adorable, yet matches with everything.

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