Buying new appliances - the decision

So after all the advice I gave in the previous post, we ended up following none of it. Well not all of it. We knew we wanted some decent quality a fridge that was big enough for family growth and some added features for convenience. We ended up going with Jenn-Air appliances because (and yes this is not the most scientific reason) but the handles of the Jenn-Air Eurostyle appliances match our cabinet hardware.I hope that matching the handles was a good idea... humm...

The Fridge

We did end up with some of the features I criticized including a water distributor and an ice-maker, however, after doing some research we found out that a water dispensor is environmentally friendly because it avoids having to run your tap water while you wait for it to cool down.

http://www.jennair.ca/productdetails.aspx?id=60

The Stove

This was my little luxury, it has both a warming burner and a warming drawer, not to mention it has a convection oven

http://www.jennair.ca/productdetails.aspx?id=640

The Dishwasher

This was JF's luxury, which is odd considering he doesn't like to use our current dishwasher. It has a stainless steel interior, has a soil sensor, and delayed start.

http://www.jennair.ca/productdetails.aspx?id=89

The Big Dig

We got the call today, the one telling us that work has begun and our house is now officially under construction. So what did we do? We went down to visit the hole and inspect our soon to be basement. Here are some of the memories.


This is us standing in front of the hole
Here I am in our future garage
Having some fun with the machinery. I wish I had a hard hat

JF eating his celebratory Wendy's double burger

Interior choices

These are the tiles and the cabinet colour selection for our bathroom, we will not be using the smallest tiles. The big ones will be on the floor, the medium ones on the bath and shower

OK, so the time came to meet with the designer and make the choices for the interior of the home. This was a major point of stress for me and I found the idea of it fairly overwelming. So I dragged JF on many excusions to try and figure out what we liked.

We went to many a furniture store and looked at many photos on the internet to try and decide what style we wanted and so on. We also spent some time at the model house looking at all the samples to try and get ready. I like to mull over decisions for a while so this made me rest a bit easier.

In the end the day went really well and it was not as hard as I thought. The designer, Julie, was helpful at telling us where we should put the lighting fixtures and as for plugs, well we had so many in each room, that it was not really a big deal. With 1 to 2 plugs on each wall, I'm pretty sure we won't miss any.

This is our kitchen selection, can you seen why we fell in love with the marble

We did screw up a bit with the counter choice. The granite counter top we chose turns out to be marble. We had asked the designer because after years of being quizzed by my dad about igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock, the slab did not look like granite, but she insisted it was granite. Chances are we will need to change it because apparently marble sucks as a countertop, but we will call the designer on Monday to check.

Let us know what you think

Pam

Photos of our exterior choices

Here are some photos of our lot and the choices we made for the exterior of our soon to be home.

Paving your Driveway

Just a quick reference to a site we found that talks about what you should ask and look for when hiring someone to pave and excavate your driveway. Its in French, but if anyone needs a translation just let us know through comments and I will take a few minutes to translate it.

Pam and JF

http://www.consommation.info.gouv.qc.ca/fr/sortie/interne.asp?/fr/fiche.asp?sujet=181http://www.opc.gouv.qc.ca/dossier/semaine_thematique_asphaltage.asp