Update
We met with the fantastic Betsy Judd, interior designer extraordinaire and our design-this-house-awesomely sherpa. She works with J.S. Robinson and provides such invaluable advice and support on color selections, material selection, lighting/cabinet...well, okay, everything. We had our first meeting and were off to the races. I was admittedly unprepared for some of the following, so let me fully detail all the ways that I wish I had better prepared :)
Roof selection
During our pre-construction meeting, our builder asked which of the roof colors we wanted to choose. Um...no idea. All of a sudden, that made us think that we should choose an exterior color (or at least close to it) so we could match the roof selection. Luckily we had Betsy to rescue us and help us pick a roof color!
Plumbing
Here I thought we would be doing plumbing selections late into the year, maybe even next year...WRONG. So apparently indoor sink/plumbing selections can often drive your cabinet design, so you have to make these choices early! Another blog post on this topic to follow!
Garage doors
Our architect sent us our original plans with a garage door design already on them. My thought was, "OMG, I love them! Check, done with garage doors." WRONG.
With both garages having several windows already, we were not wanting to have windows on the garage doors too (mainly for cost). But there are even more decisions to make, like color, trim pattern, opener decisions, and hardware (next post will detail).
Plumbing fixtures
Plumbing fixtures include all faucets, sinks, showers, tubs, and toilets (I'm probably leaving something out, but that is the bulk of it). Yes, I too imagined that these would be some of our last decisions. Again (broken record), WRONG!!!
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But apparently, and cleverly, the plumbing fixtures often dictate cabinet design. Therefore we had to pick those our first to be on track for cabinets. (check out a future blog post for plumbing fixture details!)
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