Run for the Kids Melbourne Charity Run - Updates

17th of April 2011, is almost here... just a couple more hours to go for my first run in Melbourne... Seems like there will be 33000 participants this year... Can't wait to get to the event tomorrow... And for those going to the city tomorrown, Sunday, do take head as there are quite a number of road closures... Check this out for the road closures...

 Superman is joining too!

 The timing tag, and instructions on how to tie it on the shoes...

 Finishing line & assembly area...

 Bag tagging & bib, and the timing chip were included in the package...

 And here is the official nike dry fit t shirt for the run... quite cool, isn't it?

 The timing tag, front & bag... if you lose this tag, then you will be $25 dollar poorer...

So if you are free tomorrow, why not bring your kids for a fun fill event here...

For the details on how to get here... you may check this out.. "Public transports to Run for the kids Melbourne"

I will capture some photos tomorrow and post it up after the event.. stay tune and wish me all the best! and if you are joining.. see you there! I'm in the 14.38km run... :)

Tiles & carpet...

lets continue the story from yesterday... its now flooring & wall time... I guess, out of all the colour selections, tiles are the most difficult items to choose, as they have different sizes, colours, patterns, variation, surfaces etc...

here I am again.. sharing some of our ideas before our colour selection... as this is our first time building, we need some of your expert advice... :)

 Our proposed bath/laundry/ensuite tile n carpet
Floor tile = Vibe Cream
Wall tile = City beige gloss
Carpet = Cat 1 Ballad Range - Colour Chocolate

Which carpet matches the tile? Choc or Taupe
Floor tile = Vibe Cream
Wall tile = City beige gloss
Carpet = Cat 1 Ballad Range - Colour Taupe

Family, Entry, Meals, Kitchen tiles
Floor tile : Obelis Satin " But I heard from beaumont tiles that this colour might be discontinued :( "

Kitchen cabinet laminates ( from left, season oak, milky wood, oyster )

Which laminates best matches the floor tile? hmm...

 

Bath & ensuite with wall tiles & bath hob tiles

Floor tile = Vibe Cream
Wall tile = City beige gloss
Carpet = Cat 1 Ballad Range - Colour Choc
Bath hob & vanity tiles = Sector Glass Ivory
Strips = Enigma Grey mix

Bath & ensuite with wall tiles & bath hob tiles
Floor tile = Vibe Cream(left) , Hampton Putty(right)
Wall tile = City beige gloss
Carpet = Cat 1 Ballad Range - Colour Taupe

Bath hob & vanity tiles = Sector Glass Ivory
Strips = Enigma Grey mix
We quite like the Vibe Cream, but Hampton Putty looks quite good as well... Stuck in between...

After looking at the tiles here in Spectra, we decided to check out Beaumont tiles in Oakleigh...

 Main reception area...

 Quiet impressive, lots of ideas from their display. They even have samples of matching floor, & wall, and strips to be use, etc....

Large tile selection area, with 2 shelfs of wall tiles, 2 shelfs of floor tiles and 2 shelfs of outdoor tiles...
Quite a good idea to visit their centre and get to check out wide range of tiles...
But the downside is, whenever you get too many choices, you get a headache, as you are not too sure which to choose from... Thats the nature of human beings... "spoilt for choices"

After we browse the centre, here are some of our choices of tiles for the kitchen....

 Some of the sample strips which are quite affordable... but not quite sure how come Carlisle is charging from 250 onwards...

 FYI, the silver tag tiles are considered as standard, gold = gold range, white = upgrade

 Some of the strips that I found in Hoppers Crossing Beaumont tiles, but not in Oakleigh...

 Wonder if we can actually use these strips... not sure if it matches...

 there are more here.. lots of colours...

 some sample display tiles at their display centre... sequenza white gloss with listello mondo as the strip..

Sector Gloss ivory with mos gla ice as the strips...

 Vibe crema with mosaic spect milk choc as strips & gloss ivory at the top most...

City beige 200 X 400 tiles

some other flower-ful tiles...

 City beige gloss

 Hampton honey...

obelis sand gloss...

Colouring time...

continuation from the last post... we did try to match some colours of the roof, render, garage doors, downpipes, and gutters.... but still haven't get a firm idea on how we wanted it...

 Mushroom with Baramundi.... or ...

 Mushroom with Mocha choc, which is on the left

 mushroom with caper...

we didn't want such a dark colour for our roof, thinking which colour out of the 3 will match with the brown colour of mushroom....

 Then we went on with the render... what do you think about this render colour... flood mud.. its slightly greenish...

This is the type of garage that we might pick, and we might decide to have paper bark colour on it...

 And for the window frames, we thought of jasper colour(bottom 2nd from left) to match with the render...

We initially wanted the door below, but after considering the cost of it(2X, we have 2 entry doors!), we decided to stick with the standard range of doors. But we would love to get the higher doors 2340mm X 820mm instead of the standard 2040mm X 820mm, still not quite sure if its doable for our facade or not.. and depending how much are the cost as well... hmm....

For more doors design, you guys can visit the supplier's website : Corinthian doors

 Alecon Lace starfire glass...

 white simmer for the kitchen bench top...

Currently we got stucked on 3 laminates which we are not sure which to choose from... season oak(top right), oyster linear(bottom) or milkwood(top left)

 our prefered ensuite basins...& powder room basins too

 we like both the square head shower and hand rail... but not too sure what's the cost of upgrading...

 Here is the round basin for our bath....

 our prefered sink mixer which gives us more flexibility of washing

 flat glass cooker hood

 built in oven...

 dish washer

 and cook top...

and not forgetting the lovely double undermount sink...

hmm.. shall be continuing with the tile stories tomorrow... :)