Designs and Thangs (Toll Brothers Design Meeting #1)

Things are moving along at our dream home! So far, we've selected our electrical and some design options...never knew there was so much to consider.

For electrical – I was surprised that recessed lighting did not come as a standard feature in so many rooms (grrrrr!).  We had to put in "new" lighting in the great room and 6 rooms (office + bedrooms), and add extra lighting in the kitchen/dining room and the entry/hallway.

On to design options. At each design meeting, you sign an "Exhibit B" which is a legal agreement for all the add-ons to the house. Hubby and I are the type who need time to mull over things and weigh all our options before we make a decision and love to google all possibilities, so the first design meeting made us feel the pressure since we had to make decisions right then and there.

B-U-T...since we weren't allowed some time to think before we selected, here are the choices we made on-the-spot during our first design meeting and pictures pulled from the lovely internet (thanks Houzz!) to give you an idea of where we're going:

• White cabinets throughout house (kitchen and bathroom)
• Furniture package at kitchen (ktichen cabinets go all the way up to ceiling, extra grommets at kitchen island) and different kitchen island stain

 

• Arched buffet above window that connects kitchen cabinets
• Kitchenaid 48" built-in side-by-side refrigerator

• Kitchenaid 48" rangehood and 6 burner cooktop with griddle

 

• Kohler Bellera kitchen faucet

• Satin knickel finished knobs/pulls for cabinets and plumbing fixtures 

 

• Solid core interior doors (which the Sales Manager and I both agreed should be a standard feature but isn't) and Kwikset Tustin satin nickel door handle 

• Kohler Devonshire plumbing fixtures for sinks and showers (Devonshire is the standard feature for our home, we just upgraded to the satin nickel finish; this wouldn't have been our first choice, but you have to make sacrifices somewhere!)

•  Front entry door (not pictured) - upgraded to dark stain

Stay tuned for more design decisions...countertops and flooring come next!