You’ve decided to build a New Glow home. Selecting products and colour schemes for your new home is the most exciting step for new homeowners. This is where you add your own personal style to make the home uniquely yours.
At Glow Homes our building process is easy-to-follow, transparent and enjoyable. With our experts on hand to offer guidance and advice you can feel confident every step of the way.
Here our design experts share their ‘must know’ top 5 tips on preparing to select colours and products for your new home.
TIP #1: Be inspired
Having a vision of what you want your new home to look like is a great starting point. There are many styles of homes available from Hamptons to Contemporary to Resort style living. Identifying a style you love will help make your product and colour selections consistent throughout your home and the selection process easier.
Once you find inspiration, create mood boards online or in a look book, these references will assist you and your consultant in finding the right style and colour palette for your home.
Looking at other people’s homes in house and design magazines can provide lots of ideas. When you find colours, products or a room you like, simply tear out the pages and add them to your look book. Starting with flooring and kitchens is a great place to start as these tend to be the anchor of the home.
There are many resources available online – search for inspiration on platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest creating folders to save the images.
Glow Home also provides very useful resources that you can view 24/7 at your own convenience:
Visualiser- Compare options in the Visualiser tool and see your new home materialise right in front of your eyes. Customise the exterior and interior, select textures, materials, colours and finishes and save your choices to share with your professional design consultant.
Inspire by Glow Homes–Find your style by exploring a range of interior design trends from modern to classic or Hamptons at the Inspire by Our gallery.
TIP #2: Visit display homes
Nothing can compare with physically walking through a Glow homes.
Getting up close and personal with a display home is a great way to identify your style and see all the detail, such as flooring, kitchens, interior colour schemes and exterior facades. With display homes located Sydney, you can take the opportunity to view a homes in person.
Top tip: Take photos of everything you like inside and outside the display homes, keep these photos in a folder on your phone to show your consultant. Be sure to also capture the home design as we have the selections of all of our displays.
TIP #3: Take the tour
You are welcome to make an appointment to tour the showroom and see for yourself the comprehensive range of designer products, fixtures and fittings available for selection.
Glow Homes is proud to partner with a large range of popular and reputable brands including Dulux, Caesarstone, Laminex, Fisher & Paykel and Austral Bricks, to name just a few.
Top tip: To be better prepared for your Colour Selections appointment it’s recommended that you make a time prior to your appointment to browse the showroom and familiarise yourself with the layout and products available.
TIP #4: Be prepared
During your Colour Selections appointment experienced consultants will be on hand to assist you with decisions for the seven key areas of your home, ensuring everything you select works well together.
What are the seven key areas of your home? Find out here how you can prepare for making these important decisions.
TIP #5: Compare external colours and textures
Creating an external look that is varied yet cohesive contributes to a holistic aura to your new home. Using the facade visualiser, experiment with textures such as exposed brick, render and Moroka to afford your new home an edgy vibe. The Glow Homes New Home Visualiser Tool includes the capability to compare what each texture looks like on your unique facade, as well as toggle between various colours to confirm your preferences. Glow Homes have built trusted relationships with local suppliers including Taubmans, Colorbond, Austral Bricks and PGH Bricks to ensure that your new home features only the highest quality materials.
To find the nearest Glow display home, call 0431088432 to book a time. With all your product and colour selections under one roof we remove the guesswork and bring your dream home to life.
