It's all happening

All those months of thinking about building and considering options, but when they start it is all go. We are blown away, suddenly all the vague ideas have to be made into actual plans. The words i have come to dread are: that will cost a bit more. Everyone says this... the tile shop, the carpet shop, the cabinetmaker, the bench supplier, the plumbing store.... you are getting the picture. The problem is that they don't mean a little more.. they mean a Lot more. Take the benchtop. Ceasarstone was included in our price, which is a man made stone stuff. approx cost $3500! Thats a lot of dosh. So we go to look at the colours.... There is a nice one a bit like our floor tile. However it is one of the Deluxe range which is 15% dearer (just a little more), not only that it is available in a rather nice new finish, which is a little more again ... So not having that colour or finish, in fact we have dithered over the whole bench thing... maybe laminex would be just as nice.
The carpet cost a little more (almost double), the tiles were also a little more (only about an extra $300. The glass splashback for the kitchen i wanted was also a little more.... Nope $1000 is not a little more, i call that a lot more. Tiling the splashback now.
So aside from trying very hard not to spend any money on anything but somehow come out with everything we want, things are going very smoothly. Tiles chosen, carpet chosen, plumbing fixtures chosen (saved $20 on the toilets). I am so excited about getting to pick everything but overwhelmed by it all.
Will try and post the house pictures.
LInz