Materials, finishes and the decisions you live with every day.
The finishes you choose are the parts of a house you touch every day, and the parts most likely to be selected on appearance alone. Materials behave differently under Australian conditions — sun, humidity, hard water, dogs and kids — and the difference between a finish that lasts twenty years and one that looks tired in three is usually specification, not price.
This pillar covers materials, finishes and the decisions that shape how a house works to live in.