Is it too early to pick the sex of the house?

Not that I'm intending to start a family right now, but in some ways I feel like building a house might feel similar to preparing for a baby.I'm borderling obsessive about fittings and interiors and how spaces will be used and really we haven't even been for the first ultrasound (read: tender signing) yet.

I don't think it's because the nesting instinct is particularly strong, I just think that my penchants for colour, interiors, Bunnings and organising are getting the better of me. Apparently I suffer from stress (really? never!) in a manner consistent with developing psychosomatic symptoms that can cause all sorts of exciting issues, but I can't help it. My body seems intuitively tuned to excitement and the anxiety of projects and planning. I can be babysat by Spotlight, Ikea or Bunnings, relish kitchen and bathroom trade showrooms and plan a million and one interiors in my head. I love so many different styles and features, it would be impossible to design one overarching plan.Compulsively I collect interior design magazines, a database of website bookmarks and feel a desperate urge to watch all 124 episodes of Kevin McCloud and his Grand Designs. I can't help it. I must plan. Everything. Now.

Which is why, up to 12 months before move in, with no date, no ground break, no slab, I'm plotting our Walk in Robes fit out. Seriously. This seriously.

I just can't help it. I justify my position here by the fact that considering this problem now has allowed us to request the removal of the standard WIR fitting of a single rail and shelf along the interior of this uniquely shaped box. The rail is just about useless at 1600mm high in a house with a 2740mm ceiling height. So I have trawled the web in search of usable modular options to make this tiny space practical.

Our typical 1st world problem is that in a country such as Australia where a WIR is robe is considered a mandatory inclusion rather than a laughable luxury in a standard home, the space is actually smaller than our current bedroom. Our built in wardrobe covers a greater area than this WIR plus I have a tallboy in the corner of our generously sized bedroom and a dresser. Our new bedroom will be smaller, albeit still nice with its very delightful ensuite and WIR combination. But my main problem is the shape. As demonstrated in the architectural draftings there are multiple corners plus a weird angle at the entrance.

Most modular units are 58cm deep which would leave about enough room for a chimney sweep to get dressed in. Wardrobes are not designed to go around corners so we feasibly cannot use all the space available in the room. So I continue to imagine various options until doomsday, since realistically we probably don't need to worry about it until we move in. But I want to do it now!