Renovation In-Progress

Renovation is underway! Here's a view of the house before renovation:

 

House Entrance

Living Area

 

Entrance to Bedrooms

Master Bedroom combined with a Common Room 

 

 

 

Common Toilet

 

Study Room

 Kitchen

The icky thing about this unit is that all the rooms have recess under the windows and 2 ugly pipes in the kitchen and the entrance area. The previous owner only stayed in the house for 5 years but it wasn't well-maintained - they did overlay for the rooms and living area just 5 years ago but the skirtings are all damaged by moisture :s and the gate, main door and wooden doors are either damaged or not working well..

 

We are doing an overhaul for the kitchen and toilets and will do a build in for the shoe cabinet. As for the rest of the house, it will be removal of cornices, painting and feature wall for the living room.

First-draft from ID

Built-in shoe cabinet

Living room

Master bathroom

Kitchen

 

After looking at the artwork, we made the following changes:

1. Decided that it will be too much subway tiles for the kitchen so the entrance to the yard will just be painted grey.
2. The floor tiles was changed to grey (based on our selection from Singseesoon)
3. After the 2nd site inspection, we realized that the door wasn't able to align to the beam and pipes so we decided to do away with the door
4. Remove the tall unit for the microwave and built in oven- we will probably be buying a tabletop oven instead.
5. Instead of 4 windows, we changed to 6 for the half glass wall
6. Added a mounted dish rack

Second-draft from ID

Kitchen

 

Third-draft from ID

Further amendments were done when the hacking was in progress: Shifting of the sink to the far end so that there's more tabletop space and also remove the built in oven at the bottom of the hob.

 

Here are some photos of the 1st part of the renovation process:

Hacking

Our frustration with the ID company starting from the beginning...

I went down to take a look during the hacking process & realized that the cardboard wasn't laid well to protect the living room and bedroom floorings! Causing quite a bit of debris from the hacking were embedded in between the protective sheets and the flooring and have a high possibility of scratching the floor when the workings walk or drag heavy items on the floor. Informed the coordinator and she said they are very professional and know what they are doing so don't need to worry! -.-

 

 

  

Tiling & construction work

After 3 days of hacking, laying of the waterproof cement was done concurrently with the tiling works. Reconstructing the kitchen's half wall and toilet ledges were also done.

 

 

 

 

   

J had to design how the tiles should be laid for the yard because the tiler laid it in a very weird (& ugly) way. Sighhhh where's our ID service...

  

PetiteFreckles ♥

Love Nest: Tiles Selection

Before the renovation started, J and I went to Hafary and Soon Bee Huat to take a look at the tiles. Being a first-time home owner, we were like very confused and lost over tile selection. After looking at tiles for 45 mins, I thought all tiles look alike haha..

 

Had to consider so many factors before selecting the tiles: 

+ Does the colour & design of the wall and floor tiles match?

+ Will it be too slippery when the floor is wet?

+ Is it easy to clean?

+ Does dirt trap easily in the grooves?

+ ETC..

 

Went to and fro Hafary and Soon Bee Huat a couple of times before finalizing the tiles!

 

We decided that the common bathroom will have a grey theme while the master bathroom will be of earthy colour (similar to hotel)? Finally, we ordered the kitchen's white subway tiles, yard floor tiles and common bathroom floor & wall tiles from Hafary and the master bedroom floor & wall tiles from Soon Bee Huat. The prices are pretty similar but the selections are slightly different.

Hafary

 

 

 Soon Bee Huat

With the tiles settled, next headache, lights and sanitary fittings..

 

PetiteFreckles ♥

Love Nest: King Koil Bed - Dionggggg

It's been months of debate on which brand of mattress to purchase.

Sealy? King Koil? Serta?

 

So when J read that there was a warehouse sale yesterday and we decided to make an impromptu after work trip down to Sungei Kadut to take a look. We arrived 45mins before closing so we only managed to check out their mattresses. Was hoping to take a look at their bed sheets and wardrobes!

After a good 30mins of trying, we decided to purchase this king-sized mattress (Super comfortable ^^) which was under the King Koil Eco & Muji Style Collection! And topped up $50 for the bed frame. On top of the sale price stated, there was an additional 10% if we spent $1000 and above. PLUS being a Passion Card holder, there was an additional 5% off, so we only paid $2270!

 

Such a good deal for a renowned brand! Very satisfied with our purchase!!

PetiteFreckles ♥