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nice and functional too! always nice to see review posts and blog around..heh

The fridge serves us well so far! i like the multi drawers part, where there is a small freezer components for ice cream and a separate ice cube drawer. It is quite energy efficient as well. So far there is no problem in food dropping inside the gap because we do not use that space for food preparation. That part is used for rice cooker and maybe to place the lids of pots and pans. Once a while i will used the old school mop to clean that part. Why we leave a gap is allow heat to escape from the back and in case we need to change a fridge in the future, we are not too restricted by the size. Managed to dig out the quotation for the 6" platform. It cost $360. There is no storage or anything, just pure elevation only.

Thanks! I prepped these photos to show in the next blog entry, but hey why not show a sneak peak As usual, sorry for the bad image quality. my phone camera is potato lol Here ya go! Looking into Bedroom from Living Room diagonally. Looking from Bedroom out to Living Room diagonally. Hi thanks Yes built in wardrobe is still in progress. In fact I'm getting the team come do measurements and also install Slidearm tomorrow. They couldn't do it earlier because I was still renovating and the place was very messy. I will of course be doing a dedicated blog post about it. For now, here is how it might look like. (Plan is still not confirmed) Also, Quoted Price is $650, not $968 as shown in the picture.

TO-TILE-LY NEW LOOK Hello hello! We are back with some updates and with the to-tile-ly new look of our floors and selected walls hehe. Contractor E mentioned last weekend that screeding and tiling works will commence between Monday to Wednesday this week. In the end he sent us photos of the progress on Monday, Tuesday and today Living Room + Walkway: Wood-look tiles with matching grout, laid in a random staggered pattern. Looks more rustic than originally planned but it should still work well! Master, Study and Common Bedrooms: Grey toned wood-look tiles also in random staggered pattern, grout colour to match tiles. Grout yet to be done up in this pic. As of today the study room and common bedroom are done but have since been covered up with protective sheet, so the actual effect is still a mystery to us Kitchen: Subway tiles backsplash (yet to grout) for only 1 side of the kitchen. Common Bathroom: Shower feature wall and the ugly brown mosaic strips covered up with simple subway tiles. Floor overlaid with dark grey cement-looking tiles. E STANDS FOR: EEYER Y U SO BAD! This afternoon, we asked for updates for the master bathroom's feature wall and Contractor E sent this picture to our group chat... As you can see, he's quite good at trolling us and it's not the first time this happened already! Kings always likes to play along also hahaha. Anyway, we visited the site the night before cause Bin was super excited after receiving the pics and just had to see + touch everything in person. So we know what it looks like already Just that E didn't know. The pic below was taken at night when everything's pitch dark so please pardon the image quality! Master Bathroom: Shower feature wall overlaid with long(er) subway tiles in herringbone pattern, grouting yet to be done. As we were not shown any pics of its progress, we both gasped a little upon seeing it irl and did little happy sighs. E actually isn't aware of the exact name of this pattern and just got his workers to follow the picture we gave him haha. Very pleased with its outcome so far! * * * * Some tips for this part of masonry works of renovation, especially if you are working with a contractor. Not too sure if IDs will seek clients' opinions on these but contractors will most likely need you to direct them on the following: (1) How you want the tiles to be laid There are probably 101 ways for tiles to be laid so have in mind the design that you want. One of the most common styles we see for subway tiles is the "工" pattern. Below is just a few examples but you can google to research further. We chose to do vertical herringbone pattern while the pic below shows a diagonal herringbone pattern. The possibilities are endless! For floor tiles that are rectangular like our wood-look tiles, you'll need to decide on the direction for the tiles to go. If you stand from the main doorway of the house, for example, will you prefer for the tiles to be running horizontally or vertically from your view? Will you want the bedrooms' tiles to be laid in the same direction as the walkway and living room? Where do you want your "pattern" to cut off or end? Decisions, decisions. And for bathrooms, if long tiles are chosen for flooring, the direction it is laid can affect flow of water on the ground as well. It's best to seek your contractor's advice on this! (2) What grout colour you want Those who do cleaning often will know that the colour of the grout plays a large part, especially for areas such as bathrooms which are dirtied easily. Not only does the grout colour affect the overall maintenance, it also drastically changes the look of your space. This is specially so for mosaics, which have a lot more grout lines. Apart from regular grout you can also request for cement grouting, or even have the tiler customise the colour to match your tiles! (3) How thick you want the grout lines to be Finally, tiles generally have a suggested grout thickness based on its shape/size. For larger areas or longer tiles it's probably better to follow the contractor's lead. In our case, we indicated our preference of thinner grout lines for subway tiles so smaller spacers were used and thus the gaps between the tiles were smaller as well. This can affect the overall look too. Disclaimer: We aren't experts on tiling or masonry works so the above is just based on our personal experience! Hopefully it can help guide fellow reno newbies to make the whole experience a little less daunting!