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Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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More photos as requested by another forummer Study Room Bedroom Josephine Lamp Kartell Stone Stool -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Pinklady, All in all we paid $1,450 (inclusive of racks, beautiful tassle tiebacks, hooks) to Mr Chew. Highly recommended - service, worksmanship and quality of fabric is top notch. Living Room: Black string curtains Off-white/cream organza day curtains Bronze-brown night curtains Bedroom 3: Silver full window rollerblinds Study: Black full window rollerblinds MBR: Silver black string curtains for walk-in wardrobe Dark Grey organza day curtains Silver grey night curtains Silver grey roman blinds Our Ratings for Mr Chew: Service: 4/5 Quality and worksmanship: 5/5 Price: 5/5 Turnaround: 5/5 Reliability: 4/5 We'll post pictures for you to look at the quality. -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Hi ilmare612, Thanks for your huge compliment! I'm really surprised by the feedback regarding the sloping cabinets - we took a huge risk when we decided on it but guess I'm not complaining. Regarding the Glamour wallpaper, its was organised by my ID. I still haven't put up photos as the mattress for the house and bedsheets etc are not up. But if you give me your e-mail ID i will send some to you so you can decide. Crockery-wise I like to think we made really good purchases considering how cheap and yet how elegant and chic they look. Actually, we made more buys - with the bulk of them are from OEM wholesalers that actually supply to high end restaurants in Singapore and for European brands. I will put up some photos for fellow forummers to assess and buy them if you like them! The Kartell version at $600 a chair due to its polycarbonate composition is scratch resistant so I think it is ok to buy (if google or go to Amara Sanctuary, the glass pavilion is all victoria ghost chairs and the number of people seated of them and still they are fine so see if you want to reconsider). You can consider buying the cheap copy from Lush, at $1XX per chair, cheap but they are made of normal plastic - buy and throw if you want. The Arco Lamp is what I personally wanted - and my wife gracefully let me have it. I'm a huge fan of the lamp considering that is such a design classic, plus it ties into the stainless steel touch. I think without it the house will lack a classy feel that it provides, but I'm ok if you say it doesn't belong. The box-up, concealed water heater is great - if you and wife can come down, you will see two vent holes below to air the heater. Besides are you planning to on the heater 24/7? My ID has verified its completely safe so if you want to its up to you. Last and not least, my wife and I would like to thank fellow forummers for sharing their tips, ideas, support and homes where we got a lot of inspiration for our home! -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Hi all, Thanks for so many of your compliments and well wishes! haroldism, pinkpetter and angel81 I'm surprised that you would like the kitchen - I had imagine people will say the cabinets are wierd and wasteful of 'space'. Strangely my parents didn't say anything about it. I think the sloping cabinets looks better than I thought it would turn out. Thanks, applefreak, we used a lot of stainless steel (and grey/silver) items to tie the look together. Now looking for the finishing touches to complete the look and feel of the home. Still looking for a broque-style bedside table lamp (maybe Kartell's Feruccio Laviani-designed Bourgie Lamp), a modern black and white abstract painting, a black and white abstract-styled carpet, study chairs, vases and small furnishing items, and maybe a chaise lounge chair. -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Hi fellow forummers Sorry for the wait (due to rush for CNY, arranging for delivery + work) - but glad to announce that our renovation has been completed! On the whole, my wife and I are very satisfied and happy with the work and service provided by Kenneth and Ideal House team. The renovation experience was easy, fuss-free and very pleasant as Kenneth's team were professional and very experienced. Delivery and completion was also on time. Their level of service, experience, and worksmanship has been nothing less than top class. Even after completion - very responsive to help touch up! As for design I let you guys decide - after all a picture says a thousand words. But my friends and family has been very impressed and complemented us about the look and feel of our new home - even my 100-over-year-old grandmother gave her seal of approval (which is tough considering that the house is mostly black and white)! Kitchen Living Room Veiled by string curtains These are just teasers - expect full photos to come soon (but only after all the furnishing bits are in)! Lastly, I will be providing ratings for all vendors and service providers in my last few posts on this thread so others who are planning or seeking their services know whom to look for! -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Kitchen Naked man not included -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Updates, updates, updates! Now waiting for tinted mirrors to complete each item! Shoe cabinet TV feature wall Bomb shelter feature wall Considering putting this wallpaper at the back of the living room -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Yang Guo, haha glad to be of service! Cher, We paid all in all $5XX (I can't remember the exact amount as the receipt is with my fiancee) for the whole package - which includes the 700" professional stainless steel sink, colander (**** expensive unless you really like it) and tap. Apparently their sink is constructed out of 1.2 mm stainless steel, same thickness as blanco's - to withstand dents and dinks - but at less than 1/3 of Blanco's price! But check though, I recall Blanco a few weeks back they had a promotion for the sink and tap for around $1,000 (if you really like Blanco). Bellari 117 Jalan Besar Singapore 208837 -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Study Door painted matte black-brown TV feature wall Feature wall for bomb shelter Kitchen Yay! Oven installed Sink and hob installed! -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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mwerkz, I was just wondering thats all. By the way I saw the same stool available at a small shop at AMK St 1 called S&C going for $70 (without bargaining). -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Thanks all, but was expecting more comments to see if I made the right decisions. Living Room: Cream white organza day and dark bronze (100% blackout) Mixed Fabric Night Curtains MBR: Platinum Grey (100% blackout) and silver organza day curtains Study: 1 roller blind in black Bedroom 3: 1 roller blind in silver-grey -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Hi pinkpetter, I'm not sure yet - maybe I'm not good enough at visualising! I'm really hoping everything turns out as nicely as according to 3D perspective! So far renotalk forummers haven't been forthcoming with their comments about how the house is coming out - or maybe their expectations are super high! -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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More photo updates: Kitchen Note water heater above refrigerator space MBR Work in progress Shoe rack TV feature wall - naked worker not included! Bought lots of crockery, received a set of cutlery for Christmas and now looking at curtain makers! Bit by bit we are getting there! -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Carpentry has started - some photos from last night's progress! Study MBR Walk in wardrobe Also bought crockery from various distributors/wholesalers. Photos to follow when I get them to the new place! -
Our Love Sanctuary @ Strathmore Avenue Aka Forfar Heights
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Hi Rain, We fall in love with the lights from our first look so we really like them too. Our living room walls, ceiling and floor are dark coloured, so we hope the crystals will give it a nice, warm silhoutte! I can't wait to get them installed! By way do you think its not practical? This is much easier to clean than a conventional designer piece or chandelier! We paid a little more though to change the standard crystals to swarovski ones as the colours are so pretty!