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Hi Kenjo! The PH5 looks beautiful! The rest of the house is also shaping up really nicely! For the counter lights, they seem to be 'cool white' in colour, unlike the rest which is 'warm white'? The difference is quite noticeable, but I don't think it looked weird or anything, just that it emphasizes a separation between your kitchen and the rest of the living room...

Hi slowth, I have PM-ed you the platform quote! Hi jerryhandra, thank you for liking the place! Maybe you can refer to my first post regarding the ID. I'm actually not keen to recommend her, but I'll send you a PM nonetheless!

Hi Kenjo, actually I'm using the ph5 for my living area. Will be putting it above a square (1 x 1 m) low table. I'm using a 23W energy saving bulb and the light is just enough to light up the area below. For the whole room, alone it's quite dim but can still be used as a mood lighting. The shade blocks a lot of the light actually, although the shades itself give a pretty glow.

cavity? you mean for the bar counter? that we knock down one side of the kitchen wall (the one facing the living room) and left the side facing the main entrance intact.. I'll post my floor plan soon

Hi Paloma, tried to PM you but your inbox seems to be full It's a complicated story ... haha

hi Kenjo, glad that you found a good piece for your home! I've seen the grey one in LF+C before, it's cool! Looking forward to see it beautifying your home! Yup, that seems to be the price.

thanks sunsetsky! you're right, it's a bosch! the model is HBA23B550J. And yes, the hood is Fujioh 800mk2 - if the rumours are true, it should be one of the most powerful ones around They installed mine at 550mm. However, I wish it could be higher though, as it's really protruding and makes the kitchen look a little cramped

actually the replicas look really similar to the actual thing. Not sure if there is any small differences in the design? If I remember correctly, Lorgans are selling around $300+, they have several different colours too. F+C is slightly cheaper, at close to $300s. You can also check Lush which may be cheaper (ask to see their catalog, they didn't have the display then).

Hi Mr. and Mrs. Paloma, just dropping by to adore your beautiful home, as I've been doing silently ever since you started your blog. I admire your attention to the details in selecting your furnishings and decorations. Congratulations on a job well done! Btw, I was having K over to measure my wall last week, and when he asked me what kind of brick wall I wanted, I told him I wanted something like the one he did in Punggol. Then he asked " which one? Paloma issit?" and I went, "Ah, yes! That one!!"

Hi Kenjo! thanks for your support! It is indeed a beautiful design masterpiece! btw, PH5 is actually meant to be hung low due to the direction of lights passed through the shades - it actually illuminates not just downwards, but also sideways. I read somewhere that it's recommended height is ~70-80cm above a table. So if your false ceiling allows it, why not? One major drawback is that the light can be rather dim if you have a longish dining table though...

Hi wowach, PM sent!

Hi neighbor! From your pictures, I wouldn't think they are acceptable. I suggest you insist to have them changed. Have you paid them fully yet? I'm also having similar workmanship problem with mine. Been complaining to my ID, some have been rectified but both ID and carpenters are very slow. No choice have to endure Hope your other works will be without any problems!

On Lighting – My favourite topic!! For the general lighting, we prefer a more focused lighting that we can switch on according to our needs. So the decision was to use spotlights and pendants. For the spotlights, we got LEDs from Collins, whom I found through renotalk – nice guy, very patient and helpful in explaining about Led lights to us there was once he gave us the wrong colour of LED light, and he didn’t have the stock for that particular colour. So instead of telling us to wait, he gave us another model which was actually nicer (and a little more expensive) at no cost! If you’re interested to find out about LED lights, do call him up! We also bought tracks and LED strips from his company to make cove lighting as we were worried that the spots will not be good enough for an overall lighting. We’re quite happy with the result. All of our spotlights are warm toned. The photos actually looked more yellow than it should be though. For other lights in the rooms we got a mix of T5 tubes, Phillips energy saving lights, as well as other cheap bulbs for the bomb shelter and service yard, all from Lightings.com. The awesome lighting effect in the kitchen was thanks to Collins' suggestion.

The kitchen and bathrooms already came with HDB tiles which looked acceptable to us, so we decided to leave it as it is. We also liked the plain white color of the bathroom wall tiles (except for the brownish mosaic bits, but we can live with that ). We didn’t like the common bathroom’s basin though, so we asked the ID to build a little mosaic ledge and got ourselves a larger basin. Mosaics were from Hafary, basin was from Heritage.