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tile turn yellow: i also have no idea. hahaha. lucky mr says ok to go ahead with white tiles. maybe the contractor meant the white grout lines will turn yellow and i misunderstood him white kitchen: i have seen my fren's white kitchen which is still clean-looking after at least 3 years? 80x80 tiles: the reason given is that each tile is not 100% even. so when you join the tiles, there is bound to be some "uneveness". i have witnessed this myself in an ID's home. you can feel the rough edges along some of the grout lines. i think i saw this being discussed in one of the threads as well but i can't remember which one. with 60x60 tiles, the chances are lower.

in total about $150k higher than yours. inclusive of $20k cov very painful on the pockets. you got yourself a really good deal though can't really compare cos different locations.

erm, i was planning to do the entire wall - the one between living room and bedroom 3, which i reckon is around 4.5m wide. i think i'm dead.

hi, saw your blog. we are in the same estate but i'm not staying near you

may_dream1, i saw it on 2 walls, at the reception area. we were actually heading to the siloso beach resort but made a turn outside costa sands and i made my mr walk back with me to take pics! haha. yea, seems like everything that i like is high-maintenance. *big sigh* i met with one contractor and when i said i want light coloured tiles, 80x80, he went NOOOO... firstly 80x80 will give you uneven surface (is this true? i mean, is the uneven surface due to workmanship or just the way it is) and white tiles will turn yellow after 3 mths so sad but i think i will insist to go ahead with white tiles i also wanted a light coloured or white kitchen but contractor also advise against. my mr even said to me "can you be more practical and less stubborn" so sad. now considering to do light-tone oakwood for kitchen. would it look old-fashioned?

oops... pardon this noob here ok.. may_dream1, the pic is taken from costa sands. i didn't actually see exactly the same in hafary although there is a section in hafary selling similar stuff (but stupid me can't remember whether it's the actual bricks itself or just slate walls) csingeu, eh... i dunno whether it is craft stone or slate wall! wahaha. paiseh. i'm quite bimbo when it comes to these things. guess i have to learn from scratch when the research for reno gets more intense. wow, 5k for the balcony, really expensive! but i'm sure it will look really really nice! if only i also have a balcony to play with. i'm hoping i can afford at least slate wall instead of homogeneous tiles for my tv wall. yea, maintenance may be a pain though...

hi Janelle, your place seems so huge! how many sqm? i like the way your wardrobe is done in your masterbed room! anymore pics to share? i'm having a headache with my masterbed room layout now. seems too small to fit in a wardrobe and king size bed. oh, and the sink is gorgeous too! can you share with me the contact of your ID pls? thanks!

one thing that i have decided from even before i got the house - is that die die also want a brick wall. so one day we were at sentosa costa sands and saw this brick wall at the foyer and LOVE it! most likely will do this on the wall where the tv will be. 2-in-1: i get my brick wall and it serves as a tv feature wall as well. yay!!

Sunday 20.02.11 Only stop: Hafary Selling: Tiles Location: Defu Ave 1 Served by: no one Yes, we are that excited. Decided to go take a look at tiles. Just for fun. We did visit an ID's home a few days before and her flooring was 80x80 homogeneous tiles. really really pretty! So we decided that we want 80x80 tiles as well. The 80x80 tiles in Hafary is really limited but we found something we like anyway. light coloured homogeneous tiles with lines. we love it! The rest of the window shopping at Hafary was basically quite confusing. Too many variety to look at and with no one to help us, we were at a loss.

met up with one contractor and we told him we have our own contacts for parquet flooring and even then he recommends to hack the parquet because he thinks it is likely that there are splits (which may lead to white ants). i'm secretly pleased. hopefully can do tiles! haha.

thanks friends78! hey, it actually makes me feel better that you think the parquet flooring is beautiful. guess i'll try to look at it from another angle. i'm actually very old fashioned too and i like lines and natural stone as well but i dunno why i just don't like parquet. at first we wanted to do marble flooring for living room too. but we got frightened by the horror stories about stains. so we will probably go for homogeneous tiles. sidetrack: it's really interesting chatting with you guys because i've seen all your t-blogs before! haha... so many many hours spent on RT during the days when we couldn't find the right place to buy. now realize have to start reading all over again cos back then i didn't take notes. now got to research all over again.

3rd stop: Mondi Selling: Furniture Location: Northstar (AMK ave 5) Served by: hmm... didn't get his name This shop is also recommended by our friend. The place sells furniture that looks to be of high quality and the mr did spend some time looking at many of the stuff, including wallpaper and dining tables. However, the things didn't really catch my eye. I think because the furniture is mostly very modern and I'm not really into the modern modern stuff. Nothing really caught our fancy. Hence didn't ask for model numbers, dimensions and price, etc. Which is why we didn't know the name of the guy who served us. And in any case he wasn't very friendly. Maybe because he could tell we won't be buying anything. But I always believe if they spend a little more time with us (friendly yet not overbearing) leaving a good impression, we will be more inclined to visit again. And I have to add, it's not like the shop was crowded. In fact we were the only customers as well. ----------------------------------------------- 4th stop: Star Living Selling: Furniture Location: Northstar (AMK ave 5) Served by: an uncle. didn't ask for his name We popped by this shop since it was a couple of shops beside Mondi. Both of us took a fancy to a sofa bed. It's really really comfy. The cover is made from a waterproof type of fabric, so it feels quite soft. And when it is being let down into a bed, there is no crease when it bends originally. Some sofa beds are made up of 2 separate pieces but this one is just one piece. So there is no discomfort when laying on it. We ALMOST bought it right on the spot. But we stopped ourselves because we are not sure if the colour is too bold (turquoise) and we are not sure if it would fit into our entertainment room (where we intend to place a drum set and keyboard). We thought for a really long time, over an item that costs $499. LOL. Later on we mentioned this to another friend and he said that $499 for a sofa bed is expensive. Any thoughts? The uncle who served us was quite friendly but was a teeny weeny pushy. Kept telling us to buy now, place deposit of $199 because prices will go up soon after the Budget and if this item doesn't suit us, we can buy other items from the store. "Our store is so big, I don't believe you can't find something else that costs $499" he said.

so we went shopping this weekend! Saturday 20.02.11 1st stop: Univonna Selling: Specializes in leather sofas Location: Genting Lane Served by: Jennifer We asked a friend who used to work in a furniture shop to recommend some reputable shops and this was one of the shops which he introduced. Unfortunately we didn't tell him that we (actually more of myself) are not looking for leather sofas so we ended up in a shop which sells only leather sofas. I was a little 'sian' entering the shop but later learnt that Univonna sells good quality leather sofas. After trying some of the sofas in Univonna, every other shop which we went to, we kept thinking about how comfortable Univonna sofas are - with the soft 'cushioning' (i don't know what they are called haha) and real leather. The designs are not very modern though as they only have a few colours to choose from. We think black is practical but boring, white is really great looking but hard to maintain, off-white is pretty much the same as white and brown doesn't fit the theme that we have in mind etc. And they don't have grey which is what I originally had in mind. But we did KIV a few items: we love this in white. thinking of putting this in the guestroom. but it's expensive. slightly above $1k also saw a daybed (no pics) at ~$700 Jennifer was a patient lady who can probably tell that we are just doing window shopping but still entertained us with our many questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd stop: Rozel Selling: Furniture Location: Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 Served by: Alvin Got a shock when we walked into the store. It's quite a huge store but there were no customers. All the staff were sitting on a sofa at the main door, playing with their iphones, chit chatting, etc. Again we were looking at sofas. Saw a grey fabric L-shaped sofa. We like the colour and design but the sofa is definitely not as comfortable as a leather sofa. We are thinking that the sofa might be too big (2.9m IIRC) for our living room. It's made in China and costs ~$1.9k Alvin was helpful, patient and not pushy.

hmm... i thought i'm the only 'strange' one who doesn't like parquet flooring. i find the existing parquet flooring a little... dated in design. and we probably won't be turning on the air-con often. so we may be able to do with tiles. but then, it's such a pity to hack away the parquet right? oh my, decisions decisions. i think we'll let the ID/contractor decide for us then.

actually i don't really like parquet flooring but of cos what do i know? cos everyone has been telling me this prevents coldness when stepping down from the bed every morning. and if it saves money, why not? hoping to go furniture shopping today! i know it's too early to be doing this but we are excited that's why...

i haven't had a chance to take pictures in the 3 times when we visited the house. too paiseh to ask owner for permission. so well, let's make do with the ones from valuation report first: Living room and Dining Area Kitchen Bedroom 2 - most probably using this room for guest/baby room Master Bedroom No pictures for bedroom 3 - which will most probably be our entertainment room As you can see, the bedroom flooring is parquet. So we are thinking of keeping them if the contractor thinks it's in good condition. any comments or suggestions?

OMG that is soooooo sweet. i hope my husband to be feel the same way on the actual day too...

thank you! speaking of cold feet, i had the wedding jitters like 2 years ago! lol... way too early i think. so your wedding is just over not too long ago! i'm sure it was all great! how's newly married life so far?

exactly! after wedding there is still the marriage. if anything goes not so well with the wedding, well, who will remember much right? but if the reno ends up terrible then you will be stuck with it for a while. hmm.. but who knows it might just be the initial excitement, and after a while i'll revert to fussing about the wedding. haha.

hey, similar timeline we have! my 1st appointment is on 3rd march have you started searching for ID/contractor? i'm at a loss. haha

oooh.. mine's in may but haven't done much.

when's your big day? i think all my girl friends don't understand why i'm no longer focusing on the wedding. haha. oh i saw you bought an ice cream maker! NICE!

thank you! i have been reading your blog cos it's so informative! you have not 'announced' your ID right?

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