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Items to furnish the tv area have started to arrive and making our house look more like a home For the tv area, we got 4 seater leather sofa in white ( clean clean clean! maintenance! ) white leather coffee table with glass topblack leather stools (a bit unsure should change it to white or keep it black)panasonic tvwallpaper coffee table and stools are to arrive on thursday so far, the tv room looks like this... well not really, that's before the tv & couch it looks more like this... So what do u guys think, black or white stools?

omg! really?? it does look nice. why my contractor say cannot i already put up the glass one and i kinda feel like it doesnt go with the theme cos the glass is alittle greenish not fair! i also want granite shower rack like u

aiyo marshmallow, u so sweet la! hahaha cos last time i "complain" abt taking so long reading ur blog, u gave me the link this time. hahaha thanks girl! i enjoyed the read last time though

Hey tigerlilly! cool another EA! and sengkang too! awesome!! where exactly in sengkang are u? deciding what we want is always a headache cos we're never happy! hahaha.. that's what i feel atleast.. cos now after the reno i keep thinking, should have done this too, shouldn't have done this, do this instead. ARGH!! hahaha but still, on the whole happy with the result. which IDs have u been to? what's ur budget? do u have a tblog yet? haha.. i'm also excited to meet another EA-er! lol

Thanks for the website Blue the furniture looks really good.. wonder if its costly? if u don't mind, how much did ur purchase come up to? thanks again

hi there blue! i guess blue is ur fave colour huh? really nice purchases.. may i know where in JB did u get them? also, did they charge u gst and transportation? TIA

Yay another EA! whereabouts are u staying? Hope u are able to find a good ID/contractor.. its a tedious process, but in the end atleast u have the peace of mind knowing u did ur homework

hey neo! great work!!! finally more pics to drool over u know the "standard" white.. was it kind of bluish? cos mine is like that and i thought i was being picky when i thought it wasnt white.. there's a "real" white is it?? why can't they use the real white then? aiyah.. i should get my contractor to change..

yea i noticed u dont have a stove! why did u decided not to have one? But good also la.. u have more work space

Location: Balcony Plan: To make in an "arty farty" cool hang out place for me & hubby. Using 30 by 60 black tiles. walls painted greystone. Paint the ugly pipe in the corner black. Actually the pipes were one of the reasons why i was hesitant on hacking the balcony. Before: After: thoughts: i don't think the look can be achieved as yet without any soft furnishings, but i like the look... its turning out like we hoped! Wonder what the oldies will have to say about the colour of the tiles

well it is dark.. but for a small area like the balcony it should be alright i think. i'll be uploading the pics to my blog soon, u can take a look..

heyyy!! I got the same tiles for my balcony.. turned out really well

hey marshmallow! finally i get to ur kithen pics!! read thru ur blog looking for this ok!! hahahah its very very nice! ur right, the granite does make the kitchen look classier.. good job!

hey booties.. I think the nail is there to protect them from evil spirits? i'm not sure i'm just basing it on something a hindu fren of mine had told me years ago. I was walking behind my fren when i noticed that a nail was sticking out of the top of her long braid! so i asked her why she kept a nail there and she said that they believe that the nail will keep evil spirits away from them. but the ex owners were catholic.. so i'm not sure if they will have the same beliefs..

haha yea he loves to give everyone surprises esp me cos i'm very hard to surprise.. i somehow always guess the surprise so spoil it for both of us.. cos i'm very bad at acting surprised now, he's getting better at surprising me! learnt its better not to give me any whiff of the surprise at all! Yea, i chose black for the granite.. i loved the look of it since i had it when living with my parents. very nice and shiny hor? u also got black? what did u do with the granite cut outs for the sink and stove? i wanted to use it in the bathroom as toiletries rack but contractor told me its too late cos must tell him during tiling.. but i still told him i want the cut outs.. cos i pay for it mah.. don't want to waste it right? but i donno what to do with it hehe.. thought of doing some DIY u mean u can see the seal is it? all the while i was thinking its a polish

really ah?? hahhaha that's good! less work for me cos i decided to get granite too. actually hubby surprised me with it! love granite!! good to know that its not as high maintenance as i thought

errr actually referring to the granite counter top? hehe.. but thanks for the info regarding the tiles

Thanks Berry! Took a look at ur tblog.. ur high ceiling is very unique and cool!!

Does anyone know where i can purchase artificial plants/trees? Something tall and not too "fake" looking I saw one artificial tree on someone's blog.. it was in their glass study room. Can't remember whose though

Here's another view of the dining/living, with a glimpse of the balcony. ahhh it looks so nice bare.. hopefully we can get nice furniture that won't clutter or take away the attractiveness of the space!

Location: Dining/ Living Plan: wow, we had changed our plans for these areas so many times. Original plan was to hack the balcony and the wall separating the living and the study. Then seal up the original entrance to the study and create a long passage way to the bedrooms. The idea was to have a platform in the balcony and the dining area in the ex-study. However, later on we decided we wanted to keep the balcony as it was one of the reasons we wanted to get an EA. Because of this, the fact we wanted a foyer divider and also cos of the desire for a biiiiig sofa, we had to move our living area to the ex-study and put the dining area in the space between the balcony and the foyer. Another change we made was to the flooring. Originally we wanted big white glossy tiles. Then we wanted just the living area in laminates. Later we decided we liked the look and feel of laminates so we did the whole house (except balcony, foyer, kitchen and bathrooms) in laminates. Here are the pictures of the dining/living Before Sketchup After

Our reno is coming to an end! All the times spent discussing colour combination, designs, themes etc.. Everything is coming together infront of our eyes! Location: Foyer Plan: To have a shoe cabinet cum divider. Wanted something that won't make the area look cluttered. Rounded edges cos to be safe for children and clumsy wifey (aka me ;p) Tiles that don't clash with laminate flooring or are too busy. Foyer before reno Foyer sketchup Foyer after reno Mission accomplished? YES i think the foyer looks quite bright and uncluttered, changing the door to white was a good idea as it doesnt clutter the space. YAY well done!

Hey there! hahaha HDB toilet design are horrible! Mine was blue with flowers i nearly cried... i would have much rather had ur design. lol but i guess the grass is always greener on the either side? I agree with u, plain wall tiles would have looked way better. Good luck for ur reno.. what kind of theme are u going for?

..contd... shelter door cover downlights! was at first a little worried how it will look cos we changed the colour combi from silver with black to white with black. but i think it turned out great! good work hubby!! <3 downlights with lights off. u can't really see the black lines on the glass part of the down lights.. but it creates a nice accent Entrance to kitchen.. glass doors are up! Kitchen. safe colour combi but i like the classy yet homely look it gives

Picture time As u enter the door, shoe cabinet/foyer divider.. doors not up yet at the time. Also, yet to install frosted glass at the top once u enter, at the dining area (infront of balcony) is the mirror view of mirror from living area tv area.. i <3 the fan! can anyone notice something different about our feature wall? updated pic of console