Lina Lee

Haa.. Actually e wiw is u shaped cos wanna utilize e space lol.. But most prob not using glass door.. Still deciding.. Which kenwood mixer ya using nw? Kitchenaid UP is 1199 on Mayer's site lo.. Price increased le.. So I tink smelly smelly oso 700-800+ if wanna get it.. Actually kitchen I might not do top shelves cabinet cos I'm quite short n seldom use it.. Inconvenient for me leh.. Haa.. But gotta see izit there's piping up there oso.. If yes, mayb do to conceal e pipes lol..

Wah.. Sounds like 'poison'.. LOL! We like such tabletops but then if really too exp.. More exp than cesarstone then I tink I'll juz go for silver laminates for e cabinets n stone table tops for our yellow silver white theme.. Bwahahahahha.. So many things wanna do for e hse.. But some stuffs r too exp nah..

Wah.. Ok.. I tink I've once seen online of someone mentioning stainless steel table top is not as cheap as we thought.. Haf to ask e ID abt it I guess.. But I heard its easily scratched oso etc etc.. But really looks so wow hor.. Hahaha..

Haa I was looking at e kenwood kmix n kitchenaid.. Kmix I found online 500/600+ I tink wif e colorful stripes.. Heard e kenwood chef is very gd.. I tink i saw it at 500+.. Kitchenaid 800+ lo.. But my fren asked me to wait for isetan pte sale go haf a look cos she bot 600+ tt time.. Hahahah ya got island beta than no island.. Initially was quite 'upset' can't haf an island.. So found a way to 'satisfy' myself by making a small dry kitchen in living rm ;P E unit we bot is 9yrs old ba.. Actually I not very sure how wiring is like sooooo.. Bwahahahahha will juz leave it to hub n ID ba.. Nw only pondering whether to see fengshui anot cos I haf a pantang hub but he keep saying not enuff time.. ZzZZzz.. I only concern where to place e bed so I can confirm my wiw location.. LOL.. I saw e quote for e wiw then I keep tinking wow.. tt rm of wardrobe will cost us abt 10k for wiw plus dressing table!?!?! Dreams r really costly!!! But e kitchen's quote I juz added up e total, it's gonna cost me 6k! Wonder izit based on a U shaped kitchen n not L shape.. See e quotes only head oso turned bigger hahahah..

Ohh icic.. I actually only planning to haf a false ceiling in living rm's tv console tt side.. E rest norm lighting.. Hope wun b too exp ba.. Haa.. My hse can only haf a kelian small island.. Hehehe.. Envy ur bigggggg island.. Kitchen no way to hack.. Living rm eaten up by dining rm scared look smaller haa.. So can only make do with a small dry kitchen area with a small island (aiming to get a kitchenaid to display on it!) for baking parties with my 2 lil gers!!!!! LOL

Some simple idea for kids room This one is a real gd idea to not waste e baby cot when not in use.. Hee..

Based on e quote given by e ID, I realised no mentioning of electrical works like power points... Izit a norm e quote nv indicate? I nv know there's so many things that need to be done for e Reno until I see e quote -.-" I wonder if I can get any of e item price to be lowered or foc items

WALK IN WARDROBE WIW still tinking to place at the MBR or bedroom 3... but i tink hub prefer WIW connected to bathroom... We're doing a U shaped one... then might customise a mini dressing table beside the window (in between window n WIW)... might do with or w/o door... sliding glass door quoted wasn't cheap... might not spend tt kinda money and may not put tt cos it's reflective to our sleeping area...

BATHROOM For common bathroom, we'll juz do basic without glass divider oso cos seldom will use it anyway... For the MBR bathroom, we intend to hack e walls n install a bathtub (standalone ones or built in one) will decide whether to do a full glass panel or 3/4 panel at the bathtub area... As for vanity top, not gonna do e big n atas ones cos my toilet is pretty small at e side so can only do a small one... found a few tt i loved n sent to ID... Also had tot of bringing the vanity area out of the bathroom to place beside e WIW but i tink it's gonna cost us quite abit oso so i tink simple vanity area will do la...

KITCHEN - Yellow, silver, white... Actually i'm keen to do stainless steel tabletop for the kitchen and the tabletop for e living room's 'island' or table... I guess it's definitely cheaper than cesarstone rite ROFL... Wet kitchen (L shape or U shaped) quote is based on L shape i tink... 1 side stove, sink and food prep area... the other side will be the fridge, stacked up dryer and washer plus full height cabinets for storage... The nice nice stainless steel tabletop that me n hub love Dry kitchen will be in dining area... intend to do a full height cabinet with inbuilt oven and microwave plus a dining table/island 'connected/non connected' to it... forgot to tell ID that my cabinet i wanna extend and make 2-3 more panels of full height ones for storage...

Haa... finally the lazy me contacted e ID which i've always had in mind... shortlisted him since ayr+ ago when i was looming ard everyone's Tblog... got a quote from him yest and had a look at it... I tink e overall quote seems ok but i nv know my whole hse's tiles to be relayed will cost me abt 10+k haven met him yet but gonna make an arrangement to meet up soon bah... but e conversation with him over e phone, makes me feel tt he's very experienced and he knows abt my urgency to finish e reno and gave me some advices alr... Okok... maybe i'll share what r the reno ideas i had in mind and these are wat i sent him.. LIVING RM Pebble wash entrance from main door (optional - based on quote, it's gonna cost me abt $900... may opt out or use some other tiles i found at hafary tt time) False ceiling (shd be doing only at the tv console area - not intending to do feature wall + customised console so in e quote i tink can deduct another 3-4k) Theme in living rm (simple base plus color decos n lights? LOL)

Hihi.. I'm currently in e midst of moving out of our flat to a fren place for 3-4mths before our new flat finishes reno.. I understand that Chinese beliefs theres quite alot of 'don't' during this period.. Anyone has any idea what we need to take note? Oso heard of no shifting of matrimonial bed during pregnancy.. Hub is thinking of bringing over our current bed n frame over to fren hse during e stay.. So it's gonna be considered as a shift? -.-" wasn't a superstitious person but then when hearing some beliefs it does makes me a lil worried.. Haa.. Would appreciate any advices from fellow forumners.. Thanks!!!

Hihi.. I'm currently in e midst of moving out of our flat to a fren place for 3-4mths before our new flat finishes reno.. I understand that Chinese beliefs theres quite alot of 'don't' during this period.. Anyone has any idea what we need to take note? Oso heard of no shifting of matrimonial bed during pregnancy.. Hub is thinking of bringing over our current bed n frame over to fren hse during e stay.. So it's gonna be considered as a shift? -.-" wasn't a superstitious person but then when hearing some beliefs it does makes me a lil worried.. Haa.. Would appreciate any advices from fellow forumners.. Thanks!!!

Hehehe.. My completion to sell is in 5 nov but we're moving out end oct.. E resale unit we purchased did not ask for ext n we req for slightly earli handover which they said is fine.. *cross finger*

Hi there! Congrats on e completion of ur Reno!!! Hope to see e photos soon.. Can I chk with ya, for Donny n James team, do I contact Donny or James directly? I rem Donny is e co-ordinator from mae29's EM reno.. Shortlisted him for quite awhile le.. Hehehe.. Gonna contact em for a quote soon cos juz exercised OTP for our resale flat..

Hihi! Haa.. So here's ur tblog.. Hee.. Ur sellers r asking for an extension upon completion of second appt? Or r they postponing e second appt? So ya key collection will still be bef deepavali? I actually wanted another unit but they req for 4wks extension after second appt which hub dun wan to.. Current unit we bot is supposedly going to push fwd e second appt so tt we can collect e keys earlier (hopefully its not a hoax to get us to buy it *cross fingers*)

Mine oso hacking all.. Haizz.. That's y need magic to happen!!! actually I juz hope at least bef baby's full mth can shift in n cel there.. LOL.. Hope early or mid dec can collect keys.. Haa..

Congrats to ya too!!! Haa.. It's not ez to be pregnant n shifting new hse.. I'm oso scared abt monitoring part that's y only shortlisted 2 highly raved ones.. See who can take up e proj n help me out.. Feel so helpless sometimes hor.. Cos I'll be staying at a fren hse during e Reno.. Hope confinement can be done at own home.. Supposed to stay at my uncle place but he consulted his master then I tink some folks told us cos I giving birth n MAY do confinement at his place, may not be convenient which I can understand.. Haa.. So find our not superstitious fren to help le ;P Oh deepavali is in Nov.. Ur place is resale or new flat? Mine is resale so gonna hack everything.. May take sometime oso.. Let's cross fingers our Reno can be complete early n smooth! Haa.. N bb can haf a cosy cosy nice home! Haa

Ya.. Preggy run ard is scary.. Lol I actually only shortlisted 2.. One is Andrew n another is S*****.. Lol.. Haf to see if they can advise mi if can take up my proj n finish on time anot le.. This wkend gg HK so most prob nxt wk will call n chk le..

Hahaha.. Ya.. Close one eye it's decent.. But I tink cos I viewed another 2-3 5rm ones their kitchen is abt 1.5m Longer n can be hacked to be open concept so somewhat feeling a lil not satisfied with it.. Bwahahahahha.. But e living rm for this place is much bigger than those I've seen.. My fren nagged me n said get so big kitchen for wat.. Cleaning more mafan.. We usually spend more time in living rm so no nid to be Sian abt small kitchen.. Which I tink true oso la.. (console myself ;P ) so nw can only hope Reno can go smoothly le.. Will most probably be getting keys in Dec.. I'm giving birth most prob early Feb or during cny!!! Oso dunno we can shift in bef that anot ;( My understanding is dec to feb very hectic one.. Haizz.. Stress....................

HEHEHE... after looming RT for ermmm 1+yr, it's finally my turn to start my T-blog!!!!! Before MOP reached, our plan was to get an EM at hougang/Ser north area... Prices in Apr 12 which we were looking at was at 550-600+k... But nv expected the prices of these EMs to have gone up by quite alot... I tink the property market is just so MAD!!! Was hesitating on selling our flat first but HDB decided to have HIP at my current 3rm flat (3yrs ago did lift upgrade which i tolerated for so many yrs... nw they suddenly wanna upgrade our internal.. ZzzZZZz)... OK... sorry to be so long winded... Haa... Juz feeling that sometimes these upgradings are so IRRITATING n so inconvenient... If the upgrades for lift and internal done tog... i tink it's ok but cos they do it seperate, i cant help feeling the irritating-ness... after all e ding dongs, we went for a few viewings n decided to get a 5rm in Punggol... PRices are acceptable and it's high floor... Owner able to hand over keys slightly earlier so we settled for this unit... It's gonna be a mad rush reno which we're not sure if we can be able to shift in before CNY aka my due date ;P so tot of coming in to ask for advices and all... THe attached is the floor plan... almost wanted to give up this unit cos the kitchen is very very small and there's a common with with odd shape... but well... i gain some n lose some... so juz hope everything can be smooth bah~~ sorry if i bore u with all my grumblings HAHAHA... but will be back again to upload some of my ideas for the reno..........

Yup.. I read abt tt oso.. Health n finance not gd hahaha. That's y maybe will forsake wiw n let e kids slp at e bedroom 3 instead..

Haa.. Showed mil e floor plan she only commented Aiyo hdb y design like tt.. But then she say as long e pointed edge is not pointing inwards, shouldn't be a problem ba.. Actually cos we r in a hurry to settle a unit before i give birth n this owner can handover e keys bef second appt.. Overall when we step in all that we feel pretty ok.. Juz abit taken back when stepped in e bedroom 2 cos heard bef it's not gd.. But asked a pantang fren n my uncle yesterday n they told me shape is ok one as long e hse has e correct directions.. Which made us felt more at ease.. Hahaha.. N my 2yr old dotter is super relax in e flat.. Very happy e moment she stepped in n making herself at home like tt.. Haa..

Hahahaha.. I'm not so rich.. LOL.. Cov $30+k only.. I'm juz a commoner.. Bwahahahahha.. E living rm is NW.. I tink e rm shd be SW.. Hahahaha.. Wanted to hack e 2 adjoining bedrooms tog n make a wiw initially n let e kids slp at e odd shape rm but if e rm really no gd, maybe wun let e kids slp in it.. Give up wiw.. Hahaha

I'll let ya know again.. Haa.. Went viewin once for a unit but e kitchen is super small n I can't do my dream bar counter or open concept so hesitating abit ;P if I cfm e unit, I'll haf stressful Reno.. Muz move in bef cny bef I pop.. Owner can handover keys after 1st appt.. Dunno enuff time anot.. So scary~~~~~~~