Valerie Low

Oh I see. Thanks for the explanation chynaho. I didn't think of that! Can I use something to paint or treat the wooden crate before bringing into my house? Do you know? Is that something that we as houseowner can DIY, or we need to find some professional people to treat the wood? Sorry if my question sounds too silly. Thanks for the info ahlipz. That will be my last resort if I can't get it for free or at minimal cost hehe.. Thanks for the compliment. That's the only place with some 'design'. The rest of the house is just plain four walls. So nothing to show.

Aesthetically, I agree with your husband, the planks are too short. If longer planks, there may be less visible grout lines? I saw someone using wooden textured tile planks as you do. Not sure if you visited his blog before? His planks are longer though. Nevertheless, you place still looks great. After your funiture are in, they are not so obvious anymore. No worries!

You mean these wooden crates easily attract termite? Or just generally all wooden furniture can easily attract termite if placed under moist environment?

Does anyone know where can I get this kind of wooden wine crates? It can be storage and great deco for the kitchen.

Very special tile for the bathroom!

Haha... not that I have sharp eyes, I visited that house before my reno started and you two have almost same layout as my flat. Your reno is progressing well. I can't imagine having to prepare for wedding and reno at the same time! All your weekends must be really tiring and hectic.

May, I think it is an EC not EM. I'm looking forward to your story...

Congrats on your reno! Your house layout is similar to XTR's. I like that shelf on the right, it looks nice, if it is in good condition can be reused..

You and Hoo are really good in DIY wallpaper! Was it an easy process?

I'm also looking forward to doing it. Now waiting for the legs. Thank you piknik. We saw quite a few along Geylang and Balestier lighting shops too, but those nice ones are not cheap, cheap ones are not nice. So difficult! Anyway, we have put down the idea of having suspension lighting in the study room.

You bought the same hob as me I also like it due to easy maintenance - easy to clean.

Also looking for this bedframe Please PM me your price.

Hi Piknik, I just realised you also engaged Alan as your contractor. We do agree that Alan is very busy and forgetful at times. The way we dealt with him was that we took the initiative to ask him what is going to be done this week, and by end of the week we ask him what is going to be done next week, and so on. With this, we are very clear what to expect. Of course we didn't ask all the time, we only asked during those important milestone.. as we need to know by when we need to have all the lights ready, the kitchen appliances ready, the toilet accessories ready etc. We also whatsapp him all the requirements, colour code, material we used. Unlike yours, we only discuss our kitchen cabinet 1 week before the carpenter started working on it, same as electrical points. We discussed it in the house so that he marked down all the points on where to place the switches, the electrical guy has no issue with it. As long as you did message him your requirements, he can hardly go wrong with it, if he got it wrongly, he will change it for you, no worries. Have a happy reno journey! By the way, my hubby dealt with him all the time, I'm the mastermind behind him. LOL nolah.. actually a lot of times I gave crazy ideas so hubby will try to "neutralise" it.

In the end we got our bedframe from ikea too. If I want to get those headboard with tufted buttons, I want it to be fabric and not leather, most of them out there are leather. And later I also found that with the tiny master bedroom, it is simply impossible for us to have such a bulky bed frame, and only ikea has a bedframe that is small enough for my room. By the way, if your mattress is very thick, it should be very heavy! I don't think the ikea bed slates can support it.

I like this photo! It's very rustic!

Hi, I'm looking for IKEA Edland dresser and nightstand. Ikea has discontinued these items and there is no way I could purchase them, please drop me a message if you have these 2nd hand items for sale. and in good condition. Valerie

Is there any advantage of making it thin? Or purely for aesthetic purpose? It is special..

I was looking for this kind of bedframe! I like the headboard. You are right, it's really hard to look for the perfect one. I give up visiting those furniture shops all of them have the same modern contemporary feel.

Hi rage, I am also using the tap you shortlisted. Just wanted to say that this tap looks sleek but I don't like it because when we use our wet hands to turn off the tap, water from our hands will be dripping on the tap ledge and causing it to have water marks when it dried up. Every time after I wash my hands, I have to use a dry cloth to wipe the tap as I dislike seeing water stain on the tap. I find it quite inconvenient.

I agree with 一分钱一分货, so shouldn't complain much since we didn't pay much for that.. hehehe anyway, because we are thinking of renting out 1 room to a friend, we don't want to buy high end washer. This will be good enough until we decide we will be on our own.

DIY Project I couldn't find a decent sofa at an affordable price. I'm looking for a fabric sofa with tufted cushions and tapered legs. All of them are at the range of 1500 onwards. No budget, hence we look into ikea karlstad sofa and try to modify it. I have just ordered 4 mid century sofa legs from Uncle Bob's Workshop. Hoping to receive the legs by end of July. We can then fit the legs to the sofa frame and start to tuft the cushions with buttons.

Agree, the previous owner of my house kept telling us how much she loves the place etc.. the environment.. and I really wonder why would she go apply for new BTO then and compete with other buyers.

Congrats! Finally reno started.. wish you have a smooth reno journey!

Your previous owner really leave a lot of things behind for u to zap.. By the way, where can I get this magic sponge? I want to clean my kitchen back splash, it is stained Now I don't know whether it is paint or scratches.

Thanks TOpsy! I want a laundry cabinet, but too bad there's no way I can have it, that's why I have a small laundry table. You are right, I will be installing laminated flooring. That will be a small project sometime end of the year. Now we need to save some cash. Haha.. I will still come back to T-blog, but not as often as during the reno process. I like seeing how people "build" their house from nothing to something. It is something very exciting, because all of us become the ID of our own house.