Gazingstarz

Snail process contd Balcony tiles. New master bedroom I love white doors Goes well with the blend of purple Half painted purple wall. Study room I still love this dark grey and my half bifold door

Has anyone bought stuff from Howard storage world? Gonna check out the store at harbourfront centre http://hsw.com.sg/index.html Browsing their lovely catelogue and drooling over some items that are useful 1. Laundry sorting bin 2. Ironing storage 3. Wall unit and bike hook I'm just toggling with the idea of putting wall brackets for the storage space below the stairs areas. And the bike hook at my balcony 4. Yes, clutter free hair styling stuff

Think $65k is possible if you retain flooring ; I retained my marble flooring and parquet; remodeled level 2, open kitchen concept all in with electrical is at that price too; If you need design , going for Id will be abt the $80k mark Mine is a gen 2 EM, going thru my round 2 snail crawling Reno now

Nice painting at yr master bedroom. Where did you get it. Nice the nice blends of white.

Welcome and enjoy the planning.

I'm getting Reno fatigues....this week is a quiet week of painting and floor polishing I had a tug of war with renovator and my curtain installer. Given the curtain installer has taken e measurement and already made the curtain blind, the other party , ie e carprentry therefore has to accommodate by altering the width of the tall cupboard beside the window, right. But he doesn't wanna budge..... Sigh ..I m going dwn to measure again..hopefully both parties can proceed. Some minor , uneventful updates: 2. Colour my world A. Just to be sure they paint correctly, I went to label the walls. Haha..guess what, the painter hastily removed them to sand down and smothen the walls. B. And the 7 colors C. Outcome at dining room; din snap e full wall cos of the unsightly mess on the floor. The inspiration : The tangerine turned out well to create the vibrant atmosphere. D. Outcome of living room : I simply love dark grey - galaxy , giving a relax, chill out look with the grey tone - solitude The white ceiling fan and the rattan sofa now become supporting roles. Hopefully the other colors are up later when I go bk .. Painter taking one whole week to paint. I'm dreading it

I'm using critzo, a mid priced range accessories. You do find them in many sanitary ware shops in SG

For big furniture try Eco link avail at park mall and furniture mall @toh guan Or country craft at Ann Siang road For decor, I know the auntie with the push cart at IMM; she imports from Vietnam and china She has shifted to Thomson plaza; she has a showroom at Jln perminpin Her company is known as all thingz country

I found a similar one at chan huat at $55; can't wait to get it installed.

Yep i also replolisehd And vanished mine but into a darker colour. The feel of laminate and parquet is really different which I prefer the latter

Hi We are looking for platform bed and somehow those we saw are not to our likings Custom made platform is $$$ Wondering if we can just place the queen sized mattress on the floor then just put 2 side tales beside it Given the mattress is so heavy (i can't change the bed sheets single handedly), the mattress won't shift too much rite?

Hi Is the pendant lamp from ikea? Don't remembering seeing it in their showroom Wanna get this for island area. Thx

Hi The wardrobe is ours as we stayed here for 13 years and this is our second Reno. While there might be substantial savings, there are heartaches when contractors dont take care of it. We had several cracked wall tiles as we change to ss water pipe. Anyway I leave to renovator to resolve these issues. We played merry go round with our doors. Compared to a full Reno which was quoted for a range of $70-100k, this project using renovator (not id) does reduce cost substantially. As we don't have children, we are only keeping one common bedroom for guests. So lotsa space for books and plants and running space for my dog. We relocate our master bedroom to bedroom 3 as the main bedroom gets pretty warm in the afternoon (north west facing) And of course relocating to get more wardrobe space but a shrunk of toilet space. Here's my revised floor plan Din really want to create a walkway for the new common toilet at level but it's kinda strange for guests and relatives to go bedroom to access the toilet. Toilet at level is primarily washing area so we have to keep an accessible common toilet. Cheers

Hello I'm also currently renovating my 2nd gen EM. So envious You be getting a dryer to keep the unsightly clothes at the balcony Hubby dun like to use dryer. He thinks clothes must be dried "naturally" But we compromised. To allow the balcony be a full fledged garden, we relocate the washing machine to the kitchen. Gazingstarz http://benvenutihome.wordpress.com/

Like your concept. Wanted to model my place with the same theme. But considering the amount of carpentry I need using solid wood, I hv to drop it. So I have to rely on decors to bring out this mood. Will love to see the development of yr place. Cheers

Recycled stuff Wardrobe ..after 13 yrs , still in good shape but not big enough anymore . Doors It must be almost 20years as it came with the previous owner Gonna paint it white Marbled floor and nyaotoh bi fold door Gonna polish the floor to give it a new shine Bet my dog will love to sleep on the cold floor Vanish the doors to dark walnut colour Love this set of sturdy doors at the balcony

View from balcony of kitchen and dining What's old: wall tiles; The opiang curtain stays at e moment as my new windows are full transparent ; so need to keep out prying eyes Existing kitchen wall tiles. Still looking good after 13 years View from living room of foyer area That's all folks on the raw stage of my house. Hopefully once the colors can shape up the place soon.

New walkway to toilet and common bed room View from stairway Study room: recycling previous,kitchen bifold door. Gonna paint it white

Some pics updates New master toilet - its so tiny. IMG]http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm157/dandelion_sg/a39044f6.jpg[/img A closer look Pending for shower panels, rainnshowermsystem and other sanitary ware installation. We found a ventilator in a toilet useful. Using it at our current place. Remove odor and moist New common toilet - used to be the roomy master toilet. New master bedroom. Existing parquet flooring will be vanished in dark walnut Top view of balcony Whats new : wall tiles; whats old: limestone tiles Relocating the washing machine to the kitchen to make the balcony a full fledged garden. Retain the tap for easy watering of my plants

Hi all It's been 4 weeks since my renovation started. Wasn't totally 100% smooth journey so I seek solace in this forum We are re renovating our EM (2nd generation) using a renovator. We are at the stage of floor polishing (retained marbled and parquet flooring), painting and carpentry. You can read the updates on my blog : http://benvenutihome.wordpress.com/ Once the Reno with carpentry is up, I shall post the before and after pix. Meanwhile just to share some of my thumbs up and thumbs down experience 1. Curtains : Doris from d Zander is really nice. Reasonable quotes and good recommendations. I won't say it's cheap but mid range considering the quality of the material I selected. Can't comment on workmanship as installations on 10aug. Went azoura to check their stuff and price is def mind blowing.... 2. Sanitary ware: I went to royal fanco @ jln besar and enjoyed my time there. Yes, one might be disappointed with their tiny weeny showroom but the couple, henry and his wife give good recommendations and discounts. After taking my orders, I spent another 2 hrs there chatting with them abt property mkt, maintenance , Reno issues etc. 3. Lights : we went to Chuan huat at balestier. If you go to the oldest outlet, you are served by auntie. They are nice but they can't give much recommendations, merely tag around. Then we went to the bigger outlet where there is the DIY shop where you are served by younger sales staff. But then they push for the more pricey stuff. I didn't get what I want Exocet ya long suspended study light. But we bought our piano switches from the DIY shop Nader Chuan huat. Love the colored switches but it's meant for built in usage. So if you are like me, just changing the sockets, you still have to take say a silver switch top with a white base (yucky!!!) Rest of our lights we got from lightings.com.sg Keeping my fingers crossed abt defects. But hoestly, it's cheaper 4. Electrical appliances : I luv the auntie at aik leong. Maybe I tend to share with salesperson my needs and concerns. So auntie gave me a lesson abt fridge and glass hobs. And I settled for a 2 door hitachi fridge (instead of the side by side Samsung fridge ) , Electrolux hob,hub and oven. A gd discount saving almost $300. 5. I like the resort, nature style living. So after much hunting, I'm still back to natural living to buy rattan furniture. Went uni cane weeks ago. Located at secluded part of sungei kadut and showroom was huge but terribly stuffy. I'm not sure if it's sales tactic but sale gal keep pushing. For display set. Any new orders will come in next shipment ie NOVEMBER (faint!!) I like teak and mahogany and plan to get their outdoor living set. 6. Hiccups in Reno Cracked tiles due to installing new pipes. I literally hear the piping guy threaten to leave his job. Was a tense quarrel btw him and my renovator. But it's btw them as long as the cracked area is rectified. Aircon cables - used aircon supplier recommended by renovator but it was poorly coordinated. Imagine the trucking laid right on the kitchen wall tile at the middle of my sink.. Mind boggling right... My renovator, an uncle ( shall not divulge name or company name yet) is a " ohh can can person.." and that worries me. My latest shock is .. They will install the lightings then do painting.... Highly baffled! Is that how it is to be?

Hi, I'm looking for Reno firms for my EM too. Can pm me yours?