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tks!! i like them too.. hope that when it turns up, it will be what we expect coz the fabrics we chosen are all not the same as showroom piece and u never know sometimes.. i'm a very risk averse person so very paranoid.. keeping my fingers crossed for the next 4 weeks.. my mbr is original quite big and longish so we are doing my sleeping area and a living area side by side.. but i oso hacked away a wall to another bedroom to have a linked study room and put my wardrobe there so bigger area lor.. bad thing is, now my 5 room flat (1 living +3 bedrooms) become 3 room flat (1 living + 2 bedrooms).. hee.. also, my kitchen and everywhere else very small la.. cant have everything..

Everytime I walk into some showflat, I'm always admiring their wallpapers. Hence, one of the things I die die must do is wallpapers. However, it has turned out to be rather disappointing. I do not know if my expectations are too high or I chose the wrong type wallpaper. Maybe I should have gone for more textured wallpaper than design wallpaper. Living area. The first thing I complained to Vincent when I saw this was that the joining lines are not done properly. Its like the next piece of wallpaper is either slightly higher or lower and not perfectly joined so that I get a perfect modif. But Vincent says its extremely difficult to achieve a perfect modif for designer wallpaper as they use water on wallpaper and even if it's pasted perfectly, after its dried, it may shrink a little causing the imperfectness. To me, its such an eyesore and I really find it frustrating. Maybe should have gone for Winks decals instead, don't think it will shrink. Did not know I can do big decals till I saw Bluberri's blog last night and its really nice! Nevertheless, I love these modifs. MBR living area. Showing only part of it coz my mattress is leaning against the wall so blocking it. Its actually alternating between a floral print and a single colour wallpaper as we felt that doing the whole wall floral will be quite an overkill. MBR bed area. Took this today, workers doing the cushion headboard. Don't really fancy brown actually, I hope Vincent made a good chioce (left the decision to him) and the whole thing will look good when its up. The sides of the cushion headboard is the same floral print wallpaper. But there is already a measurement defect. Not really symmetrical. I think when Vincent was telling off the workers about this, they are not very happy lor, coz got to redo. Bedroom area. Same floral print wallpaper. One of the row (joining part between the wallpapers) has missing flower stalks. Pointed it out to Vincent whom pointed it out to the workers and they were like 'got meh, cannot tell lor.' I guess you must scrutinize it. But I'm really a details person on artwork lor. I spotted it the minute I see it. I hope I'm not too demanding. There's another area in the study room which I mentioned previously that was wallpapered and it looks totally awful. The workers are going to remove it today. I really feel apologetic to waste their time and Vincent's money (coz he did that wall FOC for me). Anways, it's really not a good experience with wallpaper.

so shiok to have the delimma solved right!! just like i was at evov living today thinking to buy or not to buy my mbr sofa from them coz very ex but i'm feeling so happy now that i bought it from them then my second chioce celini!!

haha, if u need bigger photo (coz i shrink it for the forum) let me know.. anyways, i stay at bukit panjang la..

got pic of yr fridge?? i paid the same price for my mitsubishi fridge lei.. when i was at the shop, i asked $1K can get fisher & paykel not, then the person say don't have.. kena cheated.. but i went to best/courts to chk out fridges, fisher & paykel stainless steel ones all abv $1.5K lei for the size we want (same 400+L).. hmpf, a bit sad lor.. actually my living and kitchen and bedroom foyer and main door foyer all add up oso quite big area but that day we try the aircon, quite cooling so 22K shld be fine.. hee.. but yrs is ea la, so bigger area.. haha, same lor but we never spilt until like yrs so harmonious la.. i oso not good at technical related stuffs too so he do aircon, tv, sound system etc research.. i do kitchen, furniture etc research lor.. but final decision is jointly agreed coz i'm a very aesthetic person than functionality but he is more practical.. so balance and even out some lor.. bring yr hubby to imm and find desmond.. or u can call him at 97381196 see if he's in first.. good luck on aircon!! lots to consider too.. oh my gosh, that's very very very worrying.. must ask hubby keep turning on the aircon to test liao.. coz 90% OF MY PIPES are concealed.. if it happens to me, i will really .. *choy choy choy & touch wood*

purple feels so royal.. like princess!!

yr yard ceiling very high?? coz i thot top load need space to open ma den yr dryer must mount higher rite?? got space?? and if mount too high, can reach inside of the dryer?? home cook food is ..

haha.. ai ya, guys and girls go for different things ma.. i show hubby the built-in oven designs he oso say all the same why buy so expensive one $1080 when the $690 looks identical.. but when he show me his amplifier designs, i oso say all the same $500 one very nice liao why must buy $5000 one!!

got bad news abt dem?? i nv read abt it lei.. hope it nothing too serious.. i mean choosing between bad service or bad quality, i will go for former.. but so far so good for me and aircon is aready mounted mei mei le.. he look a bit like buddhist monk rite?? keke..

haha, someone just told me 'Budgets r meant to b busted' in my t-blog.. GO AHEAD GIRL!! renovation, yr contractor shld use his padlock and give u a key?? that's what vincent did lor.. so i dun noe if yr contractor will do that or expect u to come up with a lock and give him the key.. can ask him lor..

tks tks tks!! one problem down.. i did not notice any mirage designs when i was at their showroom but i saw from the website, its a very reflective piece of furniture right?? haha.. yr fridge, washer and dryer all matching brands hor.. i wanted to get all in fisher & paykel too but too expensive liao.. i love fisher & paykel fridge.. very european feel.. i bought from aircon hub (another name best tech) at imm.. transacted on 24 feb 07 at $3412.50.. reason buy fr them coz hubby was served by their outlet supervisor call desmond tok, really really nice and patient chap.. imagine hubby went back like 5 times to ask about different things each time and he is really patient about it.. i met him during one of the times and find that he look like a buddhist monk so less likely to cheat us!! haha.. hubby sourced around but find that this is the best deal.. coz i got relative working in aircon company oso cannot match.. my configuration is 4 rms - 3 bedrms + living. so our btu for living is 22K, the rest is i tink 10K (cant read the scribbles on the invoice and hubby is asleep le).. if all rms same size, u can get the same btu for all 4 rms but if for example yr mbr is bigger, u can opt for a bigger btu for the mbr.. my recommendation is amaturish one la.. derived from my that couple of times i went with hubby to the aircon companies and nearly fall asleep.. haha.. aircons very boring le.. u can ask demond to recommend, he got good experience.. oh another reason, why sign with them was he willing to send his workers to my place 3 times (first time to discuss how to run trunking so that my id can design along with it, second time do the trunking, third time to mount all the aircons and compressor) without extra charge.. but of course nothing perfect la, a bit of boo-boo is that, the first time his staff came to discuss how to run trunking, the staff advise what can do, what cannot do (like hacking, concealing etc).. then id give them the instructions liao rite, the staff never give to the second group of staff whom came to do the trunking so my id got to re-inform them.. but to me is, at least we have aircon specialist to tell u what can do and cannot do so id can design to conceal and whatever first lor.. then trunking do liao then if want to change coz of design or last minute think of how to conceal headache.. the last boo-boo is they burst one of my water pipe is the mbr toilet.. keke.. other than that, i give them thumbs up la.. worksmanship wise, only time will tell but i think fr what desmond portray so far, perception is very reliable coz they use don't know what k-flex insulators etc..

must collect faster le.. applefreak says 'the fact that they will stop exporting the Active Kitchen to singapore end of this year'??

no problem.. can do square/rectangle black ceiling oso.. i did that for my mbr and bedroom.. actually i dont know what name lei - u or c.. hehe, so i dont know if i'm making u more confused.. yup, my l-box near my living windows got cove lights but i really cant answer on u or c and the dimensions.. where do u stay?? u welcome to come by to take a look.. but i tell u a unique thing abt this cove lighting in my living l-box even my id not realised.. when the lights are on, the black inner ceiling turns very light grey almost whitish.. so its a totally different feeling when the lights are off or in the day time.. it was a joke lor.. coz hubby turn on the lights then we were just hanging around, suddenly i look up and see a white ceiling, i was like 'EY, WHAT HAPPEN HAR? THE PAINTERS PAINT WRONG IS IT? HOW COME TURN WHITE?'.. then almost want to call id to ask, thought he had changed his mind and it looks nicer in white.. till hubby turns off the light and my black ceiling came back.. ben is got very nice voice one?? look quite charming one?? coz when i was there, this other guy serve me, super nice oso.. but coz i met maggie first so went back to her.. but i ask maggie before i left today, if the guy i saw at south bridge is gay.. haha.. coz a bit too stylish.. sorry and tks dfish, such a lengthy reply..

air & karen : anyways, for a moment, when i was reading the replies, i suddenly wonder what was the original topic and why were we talking about disclaimers.. haha~ why do we or rather maybe I always like digress?? Lols..

so that next time he can hold his liqour lor.. siao right!! primary six only lei..

same!! haha~ but its something really worth celebrating about la.. so 'xin ku' to keep the joy in can.. dun forget our bbq session after we all move in hor.. slowly slowly move yr stuffs lor.. easier than do it one shot, very tiring..

I find it interesting though to know how others think..

haha.. which radio channel??

Finally, we bought these two sofas for $3,000. Really busted my original sofas budget of $1,500. The OM Andrew already exceed by $500 but these is like double. I need to that I strike 4D/Toto/Big Sweep or it rains money soon. 'Del' (new model) 3 seater but in 2.2m length for living room. It will be in off-white with black furry cushions. The sofa comes with 2 cushions but now GSS, they are throwing in another 2 cushions. The difference 'Del' and 'Demi' is that you cannot see the sofa legs whereas, for 'Demi' and 'Box' (lower version of 'Demi'), you can see the stainless steel legs. I love these legs lor, looks sleek. My OM Andrew has similar legs. 'Lex' single chair + 'Lex' arm chair for MBR living. It will be in off-white pvc with black furry backrest (similar as picture but picture is leather which is so expensive). Vincent fell in love with this sofa when he walked into the showroom as he sees the versatility aspect of it. At first, it did not impressed me but after he explained, I think its really interesting. I could place it like a normal 3 seater or tilt it at an angle as day bed or separate the 2 to become 2 separate chairs with the coffee table in the middle. Whereas for the back rest cushion, I can change the material to make it more retro (loud colour), classic (floral prints) or modern (single solid colour). Very fun to play with. Hence, end up, I wanted a cheaper MBR living sofa but it cost more than my living sofa. I love the C-shape coffee table but its $400 and I really got no budget now. Guess got to move in, save a bit more and than buy le.

Was at Furniture Mall Celini on Sunday to take a look at their sofas as I find that their price is really so much more affordable than the rest I've seen. Intended to get a cheaper one for MBR living. Too long (3m). I love this fabric. Not too bad but no arm rests (taking only the centre portion as looking at a 3 seater). Find this simple. But, when we went to Celini at Tradehub (much bigger) today, Vincent finds the three sofas I shortlisted above normal, which is actually, his courteous way of saying, NOT NICE! Idiot.. Told him he got high taste la, anything cheap he don't like one.. But I can't fault him coz I always tell hubby this saying 'if its expensive, it may not be nice BUT if its cheap, confirm not nice!!'. Haha~ Targeted to get the sofas die die by today coz of the turnaround time. So went to Evov Living at Holland Village after that. Actually, me and hubby went to the outlet at South Bridge (they carry different models at different places) to see their 'Demi' model in the morning first but find it too hard for our liking. The design is really nice. Though not on display, after advice by the sales staff at the South Bridge outlet, decided against the below 'Box" I posted previously as its too low. But Maggie (the very nice girl whom attended to us at Holland Village) says its super comfy. Cannot try so no comments but to interested people, they do have the 'Box' model coming into their Holland Village showroom for display this Thursday onwards. We can't wait so no choice.

wa, the railing system is really chio lor.. sometimes when u know what is the best, really hard to go for second best.. and oso sometimes after u go for second best, later down the road regret not going for the best.. delimma sia..

me too.. really no budget for more stuff liao.. so oso planning to move in and slowly acquire those accessories..

no problem girl.. or if u are getting a sofa from OM, appreciate if u can offset against my credit there coz most probably, i'm selling back the sofa to OM at a discount.. then the credit i got to buy stuffs there but i got absolutely nothing to buy now..

where u buy them from?? hopefully not from best, courst, harvey etc ya.. haha, u got lots of self-control!! i don't cook and the only stuffs i put in my fridge is drinks, photo chips, chocolate and all sorts of junk food, but for aesthetic reasons i got the bigger-size version of the model of fridge i was looking at.. and oso my drinks are all canned or bottled so no need for ice (havent been ice-ing for the last 5 yrs) but i bought my this model of fridge becoz got ice maker.. but i really like yr fridge, if only got more budget, will oso go for 2 door.. u putting yr washer and dryer side by side?? coz i notice u got top load for washer but front load for dryer..

hi greycat, my false ceiling design slightly different from dfish.. my canal is a u-channel.. id did not plan lights there coz there are many surrounding lights le.. just a pic for yr reference.. dis pic was taken quite sometime back after the first coat of painting so its still quite messy.. went to the south bridge outlet to try out the demi too but its a bit too hard for me and hubby lor.. wanted to get the box but i find it too low.. then mission is not clean cut enough (can see cushion).. so end up i got the del for the living and id fell in love with the versatility of lex single chair + armchair combi so got that for the mbr living at the holland village showroom today from maggie.. i find maggie super service.. i like the coris estate .. got underground parking rite?? i love the 3/4 length windows.. same, want to buy but by the time i know, no more units left.. u so lucky!!