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Hi Caffreys! Yup, nowadays the layouts and floor plans are pretty standard. Any idea how you are going to design yours?

UPDATE: We have chosen the laminates!! First selection was done on Friday but after mulling over it through the night, we decided to change some choices on Sunday. Below are some of our choices! Stone feel: Cement screed: Blackboard: Grey fabric like, for the platform bed: These are some of the more unique ones. The rest are mostly glossy/matt white and black laminates. There are sooooo many choices, I was getting cross-eyed. Now I can't wait to see the 3D drawings!

These are really good advices! Especially the one about wall mounted fan. But from what I can remember, I've only seen big and bulky wall mounted fans. Probably I have not kept myself updated in that area hahaha. Any recommendation on where to start looking for nice and sleek wall mounted fans?

Side by side fridge like the Samsung one I like? Why would it be noisy? Yeah! There's gonna be a 2 panels glass sliding door tucked between the fridge and the wall. When there's cooking to be done, the glass doors will be pulled out to join the storage cabinet on the other side, to block the fumes from entering the living room. When I initially thought of partitioning off the kitchen area (as we are quite heavy cookers), I tried to find similar ideas in RT but couldn't. Thought I might be the only crazy one for wanting to create such a partition. Hahaha! Glad someone else thought of the same thing too! Hmm any reason for removing the access to balcony from bedroom, yoongf?

Ya that'd be most ideal. Hopefully we get the go ahead after the site survey!

Oh please take care! Sounds nice.. So you have no balcony?

Hi melmeow, nice to see you here! How're your fractured legs? So which area did you buy? Maybe can share your floor plan if you don't mind. I love looking at floor plans!

After many weeks of prowling RenoTalk, I've decided to start my own T-blog! I hope to contribute as much as I have gained from RT. Besides that, I also think it will be extremely fun and meaningful to jot down our reno journey. I've yet to come across a house like mine in RT, or maybe I have not searched hard enough. At any case, hopefully it will help people with shoebox units like mine. Looking forward to hear from more shoebox units owners to share about their experiences too. Basically, my SO and I bought a new one bedroom condo unit in Geylang. The reason for the title is that we like to joke that we bought a penthouse because we got the unit at the highest floor. In actual fact, our unit is no different from others hahaha. We will be getting our keys in April and we started the hunt for IDs before CNY. Met a few and finally decided on one. We have paid the deposit and will be choosing our laminates tomorrow for the 3D drawings! (been wanting to use this emoticon for the longest time) Any dos or don'ts when choosing laminates? Below is our floor plan As it's a small unit (452 sqft / 42 sqm), I spent a lot of time cracking my brain on the layout. We need to create areas for food preparation (the kitchen table top they provided is simply too small!), dining, mahjong games , and most importantly storage. Like many have advised in RT, you can never have enough storage! Our unit does not come with a bomb shelter like most units, so we have to create our own. Can be both good and bad. Good cos we get more area to work on and decide on where we want to build our storage space. Bad because we have to spend money to build it! My first idea was to have an island which will serve as a preparation and dining area. It should also come with cabinet below to maximize storage space. Then, to create more storage, there should be a long full height cabinet across the living, from the door to balcony. As you can see from the floor plan, there will be a built in wardrobe in the bedroom. But it's way too small for the amount of clothes we have! So we wrote to the developer and opted to have it excluded in the construction. Instead, we will be building a L-shape wardrobe. Though it's not as big as I would like it to be, it can at least house more clothes than the original little wardrobe. Maybe cos I'm used to having a study desk, I find it a very important factor to consider during my planning. And I found this online that suits me perfectly! After many discussions with many IDs (so tiring to repeat myself over and over again), here's a draft floor plan from our chosen ID: Yes you saw right, that's a round sofa right there. And why is there a round sofa? Cos on a fateful Saturday, we bought it as an impulsive buy! This was even before we hunted for IDs. I wanted to go IFC to just take a look at furniture, and while I was in the loo, my SO took a rest in one of the shops and that's it. The deal was sealed. Truth to be told, we fell in love with the sofa instantly. It was unique and comfortable. We could stretch our legs out fully then seated and that's something not many sofas can offer! And we can customize to exactly how we like it. We have a choice of fabric or techno leather (I think it's just another fanciful term for man made leather), and there is a super duper wide range of colors to choose from. We do not want real leather as I've heard plenty of horror stories of mould growing on it. I have people telling me we paid too much for it, but I think it's very important to have a comfortable and nice sofa that we can relax on after work. Or maybe there are similar sofas around at a cheaper price, but at that moment we were just so excited upon receiving news that we will be getting keys soon. It was more like a "mood" thingy for me, and no amount of money can buy that We opted for a platform bed in the bedroom that comes with storage. Yes to more storage! As indicated on the floor plan, it's suggested we place the washing machine/dryer and fridge in the kitchen. But I'm really really in love with this 2 door Samsung fridge that will not fit if we place our washer/dryer beside it. Thus, I have asked the ID to house the washer/dryer at the balcony. He said it's possible but still depends on site survey. So keeping my fingers crossed! Picture of the beauuuutiful fridge LOVE IT LOVE IT! Okay that's all for a start. I think I've rambled on enough... Hope I didn't confuse anyone. Anyway feel free to comment and give suggestions! Will appreciate all inputs. We are here to learn!

Hi howly, do you mind sharing the contact of the shop which u bought the blum like kitchen systems from? Possible to share the cost as well? Thanks! I think it's ok to share the contact here. Lots of people have done it and it's more convenient for you as well.

Ohhhhh.. So ongcs was talking about pre SOURCE whereas melmeow was talking about pre OUTPUT? Pre source for players to connect to, then the AVR will connect to the TV and speakers directly.. Pre function/out to connect to external amp to drive speakers.. Hope I got it right! HEHE thanks for all the advices guys!

Ahh.. I see I see.. Having said that, don't all AVRs come with pre function? Since ongcs said AVR is a combi of pre source and amp?

What's pre function? Thanks for your advice melmeow! Sorry to hear about your fractured legs..

Ya I agree. That's why I'm trying all means and ways to avoid that! I suppose a 3% service charge is still cheaper than $10 SGD per link!

Thanks crystal! I think it's RMB50 per link.. which is SGD10 per link...

Thanks dragonnite! Ya I remember seeing something like that in kim76' blog but there were so many pages I lost track of it. Haha let me try to find it again!

I LOVE THE CLOCK!!!! This seems like a Taiwan website. Any idea how to buy from it?

Hi Frankman, possible to share your wallpaper contractor contact? And how much did he charge you? I'm thinking of buying wallpaper online and get someone to install. But the wallpaper companies I inquired with are quite exp...

Will the exchange rate be better if we use Bank of China card?

Hahaha here you go. I saved it cos I want to contact Mr Ho too! http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47187&st=480&p=742943entry742943

That means a pure amp can only accept analog sound input? Whereas a AVR can accept digital.

Oh, so my friend's Onkyo amp is an AVR? I see I see.. Many thanks ong! :yamseng:

Yup I won't use amcon if I'm just ordering small items. But I'm looking to buy some big items like lights and chairs. At the same time buy small items like coasters etc.. So thinking I can consolidate everything and get them shipped over at one go using amcon. Did you buy big or small items? Which freight forwarder/agent did you engage?

Sorry for my stupid question but what is AVR? Is it something for my players to connect to before they can be connected to the audio system?

Oh thanks Cloudy! Let me try! Did you incur any extra charges for using credit card?

Many thanks for your thorough explanation ongcs! I won't been hacking the floor that's why I am looking at the false ceiling as an alternative. You mentioned it will be good to fix a network port instead of running the cable and let it linger there.. Do you mean fixing something like to my partition/divider after running the cable across the false ceiling? This is a picture of something similar to study table for better illustration. I intend to run the cable as illustrated by the red arrows. So do you mean fixing a network port like the image above at where arrow 2 ends? Yup, I understand the differences of power voltage between Singapore and USA, but I thought all we need is a transformer? Are sound systems in Hongkong cheaper than online? I will be going there in April! Wow, how nice of you! When is the mini gathering? I will try to pop by if I can make it! Or maybe not, since I can feel poison coming....