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I just finished reading lawrenceke's t-blog at http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/59703-my-humble-abode/ .. seems like Full House is a must-go ...

wow i enjoyed reading through your entire t-blog hahaha i do have some non-urgent qns, hope you can reply at your convenience hehe 1) i saw that you garang-garang went ahead to buy a rainshower mixer even though people here conventionally advise using it with a storage heater. (I am going for a city gas instant heater too).. did you do a prelim test of the water pressure huh? Not sure of mine ... 2) Your LED downlights did you go for "warm white" or "cool white" leh? I realized that the photos are not indicative since the digicams adjust for colour temperature as well ... 3) the ottomans, what is the chinese search term huh? hehe ... i know you posted the link http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14333853287 .. did you just search for 搁脚凳 and browsed from here?

Since I am contemplating to start grabbing stuff off taobao + peeka, here are some notes for myself: LED downlights / flush with ceiling (aka false ceiling / L-box): LED筒灯 平板天花灯 Track Lights: 轨道射灯 Direct mount on ceiling type of lights: 吸顶灯 Pendant lights: 吊灯 haha thank goodness for bilingualism

HAHA where?! SHARE leh ...

haha i have no idea! I was first drawn to the putin table (on sale 400+ / normal price 600+ imho very worthwhile liao) then I went to the product page and OMG CUTE CHAIRS haha which fit into our paint-colour scheme of *effervescent with delight*

from a friend's recommendation, Comfort Furniture at www.comfortfurniture.com.sg fell in love with this: hahaha must go see. anyone here has prior experience with this company?

i have to admit while i am not exactly a fan of cement screed floors (reminded me too much of a typically classroom in sg), i am -totally- memorized by your duxton unit; and i am super swoon by the work area... its an ideal which i would like to have but unfortunately my current space does not have the lateral width to accommodate 2 pax side by side. Lovely way to hide the aircon and trunking too! haha

Hi there! Would you happen to have a close-up of the painting? is it a simple "brown" or does it actually look like woodstains?

The living room. I am totally not regretting knocking down the walls, looks really spacious! also, the MBR area looks very private. likesx2. However, the deeper recessed area near the kitchen has all sorts of support beam running around the ceiling. Initially we toyed with the idea of dropping a false ceiling all the way until we saw this idea: yes yes? a cheap(er) way would be to make the beams out of partition boards and applying wood-style laminate over .. can mount the downlights on the beams too hehe the standard "my tiles are soaking" picture. instead of pieces of paper, my tiler cut up the binding strips the tiles are packaged with. does that mean my grout lines are thicker? unsure but not irking me for now. also, the recess area due to the relocation of the storeroom ... we wanted the same style of tiles for the tv room / mbr / wardrobe but of different shades. however, the wardrobe area's dark brown tiles are out of stock! hoping hafary stocks up soon; if not might have to visit SBH/LSH etc... while the 3D render of the mbr toilet makes it look so nice and long, the actual extension isnt much only. oh well bo bian...

The 3D renders after tile selection/laminate selection/paint selection is done! I am pretty sure the software person has taken some liberties but overall we are quite pleased with what we can see from here...

today marks the last day for hacking. i could only drop by at night but it proved to be not the wisest of choice as there were no lights available. So all I had was the mobile phone flash light and left with very noisy images: down with the walls! up with the sand and barrows and cement and hollow bricks... the tiles were ready to be deployed, and the MBR toilet lookis spacious without the WC unit and the sink heh...

We are quite lucky in that despite the need for engaging a PE, our hacking can still proceed as per originally planned; the permit was updated in the nick of time. All that is left pending for approval is the extension of of the MBR bathroom... Meanwhile. let the hacking begin!! Also, fast and furious we were, tiles have been selected! fun tidbit: as the only listed company, hafary allows your contractors to refund whole packets of tiles which might have been ordered extra and packaging not opened yet...

i have to admit i'm smitten by the dining table as well as the sofa area... personally i gave up pursuing the minimalist thought the moment i took stock of the stuff i intend to shift over to my new abode.. simply insufficient space

such a nice adobe! thumbs up for the choice of colours and kitchen and concrete-slab-shelves! somehow the ID/contractors i came across were all very hesitant towards erecting raised concrete platforms...

hm.. it seems that there is a chance that my contractor might have mistaken the reno permit for hacking permit... the reason being the status at the hdb page still says pending approval for hacking and MBR toilet ..

Narrowed down the final 3 choices to: ZL Construction. The boss provided great ideas but was slightly deterred by the company's need to charge GST. We felt very bad having stole ideas and not engaging them in the end.... 9 creations. To be honest, they were very upfront with very competitive quotations and very good design intuitions. We would have gone with them as they have done much for us... Atelier Concept. Due to some other reasons they were able to offer us an unbeatable quality/price ratio. Signed with them alongside a RHB Bank loan.. My personal take for my friends at the same stage of adult life would be to at least approach the above 3 for quotations... Permitted to start reno on 11 June!

http://rycos-reno-diary.blogspot.sg/2010/04/shopping-list.html for future reference..

Photos of the existing unit It is a 4 New Gen unit, one which is what we term as door-to-door. 1 lift landing serves 2 units per floor. Very good for privacy indeed. The ceiling is adorned with some intricate cornices. these will have to go. Kitchen The kitchen is huge! Will be shortening the length spanned by the kitchen. Kitchen has ugly drainage pipes too. Bathrooms Puny puny bathrooms. Even the MBR ones. MBR The search for ID has been draining as we frantically seek out the best quality/price ratio...

wow where is this may I enquire?

WOW gmarket! would never have thought of it! thanks!

multiple thanks to you makanology! updated my list hehehe

Wishlist and lowest price seen thus far for electronics (but not necessarily bought from that source) Fujioh mk800 hood \ ever jo|nt Smeg induction domino hob (PGF32I) \ jerome elba eh311 \ jerome samsung cp1395est combi microwave oven\ gain city changi citypoint philips airfryer \ gmarket samsung wobble wa90f5s9 \ jerome samsung rt35fdacdslss 2 door fridge \ jerome Bought: rinnai citygas dryer + macro fe10 heater \ $990 dunlopillo firmrest luxe king + bedframe + pillows + mattress protector \ $1999 panasonic th-l47e5 47" ips led tv \ $930 samsung blu-ray soundbar ht-e8200 \ $580 samsung cp-1395est + samsung galaxy mini \ $799 samsung washing machine wa90f5sg \ $695 samsung rt35 fridge \ $700 moretti marine s11 2.4m sofa \ $2588 2x roz 898 wc with offset collar \ $760 places to note: ever jo|nt, goh ah bee, unilite, www.racksingapore.com Jerome 92256638 Homeappliances@hotmail.sg renotalk user id: zero http://www.renotalk.com/forum/user/36998-zero/

ahh .. both package requires the hood... i'm aiming the fujioh dua-leng-kong mk800 .... still bubbling over the smeg induction lol

wow would any kind forum folks be kind enough to snap a photo? i don't suscribe to ST eeks...

Thanks! Actually I am only eye-ing the smeg induction; the second domino we are still going for a gas burner lol ...