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Hi, very informative and easy to read blog. Think many newbies will benefit from your blog. The AO smith heater seems interesting. How is the actual experience of using it?

I like your ID's layout. Very clever and simple. Who is your ID?

Hi, We have the same ID. Your progress looks good.

I've replied all via PM. I prefer not to use email to reply. Happy New Year, everyone!

Hi DaddyWinter, Thanks for the toddler toilet seat link. Hi Yelena, Nice window grilles. Where is it from?

Hi, The toddler toilet seat looks interesting. Where did you buy it?

Hi, you can paste 3M safety film on the glass. So even if the glass shatters, the 3M film will hold it in place. The film is "invisible". I have them on my balcony glass doors.

Oh, my contractor said that the aircon pipe has to be drained into the drainage hole. Otherwise, years of direct draining onto the floor may cause the downstairs unit to have mould on the ceiling as the water is cold. This is an important note for EM owners who have upstairs and downstairs toilets.

Does anyone has any dryer to recommend? My current Fisher and Paykel dryer has somehow reduced its capacity. It can only dry half the load that it used to. We have only used it for 2 years.

Hi Anemone and FamilyGuy72, thanks so much for your kind words. So happy to be appreciated.

Actually we all worked as a team. Each of us has a different skillset and we contribute valuable inputs to the reno project. I contributed the "vision". Jay contributed design and color scheme. Mr Yeak provided the workmanship. Jay didn't really manage Mr Yeak. They were more like team mates who worked together. Both of them took longer than what I would like. However, generally, their works are good.

So far, I really like my Ikea kitchen. It is very functional. And white makes the space looks bigger. I have seen pictures of the new Ikea kitchen online - they looks really modern and sleek.

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That's good to know. Share the link for the elephant pls.

I like the fabric chair and elephant. Do you have to assemble them yourself?

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Hi, so far, Ikea kitchen has been really good. Very very well-designed and functional. What I like: 1. the soft closing of all the doors and drawers are of very good quality 2. the child-proof latch which you can install for all the drawers and doors. 3. the drawers are really strong. I have put 20Kg of rice in 1 drawer, 6 big tins of milk powder in another and they are all holding well. 4. the ikea dustbins which you can put inside the drawer - this gives you a proper place for garbage 5. as I opted to have all drawers for the lower cabinets, I can see everything at 1 glance and it is really easy to retrieve items from the drawers.

Noted. Jay's regular contractor, William does condo. Jay's other customers seem happy with William's works. William was a close 2nd choice for me.

Very good idea. Could also consider adding sliding door to hide the "mess".

The walk-in is a good idea. Where is it created?

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Hi JohnB, these are working very well. I really like the integrated sink as there is no joint with the solid surface and hence no bacteria will be trap there. For typical sinks, silicon will be applied along the joints to prevent water seepage. However, the silicon may be worn out in time, Dirt gets trapped there easily too. Unfortunately, Ikea only carries white sinks for such integrated types. There are some slight yellow stains on mine already. If you are buying such sink from other sources, you can consider other colours for the sink. I did asked Ikea's supplier to quote me for a sink made of the same solid surface that I chose. However, it was too expensive. Actifry is really useful. It produced really yummy and crispy fried drumsticks. I only had to marinate the drumsticks with salt and pepper for 5min, place them into the Actifry and the machine will fry on its own for 25min. There isn't much exhaust. However, the floor do get slightly oily. It is good to do a quick mop after frying.

Pls give me Ah Mong's contact. Thanks.