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  1. VincentWangZx
    Hi Kusudama, The price you see at ikea comes without installation fees. Add in the installation fees and what you will get is quite similar to what an ID quotes. We found both quotes comparable (ID is slightly cheaper), so we decided to go ahead to let one person handle everything else as well.
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    Hi Shaowei, Thanks for the headsup!
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    Hi, I bought the fan from modernfanoutlet.com. It's a US based site but they ship internationally at a flat fee of $10. This cost me a grand total of $309 for the fan (I'm not sure if it's in USD or SGD). The tracklights I will be getting this Fri at Horne Road. As for the name of the shop, I must find out this Friday and let you know again. The track costs $14 per meter, and their lights are 30 dollars a piece for 4 watts (add 15 dollars if you want it at 12watts).
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    So I have finally been able to confirm my renovation project with my ID, who will submit the approval for hacking and let me know when the works can begin. I will meet him on Friday along with his co-workers to hear out what instructions are given for the project. In other news, I am so excited to have bought a new fan with a sleek design for my living room! I also managed to source for really cheap track lights at a store which is so old school it looks like a warehouse. Here's the picture of the fan I ordered. Hopefully my ID will provide the 3D drawing of my house soon enough. =)
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    Hi Songz, That's the Fisher & Paykel Bottom Freezer Active Smart Fridge. =) They have it in white and stainless steel. There is also a smaller one in cream color. =)
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    We're so glad that this is the season for expo fairs and warehouse sales! Coincides nicely with our timing for reno! So we have bought three items that are essential for home living: fridge, washing machine, and TV! Best buy was at the IT expo fair's Philips TV PFL5008! Woohoo! This is the fridge we bought at the Courts Megastore Warehouse Sale for $999. Not exactly a cheap buy. But glad we got what we like. And this is the washing machine we intend to get first thing tmr after our friend has helped us scout out at the fair. And this is the TV! The Philips Easy 3D Ambilight Series. Can't wait to get it fixed up in the home! Can start to dream about playing Tomb Raider on Xbox 360 with this TV.
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    We also went to Courts Megastore warehouse sale to get our essentials like washing machine and fridge over the weekend. We nearly got both but the salesman told us the product would be discontinued so we only managed to get the fridge. =\ Nice purchases you made there! How did you manage to get a $688 voucher?
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    Haha I see! =) Here are the images that me and wife took as we started this reno. Some are from blogs I found in reno t-blog, some we found online. =) This blog in particular appeals a lot to me. Vintage & Industrial Decor Styles Anyone? My wife absolutely loves the shelves on top in the picture above (of course if there were more space she would have loved making a countertop like this but alas). She thinks the chalk board as a cabinet door is what gives the shelf a cafe feel, so she hopes the ID can replicate that. #goodluckwiththat As for me, I like quaint ways of using furniture; the effect when all sorts of color tones come together make for a very interesting combi in the living room. To me, they feel more cosy and at home than posh sofas and color-coordinated feature walls and such. As for the ceiling, I'm so inspired by the black conduit and the square tracklights! I'm hoping it would be feasible to do it for my home as well. ^_^ My wife was actually sad to see someone had done it before her, but this is more or less what we'll be doing, except that the frame would be made of wood. We love these lights! Saw it in someone's blog, and it was used to light the passageway. Hopefully we can find something along these lines! Have yet to decide where best to use it if we get hold of it. The rest of ideas really come from the blog link I shared above. Hope it will be materialized! =)
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    Hi Harriette, Apologies that I'm quite new to this; what are mood images?
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    Lovely reno! =) Your led tracklights gave me the confidence that I can light up my living room with just tracklights! Happy Reno! =)
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    Me too! I've been researching online, and I realized the look most cafes have adopted is known as the 'Manhattan' look. =)
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    Hi Neighbor! =) The one with the final say is the kitchen is the missus, and she has weighed the cost of getting the ID to build one versus IKEA. The ID's quote was cheaper, so being practical and prudent, she has decided to do it with the ID. =) I would say he's got his work cut out for him, cos she wants it to look like a café! Haha.
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    So we went to meet with two company representatives (I'm not saying who, haha) yesterday to check on what our options are. Let's just say that the difference between the two are as the sky is different from the ground (the Chinese will get this： 差天跟地). With that much of a difference, it wasn't very hard to decide. This changed my impression thoroughly of engaging an ID. I had always thought up till now that engaging one would be an extravagant expense out of reach for those with a small budget, but I was wrong. It was a matter of finding those who were profit-oriented vs those who were customer-oriented. The added benefit of engaging an ID is basically one additional brain that will think alongside you in your space planning, whereas a contractor will basically listen to what you think you want to do, and let you know if it is technically possible or not. So a conversation with a contractor might go something like this: 'You want to hack this wall ah? The electrician need to do trunking for this switch here cos HDB does not allow contractors to conceal if they want to relocate the switchpoint". For an ID, they don't zero in on particular requests. They start with "How would you like your kitchen to look like? Any particular type of inspiration/look/feel?" Then they go on to calculate the space required for functional living in order for the design to make practical sense. They do highlight some technical requirements as well, but they do their best to achieve the design that we are trying to achieve. My overall feel is that if you were to talk to a contractor, you would go away feeling more worried. An ID (a good and sensible one) would help you visualize the entire home's space and layout. In my case for some reason, the contractor is charging more for the different works they are doing even though they claim to be a one-stop service company with their own electrician, plumber and carpenter. In the end, we have decided to go along with an ID instead, with an affordable budget of 10k+ (inclusive of carpentry for kitchen and studio).
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    Haha, actually it's dark brown, and I'm gonna paint it white! My wife thinks it was quite badly done. Marked out quite a few spots for redoing. But the thing is the option to have skirting done was made by the previous couple before us who later on gave up the flat (we bought it during the Sale of Balance Flat exercise in March 2012). =)
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    Ok that really looked weird. But hope you don't mind. Haha. They can't seem to process it in portrait mode leh! This slim cabinet came pre-installed! I'm impressed with HDB really. The top part contains a box that handles all the electricity and network connections. Our HDB is Fibre Broadband ready. I think that is wonderful news. The bottom part is empty but has a usable space where you can put shoes if you install the shelfs!
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    So here are some more pictures of my empty flat. =)
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    SO I've been trying to solve an issue of not having false ceilings but yet having a flatlight solution in my living room. And lo and behold! I found out about PIXI! Anybody else heard of LED flatlights? They look promising. They look simple to install too. Here's what they look like. They're so flat! According to the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgYlJ3my8d0), they can be installed to the existing wiring that you have on your ceiling. I hope they ship to Singapore! In other news, here's a little topview floorplan with some furnishing done up. It's not entirely up to scale and the windows are not right. But if anyone wants a little idea about what it can look like feel free to save a copy for yourselves.
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    Now I have another problem; I can't post images correctly if they are shot in portrait mode!
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    Finally I have figured out how to host images on Google Drive! Thanks mavicaste for the tip! =) So, here are the pictures of our IKEA wishlist as well as our live photos of the first visit in our home! This display shelf is absolutely gorgeous. My wife asked me:" Put what huh?" We absolutely love this double door cabinet! Will fit nicely in our bedroom. =) Our Master Bedroom! =) The other view of our master bedroom where the pole system wardrobe will be. =) More coming up soon! =)
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    Wonderful 3D drawings! Do you mind sharing how you actually post your images? Do you click the image button and add the url? Or use My Media? Which site then do you use to host your pics? =)
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    Going to collect the keys today!! Hope I can put up pictures! Excited much!
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    Hi Takaishi, I think the workmanship will be good; they even have the option of boxing and filling (covering up extra areas that the modular cabinets don't fit into) so that it looks flushed to the walls. They even have the option of adding cover panels so that the cabinets can blend in to the color of the wall. =) I'm dying to put up pictures but I don't know why that function keeps hanging on my com!! :s
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    So we took a trip to IKEA yesterday for some IDEA about what we would like to have in our home. =) What an educational trip it was! Apparently our kitchen is actually considered to be bigger than most HDB flats with our profile (Model A series; our kitchen is a good 4.475m x 2.4m). We were glad to hear that, because the kitchen is really central to home living for us. We learned from the rather honest sales rep that worktops with a solid top (acrylic or otherwise) would cost a lot more than wood (at least ten times more). We also learned that there will be a contractor who will come down to our kitchen to take a look at our kitchen and will do a site measurement for a fixed price of $40 so that the installation team can be better informed of things like where the piping needs to run for the sink and the cooker hob. The total time it takes from ordering the kitchen set till it's fully installed is no more than 10 days. If that is true, I think that's absolutely wonderful. Hence, we began dreaming about our simple kitchen. We aim to keep the material cost below 1,500, as the cost of installation is counted as $28 psf (that amounts to $1,400 for a 50 sq. ft. cabinet). Hopefully we can keep it to below $3,000! Now I have a very silly question. If I want to just insert an image directly without using My Media, what should I do? I keep getting hung whenever I try to add an image. =S
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    Hi mavicaste! I follow ur blog too. Your lesson on network layout has been most educational. Yes I have, and like what was mentioned in other replies, I too like the idea of changing my cabinets every once in a while. I will look out for those IKEA cabinets that have metal stilts at the bottom. Those help in spills or the unfortunate event of pipe bursting causing a flood. Will be visiting IKEA tmr. Will update more then!
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    This may be familiar to some, but here's the ubiquitous floor plan as a reference. =)
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