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Hi LHWH, My ID was the one source for it. She quotes me $1970/door....May be cheaper if you go direct to supplier Eminlove

Thanks Kissgurami. We are using ICI. I think I know why the paint stain so easily. According to the painter, he said we got the cheapest 7kg ICI paint that's why even the slightest bump will make the wall scratch! This paint that was supplied to us is about $30/40 for 7kg and the higher end one is double the price. No wonder.... Is so irritating isn't it? I would rather my ID upfront let me know that the paint is cheap and this will be the outcome, then I will rather spend more $$ for better paint. Sigh 😔 No choice looks like I just have to deal with this and next 1-2years repaint again.

Thanks guys...the gate is obviously wrong right?! I thought it was just me being too particular, thanks for confirming Honestly, I could live with this, it doesn't kill me...what annoys me is that the ID refused to admits the gate is wrongly installed and Instead they wanna argue by saying that this is the new trend, wanted to show me photos of other gates also like that...makes me feel like a fool. So the more I want to pursue that this is their mistakes Bigger problem is the tiles...they will get a tiler to pop one tile out to see what's the actual problem. They suspect that the water proofing may be a problem cox the water marks is on the join between tiles! Sian.....if really water proofing problem then we will get a whole new dirty nightmare with tile replacement arghhhhhh For the paint job, my contract also puzzle why the wall could stain so easily. Luckily this saturday is paint touch up, so i took the opportunity to demo and lightly bump my rubbish bin into the wall...viola it scratches already! She said will ask painter what's the problem. Apple1, do u still remember what paint brand did you used? Maybe I should ask her if we could change brand or not 😒

Hey guys... We are two months into staying at our new home. Like most people tells me...you need to live in for awhile before tiny problems start cropping up. So we have walls that are easily scratched not too sure why. I asked my contractor if they had put a sealant on it and they said yes and told me is a "White wall" problem....but almost every simplest thing could scratch or stain my wall too easily! Anyone shares the same problem? Another problem...I just noticed that my gate is not seated on the floor! My ID and contractor insisted that is normal. It is not necessary to latch the bottom part of the gate, if dont need to latch then why the gate design come with two latches up and down correct?! I looked around all my neighbour's gate and everyone has their gate nicely seated on the ground To top it up....my bathroom tiles leave watermarks... My ID insisted that it is due to homogenous tiles but I beg to differ coz my kitchen tiles is homogenous tiles and it does not give such stain. See the before and after image below for my bathroom tiles when it got some water droplets To make matter worst... This morning I woke up to some leakage! Anyone shares the same problem with me? Do you all think these are normal? The gate, tiles and wall paint? I feel like there's something terribly wrong especially the tiles! Please enlighten me...

Thank you! Blinds will be up today! Once ready will post some photos

Thanks Tessina. We have a dishwasher so this sink is for light washing only. Guess it should be ok. But will certainly consider a sink mat when it starts splashing

Hi Soon Liew, I spent $2450 for the whole house blinds

Ya agreed! I have the same problem too... All the lights look too generic, and unique ones cost a bomb! That's one of the consideration we had, hence decided to go with track light.

Hahaha...yea 50 LED Philip MR16 bulbs. It do not make the room feels warm compared to the halogen light bulbs and could last longer without having the need to constant change light bulbs. The fitting basically is the holder for the light bulbs. LED or Halogen both can fit into the fitting. Best you buy the bulbs and fitting from the same place, or if you are buying the fitting + track from a different store like me...then best buy a bulb to try it first. Not all light bulbs could fit 100% to the fitting. Track is the long black rod that holds the fitting in place. I have normal LED white lights attached to the fan in the bedrooms. However, you are right...the whole house is track light, i think advantage of track light is that it gives a more "Gallery" feeling especialy when you shine the lights focus on the paintings/photos, which that's what we are planning to do. One more advantage of track light is you can just manually adjust the lighting to the direction you wanna shine to, so if you want it to focus the dining table or the cabinet just slightly tweak it will do. Also, save us the headache to light hunting haha

Ya I agree with you on the final deco, you can slowly find knick knacks along the way as you settle into your new place.... I did collect some items when I go travel, will put it up for sharing at my blog later after we moved in.😉

Woooo I love the black panel shower screen! Nice nice and the tiles goes really well Vicx1234! Let me know if Rainex any good..I know my fren wipe down the glass panel each time she's done shower...too much work for me. Would be good if I could apply something for ease of maintenance

Just did purchase on the window blinds too. Since we are gg for black & white theme...naturally, the blinds also black & white:) Something like this minus the black panels: We are getting half height all white window blinds with black tape And also day curtain for the bi-fold door at the balcony Supplier said can only be delivered down on 8/2...sigh no choice have to live without any curtain for one night on 4/2 for "move in ceremony" cox that's the best date for us hmmm

Yea....lets get the trend started. I don't see what's not to like bout this theme haha. Black & white is a good contras and simplicity always beautiful lolx *self praise a bit* Thanks for the compliment Vicx1234... I can't wait to see your completed bar counter.super cool Maviscate, jia you...10/2 very soon already! I see you got a lot of stuff short listed and purchased already. That's really well planning, unlike us...mad rushed. Though outcome still as good as expected but experience could be better if we had more time with the Pre-Reno planning

Thanks Mavicaste, Glad you like it too! Yea I think more and more these days people are moving into industrial style or black & white. We do away with the brick wall coz it cost too much and just do a small portion of the wall does not look that good. Good choice of u to do this theme 👍👍...What stage is your Reno at now? Enjoy the journey! Is super fun to see all the things slowly sets in 😊

Ahhboi, Thanks for the compliment. I switched to LED warm white lights so it is not hot to the house. Total I have: 50 LED lights from Philip 10 x 2m tracks :$20/each (from balestier lighting.com) 4 x 1m tracks :$10/each (from balestier lighting.com) 50 fittings: $12/each (from balestier lighting.com) The fittings has halogen bulbs so I have 50 of the bulbs now dunno what to do... Anybody wanna buy? I sell cheap cheap haha

Is that what it calls "Apron sink"? Haha such a cute name I didn't know that... Haha thanks Makanology for liking the design! Yes yes...I hope to spend more time improving my cooking skills, even if not...just the look at ghe kitchen I could in love at it all over again I told my friends when they free they could always pop by to my cafe for a cuppa nespresso lolx ✌

Upstairs Panoramic shot of my common walk way Panoramic shot of my master room Panoramic shot of my WIW Master room Common Bathroom sink. I felt the sink sticks out too much but apparent that's how the way it is according to my ID. Sigh no choice. Note to self never buy such sink in future! However overall still quite please with the entire Reno. Can't wait to see it with all the furniture in place ☺

View from my living looking Into the main entrance From balcony into living And....I ❤ my Kitchen!! Dish washer, stainless steel backing, chimney and fridge not in yet

Went down to the house today to do some "cleansing"....my family suggested me to sprinkle a combination of Tea+Salt+Rice at every corner of the house to remove all d evil spirits. Superstitious I know....but oh well, simple task might as well just do it before anything bad happened then we regret ya haha I opened the door of my house into a pleasant surprise today! Steps on the stairs painted but the handle is not fixed yet And check out my cafe! White empty wall will place a bookshelf and shine by the track light View from my stairs into my dining. Notice the skinny window grill? Yes I changed my mind last minute cost my ID said my initial choice not so sturdy. Close up look of the window grill. Grills only at dining and entrance since my house is by the corridor so feels safer. Heh

Reiki, Ya we are taking a pause for now...until most of the stuff in the figure out the lighting. Most of the workers already shutting down for cny. Lets see what happens.. We will try to change the color of the cage if necessary.....worst case maybe have to change different light. Thanks for the suggestion, appreciate it

Makanology, Reiki,KStoh, My ID repainted the door for me already. Looks good and feel good knowing is painted lolx Psychologically at peace that each time I walk pass the doors I will not keep thinking "hmmm, what a crap work" lolx

Soon liew, We also need to spend $230 for reconnecting the open net worst....have to wait till mid feb only the Internet is working!! Arghhh living in Ice Age Liao. First world problem I know but is really hard to not have Internet at home

Thx Makanology...that's true I can imagine now Haha....ok since u and Alfredt said black, I think I would just go with black to make it stands out. Btw my wall color is swan down white hehe

Thanks Alfred...I am also toying with either black spray/dark copper metallic spray. My ID suggests to make 3 silver birdcages + 1 green...but I thot it looks odd. The light guy said multi colors I think I might just go with black to play safe hehe

My hubby's study room was kept simple.. But he did something quite clever and cost effective ... Instead of spending a bomb for Eubiq power system cox he has too many switches to deal with. He got the electrician to fix this so that we could eliminate all the extension cords lolx And to my curiosity after reading other people's forum...I took the ladder and climbed up to check my door....look what I found! I asked my ID and she said it was left like that for expansion contraction of the door....does it make sense?? I dunno but felt aesthetically unsightly though no one will notice it but I do....so I get them to paint it up later, I think the bottom side of the door left under-painted should be sufficient ba Also my DIY bird cages are up I thought color combi looks quite odd now that it is hung up at the ceiling ....so I think we might spray the color to something dark,not sure what to do hmmm.....anyone got any suggestion? I am quite stuck now