Modern Minimalist In Bishan

[pinkpetter 0]

Welcome! Your house is certainly nice! no bedroom pictures?

[XiaoBinBin 0]

Nice kitchen!!

Welcome to Bishan - Neighbour! =)

[cher 0]

As we move along to the kitchen...not too sure whether this is the exception rather than the norm, but to me, this is a key part of the house since I like to experiment in culinary endeavours (haven't established for a fact whether this counts as a blessing or curse for my wife...the former I would like to imagine!!). As such, I kinda dictated the layout and the cooking appliances that we eventually went for. Style before substance being the name of the game here!

Right side of kitchen - black & white is apparently quite a bachelor pad motif, as my female friends were quick to point out. They kinda alleged that the kitchen theme was a subconscious ode to my recently abandoned days of singlehood and debauchery (once again, allegedly so). heh.

Left side of kitchen - built-in microwave and convection ovens are a must for me; the former for pure aesthetics, the latter to serve functional purposes (or so I hope).

View from back of kitchen - the black glossy door you see leads to the "concealed", repositioned storeroom which will hopefully be big enough to ensure that my junk remains out of sight!

OK, so much for now. Will probably share more pics when I finally move in, or when the pending deliveries come in, or when I have nothing better to do. In the meantime, all the best to all on this forum.

Ciao!

nice deco bro. hope to see more pics soon!

however think ur sofa abit out of ur theme

love ur kitchen & fridge, v nice

[poseidon_gal 0]

i want a black and white kitchen too... hee looks gd!!

[flyingballoons 0]

Nice place! I almost chose that light too but changed my mind in the end... haha. It's nice!

Enjoy your new house!!!

[aubrey 0]

oh my, i want that kitchen!!! i want black floor tiles so badly but my mom just says no! i have to go for faint beigey ones. what are the brands for your hood and hob?

[stage 0]

Seldom see store room hidden at kitchen, you reposition it?

[adrian_john 1]

Hey Fan of Cantona and Fellow Bishanite.

Welcome aboard. Really lovely place you've got there.

Look forward to seeing more pictures.

[Pinklady 0]

love all your pics. so when your reno finished? how much it all costs? the repositioned storeroom and kitchen and esp the phanton dinning chairs, i like it all!

[oohaahcantona10 0]

Hi Aubrey,

No worries, I am sure beige would work out quite well too.

I got a Tecno cooker hood/hob package from Hoe Kee at Plaza Sing. - one of those "pick this hood and choose any hob to go with it" deal. I do have to confess that it was, once again (as with the story of most things in my life), down to pure aesthetics. Practicality is not my strong suit.

As my mum, exercising her right as someone armed with decades of cooking experience, quite pointedly mused : "Tecno so-so only. When you switch on the hood, can it hold on to an A4-sized paper via suction??"

Haven't had the courage to try that out. heh.

oh my, i want that kitchen!!! i want black floor tiles so badly but my mom just says no! i have to go for faint beigey ones. what are the brands for your hood and hob?

[oohaahcantona10 0]

Hi Stage,

yeah, the storeroom has been repositioned, though I have to attribute that stroke of genius to the previous owner who carved out this current position as a maid's room. I think the original floor plan had the storeroom pretty near the entrance to the apartment. In any case, the current position works fine for me. I did, however, have to do a bit of hacking to trim down its dimension as it kinda got in the way of the adjacent dining platform.

Seldom see store room hidden at kitchen, you reposition it?

[oohaahcantona10 0]

To all fellow Bishanites who responded to the thread, where are you guys in the estate? I am at St 23, one of the blocks overlooking Bishan Park.

Hey Fan of Cantona and Fellow Bishanite.

Welcome aboard. Really lovely place you've got there.

Look forward to seeing more pictures.

[oohaahcantona10 0]

Hi Pinklady,

Reno. was officially completed on 4 Apr, though my ID, noting that I will not shift in until early May, quite kindly assured that touch-up work can be done post-handover as and when the need arises over the coming months. She probably suspected that I am quite the clutz who has the propensity to destroy my walls/wall tiles when I start my own drilling works to install clocks/art pieces and all.

Counting costs is such sweet sorrow - let's just peg it at more than 50k, but under 60k.

love all your pics. so when your reno finished? how much it all costs? the repositioned storeroom and kitchen and esp the phanton dinning chairs, i like it all!

[oohaahcantona10 0]

Hi Pinkpetter, whom I must congratulate on the rather eye-catching main banner pic of your personal blog (sorry, as a guy, when I see a link to something termed "brainy bimbo", i quite involuntarily clicked on it), haven't taken any updated pics of the master bedroom (been lazy to move my considerable rear to the new house) but I thought I'd share some pics which I took abt two weeks back when the area was rather "scantily dressed"

The original floorplan of the place actually has four separate bedrooms. Wall between 2 bedrooms was hacked to form a master bedroom cum ensuite study cum walk-in wardrobe/vanity/bathroom area. The dining platform you saw earlier was "an area previously known as bedroom 3". I have an additional bedroom left, which is currently left empty. Maybe useful for hosting mahjong sessions, and for drunkard friends to stay over when they've had a bottle of wine (or ten) too many.

First, the bed itself, to the right of entrance to MBR. Frankly, if left to my own devices, I'd probably pick a Manhattan theme of black/dark brown hues. But the wife thought it might be too eerily dark, and she IS scared **** of the dark. In any case, having had my way vis-a-vis the kitchen, I should grant her full rein of this area. You can see the frosted glass entrance to the walk-in wardrobe/vanity/bathroom strip to the left. A little note on the lava lamps on both sides of the bed - they were something which, as it panned out, me and my wife realised that we both, separately, wanted very much in our younger days before our "path crossed and the rest, as they say, is history" moment. I recall them being rather pricey then, esp. to the poor students we were. They are so cheap now!! One for one at Molecule somemore!

Then we have the ensuite study, to the left of entrance to MBR, and the half-height feature housing the TV which shall resolve all domestic disputes relating to TV programme conflicts. (yes, I will be banished to the living room TV everytime I wanna watch footie).

View of walk-in wardrobe/vanity/bathroom strip. We are narcissistic creatures who need a monster vanity mirror. Open concept bathroom area since I often get lonely sitting on the bowl doing my business and like to invite the wife over to chat.

Reverse view of the walk-in wardrobe/vanity/bathroom strip. Roman blinds to the left (which of course have to be lowered during my daily routine of solitude and deep self-reflection sitting on the toilet bowl). In the absence of foresight that this pic might one day go on renotalk, I forgot to suck in my stomach while taking this shot. The big wardrobe you see with sliding mirrored doors belongs, of course, to my wife. True to the spirit of "...in sickness or health...rich or poor...and uneven wardrobe space distribution...", the wife gets the swanky one while I take the smaller, non-sliding door "equivalent" which, incidentally, resides right outside the toilet bowl area. Nice.

Shall share more pics in due course. Cheers.

Welcome! Your house is certainly nice! no bedroom pictures?

Edited April 22, 2009 by oohaahcantona10

[ivy 0]

my god!! u got a lot of place within ur MBR!! so luxurious!