nolit 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2009 In the progress of finalizing the lighting plan... anyone able to provide some feedback and suggestion on the light points (especially the down-light needed in term of practicality and visual). We have some plan for MBR thus not in the drawing. After some long discussion, intend to do false ceiling for all living, dining and walkway areas, thus the down-light. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2009 Anyone has any good idea for false ceiling and down-light? Appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reiki 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2009 hi nolit, When I was doing my reno, I learned that HDB has regulation about height to ceiling limit. The only downlight that can fit within the height of my false ceiling is using halogen due to its small casing height. The one thing I like with halogen [though it is said to transmit more heat] is the dimmer function. Alternatively, you can source for LED casing and using LED lights. Your living/dining lighting plan is something like mine. Err, I kaypoh to re-route based on your original. The blue is a two way lights - one switch at entrance and another switch near bedrooms. And, a line of four downlights to a switch. You may want to even-out each of them to cover your whole living area. Just as your original light plan, I have 4 halogen downlights and a hanging dining lamp at dinner area. Personally, I hardly switched on the dining halogen downlights. Hence, these 4 lights are wasted. You can have a dimmer to your hanging dining lamp to create different ambience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2009 Thanks Reiki, your suggestion looks interesting... regarding the ceiling height regulation? any idea the height limit? i saw many hdb in this forum done their false ceiling too... in fact I did contemplating not doing false ceiling for whole living/dining area... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reiki 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2009 Hi nolit, Here is the HDB guidelines/regulations for Building Works - False Ceiling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) phew, it's been quite a while and guess what? my reno is seven seven eight eight already... my contractor got my 2 thumbs up with his can do and efficient work... though some parts could be done better with quality, but because of the tight deadline we gave him, we can't really fault him... to have these done within 2 weeks is quite amazing... even with some steps skipping... 09 Dec: official hacking 10 Dec: false ceiling structure & electrical wiring 11 Dec: kitchen & toilet tiling & false ceiling boarding & citygas piping 12 Dec: kitchen & built-in wardrobe carpentry & finishing up tiliing 13 Dec: kitchen & built-in wardrobe carpentry 14 Dec: kitchen & built-in wardrobe carpentry 15 Dec: bomb shelter door false wall carpentry 16 Dec: painting? 17 Dec: painting? 18 Dec: lighting & wares installation? 19 Dec: lighting & wares installation? 20 Dec: touchup? 21 Dec: cleaning polishing? handover key? just to add one... cheap lighting from lighting.com.sg good service... from Light Boutique reasonable price and good service... from GR Link good service but delayed delivery (kaoz!) from universal good service and nice design from OM Edited December 16, 2009 by nolit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amrasenelya 1 Report post Posted December 16, 2009 hey no lit! i totally missed out on ur tblog.. heh.. and less than 5 posts your reno is goin to be over soon! share some pre-reno pics of ur place? if u can do ur reno so fast, means the condition also very gd la... btw, who's the contractor u engaged? when is ur official HO? and how much is the total damage for reno? we bought from a few similar shops, FC, OM, GRlink.. heh.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) haha yes... because I am to busy that seldom have time to post, and only to visit the reno at night, and now without much lights up yet, cannot really take good picture.... I will let you know the contractor after completion by next week, was told HO on 21st Dec, and I have not gotten the revised quotation yet... condition wise, 5yrs flat, i think is ok, some spoilt here and there, and the previous owner did minimal reno, quite plain... and we also didn't do much, can buy OTR we buy... A kitchen pic i took last nite... in a 7788 status... how the red and white turn out well Edited December 17, 2009 by nolit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 oh btw... any recommendation for coffee table, shoe rack and curtains? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) Some of the photos... poor shots as they were shot using my samsung i780 Dining Hang Lamp Buildin Wardrobe View from living room Kitchen Entrance walkway Edited December 18, 2009 by nolit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amrasenelya 1 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 hello! wow, your reno is almost 7788 already.. ohh, u pushed ur sink all the way to the end... so ur washer is beside ur sink, and the fridge is beside ur red tall cabinet? will u be having a shift-able table on the right hand side? u have more cabinet space than me cus of the tall cabinet... i like your kitchen colour combi! and i see that uve covered up ur bomb shelter too with a feature wall? any storage in that? 21st dec is 3 more days! btw, i got my coffee table from OM, and shoe cabinets from ikea, those mount to wall kind.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 hihi amrasenelya, oh man you nick is too hard to spell! Yes! the sink will be at the end of the wall and the WM will be beside the sink. fridge will be beside the tall cabinet. originally it was an all white kitchen, but my wife gave me and idea that a feature color tall cabinet will be nice... we decide on red because i read somewhere that red gives the kitchen a more spacious look... well with the hood and hob and WM and fridge all in i hope i will be nice! yes the shelter door was covered by a wall.. nope didn't do any storage since the width of the wall is like very small... did see some coffee table at OM but they are not very convincing for me for now... i will go back and relook... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amrasenelya 1 Report post Posted December 19, 2009 hihi amrasenelya, oh man you nick is too hard to spell! Yes! the sink will be at the end of the wall and the WM will be beside the sink. fridge will be beside the tall cabinet. originally it was an all white kitchen, but my wife gave me and idea that a feature color tall cabinet will be nice... we decide on red because i read somewhere that red gives the kitchen a more spacious look... well with the hood and hob and WM and fridge all in i hope i will be nice! yes the shelter door was covered by a wall.. nope didn't do any storage since the width of the wall is like very small... did see some coffee table at OM but they are not very convincing for me for now... i will go back and relook... hehe actually u can just type amras or enelya, cus its a combi of hubby's and my nick.. did u get an all white fridge and WM? that'll fit just right i think! i think u can check out Hommage (near potong pasir mrt) and also S&C at angmokio... these are hdb furniture shops, but i think most of them u choose based on picture first... unless of course u spot sth nice at their shop.. good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolit 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2009 hi amrasenelya, i'm back after another hectic weekend, i think i drove like 250km over 2 days... ok the kitchen solid top has some major problem as one side was not straight and left slanted gap which is not acceptable... need to retify or even redo that part... haiz... see how my contractor is going to settle that. he's also angry that the solid top people didn't change it and instead sealed it up... painting is 90% done, haiz the place looks purplish under lighting when we chose lilac white for the walls... is there no white that is closing to white but not matex white? some stainless steel stuff to be fixed up, a light to be fixed... I would say the place is 90% completed... I gotten a silver metallic fridge and a white WM (both samsung)... I think the metallic fridge will complement the otherwise overly red/white kitchen... i like my dark grey kitchen tiles too... i think my contractor is going to finish up and wash up today and tomorrow doing some rectification, wed going to install a glass door and a shower screen (broken during dismantling)... so the real handover may not be realised till tue/wed bed is going to come in on 22nd and the rest of big items coming on 28th... we did went to hommage (near my current home), price is good, the boss is friendly, except we are not too sure about the quality. for now i cannot really convince myself on the workmanship yet... but i would recommend anyone to visit there to take a good look, they have most designs currently the market has at an unbeatable price (but the boss will frankly tell u that the workmanship may lose out a bit), then again, some shops in FM and IFC also selling similar stuff, similar average workmanship at a price 100% higher. still finger-crossing good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
butterfingerzz 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2009 (edited) hi amrasenelya, i'm back after another hectic weekend, i think i drove like 250km over 2 days... ok the kitchen solid top has some major problem as one side was not straight and left slanted gap which is not acceptable... need to retify or even redo that part... haiz... see how my contractor is going to settle that. he's also angry that the solid top people didn't change it and instead sealed it up... painting is 90% done, haiz the place looks purplish under lighting when we chose lilac white for the walls... is there no white that is closing to white but not matex white? some stainless steel stuff to be fixed up, a light to be fixed... I would say the place is 90% completed... I gotten a silver metallic fridge and a white WM (both samsung)... I think the metallic fridge will complement the otherwise overly red/white kitchen... i like my dark grey kitchen tiles too... i think my contractor is going to finish up and wash up today and tomorrow doing some rectification, wed going to install a glass door and a shower screen (broken during dismantling)... so the real handover may not be realised till tue/wed bed is going to come in on 22nd and the rest of big items coming on 28th... we did went to hommage (near my current home), price is good, the boss is friendly, except we are not too sure about the quality. for now i cannot really convince myself on the workmanship yet... but i would recommend anyone to visit there to take a good look, they have most designs currently the market has at an unbeatable price (but the boss will frankly tell u that the workmanship may lose out a bit), then again, some shops in FM and IFC also selling similar stuff, similar average workmanship at a price 100% higher. still finger-crossing good luck! if u looking for furniture can try http://www.comfortfurniture.com.sg/ got the contact from SGK. i went there yesterday but was closed( saw a lot of chairs there though.. ), looks quite ok. competitive pricing i heard.. im also looking for white.. plain old white with no tinge of other colors.. currently walls painted with matex white but its a bit chalky ya.. not sure if its cos of dust from other works from the house.. fingers crossed for u too... n me Edited December 21, 2009 by butterfingerzz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
