The Diary Of A Wimpy House Owner

[green giraffe 0]

Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains. -- Marilyn French

The pebble washed car porch is finally done. However ID thinks its not dark enough. She suggested to give it a coat of black glossy epoxy paint. Not sure how it will turn out. Will it be slippery? Difficult to maintain? Can the pebble wash effect still be seen with black glossy paint?

[gals_mama 0]

Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains. -- Marilyn French

The pebble washed car porch is finally done. However ID thinks its not dark enough. She suggested to give it a coat of black glossy epoxy paint. Not sure how it will turn out. Will it be slippery? Difficult to maintain? Can the pebble wash effect still be seen with black glossy paint?

Cos its more to outdoor, if u scrub it every weekend to wash the floor, will the epoxy paint gets scrub off too?

[green giraffe 0]

The green green glass of home

We chose green tinted glass doors and windows to complement and reflect the greenery in the garden

Green tinted glass with black frame windows

Glass doors at main entrance

[green giraffe 0]

More green glass windows view from outside of the house. The 6 panel windows is where the stairwell is and the 2 panel windows is where the family room is.

View of living room from the side garden

[ne0mesis 0]

Glass doors at main entrance

yr bad ya... you call it the zoo yourself

i saw the glass doors and my mind went auto pilot and go, "ok, when's the feeding time?"

wahahahaha....

i know! very evil right!

*regain composure and applies RT decorum*

hey, glasses will really give a spacious feeling!

the glass wooden frame, the green tainted windows, the greens.... is all shaping up to a very resounding theme! I can see it. "ok, when's the feeding time?"

aaggggghhhhh, I'm SORRY!

[green giraffe 0]

yr bad ya... you call it the zoo yourself

i saw the glass doors and my mind went auto pilot and go, "ok, when's the feeding time?"

wahahahaha....

i know! very evil right!

*regain composure and applies RT decorum*

hey, glasses will really give a spacious feeling!

the glass wooden frame, the green tainted windows, the greens.... is all shaping up to a very resounding theme! I can see it. "ok, when's the feeding time?"

aaggggghhhhh, I'm SORRY!

Due to the overwhelming demand, we have specially created a "meet-the-monkeys" session at the back of the house. The stage is set, the pots will be filled with bananas, the moat with water, the green glass doors open and out swing the monkeys with drums, guitars, keyboards and violin. Photography session follows after show time and feeding time. One day open house ONLY so stay tune to the completion of the Zoo.

[ne0mesis 0]

Due to the overwhelming demand, we have specially created a "meet-the-monkeys" session at the back of the house. The stage is set, the pots will be filled with bananas, the moat with water, the green glass doors open and out swing the monkeys with drums, guitars, keyboards and violin. Photography session follows after show time and feeding time. One day open house ONLY so stay tune to the completion of the Zoo.

*ne0 sings* "We're going to the Zoo, zoo, zoo... How about you, you, you... You can come along too, too, too...."

[leechaorui 2]

Giraffe,

Are you planning to build a concrete boundary wall at the back of your house?

[green giraffe 0]

Giraffe,

Are you planning to build a concrete boundary wall at the back of your house?

We are not considering a concrete boundary wall at the moment cos there is a wind channel from the back to the front and we would like to enjoy the wind. Having fence is also less claustrophobic and makes the garden looks spacious. We are keeping the old green fence for now (goes with the zoo theme mah ) and will dress it up with trees and plants. Might change it to something else in the future, we'll see....

[leechaorui 2]

We are not considering a concrete boundary wall at the moment cos there is a wind channel from the back to the front and we would like to enjoy the wind. Having fence is also less claustrophobic and makes the garden looks spacious. We are keeping the old green fence for now (goes with the zoo theme mah ) and will dress it up with trees and plants. Might change it to something else in the future, we'll see....

One house I saw did Chengai wood fencing at the back of their house and it look quite nice. As the wooden fencing is not dense, the occupants could enjoy the wind and at the same time, people behind could not see very clearly what is within the house.

Something for you to consider provided it matches your theme.

Cheers!

[pinktini 0]

*ne0 sings* "We're going to the Zoo, zoo, zoo... How about you, you, you... You can come along too, too, too...."

so bad!!!!!

giraffe, dun forget to call the recorder up for duty! i'm sure i can match the monkeys' tunes.

[samgalz 2]

the rusty erhu player is on standby!

[green giraffe 0]

One house I saw did Chengai wood fencing at the back of their house and it look quite nice. As the wooden fencing is not dense, the occupants could enjoy the wind and at the same time, people behind could not see very clearly what is within the house.

Something for you to consider provided it matches your theme.

Cheers!

Thanks leechaorui, will keep that in mind.

[green giraffe 0]

Hi samgalz and pinktini,

This is how the stage look like with doors, the inside of the stage is not ready yet, waiting for carpet and curtains. Will call you guys up for jamming session once it is ready.

4 panels of sliding wooden doors with rock wool insert to reduce noise.

Edited August 16, 2010 by green giraffe

[green giraffe 0]

Hi Livinstyle,

Here's the details of my Toto toilet bowls.

Geberit concealed cistern dual flush, artline actuator and Swissfix bracket @$350 bought from Econflo Systems at beach road during their sale. Toto wall hung toilet bowls bought from Adamas Bathroom at Jln Besar.

Kids bathroom - Toto CW822J (tornado flush) with soft closing cover @ $350

Master bathroom and powder room - Toto CW800J w soft closing cover @ $410 each

We actually bought a different actuator/flushing plate (Sambal) for the master and powder room. The Sambal actuator is bigger and required a bigger box to be mounted on the wall. However due to some miscommunication, the plumber mounted the standard size actuator box. We had no choice but to change Sambal to Artline. Luckily, kind Lily from Home and Bathroom allowed us to change although we did not buy from there. We did our research at the main Toto showroom at Bukit Timah road first then went round to compare prices (very tiring to go to all the shops to get the lowest price, sometimes just settle for a reasonable price if the service is good).

Edited August 17, 2010 by green giraffe