chiyank 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Hi leitmotiv, I noticed u bought s/s toilet accessories from Ikea. Any idea how the quality is? Have u used it before? It's hard to believe that they are so cheap haha.. Anybody knows how good VHR / VR Union s/s accessories? Thanx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Hi leitmotiv, I noticed u bought s/s toilet accessories from Ikea. Any idea how the quality is? Have u used it before? It's hard to believe that they are so cheap haha.. Anybody knows how good VHR / VR Union s/s accessories? Thanx Hi chiyank, I'm not sure if the quality is good or not, will have to try using it for a while to determine that. They're currently not installed yet. All of our s/s toilet accessories are from the Grundtal range, which some people have mentioned here: http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11662. Sorry, I can't help with your question... Haven't heard of VHR and VR Union. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 samgalz, we've checked with Jeremy and he said the kerb is okay, it's not too shallow that water will spill out. I guess that's fine then. Banned, after checking, we found that the tiles at the kerb are already rounded, just not showing clearly in the photos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banned 1 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 oh good good.. how is everything now? moving in soon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 oh good good.. how is everything now? moving in soon? Haha, not so soon ba... Final inspection is on Tuesday, but our furniture delivery is scattered until 11 Sep, so probably move in after that. Right now they're painting the house. The painting should have been done before the carpentry is up, but because the carpentry was ready earlier than painters, the schedule was swopped. However, the bad thing about painting after carpentry is that next time if you hack away the carpentry, the wall behind is the old wall colour, so will have to re-paint if carpentry positions / size change in future. Will post some photos next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banned 1 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Haha, not so soon ba... Final inspection is on Tuesday, but our furniture delivery is scattered until 11 Sep, so probably move in after that. Right now they're painting the house. The painting should have been done before the carpentry is up, but because the carpentry was ready earlier than painters, the schedule was swopped. However, the bad thing about painting after carpentry is that next time if you hack away the carpentry, the wall behind is the old wall colour, so will have to re-paint if carpentry positions / size change in future. Will post some photos next. oh.. den why dun u insist it painted b4 the carpentry? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Carpentry is done for the whole house. Here are the kitchen cabinets. Our dish rack is that lower hanging square on the left of the fridge kerb. Supposed to have a glass door, but the carpenter made it a wooden door instead. Since we're not particular about glass/wooden door, we decided not to change it. Holes have been cut out in the cupboards for the sink and hob. The position is slightly off now, it's not horizontally straight but slants upwards on the right side for BOTH sink and hob... However, Jeremy assured us that when the sink and hob rests in their final position on the solid surface, they will be straight. Strangely, there is a portion on the right of the sink where the wall is not tiled. I'm not sure what they're planning to do with that. Probably they thought the cabinet will be tall enough to cover the untiled portion? Anyway, it's definitely too thick for the solid surface to cover. The wall behind all our top cabinets is also untiled. Is that the way it's usually done? Here's the shoe cabinet right in front of the door. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 oh.. den why dun u insist it painted b4 the carpentry? Didn't really think of the pros and cons before, it's more like an afterthought. You should note this for your reno! Anyway, I think it's also cleaner to paint before carpentry, then there won't be any paint accidentally painted onto the edge of the cupboards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Here's the vanity cupboard and mirror - in progress, and completed version. In case anyone is interested, here are some close-ups of the wood used for carpentry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banned 1 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 yaya.. thanks for the pointer! as for the wall behind the hob.. are u putting a glass backsplash? but for the right of it better ask them.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Our TV feature wall has some tiled portions, the tiles are decided by Leslie, probably some extra tiles he has from another project. Anyway, glad he accommodated our request to have a tiled TV feature. Somehow we like the idea of having tiles there. Close-up of the tile Tiled feature wall. Can't really see the texture of the tiles. Wall painted blue General view of the painted living room Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 yaya.. thanks for the pointer! as for the wall behind the hob.. are u putting a glass backsplash? but for the right of it better ask them.. Yup! Going to put a glass backsplash there, a full height one all the way to the ceiling. The right of it seems to me like a miscalculation of the cupboard height... We're waiting to see what they plan to do there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 (edited) Finally, our big 9 feet wardrobe in the master bedroom! This wardrobe is set into the hacked wall between master bedroom and bedroom 2. So from the master bedroom side, it looks flushed set into the wall. There are some vertical grooves in quite a few walls around the house, which have been patched. Check out the before and after. The back of the wardrobe (the side facing bedroom 2) is just boarded up... ...then painted over to look like a normal wall. Btw our paint colours are Dulux Marina Blue for the whole house, Pine for bedroom 2, and Soft Sky for bedroom 3. Edited August 26, 2010 by leitmotiv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banned 1 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 ahh.. maybe that why no tiles behind.. wow ur feature wall nice lehz.. Tiles lehz.. got add money or not.. Hahahaha.. hmm.. must ask free gifts from him.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leitmotiv 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 The inside of the wardrobe. Since we opted for the glass drawers, we do not have any drawers with locks. Something to take note of, if you need drawers with locks, then you can't have the glass drawers. Since there may be the need to hang long dresses in the wardrobe, the 2 open shelves at the right are not fixed but can be lifted up and removed easily. 2 other miscellaneous photos to end off this round of photo postings. Bedroom 3 painted with Dulux Soft Sky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
