A&m's Love Nest [Modern Resort]

[prody 1]

Another entry I wana make tonight is the choice and outcome of our FLOOR LAMINATE.

Here are the initial shortlisted:

WTB likes this (below) but we thought the design was old and commonly used.

We initially wanted to go with this one. But after taking a far away shot (below), we thought it look kinda "dirty". So we changed our mind.

The thing we learnt about floor laminate is that they "pop" easily when in contact with water for a long time, so we have to be extra careful with cleaning. (something to really take note of considering that we've never live in a house with laminate flooring before)

And the next thing to keep in mind is dirt are easily trapped in between the laminates over time. The dirt lines will look even more obvious if you've chosen light colored ones.

So.. taking all the above considerations, we made our choice!

Edited August 28, 2011 by prody

[prody 1]

Here is our chosen one:

And the results are absolutely satisfactory!

Edited August 28, 2011 by prody

[prody 1]

Here are some initial drawings for our carpentry (which are half way through now...)

Those 3D drawings are provided by the contractor (was pleasantly surprised to see 3D drawings)

We have DRY and WET kitchen here. Dry area includes the fridge and a wine chiller. Wet area includes all others. Kitchen door is put in between these 2 area.

Master toliet vanity shelve hand written by the contractor himself on the spot(below).

This is our initial plan for our bed. But considering the Fengshui aspect (which is not good to sleep facing the door), we changed our plan (drawn by myself)

We pushed the bed all the way in....

Feel free to provide any thoughts about the carpentry work. ie. anything in particular to take note? cheers

Edited August 29, 2011 by prody

[prody 1]

Hi Jon

Checked with the contractor and the supplier of these brick tiles is actually Hafary. They do have a great range of tiles for you to choose from.

Hope this helps.

[ourwhiteresidence 0]

Very Impressive good friend;) Can't wait for the whole thing to done up.

[prody 1]

Very Impressive good friend;) Can't wait for the whole thing to done up.

Thanks A! Stay tuned!

[prody 1]

We just came back from COMEX and its a tedious journey indeed.

We never like to go to such show unless there is something we wana get. And this time, we went there hoping to get TV for our new house at a bargain.

We ended up with a 40"LED Samsung TV + Blue ray player + HDMI cable at $999. Not sure if this is the best deal but is good enough for us.

We did some research at Harvey Norman before going to COMEX because we were quite blur about whats the market price for TVs now. Our plan is only to buy a Samsung LED TV, not 3D, not Smart TV, not really other brands (unless its alot cheaper cos we always take Samsung as the leader of TVs), free blue-ray player (so that we don't have to buy separately) and budget in mind would be <$1000.

LG had a similar deal at the show; 40" Smart 3D TV and other freebies including camera at $999. We thought all the freebies are pretty irrelevant and we skipped LG.

To all who is going down tomorrow or in future shows, one thing to note is never submit to pressure. Those "hourly special" are not really that cheap. Always do some market price homework. And do factor in the cost of pulling and dragging your big TV around the bad crowd. All these might not add up to your savings!

Edited September 3, 2011 by prody

[stardust205 0]

Can't agree more. I bought my PC from Comex and had a tough time 'bashing thru' the crowd with the bulky cargo.. only to realise later that its available at DELL website for the same price with delivery included!

But again, I wasn't sure which model to buy unless I was there to compare the prices and specs of those available.

ur purchase ($999) sounds like a gd buy!

To all who is going down tomorrow or in future shows, one thing to note is never submit to pressure. Those "hourly special" are not really that cheap. Always do some market price homework. And do factor in the cost of pulling and dragging your big TV around the bad crowd. All these might not add up to your savings!

[stardust205 0]

Our laminated flooring is very similar to the one which you felt is 'old and commonly used'

Yah, laminated flooring always have this water issue.. and it seems unavoidable some planks will have gaps in btw them which will trap dirt..

If I can choose again, I will defin. go for darker tiles and laminated floor planks!

Another entry I wana make tonight is the choice and outcome of our FLOOR LAMINATE.

Here are the initial shortlisted:

WTB likes this (below) but we thought the design was old and commonly used.

We initially wanted to go with this one. But after taking a far away shot (below), we thought it look kinda "dirty". So we changed our mind.

The thing we learnt about floor laminate is that they "pop" easily when in contact with water for a long time, so we have to be extra careful with cleaning. (something to really take note of considering that we've never live in a house with laminate flooring before)

And the next thing to keep in mind is dirt are easily trapped in between the laminates over time. The dirt lines will look even more obvious if you've chosen light colored ones.

So.. taking all the above considerations, we made our choice!

[prody 1]

Our laminated flooring is very similar to the one which you felt is 'old and commonly used'

Yah, laminated flooring always have this water issue.. and it seems unavoidable some planks will have gaps in btw them which will trap dirt..

If I can choose again, I will defin. go for darker tiles and laminated floor planks!

Darker laminated flooring are easier to maintain (according to their sales) but becos our theme is white so we have to choose lighter colors (but not too light like the one you're having.. scared of dirt trap).

Not sure about darker floor tiles cos the one at my parent's house is stained with chemical wash and its pretty obvious!!

[prody 1]

We thought we should give credit to this air-con service provider we engaged for our new house. In this case, we signed up with ALL BEST rather than Gain City which is very popular for air-con. And we thought we made the right decision.

The workers who came were very professional and experienced. They know immediately what we want (which is to make the trunking as less visible as possible of course) and they proposed several good ideas which we were thankful (because our ideas are not really workable..)

They set up in a way that we can easily request our contractor to box up the trunking (above) if we want to. But we chose not to because we are personally fine with it. And adding on to the already low-lying beam is not gona help much.

[prody 1]

LIGHTS UP!

[prody 1]

Its tough deciding which KITCHEN COUNTER TOP to choose when we both like Quartz stone so much. And quartz are usually more expensive than other solid colored top.

We shortlisted Caesarstone and Silestone but narrowed down to Caesearstone because of its design (which matches our dinning table).

Shelly the sales staff who attended to us was really friendly and helpful.

But because the price was kinda steep (about 1k diff to granite) we put them to KIV and went on to search for other cheaper and good top. (Maybe next time ... )

Our contractor recommended us LG top and according to a good friend of ours who used this LG top for 3yrs now, there is no obvious decolouration, whatsoever...

And it comes with a 10 years warranty!

So we ended up choosing this!

Hopefully it will be durable because we forsee a busy kitchen next time!

[mabaricows 0]

Hmm.. Solid surface for a busy kitchen..

Make sure you have coasters around to place your hot pots and stuff! Heard many horror stories of discoloration of S/S tops due to heat..

Btw, a big "Hi!" from us also at JW.. Haha..

Edited September 8, 2011 by mabaricows

[prody 1]

Ceiling fan is up! Brick wall is painted once. WTB wants to paint a few more layers but i think it will look the same even after more painting. What do you think?

Before

After

Edited September 13, 2011 by prody