The Nest

[NeoBY 1]

I don't know where to buy.. i think can DIY, quite simple.. ask your wife do it.

Haha, we are ok with brightness. In fact hubby and I likes bright bright room. Indeed heavy curtain and blinds can block the sunlight during the morning when we sleep, but if we sleep in darkness, we will continue to sleep until late morning! Not a good habit.

The reason i think partial curtain may not be good is due to privacy issue. People from other block can see us changing . So I'm thinking probably 1 inch below the top of the window should be fine.

Oh I see. Ok, i'll take a look to see if there is any nice roller blind.

The problem is the left side is actually the vertical air con trunking. Can't possibly put it on the trunking itself, right? And on the right side.. there is a 'cross road' of the trunking and the wall structure.

Hmm.. not sure you know what I mean?

I am thinking on top, just below the aircon, not left or right. anyways, blind can be quite nice also.

[taichipanda 3]

No choice lor, have to be discipline to do maintenance for the air-con to make sure that it won't leak, but anyway, we rarely use air con. But we may have guest in the guest room that needs to turn on the air con. Otherwise we would have just tear away all the air con. Since they are already there, might as well just leave them there.

Another issue, if the window grill is outside of the indented area, then totally no place to put the curtain rod. Maybe we should not install window grill at that window.

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Your grill should be installed like this the red color drawing while the curtain rod should be something like the blue color line.

[denimart 0]

Hi denimart, you mean my floor tiles or May's floor tiles?

Hi valerie I mean your bathroom floor tiles are nice, somehow I like this type of lighter color for bathroom...feel v spacious and comfortable.

[Valerie Low 0]

Your grill should be installed like this the red color drawing while the curtain rod should be something like the blue color line.

Wow Thanks for showing this. We need to go and measure to see whether this is feasible.

[Valerie Low 0]

Hi valerie I mean your bathroom floor tiles are nice, somehow I like this type of lighter color for bathroom...feel v spacious and comfortable.

Thanks denimart, we chose this tile because it is close to dirt colour. Less noticeable if it gets dirty.

[Valerie Low 0]

Colour Tone

Since most of the walls in the flat will be white, I'm thinking to add splashes of colour to my furniture and decor. I would like to share some nice colour combinations that I like.

Orange and turquoise

Both are vibrant colours on the opposite palette but if the colours are pale, they are really a perfect combination!

Grey and Yellow

Grey is cool and neutral while yellow is fun and exciting! They complement each other just like hubby and me. We have very different personalities!

[taichipanda 3]

Wow Thanks for showing this. We need to go and measure to see whether this is feasible.

No problem.

Try to find a curtain rod which can hold 3 layers of curtain (Ikea has it but the problem is the bracket is inverted L instead of a straight-forward L, unless can get metal workshop to fabricate 2 brackets for you). From the look of your aircon, this curtain rod will sit immediately below it.

[denimart 0]

Thanks denimart, we chose this tile because it is close to dirt colour. Less noticeable if it gets dirty.

Today I was at my place again looking at my bathroom floor tiles, suddenly i recall your bathroom floor tiles...I was like..."Aaaaa, no wonder I said I like your tiles!!! Omg cos our floor tiles could possibly be the same or similar???!" lol

[Valerie Low 0]

Today I was at my place again looking at my bathroom floor tiles, suddenly i recall your bathroom floor tiles...I was like..."Aaaaa, no wonder I said I like your tiles!!! Omg cos our floor tiles could possibly be the same or similar???!" lol

Hi denimart, I thought your bathroom floor tiles are light beige? Mine is towards brownish gray.

Upload your floor tiles see whether same or not? Hehe

[ken16ken 0]

The left wall looks like a P shape. If box up the P shape, I don't think it will affect the aircon trunking as long as you don't box the vertical trunking together. What is done is done for the protruding part, but you can minimize the ugliness if you box up the P shape. It should cost you between $100-200 (or maybe FOC, just ask your contractor, I think he should be fine to provide you gypsum board or plywood to cover that part). For the switch, you can request it to come out from the gypsum board so that the switch will look like a concealed switch.

Or get an air-con contractor to shift the fan coil. Will cost about $200 to $250 per fan coil.

[denimart 0]

Hi denimart, I thought your bathroom floor tiles are light beige? Mine is towards brownish gray.

Upload your floor tiles see whether same or not? Hehe

Hi Val, my bathroom floor tiles are actually grey..only the wall tiles are light beige. They looks normal color in the daylight but if at night i turn on the existing light in the bathroom. Gee...the whole bathroom tiles looks light pinkisk beige??! Thats the moment i got confuse that both our tiles looks very similar..haha. I upload here for u to see, hope u dont mind. I guess is close but not same right? I shoot under normal daytime.

P/s: i will take down the pic after u seen

Edited May 16, 2012 by denimart

[Valerie Low 0]

Hi Val, my bathroom floor tiles are actually grey..only the wall tiles are light beige. They looks normal color in the daylight but if at night i turn on the existing light in the bathroom. Gee...the whole bathroom tiles looks light pinkisk beige??! Thats the moment i got confuse that both our tiles looks very similar..haha. I upload here for u to see, hope u dont mind. I guess is close but not same right? I shoot under normal daytime.

P/s: i will take down the pic after u seen

I guess the texture of our tiles are quite similar but I prefer your tiles, lighter colour.

I agree about the colour differences under different lighting conditions. My bathroom tiles appeared to be light gray when we viewed it under the showroom down lights. But under normal day light, it turns brownish gray. I'm still ok with the colour so i didn't ask to change. Just let it be, after sometime we won't care about the bathroom tiles anymore..

[Valerie Low 0]

Week 5 16/05/2012

Last 2 days, no one was working.

I guess because they worked too hard during the weekend so they were off for the past two days.

Today, the first coat of paint was up. It really brightens the house.

All these are our hood, hob, sink and lightings. They have all arrived and the workers placed them in the 2nd bedroom.

Good that they cover them with plastic bag.

The wall between the storeroom and the kitchen will be painted with chalkboard paint.

Edited May 16, 2012 by ValerieLow

[Topsy 0]

The idea of chalkboard paint in the kitchen is good! You can scribble grocery items shopping list. Fun!

[ayazumi 0]

Can't wait to see your kitchen