The Experience: Our First Home

[summersann 6]

How do you play that board game?

This is how it looks like after set-up.

Instructions here.

It's fun and quite cute

[Makanology 29]

Haha fun for the humans or also fun for the furry animals at home? (I see a furry paw at the corner of your pix)

Edited February 13, 2013 by Makanology

[vanessa 12]

7 weeks later (pardon the mess of boxed and unwrapped furniture!).

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your kitchen!

[razzberrie 3]

Such an adorable looking game! I hope your rectifications get resolved soon.

[Z3phy 2]

My two favorite places

are those LED track lights? how many watts are they? 5 units enough to light up the kitchen?

oh and are they warm light or day light? (they look different in the pictures)

wanna know coz wondering how many i should buy for my place. =)

btw, the kitchen is OMG lovely!!!!!!

looks very large and spacious.

[summersann 6]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your kitchen!

Thank you! looking forward to seeing your place too! have been lurking around your t-blog

Such an adorable looking game! I hope your rectifications get resolved soon.

Thank you! I hope we get them done too. We're meeting the ID later today at our place to discuss the slightly shoddy workmanship

are those LED track lights? how many watts are they? 5 units enough to light up the kitchen?

oh and are they warm light or day light? (they look different in the pictures)

wanna know coz wondering how many i should buy for my place. =)

btw, the kitchen is OMG lovely!!!!!!

looks very large and spacious.

Yup! The track lights are LED. Eh... I don't know the wattage, but we used 5 and it's bright enough for us! Lighting is a very personal thing though, so you may want to go to a shop and ask them to show you exactly how bright it is before you decide We got warm lights because I found white light a little too cold and glaring. We prefer to have a cosy feel so we opted for warm white. We hacked away the wall between the utility room and the original kitchen, and created a service yard area instead. Space is very important!

[Z3phy 2]

Yup! The track lights are LED. Eh... I don't know the wattage, but we used 5 and it's bright enough for us! Lighting is a very personal thing though, so you may want to go to a shop and ask them to show you exactly how bright it is before you decide We got warm lights because I found white light a little too cold and glaring. We prefer to have a cosy feel so we opted for warm white. We hacked away the wall between the utility room and the original kitchen, and created a service yard area instead. Space is very important!

ahh.. i see. but kinda pricey dun you think? i saw somewhere in RT, someone selling 12w LED track lights at $58 per pc.

Anyway, you mentioned the track is cheap. $15 per metre?

Pardon my questions... i intend to do track lights for the entire hse. =X

[summersann 6]

ahh.. i see. but kinda pricey dun you think? i saw somewhere in RT, someone selling 12w LED track lights at $58 per pc.

Anyway, you mentioned the track is cheap. $15 per metre?

Pardon my questions... i intend to do track lights for the entire hse. =X

Hahaha, I actually don't know how much the tracks are, but we got ours in multiples of 2 meters. I only remember the price of the lights per piece, which is $80. Pricey indeed You should check to make sure that the lights are LED! $58 per piece seems like a good deal.

Don't worry about asking questions! Renotalk is for us to help each other

[spikedoll 2]

Very nice! I'm also considering track lights for kitchen but will be going for white light because for kitchen, when u cook u need bright light so u can see the food clearly if its cooked lol my humble opinions. Coz we used to have warm lights for current house kitchen but changed to white light later.

[summersann 6]

Very nice! I'm also considering track lights for kitchen but will be going for white light because for kitchen, when u cook u need bright light so u can see the food clearly if its cooked lol my humble opinions. Coz we used to have warm lights for current house kitchen but changed to white light later.

I know what you mean! Our unit is corridor, so when our venetian blinds are up, there'll be quite a bit of light coming in from the outside, so that should help!

Anyway! We gave up on the accordion gate idea for the staircase. Our IDs' contractor managed to find a source for us, but because of the frequent usage of the gate and its mechanism, even if we powder-coat it, the paint will still peel over time. If we don't powder coat it, the silver finish sticks out like a sore thumb in our place (doesn't flow with the rest of the stuff). Our ID found another gate for us that we can buy off the shelf. It looks quite nice and can be retracted (so there's no swing door to get in the way). You may want to consider it - http://www.retract-a-gate.com/

[spikedoll 2]

I know what you mean! Our unit is corridor, so when our venetian blinds are up, there'll be quite a bit of light coming in from the outside, so that should help!

Anyway! We gave up on the accordion gate idea for the staircase. Our IDs' contractor managed to find a source for us, but because of the frequent usage of the gate and its mechanism, even if we powder-coat it, the paint will still peel over time. If we don't powder coat it, the silver finish sticks out like a sore thumb in our place (doesn't flow with the rest of the stuff). Our ID found another gate for us that we can buy off the shelf. It looks quite nice and can be retracted (so there's no swing door to get in the way). You may want to consider it - http://www.retract-a-gate.com/

OMG thanks so much ! We were cracking our brains what to do to stop our dog from climbing up the stairs when nobody at home. So u going have that?

Edited February 13, 2013 by spikedoll

[Makanology 29]

OMG thanks so much ! We were cracking our brains what to do to stop our dog from climbing up the stairs when nobody at home. So u going have that? Any idea what's the price?

How about a baby gate? Used to have 1 and it worked well. And very easy to fix it by yourself

[summersann 6]

OMG thanks so much ! We were cracking our brains what to do to stop our dog from climbing up the stairs when nobody at home. So u going have that?

Yup! Going to ask a friend to help us bring it back from the States. The link I gave you only ships to certain parts of the world. Alternatively, you could also get another retractable gate (looks almost 100% similar, just slightly different in color) from here - http://www.dreambaby.com.au/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=518 . This place ships from Australia, so I think they should ship to Singapore.

How about a baby gate? Used to have 1 and it worked well. And very easy to fix it by yourself

The usual gates have a swing door that swings out/in when you open them. We're using that now at our current place. We didn't want that because we're installing it at the end of the stairs, so if we use a normal baby gate, the swing door will always be in the way. We wanted one that looks less obtrusive, that we can collapse to the side when we don't need it. This retractable gate is super easy to fix too!

[Makanology 29]

The usual gates have a swing door that swings out/in when you open them. We're using that now at our current place. We didn't want that because we're installing it at the end of the stairs, so if we use a normal baby gate, the swing door will always be in the way. We wanted one that looks less obtrusive, that we can collapse to the side when we don't need it. This retractable gate is super easy to fix too!

Geeez I didn't know such a gate exist and thanks for sharing. Now I learn something new

[spikedoll 2]

Ya just realized they don't ship to singapore