Rumble In Style

[cookiegal 1]

We rolled our pineapple just before the 7th lunar month a couple of weeks ago.

It went 10 metres... all the way from the entrance to the end of the kitchen!

HUAT AH!

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Bought a wool rug for the living room today! It's a round floor rug from BoConcept at the Proof Living Warehouse Sale at 50% off!

It's quite colourful and playful at the same time... hopefully it will fit nicely with everything else when we put our living room together.

Here's a photo we took of it when we got back.

Edited August 24, 2013 by RumbleInStyle

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Our renovation work starts tomorrow! Here's a last look at our place in its original condition before hacking. Fingers crossed for the next 2 months!

Entrance:

Living Area:

Kitchen & Yard:

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Bedroom & Study:

Store room:

Bathrooms:

[oldskool 2]

hey rumble congrats on the start of your reno.

just wondering is your metal gate the original old one and do you intend to change it?

looking for old gates to replace the one that hdb gave hehe

[RumbleInStyle 9]

hey rumble congrats on the start of your reno.

just wondering is your metal gate the original old one and do you intend to change it?

looking for old gates to replace the one that hdb gave hehe

Hi, our existing gate is not the original old one.

The previous owner changed it to one with some design.

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Result after 1 day of work... Kitchen cabinets and interior doors are removed. Hacking work half done.
Here are pictures of the newly opened entrances to the kitchen and study. So far so good.

[jus4fun 4]

Congrats on ur 动土 yesterday! Hope all soon soon & rumble in style! Keep those updates & pics pouring in ok?

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Congrats on ur 动土 yesterday! Hope all soon soon & rumble in style! Keep those updates & pics pouring in ok?

Thanks!

All demolition work completed today. Here's a panoramic view from the middle of our new living area. Happy that our calculations worked out and we are able to have a view of all windows through the various openings. Hopefully, these openings will brighten up and ventilate the middle of the unit when the reno is done.

Edited August 27, 2013 by RumbleInStyle

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Our reno progressing well so far. Currently plastering cement screed and almost done constructing the walls required.

Moving on to tiling next week and hopefully it will start looking more like a house than a construction site.

Yet another superstition this weekend. We buried some old Chinese coins in cement in various corners of the unit.

Edited September 1, 2013 by RumbleInStyle

[MiracleSG 0]

What's the purpose of the coins? Where did you buy them from?

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Elders say so we do. We're not sure what the coins signify... good luck and good fortune I guess?

Got the coins from Tiong Bahru market.

[ProjectH 0]

Ur kitchen is huge! Enjoy ur reno process

[RumbleInStyle 9]

Ur kitchen is huge! Enjoy ur reno process

Thanks! That's one good thing about old units. So much so that we are making it a lot smaller and freeing the space for a larger living area.

[RumbleInStyle 9]

We should be starting to tile the place this week. Here's a peek at our tile selection.

The common areas are monochrome, while the other half of the unit, consisting of the bedroom and study will be warmer.

Large concrete tiles for the living/dining area, rectangular subway tiles for the kitchen wall.
We are too lazy to maintain wooden flooring, so we are using wooden looking tiles for the bedroom and study.

And here's the rough idea of how the colours will line up on the floor plan.

[read more: http://rumbleinstyle.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/our-tile-selection/]