A Frest Affair

[cynthiazen 17]

We realised that the tap/basin was leaking in the MBR toilet. We contacted Edmund and the plumber came the next day and fix it up! Pretty fast service!

Went Ikea and shortlisted some of the things that are suitable!

Dinning table:

For kitchen:

Expedit shelve to be used as an island for WIW:

Mirror for MBR toilet:

[cynthiazen 17]

How it looks like at my place:

Shelf is also from ikea, will be using this as a breakfast counter =))) pending for our high chair from taobao!

[Rave 0]

Hi cynthiazen, very French look on ur house! Nice! Mind sharing ur quote?

U can email me at nauzijah@yahoo.com.sg.

Thanks!

[relac1corner 0]

hi cynthiazen, i'm thinking of engaging edmund, don mind i ask how do you find his carpentary works?

[cynthiazen 17]

Time for some DIY! I really love hands on stuff =)))) We are going to do a photo collage wall. Bought our initials from Taobao.

The alphabet came in original woody/maple color which i think it doesn't go so well on my dark wall @ walkway:

Hence, we went to spotlight and grab a color tube (but don't know what kind of paint, acrylic paint?) This can be used for wood, plastic & metal:

Final look =))) :

[cynthiazen 17]

Our planning:

I bought a fake window from Taobao as well and we were hesitating where to place them at:

And in d end, we place it on our walkway =)))

I think the frames are not enough, we may add more frames in the future.

[cynthiazen 17]

hi cynthiazen, i'm thinking of engaging edmund, don mind i ask how do you find his carpentary works?

Hi there! I only have carpentry works in the kitchen and vanity in MBR toilet. Overall, we were really satisfied with his works. No probs nor issues we have for the cabinets. We have soft closing & abs trimming for all the cabinet doors, though not the expensive blum system but it works just as fine. No complains

[befree 1]

Hi Cynthia,

Nice renov and impressive Taobao purchases! Would you mind sharing me your ID contact and quotation?

[Tirimisu 4]

Hihi mind to share the link for the alphabet woody

TIA

[cynthiazen 17]

Hi Cynthia,

Nice renov and impressive Taobao purchases! Would you mind sharing me your ID contact and quotation?

Sent =)

Hihi mind to share the link for the alphabet woody

TIA

There u go! http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15927421021

[yanz 0]

Hi Cynthia, we have the exact same layout for our flats! So inspired by your design. Can you PM me Edmund's contact details and your quote as we'll? TIA!

[cynthiazen 17]

If you guys has been browsing on Ikea Hacks or Pinterest, those people are amazing! They could transform many ikea furnitures to many purposes!

I have this old (really old) Kullen 5 chest drawer from ikea which was in brown-black color which i totally wanna change the color.

Went to that paint shop in Geylang again, and that lady was like telling us no paint/primer can adhere to furniture in laminates finish unless we would consider to sand it down. She actually suggested us to get wallpaper sticker to paste over it instead. To sand it down, is too much work ! Well, not giving up, back to my research on pinterest, majority uses this primer brand called "Zinsser". I googled and found there is a distributor in Singapore!

We painted about 2 coats of the primer & 2 coats of the oil based white paint with a paint brush as rollers won't work.

Stick some accessories that i bought from Taobao.

And viola!

I like it ! Except for the 3rd row if you notice is done up by hubby which obviously shows that i have more patience . Hehe! Initially we used a kind of glue from Daiso which is useless, and it drop 1 piece in every other day. Went to spotlight again, and bought polyurethane glue which states "super strong". Actually, the right way is to stick and clamp it for few hours. We didn't have a clamp to work with, so i used pegs & scotch tape (LOL). Kinda worried that the scotch tape would cause the paint to peel, but luckily it didn't! =)))

[OceanEleven 203]

Thumbs up for all the DIY !

[Makanology 29]

Amazed with both your patience and perseverance! Love your DIY works!

[Harriette 42]

Very nice DIY