Leon & Jenna Reno Experience

[adrianh4rt 1]

Quick blitzzzzzz in a desperate bid to catch up on my blogging!! But first I want to ask... Did anyone win 4D based on the 'lucky' numbers that I gave last night? Wahahahaha...

Aiya so hungry now, waiting at the Starbucks near Jurong East MRT Station for CFO to finish work... CFO where are youuuuuu.... Hmm what's a guy like me to do.. Have to try to catch up on my blogging on the limited laptop battery juice I have left & hope this laptop doesn't die on me.... Hehehe...

So without further ado, I bring to you...

ALL ABOUT TRACK LIGHTS INSTALLATION

TRACK LIGHTS @ FRONT OF LIVING/DINING AREA - 2 sets of track lights have been installed in my living/ dining area!! Really brightens up the entire room by illuminating the walls! Can't wait to buy those huge framed pictures and to direct the track light beams onto them for extra effect.... Currently my dining area still looks a little dark, but I'm hoping that my 3x #Miniforms slope lights can sufficiently illuminate that area!

My gorgeous loose furniture TV console has been delivered!! WOOHOO!!

TRACK LIGHTS @ BACK OF LIVING AREA - So bright & pretty! *hwing hwing!!* (Oh yeah I actually put up track lights for my corridor passageway also, but forgot to take photos... Another day then! )

As you can see, CFO & I have found that the vertical beam shelves are quite useful to put our bags, water bottles & other accessories during our periodic visits... Wahahaha...

And that's all for track lights... Moving on to.....

ALL ABOUT #KOMPACTOP INSTALLATION

The #Kompactop supplier finally came in to install the long-awaited table top surface! YEAH!

KOMPACTOP @ KITCHEN (THE SIDE WITH HOB & HOOD) - Apologies the photo is a little blur.. (Dunno why when I take picture in the day time always quite blur one lei. *shrug*) The surface is hard & ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! The workmanship is also good, with sealant being applied at the join line between the #Kompactop & the adjoining wall... No complains thank goodness...

KOMPACTOP @ KITCHEN (THE OTHER SIDE) - Did I mention that the LED light strips & the #Eubiq track (600mm model) have also been installed? :) So happy to see the kitchen coming together now! Fast & furious progress here!

KOMPACTOP @ MASTER BATHROOM VANITY CABINET - My subtle fear has been addressed... #Kompactop is a very ideal surface for use in the bathroom's vanity cabinet... From my splashings around, :bath:it's definitely water-proof & can take a level of beating in a bathroom environment... The #Kompactop surface & my Kohler sink look has been accentuated with a 5W LED light (with movable head; bought from TaoBao! ) installed above the sink (in the box-up)... Lovin' the look & feel of my master bathroom!

And I suppose that is all I have for now, laptop really REALLY running out of juice liao.

STAY HAPPY & HAVE A GLORIOUS EVENING FOLKS!!

Hi there. I LOVE your kitchen floor tiles!! Went Hafary but its out of stock.

But anyway, can i check on how do you actually decide on the watts for your track lights? is 7W sufficient? how many will be good enough?

[Puggy 13]

leonjennawong, I thought exhaust fan is not allowed to be installed?

[leonjennawong 53]

ARGHHHH SO BUSY... Packing your clothes/ files/ documents/ books/ mail for shifting over to your new place is really NO JOKE. (anyway it is quite a saddening experience also, feels like I'm leaving my parents behind lidat... but of course I wouldn't.. Just one of those emotionally-charged rite of passage in life I suppose..)

Sorry for the tardy updates fellas.. I really am.. Been so overwhelmed with the nitty gritty things.. Like IKEA trips, sourcing of light bulbs, got stomach flu & did my best impressions of the Merlion over the weekend.. yada yada.. Won't bore you with more boring details. So now what?

So let's go.

#MINIFORMS SLOPE DINING LIGHTS UP! - First official splash of colour in the living/ dining area!! I love it. I really really love this effect.. Exactly what I imagined it to be... Together with my white ceiling beams... Omggggg..

Oooh do you see what I see at the back ground of the picture...? Which brings us to the next update...

KITCHEN GLASS DOOR WOODEN VENEER-WRAP HANDLE INSTALLLED! - I love my one-of-a-kind door handle on my glass door!! The more I look at it the happier I feel... I think it really lends a boost to my living/ dining area scandinavian theme.. While also taking the 'modern-feel' out of a glass door...

From this photo angle, you can see the groove where I will slot my fingers in when opening the door.

MASTER WARDROBE LED STRIP LIGHTING IS UP! - Turned out better than I expected!! Didn't expect the illumination to be sufficient to light up the interior of the wardrobe to this extent~ Yeah! #CalvinTan recommended that we go for the #Hafele motion sensor, so the LED strip lighting only turns on when we open the door... It automatically closes when the door is closed.. Satisfied and I recommend others do the same too!

Trying to open as many wardrobe doors to show my LED strip lighting

Close up of LED strip lighting

EXHAUST FANS FOR BATHROOMS ARE UP! - Nothing much about this other than the progress... Got 2x 8"-wide KDK exhaust fans & linked each one of them to the electrical switch for my main bathroom lights (as advised by #CalvinTan).. The result is that the exhaust fan will turn on once I turn on the bathroom light! (already checked on wattage of the exhaust fan, it's very low so no worries about wasting electricity or the bill sky-rocketing up) Also, used translucent acrylic as the backing for privacy..

Picture of installed exhaust fan in Common Bathroom

And that's all for now! Will need to blitz through even more updates after this, so stay tuned for more folks!! Until then...

SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR. (I actually can't believe that that phrase just popped into my mind... Like, whyyy.)

Edited September 12, 2014 by leonjennawong

[kimsim 8]

(THE REST OF THE) MORE INTERESTING UPDATES TODAY!!

Hahahahaha...

#GRAFUNKT LIGHT GREY FABRIC SOFA ARRIVES! – YEAH! OUR COMFY #GRAFUNKT SOFA HAS ARRIVED! Woohoo! I tell you right, the other day CFO & I were so shagged from settling all the TaoBao purchases and we just sat down on the sofa for a short rest, right under our Elmark Aeronamics fan... Blowing blowing.. And before we both knew it, we were sleeping soundly liao! WAHAHAHA... Too comfortable already... Anyway the #Grafunkt delivery fellas had mixed up the order and delivered the walnut-coloured legs, which they promptly changed the next day..

The sofa delivery came a bit exposed & was not wrapped in plastic, so CFO & I jumped up and came to the rescue! Hahaha..

Look at the nice oak pencil legs contrast against the vinyl floor!! So happy with it.. Oh yeah, the sofa looked like it got into a fight with Spiderman & Spiderwoman right. WAHAHAHAHA. *laugh until collapse on the floor*

FURNITURE ARRANGING SIMULATION! (FOR FUN!) – During the time period after most of our furniture have arrived, and before the spidey-interventions for our fabric sofa & before the walnut pencil legs were corrected... CFO & I got a bit cheeky & carried away. HEHE. We started to arrange our furniture around to get a better idea of the space & colour-combination we had in the living room! Took pictures from different angles for memories/ reference and here they are!

Sorry my solid wood oak table is so messy. Hahaha..

And moving on to the last update for tonight.... *cue drum roll*

DINING AREA CEILING BEAMS HAVE BEEN PAINTED WHITE!! – ALRIGHTEY THEN!! Finished plastering & painting for my beloved ceiling beams! WOOHOO!! :wub: #CalvinTan was telling us the other day, that if we had chosen to proceed with the veneer wrap for the ceiling beams, it would've looked even nicer... But then he said it would cost another SGD2,000 more. ERM. I think forget it la. Hahahaha... And here are my pearly babies!!

That's all for tonight!! See ya'll again and enjoy your weekends fellas!!

Wheeeeeee...

Can check with you and regarding the white tracklight how much you bought it and place?

Thanks

[Lim Natalie 0]

I believe I have sent my quotation to all who asked already... If I left you out, do let me know.. Hehe and paiseh..

pls send to me someone5566@hotmail.com

[leonjennawong 53]

Hi Leon, your white doors and wall are exactly what we want! But we are finding it difficult to match the whites? What brand of white paint did you use for the wall, door, and floor corner parquet trimming? Which whites did you use? Best if you can tell us product codes? Thank!!

Hello eveready! (Strange, I just bought eveready batteries for my doorbell 30 min ago. Oh well. Hahaha..) As for choice of white paint, we specifically told #CalvinTan that we wanted a 'whitish' white.. Not bluish white and definitely not warm white... I ever read someone else's blog where they mentioned that the contractor recommended a warmer white for their also-scandinavian-themed interior, and that fellow renotalker went ahead with it only to say that she regretted later towards the end of the reno... In my humble opinion, 'whitish' white is easier to match the colour palette too... #CalvinTan definitely used the same white paint for the wall, door & wall skirtings but let me check what is the exact brand/ name/ product code for you later before letting ya know! Glad to help!

I Love white doors too! Kind of having minor regret my bedrooms door brown!!

For your bathroom, could I ask why you didn't opt for bi-fold? My 3rd bathroom is somewhat like yours so I wanted a door but ID said not practical and strongly suggested bi-fold to avoid being cramped. So the door thingy is still in a limbo

Er...looking at the door photo for the bathroom...I think I agree with your ID that bi-fold will be less cramped.

Based on photo, whoever is in the bathroom better lock door, even if just washing hands. In case someone doesn't know the bathroom is occupied and swings door open with too much force on the outside. The person standing at the vanity likely to get hit by the door.

LeonJenna's is in master room, so probably less problem for them since most likely they are the only ones using the master bathroom and they would know if the other person is in the bathroom?

Hello koori & kissgurami! (kissgurami don't regret liao move on and enjoy all the other aspects of your reno!! stay positive!! )

KOORI! You must have spent so much time analysing my bathroom photo! Wahahaha really salute you for being so spot-on. You are right that the bathroom door is huge-donkey big. Like really BIG. Haha.. That reminds me of a remark that the #PoshHome tiler was telling me the other day.. He said that although the toilet was supposed to be built-to-be 'wheel-chair-friendly' (with ramp at toilet door), the toilet door is so bulky that you don't even really have space to do a 3-point turn in there.. Wahahaha.. Of course I know wheelchairs don't need to do '3-point-turns' but he was just trying to bring the point across ya?

Honestly, if work hadn't been put in to paint our current bathroom doors white, it would've been extremely extremely possible that we would've changed the bathroom doors to some kind of bi-fold door... Possibly white with some kind of louver patterns!! But CFO & I haven't even found out how much is it yet.. *shrug* Also take note if you change the bathroom door into a bi-fold type, you can't mount hooks onto the back of the bi-fold door...

But highly recommend changing the bathroom doors for space concerns! (if you have budget la hehe.)

[mushroomswiss 0]

Hihi dun tink u mentioned the taobao link for the hans grohe rainshower in your posts yet. Let me know soon? Thanks!

[koori 45]

For your bathroom, could I ask why you didn't opt for bi-fold? My 3rd bathroom is somewhat like yours so I wanted a door but ID said not practical and strongly suggested bi-fold to avoid being cramped. So the door thingy is still in a limbo

Er...looking at the door photo for the bathroom...I think I agree with your ID that bi-fold will be less cramped.

Based on photo, whoever is in the bathroom better lock door, even if just washing hands. In case someone doesn't know the bathroom is occupied and swings door open with too much force on the outside. The person standing at the vanity likely to get hit by the door.

LeonJenna's is in master room, so probably less problem for them since most likely they are the only ones using the master bathroom and they would know if the other person is in the bathroom?

[kissgurami 14]

MORE INTERESTING UPDATES TODAY!!

INTERNAL BEDROOM/ BATHROOM DOOR PAINTING – TA DA! All my internal bathroom & bedroom doors have been painted in immaculate matt white paint!! Looks super heavenly and LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A GOOD DECISION TO PAINT IT WHITE! The painter told me that they apparently painted 4 coats of paint from morning till night… Salute them for the hard work & the pride they put in..

Doors look so super nice in putih! (‘white’ in Bahasa Melayu) Now I need to start to seriously contemplate self-painting my MAIN DOOR in putih too.. Hmmm… Oh yes, you can see the lighting effect of the track lights installed at the room passageway..

Master bathroom toilet door (not shown in earlier picture) also painted white.. I think it offers a good contrast against the stony-greyish-finish of my Master Bathroom wall tiles… You will probably notice that the right-hand-side of the photo is the round beauty mirror that CFO & I bought.. Also from #*** Gallery.. Hehe..

I Love white doors too! Kind of having minor regret my bedrooms door brown!!

For your bathroom, could I ask why you didn't opt for bi-fold? My 3rd bathroom is somewhat like yours so I wanted a door but ID said not practical and strongly suggested bi-fold to avoid being cramped. So the door thingy is still in a limbo

[eveready 0]

Hi Leon, your white doors and wall are exactly what we want! But we are finding it difficult to match the whites? What brand of white paint did you use for the wall, door, and floor corner parquet trimming? Which whites did you use? Best if you can tell us product codes? Thank!!

[mushroomswiss 0]

Hihi leonjennawong, have pm-ed u a few days back! Let me know? thanks!

[leonjennawong 53]

(THE REST OF THE) MORE INTERESTING UPDATES TODAY!!

Hahahahaha...

#GRAFUNKT LIGHT GREY FABRIC SOFA ARRIVES! – YEAH! OUR COMFY #GRAFUNKT SOFA HAS ARRIVED! Woohoo! I tell you right, the other day CFO & I were so shagged from settling all the TaoBao purchases and we just sat down on the sofa for a short rest, right under our Elmark Aeronamics fan... Blowing blowing.. And before we both knew it, we were sleeping soundly liao! WAHAHAHA... Too comfortable already... Anyway the #Grafunkt delivery fellas had mixed up the order and delivered the walnut-coloured legs, which they promptly changed the next day..

The sofa delivery came a bit exposed & was not wrapped in plastic, so CFO & I jumped up and came to the rescue! Hahaha..

Look at the nice oak pencil legs contrast against the vinyl floor!! So happy with it.. Oh yeah, the sofa looked like it got into a fight with Spiderman & Spiderwoman right. WAHAHAHAHA. *laugh until collapse on the floor*

FURNITURE ARRANGING SIMULATION! (FOR FUN!) – During the time period after most of our furniture have arrived, and before the spidey-interventions for our fabric sofa & before the walnut pencil legs were corrected... CFO & I got a bit cheeky & carried away. HEHE. We started to arrange our furniture around to get a better idea of the space & colour-combination we had in the living room! Took pictures from different angles for memories/ reference and here they are!

Sorry my solid wood oak table is so messy. Hahaha..

And moving on to the last update for tonight.... *cue drum roll*

DINING AREA CEILING BEAMS HAVE BEEN PAINTED WHITE!! – ALRIGHTEY THEN!! Finished plastering & painting for my beloved ceiling beams! WOOHOO!! :wub: #CalvinTan was telling us the other day, that if we had chosen to proceed with the veneer wrap for the ceiling beams, it would've looked even nicer... But then he said it would cost another SGD2,000 more. ERM. I think forget it la. Hahahaha... And here are my pearly babies!!

That's all for tonight!! See ya'll again and enjoy your weekends fellas!!

Wheeeeeee...

[hellonub 5]

Bought the same table from Lifestorey!

[Pish1208 2]

ello, your biggest fan is here.... following ur blog almost everyday...looking forward for updates.

i LOVESSSS all the white doors.... but am afraid tat it got stained easily especially my itchy hand like to touch here and there.

[leonjennawong 53]

MORE INTERESTING UPDATES TODAY!!

INTERNAL BEDROOM/ BATHROOM DOOR PAINTING – TA DA! All my internal bathroom & bedroom doors have been painted in immaculate matt white paint!! Looks super heavenly and LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A GOOD DECISION TO PAINT IT WHITE! The painter told me that they apparently painted 4 coats of paint from morning till night… Salute them for the hard work & the pride they put in..

Doors look so super nice in putih! (‘white’ in Bahasa Melayu) Now I need to start to seriously contemplate self-painting my MAIN DOOR in putih too.. Hmmm… Oh yes, you can see the lighting effect of the track lights installed at the room passageway..

Master bathroom toilet door (not shown in earlier picture) also painted white.. I think it offers a good contrast against the stony-greyish-finish of my Master Bathroom wall tiles… You will probably notice that the right-hand-side of the photo is the round beauty mirror that CFO & I bought.. Also from #*** Gallery.. Hehe..

#MUUTO COFFEE TABLE SET, DLM TABLE, #GRAFUNKT CIRCUS ARE HERE! - HAHAHAHA WOOHOO! CFO & I LOVE THE MINTY GREEN OF THE #GRAFUNKT CIRCUS!! WE LOVE the ash-coloured & light-grey #Muuto coffee tables!! WE LOVE the baby pink DLM table too!! AHHHHHH!! Love love LOVE!! :wub: Wahahahaha…

#LIFESTORY 1.8M SOLID-WOOD OAK TABLE & #MINIFORMS SLOPE LIGHTS ARE HERE!! – Ecstatic about all these deliveries!! Can’t wait for my renovation to finish so I can display them nicely & see the whole house decoration take shape!!!! EXCITING!!

Will post more pictures later tonight!!

Stay Tuned! Yeah!