Carpentries II - Settee and Console

The settee is up. Hopefully this provides more space for guests to have a seat on when the parties is going on.

Connected to the settee is our mini tv console which we would have our soundbar and perhaps a small tv on days where a projector will not be feasible.

Carpentries I - Kitchen

ID suddenly texted us saying that the carpentry has started today instead of tomorrow. To be frank, i was quite annoyed because it was an agreement to start tomorrow and i had plan to take half day off to oversee the whole operation so that nothing goes permanently wrong. It would be great if the glue had not been set in and the wood have not been sawed if it was not the right piece. Fortunately, the works were of standards and we were quite satisfied with it. I guess again we are reassured on the standards of works our ID will be providing. Thumbs up! And that is a sneak preview of our fridge in position.

Everything is looking just the way we wanted it to be. The choice of theme we had decided for our house was to be largely Scandinavian, but swapping the whites out for the black for a good contrasting impactful color. If you look closely, there is a special feature to this part of the kitchen, but we shall reveal it here next time when we have a better photo showing it.

Our settee have also been delivered in their individual pieces. Would probably be set up tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing our house piecing together.

Concept drawing. Sort of.

Initially we should be able to upload our concept drawings earlier, but there were much disappointment in this segment of the renovation as there were quite a number of ideas which we wanted that was not included inside since day 1. Although there were some partial faults with us because we were quite indecisive at times and had multiple changes, but there were several which we had brought up since the first draft and till now it is still not in the pictures. Nevertheless, this is just a drawing and as long as the final product is exactly how we want it, things should be good.

One of the reason why we opted for an interior designer instead of a contractor was because of the concept drawing, which are able to help us visualise the outcome of our choices. However, the inaccuracy and 'fake-ness' of the drawings is a disappointment. Spaces such like the walking area of the walk in wardrobe and toilet is quite unrealistic because in reality, it does not look that big. The carpentry should be starting at the end of this month, and soon, our renovation journey would be completed.

Dyson, Just Too Cool To Resist (pun intended)

We went down to Expo again for the Courts Expo Fair, hoping to chance upon a good price for any home appliances that we may require. Well, in particular the Dyson fan. It was only after we gotten our house that we realised that there are so many fairs in Expo, and one could always get a better price there during such fairs, as compared with the sales in the big stores at the shopping malls. There may be times where we could get a better price online too, but some products just require us to have a hands-on on the physical item because we invest in the buy, and the fairs are definitely the best place to be. It does not have to be just home appliances too. Even stationeries, pet foods, soaps etc could be found at a steal price there, if you could wait for it that is. It would defeat the purpose if you ran out of soap and choose to wait 2 months for the Body Shop Expo Fair wouldnt it?

Back to the fan. Had wanted to get it ever since we saw the advertisement in the cinemas, and we fell in love with the sleek and sci-fi design of the fan. However, we had then not invested in this because well, the price is too premium-ish. So it had always been in our to-have-list but never in the to-buy-list.

It was only when our house was in the making then we realised we needed a tower fan in the living room because a ceiling fan would not be effective because of the positioning of our sofa, and the hubby thinks that the wall fan is just fugly. So we had to get a standing fan, and although it was often debated to be a bad idea because it takes up estate space, and could be troublesome during house cleaning because it would be in the way, we had to get one because it was the only option. But most standing fans ain't exactly aesthetically pleasing, except our dream fan. And so, it was purchased.

Grilles, Glass, Platform up

The grilles are up! Initially we did not want to have any grilles because we much preferred an unobstructed view out of the window. However we understand the danger that it potentially may cause, especially next time when they are kids in the house. Hence we came up with a creative way of putting the grilles up.

We had the frame for 3 grilles but we only had 2 grilles installed. This way, when there are no kids in the house, we could push the grilles all away and have back our lovely unobstructed view. We had customized a latch to hold the two grilles in position too so that it does not move around despite the lack of one grilles. However for our 4 window grilles, we just had the full set because we would ultimately have two blocked windows regardless we have 3 or 4 grilles. Happy with our end product!

Our MBR toilet glass work is up too. And yes, there is a door to the toilet if you look closely. It is a clear glass door but we will be getting the frosted laminates to paste over the door for privacy. It is just that my ID recommended such method as a frosted glass door would have higher maintenance issues, otherwise there will be much stains and discolored marks. This way, if the laminates are giving us the problems, we could just change the laminates at a cheaper cost than changing the entire door. And also revealing our rain shower. The pressure and functions and designs are all highly commendable. Cant wait to bathe there!

Our platform is up too. Love the choice of vinyl flooring but was quite disappointed with the grey trimming which did not match well with the vinyl flooring. Hopefully our ID can find something that is of a closer match, otherwise we would request for it to be black instead. The platform does not feel entirely solid either and there were some areas which we could hear a thud when walking over it. Are most platforms like this?

Let the cold wind blow

Installation of our air-con units. Found this highly raved about contractor on Renotalk whom apparently has one of the cheapest price in the market yet maintain the best quality and standards of workmanship. Everything seem good so far so I will definitely recommend this contractor too.

We got the Mitsubishi Starmex Sys 3 for our house. 24k blasting in our huge living room, 12k blowing in our huge MBR, and 9k cooling our bedroom 3 for any guests next time. The reason why we require such a big ass aircon in the living room is because we did not carve a study room out of the huge living room space, plus we had the open concept kitchen. Hopefully it will cool us down sufficiently.

Putting the compressor unit at our ledge, the small space which is technically not part of the house, yet we have to pay for it.

They even covered up our aircon so that it will be protected from all the dusts that will be flying around during the renovation. It helps to deter contractor from switching on the aircon and enjoying it while doing our renovation too haha!