The Finale

Our renovation has officially ended a couple of months back, but we were still getting our stuffs ready, hanging up clocks and photos, setting up new gadgets and completing our home. With our housewarming party due the following week, we did a mini photoshoot of our house so that we could compare how much transformation the house has gone through. We have always seen others posting their before and after photos so we had made it a point to do it too, else it is too late once the walls starts coming down and the carpentry up. So for those that does visit this blog, here is the preview of our home....

The entrance, where we had sealed up the original door to the kitchen.

Our shoe cabinet which also concealed the unsightly bomb shelter door.

The view of our living room once we step into our home.

Here's the open concept kitchen as well as the entrance to it.

Presenting the deep-end sofa for us to lie down comfortably to enjoy our movies.

A custom made sword case as our tv console. And a plain wall behind it.

which transform to anything we want at a touch of a button.

Open-concept kitchen which we have not been cooking much.

and the other end of it with our service yard behind those doors.

The corridor splashed with maroon and the doors framed black.

Our recreational room where we work out and namaste.

keeping the room simple so that it could be anything we want next time.

Here's our study area where we get the work done.

Took down much of the walls to combine both rooms into one.

Bedroom cum study room cum walk in wardrobe.

Our platformed curb for our beauty sleep.

which opens up to store (and hide) our future belongings.

Our wardrobe which closed up the original door to the masterbed room.

and the other side of the wardrobe.

A little changes to the toilet, with the toilet bowl remaining constant.

and finally, how our vanity cabinet had enlarged to this.

This is home... truly...

Fixing up some of our fixtures

Wifey working really hard getting our canvas art onto the wall. We gotten this online at a cheap deal. This would be our temporary living room picture until our wedding shoots are developed.

We gotten some greens to decorate our shoe cabinet. Looking realistic and good although initially it kept dropping grass all over and we have to constantly sweep them up. Now we could not bear to put our shoes on it for fear of dirtying it.

Table from Taobao. Looks good although the table was shaky after putting on its legs. Luckily it could be easily solved by getting some rubber beneath the feet.

Our dining Eames chairs which goes well with the table. It was fun fixing the chairs up, and I guess this is the latest trend nowadays, where you do see a lot of similar chairs in cafes and restaurants too.

Our study Eames chairs. Decided to get some popping colors for this instead to decorate up our study room. Easily differentiated by our favorite colors. Now which belongs to who?

Carpentries VI - Shoe Cabinet and Walk In Wardrobe

The end product of our shoe cabinet. Some feedback here is that we felt it was a little too deep for our shoes, perhaps because our shoe sizes are not very big to start with. Shall bring some shoe boxes here next time to see if they fit perfectly, else we would take note of the ideal length instead. Love the huge brown mirror there. It is the cover for our storeroom door, but also for us to check ourselves once more before we step out of the house.

Our walk in wardrobe in the making. Honestly, now that all the pieces are placed together, it does not feel as big and spacious as we imagined it to be. The amount of clothes space also does not really justify the price we had paid too. There will really be a lot of learning pointers on this space, and it had been quite a disappointment, but we shall talk about it after the whole thing is completed.

Much had happened between us and the ID, and we are really just wanting this whole renovation to end quickly. Haven't been the most pleasant experience I must comment, but we shall wait till the renovation is complete, and then we will share more details.

Carpentries V - Shoe cabinet and Study table

An updated view of the shoe cabinet. Awaiting the glass door before the other doors are installed. Meanwhile, here is a glimpse of my carpenter fixing my study table in the MBR. Hard at work despite it being past 7pm. Good job!

Carpentries IV - Massive Work Today

Please rise for the arrival of all my carpentry! It was a rainy weather, and I really hope that none of them were damaged by the rain. Too much horror stories of mold and mushrooms growing in wood pieces had gotten me paranoid over such matters. Hopefully they dries up nicely and last us for the longest time.

But wait... there's more! The amount of carpentry we got for our house is massive. It kinda cost us a hand and a leg but that's the price we are willing to pay to ensure that our first house is exactly how we wanted it to be. We did not want to get things off the shelves because it may not give the sense of together-ness with the other furniture. Hence, everything was designed, customized, and built into our house. If we move house next time, it will be so easy because we could not bring any of them along haha!

Headed up while the carpenter carried every piece up himself. Really have to give it to him, single-handedly doing the entire house carpentry. His works are remarkable and very detailed. From my ID, he is one of the best carpenter, but tend to be slower than the others. Well, I have the luxury of time, and quality over speed, so I am really happy to have him fixing up all my carpentry.

The kitchen quartz top has been installed. Love the starry black quartz although it is not really visible in this picture. However, the higher quartz was not done properly. It was slanted and it looked weird with the middle piece. Some rectification will be taking place here.

We did not really put much effort and thoughts into the planning of the kitchen, but we were really glad it turned out this great. With a kitchen this beautiful, we would definitely spend more time here whipping up a feast or baking some delicious cakes.

Stove is up! I believe it is Fujioh's. We bought these based on the recommendation of our ID and the shopkeeper. Let's hope it lasts! We always feel uncomfortable buying things without reading the reviews, but there are almost no reviews on things like stoves and ovens.

Our black sexy sink! We had opt for the undermount because we felt it is easier to swipe the things on the quartz into the sink this way. There were many comments online recommending overmount instead, including my ID, but we insisted in this. One of the major potential problem is that the water may seep into the wood between the sink and the quartz, and prolong seeping may cost it to rot, destroying the entire kitchen cabinet. However, we weigh the pros and cons and decided it is a risk we are willing to take for the convenience. A better alternative would be to have a cement base for the sink area. That way, you are able to have an undermount sink without fear because there is no contact between the wood and the sink. But it comes at a price.

And eventually everything's moved up from the void deck. And get this! Every carpentry you see in this room, are meant for this room. Without proper arrangement, one probably wonders where do we even put the bed at. So crazy, but so crazily excited how it will turn out.

Oh wait... there's more! Here are all the doors and drawers for the bedroom, in all different height and sizes.

A glimpse on our shoe cabinet and our walk in wardrobe. Stay tune!