Reno@Clarence Lane - Carpentry completed

 shoe cabinet at entrance door

 built in tv console with additional storage

 Kitchen full height storage with coffee counter

 Stove, sink and built in dishwasher

 customised kitchen trolley

wardrobes for all the bedrooms

Reno@Clarence Lane - Carpentry in progress

 black tile backsplash in the kitchen

 wardrobe sliding doors installed

 master bedhead with storage

Reno@Clarence Lane - Carpentry in Progress

hello!
we are here checking up on the carpentry progress. For the wardrobe drawers, we are adopting IKEA's stuva design concept of having big openings to pull the drawers out. It's actually a brilliant idea from the boys' mummy! She hopes to train the boys' independence of being able to take their own clothes from the wardrobe and she finds IKEA's stuva door handles very easy to use, well in this case, it's not really a handle but a "hole".

 more carpentry to be installed...

Reno@Clarence Lane - Carpentry Starting!

Reno@Clarence Lane - Bifold Doors for bathrooms

hello!

for those folks who are doing home renos at the moment and are clueless about what type of doors to be used for bathrooms, above are photos of our current project using Bifold doors!

If you are not separating the wet (shower) and the dry(vanity) in your bathrooms, you probably might want to consider bifold doors or PD doors to save some space since they fold and can be tucked to one side. Other types of doors you can consider is having a glass door which can withstand moisture.

Between Bifold and PD, if you can't tell the difference. PD doors are actually slide the 2 panels to one side before you fold them. Both Bifold and PD have tracks on the top. In terms of material, both uses the same aluminium frames and phenolic/acrylic panels.

They both look pretty much the same so aesthetically both do the job. In terms of usage, I think the older generation are more used to a bifold door concept...it works the same like those bifold doors in BTO flats found in the yard. And many old HDB flats are using bifold doors in their kitchen bathrooms. So if you have elderly in your home, they probably know how to use bifold doors more over than PD doors. But of course you can always teach them how to use PD doors too!

The thing about PD doors is that is works better in a tighter space. Like those sliding wardrobes, you can stand almost directly in front of the wardrobe and open the door to access your clothes. Unlike swing doors for wardrobe, you got to allow some space in front of the wardrobe door to swing outwards. So you end up having to have a wider "corridor space" for swing doors as compared to sliding doors. This concept applies to PD doors too for bathrooms. The bifold door swings on the inside of the toilet, so you got to make space for the door to fold. So if your basin is very close to the door, chances are you probably have to squeeze yourself between the door and basin.

 above: bifold door (left) and glass shower partition between wet and dry areas

things to think about.

xoxo
velle

Reno@Clarence Lane - Fresh coat of paint!

A fresh coat of paint does wonders to a space! Looks clean and bright now!

Reno@Clarence Lane - Just finished the first coat of primer.

 and we are going to break for the Lunar New Year.

Reno@Clarence Lane - Ceiling works

last week we were discussing about how the electricals on the ceiling will run and now the ceiling sub frame is up! soon we will see the finished product soon.

Reno@Clarence Lane - more progress updates

today we are here to go through the ceiling electrical wirings, just making sure we are on the right track before we progress any further. All the door frames are up, bathroom wall tiles are starting to lay as well. 1st fix of electrical is in progress too.

We went through the positions of the fan coil units and trunking too.

 kitchen wall tiles in progress

new windows in the bathroom