Reno@Toa Payoh (5 Room HDB flat) - FINAL PHOTOS!!!!

Hello there!!!

I've been meaning to post the final photos of our project at Toa Payoh for the longest time but due to the delivery of baby james, we just couldn't arrange a photoshoot after the reno was done. GOSH! come to think about it, the reno has been finished for a solid 2 months now.

So here are the overly dued photos for everyone to see!!! And I must say Cath Kidston Mum has done a pretty good job in keeping her home neat and tidy yet still managed to display her personalised memorabilia from their travels and other knick knacks from their previous shanghai home.

There are loads of pretty pictures which we took on her home but we decided to show a snippets of the more common areas.

here we go!

The main entrance where we kept the original door as it is still in quite good condition. We gave it a good sand down and painted it white. To give a contrast to the space, pattern tiles were used just for the entrance foyer and some people like to call these tiles "peranankan tiles". Others call it the Vietnamese tiles too. 

Cath kidston mum found this really cute wall light online which goes quite well with the overall theme colour.

 Overview of the main entrance - Beautiful entrance door, patterned tile with a black border around it. To the left is the really cute wall light, to the left is the shoe cabinet and a sitting bench with flushed downlights. 

Cath Kidston mum bought a funky coloured wall clock here to add more colours to our usually all white interiors. Hubs says that he loved the clock very much because it's so unique!

Again, we really need to give loads of credit to Cath Kidston mum for her choice of the red lampshades and bar counter chairs. They really do match the pattern tiles and bring an overall "retro" look to the baking area.

 Here's a decal which we did for her! Hope she likes it as much as we do.

We thought it was appropriate for Cath Kidston mum who loves to bake!

here's a close up on the decal.

The spick and span kitchen!

Above: The tv console with integrated storage and display cabinet. The tv console was designed to look like it's floating and the curves to the edges brings out a very vintage character to it.

here's another view of the tv console and storage cabinet

 overview of the living room with retro looking lounge chair.

The master bedroom has a woody and white look. We kept almost everything consistent from the white doors and wooden door frames down to wood looking flooring.

Above: For the master bedroom, I really love the drop down pendant lamps which Cath Kidston mum had bought from Taobao because of the lovely rose hue, very similar to a tinted bronzy colour. It's so sweet and warm like the evening sun. Actually it reminds me of her as she's always smiling and so motherly!

Above: Both bathrooms are finished in the same manner so here are the photos of the master bathroom only. For the walls, we chose a stoney looking tile with fine horizontal grains.

Here's a look at the shower area with the lovely stoney wall tile.

ritey, I hope everyone enjoyed the photos and do leave your comments!

Happy weekend!

xoxo

velle

Reno@Toa Payoh - gifts from Cath Kidston Mum!

Thank you so much to Cath Kidston Mum for lovingly doing this booties for my little one!

It was such a pleasant surprise and Cath Kidston mum is so gifted in being the perfect mum.

Bake.Cook & Crochet!

Reno@Toa Payoh - Vento Fan

Hello little one!

Cath Kidston mum has gotten this fan too!!!

Reno@Toa Payoh - Bathroom updates

Master bath - Top and bottom vanity counter

Common bath - Top and bottom vanity counter with lights on!

Powerpoint with concealed trunking. Neat huh!

Huge storage area for all the essential facial needs, make up etc.

(left of photo) Even the light switches have no trunking!!!!

Close up on the light switches. Neat!!!

WC looks really sleek here! Complete with bidet and toilet paper roll holder.

xoxo
velle

ps: stay tune for the final photos which I hope I can post before CNY! and I'm off to bed now. It's almost 730am.

Reno@Toa Payoh - Entrance & Breakfast counter

Updates on the entrance pattern floor tiles! They are finished and so is the shoe cabinet too! I simply love the lights that are flushing down underneath the bench and the shoe cabinet. Brings a warm glow to the whole place and adds a lovely hue to the blue pattern tiles.

As the place is still in the midst of cleaning up and people are walking all around as there are quite a few deliveries being made here, I only had some time to quickly snap a few shots here and there. Can't be barging the entrance doorway all the time especially I'm like twice the size of a normal human now. hahaha...

Above:  Really pretty composition here.  Quaint looking main door matching the patterned floor tiles, intricate wood stripe shoe cabinet and retro chilli red pendant lamps. Now we need the solid top to come in quick to pull off the entire look! As I was standing near the door way taking these photos, you can't imagine the amount of wind this whole place is getting!!!

IT'S SO. SO. SO. WINDY HERE!!!!

Above: closer look on the pendant lamps!

Reno@Toa Payoh - Wardrobe accessory drawer

woot!

i know many girls out there love these kind of things!!! Well so do I!

Reno@Toa Payoh - tv wall, console and storage cabinets

It looks like everyone has gathered here for a big tv viewing but no....hubs, contractor and Cath Kidston Mum are actually trying to resolve the tv console because it might be a little too small to put in the Onkyo receiver as the frame is too thick at the bottom. Reason being, the bottom frame is thicker to "hide" the portion of the black tinted glass cover when it's being flipped down. If not you will be able to see an open slit/ gap of some sorts when the glass is flipped down.

Carpenter didn't tell us about this "extra framing" when he fabricated it, and we designed it at 30cm in height just nice for the receiver without much allowance as we didn't want the tv to be mounted too high. Cath kidston mum needs to put a woofer on top of the tv console which is about 23.5cm high followed by the mounting of the tv. She also specifically wanted the tv console to hang 30cm from the floor so that she can clean the floors easily.

Below: Here's an overall look at the beautiful tv feature wall with console and storage cabinets. The laminate here we have chosen is a very subtle wood laminate, quite Scandinavian actually. The tv console has a nice curvy edge to it with a white frame all around. Reminds me of a car design...that is curvy and sexy? Hubs says it has a retro look to it. I kinda agree with him!

Wait till you see the breakfast counter lamps! Those are kind of retro too which Cath Kidston mum has purchased online. It matches her cranberry Kitchen aid!!! And if you read on my earlier blog on the door knobs, you will notice that her knobs are kinda retro looking too!

All the switches and powerpoints are concealed in the tv console and switches to the living area area located all along the tv feature wall by the side so that we hide all the electrical trunking.

close up on the tv console

Reno@Toa Payoh - Kitchen works!

view of kitchen from entrance

Good morning everyone!
It's 6am in the morning as I'm blogging about our reno for the Toa Payoh flat. Yet again I've been bitten on the forehead and chin by a mozzie but this time hubs took only less than 5mins flat to smack her before she went on a blood sucking spree.

However now i'm suffering from an acid reflux and can't get back to sleep so I've decided to update you guys on our Toa Payoh Kitchen reno!

As you can see from the photos below, the carpentry works are almost completed now. The black granite has been installed. The electrician is here to do some of the wirings, hooking up the T5 lights for the kitchen top cabinets.

We have tried to conceal most of the powerpoints and switches. For the kitchen area, we have done up a partition board and all the wirings are going through this area so all our powerpoints are flushed with the backsplash.

see! even the powerpoint for the washer is concealed neatly into the cabinet instead of protruding out from a wall. You can't even see the trunking!!!

Above: here's a close up on the granite area where the 2 portions meet, there's a groove line over here. Not very visible from far. Even close up, I think the joint line is still acceptable.

 Dish rack and sink tap have been installed. Huge sink here.

Here's how the top cabinets look. It's actually in a shiny speckled finish but very very subtle. So when you take a closer look, there's a sheen to it.

The bottom cabinet is also finished in a shiny speckled laminate in grey.

Reno@Toa Payoh - Doors and Door knobs

Here are some updates on our Toa Payoh 5 room reno! The doors are installed on site, the frames were given a clear lacquer to keep the original wood stain colour. The doors are finished with white laminates and with a brown trimmings on the sides.

This is our first attempt with a brown frame and white door design in lieu of the well-loved black frame and white door designs which many of our clients are going for.

Close up on the overlook woody white door look. What do you think? I think it looks very scandi too, don't you reckon?

Here's another close up! But on the door knob which Cath Kidston mum has chosen. She has purchased these online and got our contractor to install it for her.  It's really quite quaint and pretty.

xoxo
velle

stay tune for more updates on the carpentry!