Reno@Venue - FINAL PHOTOS

hello folks!

here's a new 3 room condominium which we have just completed recently. The whole reno works was approx $35k, a budget which we thought was pretty workable for quite a huge floor area that included quite substantial carpentry works, tiling, vinyl flooring to all the bedrooms, minor electrical works, some wet works to the yard and utility area and full painting to the entire apartment.

above: The dining was very spacious so we did a full height shoe closet to house all their shoes and this condominium's clear ceiling height was at least 3m and above! So all the carpentry went up and so did the price! We "extended" the kitchen by added a small counter and gave our client a chance to put pattern tiles somewhere in the apartment.

 The full height shoe closet came with louvred panel doors

 above: pattern tiles as backsplash for the mini counter

 above: lourved panel doors to ventilate the shoes

above: For the living, we did a suspended tv console with rustic feature wall, open shelf to display their knick-knacks and panelled doors for extra storage. For this home, we wanted to stray away from the "minimalist decor" as we all know that with children, it can be difficult to keep an all white interior.

above: I really love the panel details on the doors.  Looks "barnish" to me.

It was a subtle detail as we didn't want to have a "white wall".

 above: For this home, we emphasized a bit more on texture, wood and panelling details.

above: distressed wood for the balcony; nothing is uniform. 

Finding beauty in the not-so-perfect conditions. We thought this choice of wood from the home owners was pretty clever because then it never will look old because it looked "worn" and "burnt" in the first place.

above: granny's room with bedhead open shelf feature, storage platform bed, storage for clothes and a high table to put her items and fan.

Above: For the master, we did a storage platform bed, bedhead wall feature with open shelf and integrated lights and power points. Redid the entire wardrobe with full configurations to the homeowner's wish list. Lights are using Philips which are dimmer-able and controlled by a remote.

 above: wrinkled sheets and wood looking flooring. Life can be messy. So wabi sabi!

Wardrobe with simple door handle details. Something which has been our style for swing doors.

it's not a major overhaul, but we are glad that we managed to instill some natural and simple design in the overall project. We hope the homeowners enjoyed their reno journey as much as we had!

xoxo
velle

Reno@Venue - Sneak Peeks

~ I'm off to bed now.
sweet dreams everyone.

xoxo
velle

Reno@Venue - Stay tuned

stay tuned for sneak peeks and final photos - mix-matched chairs, wrinkled sheets and distressed wood... in between eclectic and maybe disorganised but sometimes doesn't perfection gives you anxiety? Personally I find it too hard to keep a minimalist home when I have kids especially babies in the house. 

*shrugs shoulders*

had to take a short break cos baby jade was crying for her mummy aka me.

So this shall be the photo of the day!

nite nites.

Reno@Venue - TV console

above: this tv console underwent many revisions to get to what it is today! 

Initially the couple wanted full height storage throughout, then they decided that it might be too "imposing" like a wall. So they decided to do only half that is full height storage but with lourve panels to ventilate their shoes. But our client liked the wood panelling detail, so from louves we changed to wood panels (the one in white) and then there was a time where they wanted to have some display area and not hide everything so we introduced a vertical shelving to "break" the 2 elements apart, which i thought it was quite nice too!

The last change was to suspend the entire cabinetry above the floor for easy mopping.

[updated 21 Sep 2017]

couple is very busy with baby!!! and apparently the storage cupboards which they have been eyeing from IKEA has no stock....and so they have no time to unpack and no cupboards to store their stuff so the home photoshoot has to be delayed....hopefully we will get to shoot the final photos.

fingers cross.

Reno@Venue - Platform bed in Guest room

Guest room gets a lot of afternoon sun, so our contractor had to put up corrugated boards to block out the sunlight. This is the future granny's room. Heard from the couple that their mummy has a lot of stuff and many many clothes. So we decided to keep the existing wardrobe since we really can't squeeze anymore space out of this tiny room. Instead we did a platform bed for the mother with drawers and cabinets, plus a tiny dresser area.

The good side is that this will be her weekend staycation area and most of the time she will be back home with her hubs....so she pretty much just needs a place to rest when she is not attending to the baby.

Reno@Venue - Master room platform bed and wardrobe

The master room platform is completed already! The storage nearest to the window edge is openable from the top while the storage facing the wardrobe are pull out drawers for easy access. Nowadays, the rooms are getting so small that in order to enlarge the master wardrobe by changing the normal straight one to a L shaped longer wardrobe, we had to push the master bed all the way to the window, leaving just enough gap for the curtains or blinds to be installed later.

The other thing is that with this sort of arrangement, changing bedsheets will be a little more difficult. You will need to pull out the mattress to reach to the farthest ends to drape the bedsheet over. But our young couple says they don't change bedsheets everyday so they can live with it and rather have a larger wardrobe.

above: customised bedhead with open shelf to charge mobiles and other electronic devices. Plus it comes in handy to put your alarm clocks or watches or other stuff.