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Monday, August 25, 2014

Home@Stirling - Grass on my wall!

Finally got this done after procastinating for the longest time. And I'm so happy that it's finally up - my faux grass wall. Much that i love black and white, but a touch of green is ever so pleasing to the eye. And after I cut down my beloved growing-in-a-rage bamboos, there wasn't much green in the home. So this is truly welcoming!!!

p.r.o.c.e.s.s.

The guys came at 4pm and installed the wall in less than 15mins flat.

It was so fast!!!! It was like putting up a picture on a wall.

close up shots on my faux grass

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Reno@B Maisonette - Walls hacked, what's next?

All the floor and wall tiles have arrived on site. Monday we are going to start erecting all the new walls and simultaneously lay the wall and floor tiles too. Some of the window frames are here too!

All the kitchen wall being demolished to make way for an open kitchen

We are going to reorientate the staircase storage door

Going to rework the entrance of one of the upper floor bedrooms.

warzone here in the bathroom. Does it look as if Wolverine has been down to site?

Bricklayer cum wall tiler is here too, need to confirm all the floor tile setting out, direction, pointing and where to start the walls etc.

Monster TREE looking branch pipeworks in the kitchen.

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Reno@Bt Timah - Carpentry almost near completion!

Kitchen updates
most of the swing doors and drawers are installed on site. Leaving the kitchen backsplash and countertop. All glazing works are completed too. All kitchen carpentry have coloured internal finish.

Magic Basket

here's a quick demo on the magic basket just in case you folks missed out the previous posts on how to use dead corners in kitchen.

1. Here you can see 2 tiers of wire basket on the left. So what happens to the right of the cabinet's space?

2. The 2 tier wire baskets can be pulled out.

3. As you pull the 2 tier wire basket to your left even further, taduh!!! here comes another 2 wire baskets which was tucked right at the far end dead corner of the kitchen cabinet. It's quite a good contraption right? Well at least it's good enough for me. But take note, the smallest size for these baskets come in minimum of 400mm. So make sure you have at least that kinda of space to cater for these baskets.

Loads of storage in the kitchen. I think we have a total of 10 drawers and the rest are swing door cabinets. (approx about 23 swing doors? )

The roof is completed!!! and so is the false ceiling. Now we just have to install the windows to make it weatherproof.

A look at the wood tiles which we are having throughout the entire living and dining area.

Helper's room - wardrobe.

electrical faceplates bought by the home owner.

Upstairs updates

All the wardrobes are almost completed with all the drawers and hanging rods installed. Leaving the sliding doors.

Here's the daugher's study table, albeit a funny corner but there's ample storage for books, stationery and the like plus a good working desk to study on.

Study table with cable management

For the bottom study, we have one swing door, 3 deep drawers and 2 skinny drawers for notes and pens. All finished in a woody internal finish.

pretty black drawer tracks on the sides.

The study desk is finished in all wood laminate border with all the swing doors and drawers finished in white laminate.(except the skinny drawers)

Master wardrobe updates
Here's the master wardrobe with open shelves for bags. All the sliding doors are in white laminate and an ivory coloured internal finish. I'm only showing one of the 2 wardrobes. If you have seen my previous post, there's another wardrobe with a built in tv and secret storage compartment!