Stirling HDB Terrace - #238 Zanotta Alfa Sofa

As we have asked the furniture store to hold on the delivery for almost half a year, they called up one day and said that they cannot hold it for us any longer. At that time, our place was really so not ready but not everything goes smoothly. So they delivered the sofa but couldn't fix it up for us as our place is too messy. So now, we have to do it on our own. Fortunately, it's pretty easy with 2 men in the house, and in no time, our sofa was up standing on its own 2 feet!


first we got to turn the sofa on its belly, screw on both its feet, one on the left and one on the right.


use of alan key to screw it on tightly, you don't want to plonk yourself comfortable and soon it goes a-poot right?


Now we need to align the sofa to face the tv console and guess who is the first to sit on our sofa??? Ritey it's spongebob kitty!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #237 Zanotta Alfa Sofa

UHU....
we just couldn't wait any longer!!! even though we haven't finished 100% of our reno works, we have decided to remove the corrugated board from our sofa and sneak a peek at it. It's been SOOOO long and we are so afraid that mould might be growing like happy mushrooms on our sofa. Since we had a bad experience with our side table who had white mould growing on its underside in our guest room, it's time to remove the covers!





underside of our sofa, bearing its name.

phew. sigh of relief. it is still in good condition everyone. YEAH.

Cool Jazzy WJ

and we found a guitar under our tv console!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #234 Spice Rack

PRETTY SPICY STUFF!
Just bought some spice plants from WorldFarm to spruce up the place!
Here are:-
Thyme
Rosemary
Mint

Think we'll buy a couple more when we move in.
Haha...here are just some plants to keep our bamboo company for the time being.

Stirling HDB Terrace - #233 Carnivorous Plants

American Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia sp.)
Lately we have adopted a new member into our green family!

Introducing our Pitcher plant who is currently undertaking the role of catching mosquitoes in the house! cos mummy has been complaining of mozzies in the house....

so people have cats to catch mice, i have a pitcher plant to lure mozzies!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #236 GUEST Toilet's DONE!

YIPPEE
now our guests can use the restrooms already! and they needn't go to our master toilet to relieve themselves!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #232 IKEA lamp

$10 table-floor-wherever-you-want-to-put lamp.

Stirling HDB Terrace - #230 Rectified+Restored+ Reassured

i'm a happy new homer now...waiting for backsplash to come tomorrow.

Stirling HDB Terrace - #235 IKEA's here!

IKEA'S here to....
...fix up our Besta Series cupboards for more storage.

Photos were taken by mummy dearest as WJ and I were at Langkawi while this was being fixed up. Mum knows that im into process and after photos so she purposely took these to show me what was being done while i was away. And now everyone can see as well!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #229 Updates!

YAY! both the kitchen and the vanity top are done...this morning!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #227 Kitchen installation

hood installed. however at the wrong height. it's suppose to flush with the cabinets on both sides. now there's a kink. Told the carpenter that this is wrong but he said that if the hood is lowered to the same underside of the cabinet on both left and right, i will hit into the hood when i cook. THEN they should have installed both the cabinets on both side to the underside of the hood and not the other way around!!!!

sigh. how can this happen to me???

Stirling HDB Terrace - #228 DIY Weekend Project

weekend project.

i have been wanting to do this for a really long time. Finally gotten all my gear ready and it's almost done now.

will post process photos soon.

click here for process photos!

cheers and a happy weekend to everyone who reads here!

xoxo
velle

Stirling HDB Terrace - #224 Back to Kitchen Works

Previously...i had an obsession with the colour yellow! Well...enough of sidetracks and pretty pictures. Here's back to reality and what's been happening over the weekend.
The solid top sub-con was here in the afternoon while the granite top sub-con came in the morning at 11am while i was shopping at HollandV for my doggies' birthday presents!

These sub-cons, never on-time and never tell you exactly when they are coming. They just expect you not to work, everyday at home, anytime also can drop-by to do their stuff. WELL HELLO! i have to work too you know. Just like you MR. Sub-Con.

here are the photos of what the solid sub-con did whilst he was checking out my kitchen:








tacking of strips of wood with markings on top. They better get this right. *fingers-cross* XXX

Stirling HDB Terrace - #225 Cutlery tray IN

wednesday came the "Touch-UP" carpenter. Really. these days they have all the funny names.

Firstly he was late by 1 hour which left me half an hour to rush to my office for my meeting.

Secondly, although he fixed the drawer, shelf and door in. He fixed the wrong hinges for me!!! I paid good money for my soft closing door and he gave me ordinary hinges that 'slams' the door shut so loudly that it sounds like thunder.

Thirdly. HE may be the touch-up guy, but he sure louse at it! The touch-up is not touched up at all, i still see the markings and the scratches left from the previous carpenter!

Finally, he forgets to give me my tacs to hold my shelves. HMPH! what adjustable shelvings they promised me??? Have holes but no tacs!!!

FAINTS!!! i really want to complain!!!!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #223 YELLOW!

this page is dedicated to YELLOW. which embraces everything bright, sunny+cheery.

Stirling HDB Terrace - #222 White Kitchens

I know it must be pretty 'boring' without colours. However, for a small kitchen like ours...white is definitely a recommended colour. So...our kitchen is WHITE!

White works well for small kitchens because it is light and bright, making the space appear larger, like this photos here where the dining area is tucked right at the far end of the walkway. With a big window, daylight will play a big part in lighting the whole place up, making it appear more spacious than it actually is.

Stirling HDB Terrace - #221 Master Toilet

update photo of our cabinetry work in the master toilet.

Stirling HDB Terrace - #220 Progress Upstairs

the carcass for our wardrobe is almost done too!!! Leaving the shelving, drawers and door panels! Our carpenters have assured us that by today they will finish!!!


YAY!!!!

Stirling HDB Terrace - #219 Built-in furniture Day 2

here are the kitchen updates on our 2nd day of cabinet werkz


Shifu(Master) is here to measure our sink....and here's a picture of his WuLinMiJi (secret manual)...hahahha...sure looks complicated with loads of numbers and scribbles.

While the guys are out for a lunch break, I managed to take some photos of our kitchen updates! ENJOY!!!!

(left)top cabinets and (right)bottom cabinets with pull out drawings

(left) a back wooden panel before the backsplash comes in at a later date, power sockets and switches cut out are also done! (right) our built in sink location at our breakfast counter.

Stirling HDB Terrace - #218 Blum system

Catch of the day!

proud hubs with his blum system for our built-in furniture.
he sure carries it like a fish he just caught.