Reno@VistaSpring - The moving bar counter!

here's an interesting piece of furniture which was customed made - a moving bar counter. Yep. And it has to house a printer inside too. Hubs and Jules pushed it to one of the walls to make space for me to take photos of the living. But I ended up pushing it everywhere in the living and dining area to test its different configurations!

Here's how it looks when its tucked beside the tv console

 That's Jules helping to move the bar counter

Here's how it looks when it's tuck against the brick wall and the sofa is supposedly to be hidden away behind this bar counter. This is the original intention where the hubs will sit here to work and watch telly at the same time.

 here's how it looks with the doors open - storage area for printer

 Jules checking out the tv console

 And another way of looking at the bar counter when it's tuck beside the shoe cabinet. 

I think the original position is the best, plus we have left a powerpoint there for the laptop and printer to be charged up. I guess the only reason for moving the bar counter is when the couple has loads of people in the flat where they will need to move the bar counter to the master room. 

Although on second thoughts, it would be also very useful for the visitors to sit around and chit chat at the bar counter and watch telly at the same time. ok...i think i shall leave it for the couple to think how they want to use their space....

Reno@VistaSping - Kitchen works

The countertop has been installed, most of the electrical fittings have been installed on the same day when the carpenter was here to do the kitchen. Now we left the kitchen appliances to be hook up - oven, stove and hood.

 Kitchen sink - leaving the kitchen tap to be installed.

Hood and stove to be installed.

Small LED lights under the shelf. pretty and small. does the trick.

compact BTO kitchen - stove on one side and sink on the opposite side of the kitchen.

Reno@VistaSpring - Master bedroom carpentry

Carpentry works at our Vista Spring BTO flat has finished! Both the boys are here to take a look before the contractor tidies and washes up the flat this week to hand over to the home owners. At our last visit, the carpenters were all busy doing their work and we didn't manage to take photos of the bed as it wasn't assembled yet. So today we can see how it looks now. It's finished in the same wood laminate as the wardrobe with a black horizontal band and bedside drawers.

Here's how the bedside drawers look inside - a shelf and a drawer! On the outside, there's no horizontal lines, just a plain surface. Smooth and easy to clean!

baby james checking out whether the bed is flat....

Under the bed, we have created storage compartments for more storage as the flats are getting smaller and the need for more storage space becomes more important for every young growing family. I guess these will come in pretty handy for bedsheets, quilt, extra pillows since the top shelf in the wardrobe is pretty hard to retrieve things unless you are like 1.9m tall.

LOVE these pull out drawers under the bed. 

2 big drawers on both sides of the bed, that makes 4 big drawers!!!

A quick look at the master wardrobe, I shan't put up too many photos since the last time we have already seen how it looks on the outside. It's a short wardrobe with 5 sliding panels. Some open shelves on the inside for bags and t-shirts. Top and bottom rails for hanging clothes. A dedicated section for long dresses.

3 drawers for shorts, t-shirts and underwear with the top most drawer being the accessory drawer. Finished with a glass top for easy viewing. We have also added a powerpoint within the wardrobe to power up a hairdryer.

Home@Stirling - City Names Plates

Here's another recent purchase from our Hong Kong trip. Just wanted to spruce up some of our walls and I bought them on impulse. Had the initial thinking of pasting them on my brickwall, but after second thoughts, I decided to put them in my bathroom instead!

It's from Umbra. I think Umbra has pretty neat homestyle accessories like photo frames, paper weight etc. Good for christmas gifts or house warming gifts.

What do you think?

are you thinking how I placed the plates? Well it's in the priority of the cities which I want to visit most! YES! i really want to go to NEW YORK and LONDON!!! I haven't been to NY or London before, hope I get the chance to go to them soon.

can't wait for a long holiday.

xoxo
velle

Home@Stirling - Bathroom items - towel hooks

Bought this pair of towel hooks from our recent Hong Kong Trip. Really cute and has good suction grip! They are suppose to look like the bath tub water tap knobs. It has a blue and red ring on them to indicate hot and cold water.

Here's a close up on my towel hooks. Think they look really adorable. Though I usually hang only one towel in my bathroom. I haven't the faintest idea what I need to hang on the other hook though.

Reno@TY Maisonette - Tiling works in progress

Another week has past since we last started our reno here at TY Maisonette. The kitchen walls are all plastered smooth. The common bath on the lower floor WC wall tiles have been completed.

Here's an overview towards the kitchen and balcony area. The current marble flooring are being protected. All the existing electrical works have been stripped bare.

 Upstairs, minor plastering works to patch up the walls.

 Wall tiles in progress for both bathroom upstairs. The new waste pipe has been laid as well as pipes for the sinks. So plumbing works are coordinated too.

Hopefully in another week or two, the floor tiles can be completed before the electrician comes and pull some wires and start the air con works too. We are rushing quite abit for this maisonette as the owner needs to vacate their current premises within a deadline. Fingers cross!

xoxo
velle

Reno@S Maisonette - Tiling works

 Bathroom walls are already tiled. New window is installed too.

 balcony. Roof removed.

 Man at work in the kitchen.  

Think we will need another week before we can see more progress as the floor area is bigger.

New windows up and this is for the recently purchased area!

For those maisonette owners who are planning on buying recessed areas, please do your paperwork in advance so that the reno will not stall. 2nd appointment you can ask the HDB officer on how to proceed to purchase the recess area.

Reno@VistaSpring - Carpentry works in progress

hello!
We just got back from our holidays so pardon me for some overly dued reno progress updates. It's so overwhelming at home ever since our maid has gone home, there's so much cleaning up to do when we get back from work. Guess all parents know the routine - wash milk bottles, wash clothes and dry clothes and fold clothes, mop the floor, sweep, wash the dishes etc... and pack school bags!

back to home renos.
it's been quite awhile since I last updated on our reno progress at VistaSpring. well that's because the vinyl flooring was out of stock before the CNY and it took one month for the next arrival ie installation late march. So finally the vinyl flooring is laid and the carpentry can go up!

 Pull out larder "basket-style" in the kitchen. 

These are good for items which you want to see at a quick glance. And one pull will pull all the baskets out.

Away from the stove is another tall cabinet for storage. This one is just pull out drawers where you have to put out one drawer at a time.

 tv console lying on the living room floor now.

vinyl flooring for the corridor

 The bathroom carpentry took awhile to finished too because the basins were out of stock.

Master room wardrobe - barn door style. This is something which the couple was bold enough to try out. Usually we would have gone for the usual white panel doors but for this new home, the wardrobe becomes the eye-catching piece in the house!

stay tune for final photos.

xoxo
velle