The Paterson - Renders

 revising some carpentry details. Reno going to start soon!

The Paterson - Reno starts!

Reno@Bartley Residences - Platform bed

Open shelf above platform bed for decorative items, charging station and bedside lighting. All in one solution when you have a tight bedroom space and don't have a way to put your bedside table.

Thank goodness for the recent URA guidelines that put a stop to all these shoebox units!

The Paterson - Renders

 A new project started somewhere in Aug 2018.

exciting times ahead!

Reno@Bartley Residences - TV console wall

tv console wall with feature bookshelf, back lit lights

Reno@Bartley Residences - Renders

[backpost] Design conceptualized in April 2018

Reno@432B - Air con trunking, dry partition works, electrical works, bit of plastering here and there...

bits. blops and ugly ugly air-con piping!!! Unfortunately we really can't hide this fella away. Since I can't hide it, i will just have to learn to embrace it.

 air con pipe travelling down the wall beside window. 

This is probably not the pretty corner of the apartment.

above: more air con piping along the walls. 

The junction where it meets above is a real big headache.

view of the corridor that leads to the bedrooms

 above: master room, quite a tight width but we will work around it.

Most of the rooms are walled in dry wall partition as it is a cleaner, safer and definitely a dry construction method. Supposedly faster, more efficient and productive as compared to the hollow block walls. 

However I really miss the old traditional brick laying because that texture is so beautiful and personally I feel that craftstone is unable to replicate it 100%.

 above: girl's bedroom.

 above: Home Office

2 sides full solid wall for storage and low wall with glazing for daylight to stream in. We really want to capitalise as much daylight as possible into the rooms. We are having some ceiling issues and so unable to install a ceiling fan in the office. Most probably will have to resort to a corner ceiling drop down fan...

above: other view end of corridor. Bedrooms on the left.

above: entrance proper 

where we are planning for a row of ikea bookshelf to be placed on the left. 

We love IKEA totally and especially their incredibly low prices when it comes to carpentry. Truthfully, my carpenter is unable to match IKEA prices as IKEA fabricates modular systems on a large economic scale whereas my carpenter customised every nook and cranny of the home to fit the carpentry in. Therein lies the hidden costs!

 above: master bath vanity area. 

Unfortunately this part of the home is unable to get any natural daylight in.

 above: yard leading to the rubbish chute. 

Currently still in a total mess and we are already into week 6 of the reno.

ritey. stay tuned for more updates. 

Hopefully more to come at this coming weekend!

xoxo

velle

Reno@432B - Balcony!

view from living towards balcony. This used to be an open balcony, but the previous owner did up the parapet and windows so we are going to keep it AS-IS.

Planning on something green here in the future!

Reno@Bartley Residences - Floor Plan

One of our recently completed reno located at Bartley Residences. The design took flight some time in April 2018 and the reno has completed! We did really simple things like overlay vinyl flooring, did up some false ceiling and carpentry like platform bed, wardrobe and storage.

will post some photos this week! I promise! can't wait for TGIF.

xoxo
velle

Reno@Clementi IV | Tiles Selection

 This is a back post as the time between Sept'18 to Dec'18 when my entire family (2 adults, 1 helper and 3 kids) where staying temporarily at my parents' place. The 5 of us had to stay in one room with a queen size bed (yes you read right, 5 pax on a bed!), wardrobe, study table that could only fit 2 laptops. We had trouble printing our drawings, taking photos of tiles and even working late at night cos the lights would wake our children.

in short, we didn't have a proper office space to work late...which was good in some ways, but bad and slow in others. Nonetheless, I'm trying to backpost and to bring it back up to speed now that we have already shifted into our new place.