Reno@VistaSpring - Grouting the brickwall

Are you wondering why the bottom of the brick is so pronounced in black?? it's not the black grout lines, but it's empty!! haha...the laying of the brick is completed but it's not fully grouted in white yet. So the "black" parts are the empty gaps between the bricks which the tiler needs more tiles to grout one by one....after this then we need to wait for it to dry before we paint and seal it.

 here's a closer look at the gaps between the bricks...

 meanwhile, all the dry partition works are done up too, going to do a skim coat later

 false ceiling completed in both bathrooms!

 and our dear electrician had to hack quite a bit to realign all the ceiling wirings again.... seriously, it's not easy working ceiling stuff! debris gets into your eyes you know!!!

 

Did you know that Michelango painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling until he almost went blind because the paint kept falling into his eyes?

 

so truth be said, I think it's worth every penny paying your electrician to do the dirty work because seriously I haven't the faintest idea how to hold a drill and definitely not up against a ceiling!

Reno@CCK Maisonette - Carpentry in progress

remember it was just last week that Jules was playing with the "boxes" and now the shoe cabinet is up! The woody interior is looking really smashing!

The kitchen carpentry is still in progress. Usually kitchen takes the longest because it has the most number of drawers, swing doors, accessories. Not as modular as a wardrobe.

Here's another side of the kitchen and the afternoon sun is streaming right in. The other photo shows how sunny the balcony is now...good to sun your clothes now!!

All the carpentry comes with internal colour PVC - something nice to have if you have the budget.

 sneak peak at the bathroom

Workers are cleaning the place, painting and tidying up before they seal the parquet and all work has to stop for the parquet to dry up. All in good planning!!!
To hide the electrical casing, we did a box up all around and the owners bought mini recessed downlights for the box up area. Looks really pretty now with fewer exposed casings.

bye!!!

Reno@CCK2 Maisonette - Parquet flooring

Another week has past! and the owner has delivered all the ceiling fans to site. This week, the parquet has been laid, this is usually done last because we need to prevent other workers from scratching the floor. So after this, carpentry can start!

 the place is getting brighter! electrical works still in progress...

 Parquet flooring in the bedroom upstairs

 parquet at the staircase foyer and staircase itself

Reno@CCK2 Maisonette - Finally the wall is down!

Painting makes the whole place new!

Hello!
It's another Sunday at one of our reno site. Today my helper is off so we got to bring the 2 rascals along with us and hubs is having a field day!!! Hubs is in charge of carrying the 2 boys while I'm in charge of the camera.

The staircase is looking really spiffy! Looks real good without the railings, white sides and rough screed flooring. Super uber cool...but we gonna have 2 boys residing here, so got to have new railings for safety. We probably will try this combo at another maisonette if given the chance. One where the children are already adults.

Lower floor bedroom - painting and light holder completed. Looks so much brighter and spacious. Though it's actually very compact.

This photo starts to show the upper bedrooms where one of the wall is finally hacked away!!! And the light and shadow being cast onto the walls. Yes we have finally received our approval from BCA to knock down the walls. Kudos to our home owners, PE and contractor who has worked so hard to get this approval done. It's like moving the mountains!!!

zoom in on the feature wall tile at balcony

 ta-duh! i give you the upper floor bedroom where there's NO MORE WALL!!!

I can't tell you how much anxiety this wall has given to both my homeowners, us as well as our dear contractor who needs to meet the reno deadline by feb.

Master bathroom - colour palette drawing reference to one of St Regis Bal Harbour Resort - Suite bathroom.

 wee! sunny yellow!

Baby james is fascinated with the wall tiles! BTW, this is the boys' bathroom. and the wall and floor tiles are chosen by the eldest son. Kids nowadays have really good colour sense huh!

ciao!