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My ID so far didn't charge me extra for the silicon but he did mention something about sealing only the top part of the casing and not the bottom cos to allow for expansion. Not sure if this is true or not. Any inputs @zph19101

Love your taobao items! Could you share the link for the coffee table and poster?

@ilkl Thanks so much for your suggestions. Your idea definitely makes it look much nicer. Not sure if my plumber is still willing to help me with this cos he has already finished his part for our project. Otherwise we'll have to go with the painting option. I might consider this option as well. Looks nice and provides extra storage space.

Sanitary ware, toilet accessories and fans We got all our sanitary wares and fans from Heritage. Got this wc for both the master and common toilet but due to some miscomm by Heritage who told us the wrong dimensions for the trap we had to get another wc instead or hack our tiles which is not an option to us. Had to settle for this American Standard one in the end. The rain shower we bought also couldn't fit due to the beam. I'm not big on rainshower so it's not a big deal to me but it was a nice grohe piece that was on promotion. We exchanged the rainshower for this instead. I was surprised that I still had to top up for it since it's just the normal shower head. I really wanted a grohe piece and this looked good so I topped up anyway. Got a small sink for the common toilet as its quite a tight space. Still thinking of ideas to hide the ugly pipes underneath as we're not building a vanity cabinet. We got a huge sink for the master toilet since we've got the space. I love how sleek it looks. Toilet roll holders and towel bar was purchased from taobao in order to cut costs. It was a good choice cos the variety of designs were more unique compared to the run of the mill ones from Heritage. Going to jb to get our fans and lights were not an option as we don't drive. We ended up getting our fans from Heritage as well due to convenience. This can will be placed at our koychen/dining area. Our living room ceiling fan which has DC motor.

The code is MARMO 17 from Lian Seng Hin. I can't remember the price but it's less than 3.50. Hth! @Mannequin @daryl78

It was pretty exciting to see how the tiles we've chosen will look in real life. We hacked the tiles for all areas except for bedrooms and living rooms which has we will be doing a vinyl overlay. Hexagon tiles for our foyer. It'll be great to come home each day and be greeted by these beautiful tiles. Wood like tiles for the balcony. This will be our cozy corner. Will put some plants here to beautify the space. Peranakan tiles for dining and kitchen. Grey subway tiles backsplash provides a nice contrast. A little preview of the living room vinyl cos it's still covered by a layer of protection. Master bedroom vinyl which is the same for the other bedrooms as well. Common bathroom tiles. After seeing how beautiful the marble like tiles looks in our common bathroom, I kinda regretted not going for the same in the master toilet. Our thought process was to keep the tones in the rooms warm and the living areas to be cool toned. Our master toilet is pretty long after the extension. The pipe is a serious eye sore and hindrance but we're not concealing it. Master toilet has more of a resort feel. Due to the beam above we are unable to put in a rain shower.

Hacking works commenced on 4th Jan. This is the balcony. Master bedroom which we intend to expand into the living room. Kitchen and dining area Doing up the partition between the master bedroom and bedroom 3 cos previous owners created a entrance there. Doing up the wall between the master bedroom and living room. Expanding our master toilet as well. Cement screed for the foyer.

@Viv14344 which tiles in specific are you looking at? @doctor123 Will pm you. @lifeissimple Thanks! Will pm you. The vinyl is from the Novocore series introduced by our ID. @fi5hbone It's at Queenstown/Redhill area. @sonsofliberty Will pm you.

There are 3 rooms but because there are minimal carpentry/works to be done hence no need for 3D rendering. @d3n

Dropped you a msg! @smermil

Starting this blog to document our renovation journey. To start off, this is the layout of our humble abode. We've just gotten our 3D rendering done but will still be making amendments. Pictures of tiles we chose for each area. These are our gorgeous kitchen tiles. At first we wanted a different color to segregate the service yard but looking at the 3D we changed our minds and preferred to just have the peranakan tiles. Hexagon tiles for master bathroom shower feature. Matched with the wall and floor tiles. Love the grey marble tile for the common bathroom wall. I've always wanted some hexagon tiles but in order to save costs we kept it to the foyer area which isn't too big. Due to budget constraints, we decided to overlay vinyl for our bedrooms and living rooms. We chose the combi on the right. The lighter tile to be in the living room and the darker one in the bedrooms.