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Hi! Thanks for the compliment!! Unveiling soon! hehe Haha, i'd like to think that he's been adopted by a good family who doesn't want to give him up... because i searched everywhere and no sign of him...but it's ok maybe one day we'll meet again..=)

Yay! Hopefully this will kick off the resolution of the other issues. Like Freakerz said, slowly but surely. Good luck, Wyx03_2002.

3D drawings:1st draft Some 3D drawings drawn up by our contractor based on our wish list: Living Rm: Kitchen: Mt bf hates the milky off white laminiate. So we decide to go for black and white kitchen instead. Also, think our contractor got other requirements wrong and drawn a full height glass and aluminium frame. Mr J says it's nicer but I think it will be too difficult to maintain. Also, we have intention to place a kitchen trolley or breakfast nook there, so a half height aluminum frame will be better for us

Renovation 3D Importantly, this is for us to visual how the flooring and the boxed up 'encaved wall' will look like after (as per post above) My kitchen flooring is as per pics on the post above, what's different in the aftermath is the colour of the cabinet =) and the lighting. but this is how it looks like .. roughly. This is the loft bed for our master bedroom! hahaha very unconventional but it's cause we'd like to maximize space plus, it's like our childhood dream of a room looks like. This is our first ever home, and we'd like it the way we envisioned it to be. The other room will be our guestroom therefore it will be left bare. I have no example of our wardrobe but it is going to be a pole system. Will post pics once it's up =)

**Sorry for not updating - been busy looking for my missing cat** Still no idea where it is =( but i'm positive one day i will meet him again... anyway let me share my tiles with you. Choosing of Tiles 28 October 2014 We went to Hafary @ Balestier to choose tiles. Spent about an hour or so in the big showroom. The idea was for us to have cement screed flooring however after weighing the pros and cons, we decided to go against it. Due to the fact that it will potentially crack in the future without proper care. For kitchen and room, we were leaning towards vinyl flooring but I was reading about the fumes that it emit (apparently some even complained that the wood emits certain smell) so we decided to go with cement screed like tiles and 3D wood tiles (it looks and feels like wood but is tiles) for kitchen. Initially, the reno cost includes pebble-wash floor for toilets. I was having second thoughts while choosing the pebbles.. one of it was the stones coming off and..the vigorous cleaning we have to embark on.. (also the fact we wanted “raw” / “industrial” so why not just leave it as it is? Without question, I will never lean on overlaying toilet floors and walls. I remembered cases of wall tiles and floor tiles popping so I decided to wait 5 years, to hack the toilet wall tiles and toilet floor tiles..so till then, we will be leaving it as it is. & with the hanging budget from the pebble wash floors, I found my husband staring at a piece of 60x60 (a combi of 4x4 small tiles) tile that had prints on it. He’s eyes was gleaming (which meant he really like those tile) so we chose the tile as our floor border. Our floor tiles! (Hafary: Firenze Grafite -darker tile below) Our Kitchen tiles! (Hafary 3D wood tiles -the one w kitchen word *sorry I forgot model name; will find out and update) Our Border tiles! (Hafary Italian print tiles) A day after, our ID gave us the final quotation for our reno including electrical & haulage. Total cost: Below $25k (below for your ref) P.S: there are certain things I do not need like cove lights, feature wall etc..so I took it out and replace with another item ADDITIONAL IN QUOTE (AS PER MY REQUEST) 1 To top up 8ft kitchen cabinet @ kitchen 2 Supply & install 3 nos of Tandembox antaro i4 blum system @ tall unit area (Terra Black 30kg weight load) 3 Supply & install 3 way track aluminium sliding grilles & 3 way track sliding window c/w lock set @ service yard 4 Supply & overlay wood strips floor tiles (150x900) @ kitchen ($3.80 psf) 5 Supply & lay border designer floor tiles @ living, Dining & walkway area 6 Supply & contruct box up encave area @ living area c/w internal wood structure (as u can see from pix on above thread) 7 Supply & install solid classic door c/w door handle & lock c/w paint finish @ 2 bedrooms 8 Supply & install aluminium P.D doors c/w arcylic panel & lock set @ both bathrooms entrance 9 Supply & construct queen size loft bed c/w laminate finish, solid plywood & side stairway c/w storage @ master bedroom 10 Supply & install BA/NA aluminium frame clear glass shower screen fix panel @ both toilet (3ftx6ft) 11 Supply & plaster partial wall at kitchen c/w sealer 12 Supply & install top up solid surface top c/w 50mm front profile & 75mm back-splash @ kitchen cabinet (3ft) Electrical Works (Proposal electricals works subjected to changes base on site requirements) Conceal Point $ 120.00 4 x per unit Relocate Single Point $ 70.00 2 x per unit Relocate Double Point $ 80.00 2 x per unit Lighting Point $ 35.00 5 x per unit 15 AMP Hood/Oven Point $ 110.00 2 x per unit Will update again! Thanks for reading

Hi, I'm looking for cheap E27 LED and T5 bulbs. Does anyone know where and how much they are normally? I'm especialy looking for E27 soft white high power(15-20W) 360deg LED globe bulbs that look something like this: Does anyone know where to get these? IKEA sells a similar one at $19.90, are there cheaper options? TIA.

Cool! About Point 9 and Point 11 of your purchase list... Point 9. Philips sucks for their vacuum cleaner in my own view but I don't know how the quality is now considering I bought my philip bag less vacuum cleaner over nearly 7 years ago. Barely 3-6 months after the purchase of the vacuum cleaner, it KO-ed and was working fine after sending it for repair under warranty. It KO-ed again after a month or two. Needless to say, I ditched the vacuum cleaner after it KO-ed 3rd time, for a cheap vacuum cleaner which worked better than philips. It's still at my place to date and working fine now. Point 11. I'm wondering how your hubby comes up with the ceiling fan circulation reasoning? A ceiling fan can cool the room by circulating the air only, not cooling the air. However, the fan circulation ability will depend on the size of the fan and the room size. It also helps that if you have air-con in the MBR and the temperature is set for 25-26 deg with programable function to turn off the air con after a while, the fan will help distribute the cool air even more. You can tell the difference immediately & plus, you save a lot on electricity bill because the lower the air-con temperature, the more energy needed to bring the air to the required temperature. This is especially true in hot weather during the day time as well. Also standing fans need to unscrew first before you can clean the blades. This is also annoying as you need to do it every few months when the cow webs appears and air circulation is not as fast as before..

The $9000 hole in our pockets We bit the bullet today, and spent $9000 getting most of the electrical appliances for our home! For that amount, we got ... Mitsubishi Starmex System 4 Aircon - $4060 This was the cheapest quotes we got, considering that it was for 2x installation, 1/2" insulation, 24 gauge copper pipe, 28K compressor, 2x10K FCU, 1x13K FCU and 1x 24K FCU. We scouted the Gain City Expo sale prior to this, and for the lousier specs (all things same except 3x10K FCU instead of 1x13K and 2x10K) would have cost us at least $4500. Hopefully the installation goes smoothly and we don't regret the money saved! Toshiba Fridge (GR-W58SDAZ(S)) - $999 We got this at the Audio House fair last weekend. The fair was useful in the sense that we realised that a fridge in the 300-400L range (which we were initially considering) would have been too small for us. Seeing the actual fridge helped us make our decision to get a 554L one! 47" LG SMART TV (47LB582T) - $899 I got this as one of the hourly special deals - you know, the kind where there are only 5 sets up for grabs and you have to be one of the first to grab the card off the promoters the moment they announced the price. Yup. Can't believe I did that, but I certainly did. Got an adrenaline rush after grabbing the last card, too! 32" Philips TV (32PFH4509) - $290 Basic TV for the bedroom, the hubbs and I aren't big TV watchers but for $290, it wouldn't be too expensive a white elephant! Tecnogas Induction Cooktop (TIH 280D) with Tecnogas Hood (TH938) - $930 This was a very good deal. Scouted many places but couldn't find a price that came close! We knew from the start that we would prefer an induction cooktop - cleaning gas hobs are a nightmare for us, and since we do mostly Western style cooking, the induction cooktop would be fine. Most other places sold the cooktop for more than $1000 on its own, but we got the combo for so cheap! Beko Washing Machine (EV7100) - $390 A relatively unknown brand, but as long as it does its job, who cares about the brand! Hopefully it's as cheap and good as the uncle recommends! Supposedly made in Spain, and only recently made its foray into the Southeast Asian market. Philips XL Airfryer - $320 This was supposed to be one of the "buy later" items, but since I was at the shop and they were doing delivery altogether, why not? Philips is also having a good promo from now until the end of the year - buy $388 and get $100 in Cold Storage vouchers! Panasonic Microwave Oven (MNST342) - $115 Basic countertop model. I never knew there were so many different types of microwave ovens! ConsumerReports.org does a good intro on the different types. I initially wanted a more expensive one with inverter technology (for more even cooking) but decided to just get a basic model. Philips Vacuum Cleaner (FC9172) - $299 I hope it sucks! Toshiba Rice Cooker - $130 Looks well made, and you can apparently even bake in it! Will try it out when I can. 3 x KDK Standing Fans - $95 each Got white ones with white blades to be as unobtrusive as possible. Wanted ceiling fans initially but was vetoed by the hubbs - he insists that ceiling fans circulate the air but do not cool the person. He wants to be cool, and he doesn't care if the rest of the house is steaming as a result! Philips Hairdryer (HR4997) - $120 Tested it out and it was indeed very powerful compared to the cheaper models. Seeing as to how I have thick hair, maybe I can finally stop having muscle aches each time I blow dry my hair! Pioneer DVD Player - $50 Recommended by the uncle for its durability. Hopefully it's really cheap and good!I bought most of the stuff from Bedok Centre Electrical Co. at Blk 214 Bedok North Street 1. It's one of those neighbourhood shops with only a few items on display but everything can be ordered from the catalogue. Cheaper prices compared to the big names, but the downside is that I could not use my credit card to accumulate points! Everything was also nicely negotiated, such that we only pay the balance upon delivery, and the uncle also very nicely arranged for 2 separate deliveries - the first for the big items that need to be mounted/built in by the contractor, and the second delivery for the small kitchen appliances! Service was awesome! ! Next step? Shopping for tiles and the bathtub!

beautiful gorgeous flooring. can u pm the person for the flooring?