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In the end my contractor suggested using a wall mount basin and to attach the countertop below it so it won't be stressed by the weight of the basin. Which I think is quite ingenious! Hmm regardless of the height of the countertop or sink I'm sure my husband will still find a way to lean on it hahaha. Your greens are looking great! Love love how they pair up so well with your flooring and furniture. How'd you find the maintenance of the plants? And is the large branch against the wall real/alive??

I think 66cm width is too narrow for shower area. Minimum width to be comfortable while showering should be about 80cm, if you are average sized.

Based on this floor plan, the shower head should be at the left side, ie. red dot, and door open to the right, ie. red triangle. Reason being need water pipe in the wall and the black structure is the beam. If the original position of the door is at the red triangle, then u can be assured that door opens towards the wall, just like the at the bottom of the picture. It will be a bi-fold door.

Hi @stray ! Actually, my countertop is not butcherblock wood! It's wood-like countertop, laminate I think. I can't find it on the ikea website right now, but if I remember correctly it's either the Ekbacken or the Saljan (I suspect it's the Saljan because I remember the ikea guy telling me it's the thicker laminate but the Ikea website doesn't show the wood-like Saljan countertops). I'm also slightly wary of actual butcherblock wood for countertops because I didn't think I would be super neat and always keep my countertops dry and stuff, and I read on some websites that if you don't constantly oil it or maintain it the wood does get mouldy, depending on your luck, so I thought I'll go for wood-like laminate instead! We do wipe down the countertops often (more because I do food prep on it and it should be clean anyway) and when I put hot pans on the countertop I usually stick a trivet underneath it, so we haven't really tested it per se, but the countertop still looks like new 2.5 months on. It gets some oil splatter when I deep fry but a quick whiff with some dishwashing liquid on kitchen towels and a damp cloth wipe solves that quite easily. The only thing is that don't try and use the magic eraser on it, it seems to rub off some of the surface shine for some odd reason. Sorry I didn't help much for the wooden countertop problem! >_<