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The kitchen cement floor was a disaster- patchy, brown splotches because of the cardboard used to cover it, etc, etc. I thought the cement floor would have the void deck look - but it didn't turn out like that at all! So I had to epoxy paint it. Yes, yes - I know all the disadvantages of epoxy paint, but sediment paint would be too expensive and unnecessary for now. So here's how the kitchen flr looks now: As you can see, I added 2 extra T5 tubes above the countertop to make it brighter. Stainless Steel countertop is in

My Artimedes Tolomeo lamp from Hock Siong More brown walls

Sorry, have not be updating for a rather long time. I moved yesterday, but the reno is still not fully completed. By move, I meant moving my barang-barang. Am still staying at my parent's place for now. Thank God that they are only 1 street away! Can come back, shower, eat and sleep. What's not done yet: 1) Doors to CBR and MBR - there were defects in the polycarbonate and I asked them to send it back 2) Tempered glass backsplash and shower screen for MBR 3) Rectify wardrobe horizontal bar support (see pic below - how can use this to support the whole horizontal bar with clothes?!) 4) Storeroom door knob: He gave me a normal round one instead of a flushed knob (not gd to have protruding things along passageway) 5) Toilet cover, accessories not up yet. 6) Cleaning not done yet. Was tempted to delay my move another wk since everything was not done - but got no more leave already and I was sick of looking at all the boxes in my parent's place, so I decided to just go for it. Managed to clear 50 boxes in 1 day, so quite happy. Anyway, on to some pics! Realised my window grilles are quite similar to Lilthfiend's:

Hi Samgalz, I asked 2 companies: Peacon and Magnetic Screen I used magnetic screen in the end,but I think Peace-On ie also pretty ok.

They did my LVR cabinets wrongly! Supposed to be 30cm but now 40cm! Shoe Cabinet 2 dr became 4-dr. Sliding dr 60cm became 120cm! Going to meet them this afternoon to see how they can resolve it.

Thanks all! The TV will be in the common bedroom. LVR will have dining set, my bks and shoes. Yes, Gimz, they are still doing works to the place.Footprints of EVERYONE there. Most of the workers take their shoes off before coming in, so not so bad. I figured I'd put Pergo to the test and see if it's really scratch resistant... Mosquito screens for the MBR and kitchen were up today. Almost invisible and you can't really see them. Grilles are coming in this Sat.. hope it turns out ok.. I've got no eyes to see liao. Going to F.A. was a mistake!! Should have stuck with City Aluminium. It's not as if F.A. was cheap either.. Need to say gd bye to my lovely ungrilled windows soon.. Wrt to the kitchen walls, I had originally wanted to paint the kitchen window wall orange. After the first coat of orange, i shuddered. I wanted it to be bright and cheerful but didn't expect it to be so LOUD. So I changed it to Heritage (which I think was the only colour that could cover the colour). It's not bad, but I think I should have left the walls in Barely White. I love the Barely White colour from Dulux.. It's white with a tinge of grey. Not obvious until you place while and Barely White side to side and see the diff. Wall colours were definitely Have started packing..so far 10 boxes of bks, 1 box of CD/VCD (that's after removing them from their jewel cases), 3 boxes of kitchen things (my mum happily giving me her tupperware, plates, pots and dishes that I've brought with me fr HK,etc) and I'm onto my clothes. I find it really hard to give up my clothes..I know I should be ruthless and just put clothes I've not worn in a year in the"give away" box, but it's just so hard!!

Wow! I really like your toilets! Esp the colourful strip of mosaics in your MBR area! I was contemplating having the same basin as your common toilet but couldn't in the end as it was too big for my area. Nice reno!

I felt that the dividing wall btw the 2 bedrms was too bright and decided to paint it in Heritage as well Whatever walls that you see white here will be painted dark.. The main dr isn't painted yet, but I like the look of the place so far. If I get sick of the warm light, I may change one set of lights to white lights... Wrt to the humongous aircon trunking at the MBR, I decided to place 3 T5 lights under it and pretend that it's a feature. The horizontal aircon trunking will be painted Heritage while the vertical trunking colour will be similar to the wall.. They did the second coat of paint today, so everything is much darker and more cave-like.

I suck at taking photos... I don't know how to get a good angle, so I apologise for the qlty of the photos in advance. Anyway, the flooring is done and I LURVE it. I never knew that the skirting and trimming colours for laminates do not come in the same colour tone as the laminate. Spent 30 mins deciding my skirting and trimming colour. Thank God there's a skirting colour similar to my laminate flr! For all those who intend to do laminate floor: before you decide on your laminate flr pattern, ask to take a look at the skirting and trimming colour range. It would be seriously hideous if your trimming is one colour, flr is another, wall is another, skirting is another... headache. Aluminum trim to MBR loo and kitchen Floor

Finally! Picutures!! How I love your loo! Hey do you find your kitchen cooking prep area a little dark? My light placement is similar to yours ,near the fridge and washing area and I find the cooking area not bright enuff with shadows cast over the prep and hob area, so am comtemplating adding more lights... So good, all of you done already.. mine haven't finished... (Now having issues with main gate and leaking pipe...)

Hey, we've got the same ceiling fan! Fanco Aroma, right? How much did you get it for? I think under the light switch better, then can pull the chair from the dining area to sit down and wear shoes.

Use roller blinds, not venetian blinds. Easiest to maintain!

Hey, are your TV wires on top? Didn't see any power plugs around.

They did my first coat of paint! I it!! As my house is starting to look less modern and more retro, I made the decision not to go for Black but Dulux All-in-1 "Heritage" instead. It's a beautiful deep, black brown. Can't wait to take pics when they complete it and let you guys see! It's lovely!

Yah.. boxed using wood, no backing.

Thanks, emerald long necked herbivore! I like it too!

Harros, welcome to RT! When I first started out, my budget was about $20K. My renovation cost is now about $30K, excluding furniture and lights. Like all the others said, do only the essentials first. Whole house do laminate, cheaper than tiles coz less manpower and no need to hack. Kitchen floor tiles, spray paint (like gimz) or cement screed (like me). Kitchen cabinet, see if can just change the doors to give it an updated look. Rewiring if it's still the original HDB wires (like mine), better for you to rewire for safety purposes. Carpentery will kill you,so I would advise against building the MBR wardrobe if you are tight on cash. Tell your empress can only have 1: Kitchen cabinet or built in wardrobe.. Show us your pics

Nah.. the top will be boxed up.. and yes! Still S/S counterop! The kitchen is the only portion that I have not modified since the beginning. Everything else has been changing!

Fanco aroma ceiling fan placed in the MBR. It's really low. I only need a small stool to reach the lighting kit, so it's easy to change the bulbs. I can't touch the fan blades standing on the floor, so quite ok.. The Ikea Karemare spotlights with Ikea CFL lights....it looks kinda obscene with the lightbulbs jutting out like that, so will probably change it.. They were hanging the bird cage lamps when I left.. I really did a lousy paint job on them and it looked quite bad. I will try and do so touch ups to it this weekend and hopefully, it will turn out better.

The sliding shelf for my steamer Common toilet with the laundry sink, multipoint heater and showerhead Am happy with my laundry sink.. Don't have to handwash clothes in pail anymore and kill my back!

These were my horrible water pipes at the MBR toilet before These are how they look like now: I do feel that it's so much better since the horizontal pipes are up near the ceiling. I am thinking of sticking some decals there of falling leaves or something. The holes that were made earlier weren't obvious at all, so I told the tiler not to bother changing the affected tiles. In fact, I was hard put to find where the affected tiles were.. Kitchen cabinet was up too!

But that's in halogen, so it will be super duper hot. Halogen bulbs also burn out fast, so you may want to think a bit more about it.

Thanks for the links! Very useful. Went to Ikea yesterday and was horrified to find that the Ikea Kuramare spotlight was sold out in both Alexandra and Tampines and is discontinued!! Die die had to get a light for the common bedrm as the electricians were coming today and decided to compromise on Calpsyo Light.. Let's hope it turns out alright.

Congrats on the move-in!! So exciting!