curryqueen

Living Rm-kinda hard to take,so I tried standing at all 4 corners of the LVR to take these shots: These are the doors leading to the MBR (small dr) and TV rm(aka Bedroom 2)

Windows- I chickened out and placed frosted film. Before film- Can still see neighbour's plants After sticking film- Shadows only

Kitchen with things: Curious kittens in the kitchen -Stress!

Camera found and charged.. Photo Time! Kitchen: Countertop unveiled - Pristine order Sink

Hi all...sorry for the silence... no pics at the moment, camera battery dead and I'm trying to find the charger. I think Helping Hands lost 1 box of my kitchen stuff coz I can't find my metal plates for the cat food and some ikea things.. I called them and they said they don't have anything more from my side. Still unpacking.. down to last 3 boxes. Been to Daiso 3 times in 1 wk Need to get shelving for the storeroom and I'm more or less done! Kitchen s/s top unveiled and it's gorgeous! I love it! My kittens love them too...every morning when I get up, i see paw prints all across the countertop.

outstanding works not completed! Workers came at 4pm. How to finish?! Wasted 1.5 days of leave waiting for them, Monday also never come! Yesterday, the tempered glass people came at 7.30pm and only left around 9.45pm. The stainless steel countertop was slightly uneven (like 1cm or so in certain places), so they can't fit the glass backsplash in. The poor workers had to remove the s/s and wood panel above the tempered glass before they can fit the glass in. The carpenters are coming on Sat to complete... I won't recommend Ho Bee's carpenter (Long-ge). If anyone wants to use Ho Bee as contractor, please outsource your carpentry work. How can you make shelves that are not aligned?! That should be the most basic thing! Wetworks, painter, tiler all ok - just not carpenter.. On a side note, my blinds are up and my doors are finally done! Will post pics up when I find my camera

Including or excluding furniture?

I love it three!

@Lilithfiend: I got the lamp for less than $300. I had originally wanted to return it because I wanted to hang my bird cages up until I saw that it was an original. (Thought it was those Taiwan replicas), then I refused to part with it. I asked the electrician to take down the bird cages which he painstakingly placed for me and put this up. They didn't know how to install it at first as there was no instruction manual, then work here, work there and ta-da! You should join H.S. on FB. They post the latest goodies online - but must be fast, coz several 100s also seeing the same updates @Gimz: Yah, all brown walls! Think rich, dark,creamy, choc - it's goldish coz all my lights warm lights except kitchen and loos. Doesn't it make you feel as if you are swimming in chocolate lava cake? Yum.. @defuxto: Yes, it's Pergo family Vintage Venezian. Got it from Floor Xpert, Ossify's contact. Thanks for the compliments on the grilles and gates. I like them very much too! But the company so-so niah. Company is F & A Aluminum Works,contact person is Henry. IF you do choose that company, PLEASE email design, indicate when you want to install and ask them to make allowance for laminate flooring. MUST BE IN B&W. Don't think that he write in his book he will remember! Everything EMAIL. Then should be ok. You can read my earlier posts on my frustration with F&A because I did not email them my requirements. Grilles only for corridor area. Kitchen and MBR I used magnetic insect screen. I used powder-coated mild steel instead of wrought iron to get the non-bumpy look. Wanted to get aluminum originally, but decided not to since it's corridor area. The prices of everything is in a file somewhere. But I remember it's not cheap. Will pm you when I can get to the file. The fridge, WM, bed and display cabinet came in today. My old King Koil mattress is so thick, it looks really funny on the bed. I did a customized platform for my old place for the mattress previously. Tmrw, all outstanding works should be over. Will sneak the cat over to my mum's place so that it won't be stressed out with all the works. For all those who have yet to move in, Daiso and Ikea will be your 2 best friends as you begin the move.

Meet Puck!

MBR basin - have yet to put shelves at the recess area. The recess area is an odd size, so hard to have off-the-rack shelves The space btw the wall and basin is for me to place a rod to hang hand towel and towel to clean the basin. LVR cabinets and finally..something I've waited 25 years to obtain...

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!