curryqueen

Welcome to RT, fellow 3 -rmer! R u staying in Lor Lew Lian off Upper Sgn Rd?

I'm planning to have a table that can fit 10 -15 pax comfortably for bible study or meetings. So I don't think I'd have a lot of space left.. . Originally, I wanted to take my grandma's 30 yrs old 10ft round dining table for my place ( solid wood and still in excellent condition). But realised that after I placed the table in, I probably won't have space to walk around the chairs... which is a pity, coz it's a really nice dining table- very mid-century.

Thanks, Gimz! It's really useful!

Thanks,gimz! If I can't have the lab sink in the common toilet, then I will put it outside the loo. It's mainly to handwash clothes. A lab sink looks like this: lab sink

My sofa/guest bed is in the CBR. There's no sofa in the LVR. Only the dining set. I think I really need to go visit some Ids to get an idea of my lighting and my kitchen.

I bought the Bennington C600 multipoint heater.. advantages of a storage tank heater without the tank+the speed of an electric heater without the cost. Bennington C600 Have not used it yet though.. will let you guys know when I start using.

How much did you pay for the chute? I read that there are rubbish chutes that cost $400! Is that the norm?

Nice blinds... are these from hunter douglas?

Lovely... it's so nice and shiny too!

Err... the only light above the dining area will be the Fanco Aroma ceiling fan light..

Kitchen layout not confirmed yet, but will work layout around my sink coz I've been wanting a nice big single bowl sink for a LOOONGG time. My only concern for the bathroom stuff is if my lab sink too big for the common toilet.... it might be too wide. I don't want to use pails to handwash stuff coz it's rather bad for the back. I'll see how when I do actual site measurement.

Problem is this is that my LVR will be my dining rm (it will just have a dining table and chairs nearer the main door and maybe a display cabinet somewhere), so there won't be space to place any flr or table lamps. I m placing some led track lighting at the other end of the LVR (nearer storerm side). If I extend the track lighting all the way ( almost the entire length of the LVR), I'm worried that I will have flickering lights near the ceiling fan side.

What can I say... great minds think alike. The sink is 800mm x 500mm. Is your Sink's brand Bravo or Rubine or the Korean one? I know the Rubine and the Korean brand came with a sponge holder, which i almost got. But May, the sales person from Adamas, told me that some of her clients who bought the sink with the spongeholder broke the peg that holds the sponge holder and it couldn't be fixed, so the spongeholder was "wasted". Being the "chor-lor" person that I am, I'm quite certain that I'd break the peg one of these days, so decided to skip it (with much tears and regret). How much did you pay for yours? If it's much cheaper, I'd go back and bargain some more! Didn't take any pics, but found some on the web: MBR loo light (brighter than common loo light..) Common loo light Kitchen light (2 of them)

Oooo... the unveiling ceremony!! Love your countertop! Is the countertop matte s/s?

This week was a visit Geylang and Jln Besar period. At Geylang, went to Universal Union, Heritage, Baceras, Homeone,A lighting, Toyomi (next to A lighting) and whatever else between Lorong 25 - 35. Was not impressed by the service at UU and Heritage at all! UU salesman gave monosyllabic answers and was more interested in answering his phone than attending to me even though I went on a weekday afternoon and there were very few customers. Heritage's selection was small and the sales person was a little snooty. I spent the most time at Baceras and was rather impressed with their 2nd flr's selection of sinks. They have things there that I've never seen in any other shop! So may probably go back there again to get the MBR bedrm sink. Went to Jln Besar today and GR link was sadly closed. So went to Hoe Kee, Song Cho, Bellari, Royal Fanco, Adamas. Was served by May in Adamas and I made a deposit of $200 for the following stuff: -Bravo 1818 Kitchen sink (matte s/s)+dishwasher dispenser+ sink trap (s/s) $240+25+90 kitchen sink tap in matte finish -Lab sink for common toilet (to handwash clothes)$250 -Cuizino tempered glass domino gas hob (single burner) $220 -Bennington Multipoint heater $240 -MBR toilet shower set+rainshower(forgot to take picture)$280 - might discard the rainshower head and just have a common showerhead -Common toilet mixer+ shower head $230+80 -Where possible, I tried to get a matte finish for the mixers and taps to minimize cleaning of water marks but those tend to cost a little more. Everything is apparently made in Italy (haha.. not sure if it's just designed in Italy but made in China) but the shower stuff come with a 2 year warranty so not that bad lah.. Total damage was $1640. Am still short of the WCs and the MBR washbasin, then I'm done with the bathrm & kitchen essentials. Have finalized my kitchen and loo lights and my ceiling fans (will drop Crestar starlight.. too ex) and use Fanco Aroma for the LVR and MBR.. one dissappointing thing that all the lighting shops told me was that the light from the ceiling fans would not be strong enuff and I would need supporting lights, so I've a bit of headache for that since I don't want to do cove or downlights. Will be heading to M'sia next week and if I've time, will see if I can get the kitchen n loo lights from there and hopefully safe a bundle by buying there.. not sure if I've the time to leave and shop around though, but we'd see.

bathtub in?

Gimz, $150 hacking and patch skirting cheap! One contractor quoted me $300 for hacking and patching skirting while the other quoted me $380!

56' meh? I tot 54' niah..

heh.. yah hor.. Maybe when i go to Home expo again.. ask them to draw a rough sketch for me.

Went to Home Expo yesterday with friend yesterday night and was contemplating between Parador Timeline Series in Oak Silver Grey and the Pergo Family Series (can't rem the code but it's also greyish color). Price diff is quite great : $7 pfr for parador compared to $3.99 pfr for pergo. family.. of coz parador is supposedly from germany and has the pro-air thing that cleans the air around you. Parador is also prepared to hack and patch my skirting area FOC..I like the Timeline series because of the width of the planks. Am seriously wondering if I should splurge on the floor or not. Went around expo and and fell in love with the Crestar Starlight ceiling fan series. It's extremely quiet with a simple lighting kit, DC motor instead of AC motor and comes with a lifetime warranty. It's $480 incl of delivery and installation. Fanco Aroma was selling for $350 incl of installation n delivery. Will be going to Jln Besar to check out the prices before going back to expo again to decide. Crestar Starlight - probably for MBR Fanco Aroma - LVR and maybe CBR (notice that the designs are all rather similar.. )

Philips sale no more liao... 3 days only.

so exciting! Finally seeing hacking pictures!

Here are 2 other plans I had thought about. Kitchen 3: I think it's neater and gives a wider sense of space. But this layout means that my steamer and oven would be on the other side, which I'm not that keen as I feel I'd be using the steamer and oven more than the hob. Kitchen 4: the most compact design with everything a turn away..but is it too cramped?