Jump to content
Find Professionals    Deals    Get Quotations   Portfolios

curryqueen

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    339

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by curryqueen

  1. Posted

    Hi Ben,

    Sorry, just saw your post which was almost a year ago!. WMF is good for even heat distribution, etc etc , but it is a KILLER to clean. even after soaking very hard to clean. So unless you are prepared to spend quite a bit of time to maintain them or have a helper to "suffer" on your behalf, go for non-stick pans. Doesn't have to be TEFAL. Just any non-stick pans.

  2. Posted · Edited by curryqueen

    Oh... And Don't buy stainless steel kitchenware like WMF unless you are prepared to scrub. I used WMF for one yr, then gave it all away and went back to tefal coated or ceramic pots and pans.

    Like Leen said, in an earlier post, no false ceiling, no down lights, no WM and fridge base for all the same reasons .

  3. Posted

    I have lived in my renovated re-sale 3 roomflat for almost 4 years. Here's what I am glad I did what I wouldn't do again:

    I will:

    - buy Fanco Aroma ceiling fans. They are quiet, have strong wind and their remote control lasts really well despite being dropped on the floor countless times. I wish I had another one in the TV room instead of a desk fan. It's also easy to clean. Just use the extendable magic cleaner or stand on a stool and use wet wipes. Less than 5 mins to clean.

    - use laminate flooring or vinyl flooring again. No tiles for me. The laminates have withstood cat puke, furniture dragged across the floor and are really easy to maintain. Try to have only 1 color of flooring throughout the entire flat and bed rooms. It will make the house look bigger.

    - buy Bennington water heater. It's small and heats the water fast.

    - buy blinds. I bought my blinds from tanjong katong complex. The only ikea blinds I have is in the MBR and still works fine. Curtains, I find, are messier and collect more dust. I have a sinus problem, so blinds work better for me.

    - buy Mitsubishi electric split air con again.

    - didn't tile my kitchen walls. I don't cook that often so I never saw a reason to tile my kitchen walls.

    - didn't spend a lot of money on lighting. I think I spent less than $250 on lighting my entire house. I reused the previous owners lights in my toilet, storeroom and walk-in closet. Even though my ceiling fans have lights, it wasn't bright enough for the MBR and LVR. A majority of my lights came from Ikea and it's fine.

    - place my closed door walk-in wardrobe away from my toilet. No problems with maintainance.

    -have no door to my MBR toilet. I have a glass shower door, but no door to the loo.. I think because of good air circulation, I never had a problem with mould in my toilet.

    - move my wash basin out of the MBR toilet and sacrifice some space in the MBR. The MBR loo feels a lot more spacious in my 3 room flat now.

    - spent a bit more and got muji plastic drawers. They have not turned yellow yet.

    - place the sink in the common toilet under the shower hose and use a 2 way faucet; 1 way for shower, the other to wash hands and brush teeth. The gives me more space to have a bigger sink instead of the usual tiny one in the toilet.

    - keep my storeroom instead of knocking it down for an open concept kitchen.Storage is VERY useful.

    I will not

    - buy my toilet and kitchen hardware from Adamas ever. I think they are china ones even though the sales lady said they were not.rusty in just 1 year, kitchen sink faucet handle just popped out today.. Shower rod caps drop off after 6 mths, WC cover turn yellowish in less than 1 yr. The only think I don't regret buying is the extendable laundry hanging rack.great space saver and has not rusted yet.

    - have customized built-in furniture in the LVR. I am the type who likes to change the layout of my furniture every year or so. Even though it maximizes space,I can't change the layout of my LVR any more..

    - box up the electric piping that goes for the LVR to Kitchen. It does make it look neater, but it makes the ceiling look lower. I could have disguised the piping in so many other ways instead of spending $$ boxing it up.

    - box up the MBR aircon panel. Again, it would have been cheaper to find other ways of disguising it. Eg, putting a small table in front of it.

    Hope this helps newbies.

  4. Posted

    Final product!!

    IMAG0629.jpg

    Nice..

    For soap marks on glass shower screen, I clean it with a spray of undiluted white vinegar. What I find helpful is to give the screen a swipe with white vinegar BEFORE showering. You don't have to do it everytime before you shower, just maybe once in 2 weeks. Then you won't have any scum buildup.

    Am wondering where I can get a BIG bottle of white distilled vinegar tho.. can't find it in any of the giant super mkts.

  5. Posted · Edited by curryqueen

    how did you manage to shift your TV and electrical points to the opposite side of the room? :o

    I had powerpoints on 3 corners of the room. But the TV cable was a bit of an issue. Had to get a longer one so that it can reach the other end of the room.

    The furniture sliders can be gotten from anywhere.. NTUC, neighbourhood shops, Home-fix. Looks like theseFurniture Sliders.

    Sliders cost less than $10.

  6. Posted

    heya, your furnitures looks familiar! you got it from hock siong? really nice..

    Yah.. the sofa bed, side table, armchair & lamp. :D H.S really does have nice stuff tho it disappears really fast.

  8. Posted

    Moving Furniture

    After staying in your place for a while, the original furniture placement will sort of change as you start actually LIVING and using the place.. you'd find that "oh, I need a chair here", "I need a side table there." I had that with my TV room/BDRM2.

    The original furniture placement had the sofa bed under the windows with the TV console at right-angle with the sofa. This would allow people in the LVR to watch TV as well...But the placement gave me a horrible crick in the neck after a while..

    CIMG0336320x200.jpg

    So I moved the furniture around (by myself.. Thank God for furniture sliders!). I shifted the sofabed to where the TV console originally was and the TV console directly opp the sofabed, in front of the sliding dr. To hide the TV cables, I placed my ottoman under the windows.

    CIMG0401320x200.jpg

    CIMG0402320x200.jpg

    This was actually perfect, however the ottoman that I moved from the LVR into the TV rm made the LVR really bare and left me with no place to sit to wear my shoes or place my handbag.I tried using the dining chairs as my "shoe chair", but it didn't quite work.

    So after a month, I moved the ottoman back and placed an armchair under the window instead.

    CIMG0405320x200.jpg

    I'm still trying this placement out. The armchair is really comfortable ,but seems a little too big for the space. But getting an itty-bitty armchair just would't be functional, just pretty.. which is not what I want at all.

    What do you guys think?

  9. Posted

    im trying to achieve the glossy white effect...u know when u spray a thick layer of acrylic paint, it gives a very glossy look and smooth to touch.

    ... those PU sticky paper...water resistant..? Available in art-friend..? Maybe i will try the PU paper if all else fails...haha...

    baby said it can be sanded down and repainted. Shall try oil based paint to see if its better... :)

    Yes, it's water resistant. No need to go Art-Friend. just those shops at Level 1 that makes banners & signs. I think there's one shop that's called A1 tha sells it.

  10. Posted

    Picked up a free ikea used table from a kind renotalker. Had to do some work to it as the laminate was stained and scratched.

    [All looking good...but the impatient me flipped the table top over while paint is not dried yet and now all my hard work is gone to the drain... the nice white table is now stained with newspaper marks and is so disgusting...

    im totally sad...

    Baby consoled me and offered to help me salvage it over the weekend.... im keeping my fingers crossed....

    Hmm.. an easier way maybe be to go to bras basah and go buy a role of those PU sticky paper and stick on the table? It would be easier to maintain too.

  13. Posted

    i wouldn't suggest having any wooden cabinets in a wet toilet. Wood and water dun go together. And for that matter, moisture does as much damage as water.

    1 option to reduce the levels of moisture in a toilet is to install an exhaust fan at the venting window.

    Agree. Wet & wood don't go together. But that's a nice basin.

    Hmm.. would you consider a sliding dr shower screen instead of a swing dr? You would have to clean the bottom track regularly of course, but that may give you a wet/dry toilet and still leave u space to have a basin inside.

  14. Posted

    U can actually insert this, easier to view. :)

    scan0002ik.jpg

    Uploaded with ImageShack.us

    i think it would be extremely squeesy for doing business....moving in and out of that area would not be easy.

    maybe u might consider shifting out the basin for MBR, afterall too small a basin with no storage is not good.

    Agree with Gimz, if you don't move out your basin, then the MBR toilet will be very squished. Glass panel without the swing dr won't prevent water from the shower area from wetting the entire toilet. You would need to fully enclose the shower area.

    Quite a no. of RT forummers had issues with PD dr, you may want to think about it again (esp with guests who dunno how to use it and then spoil it).

  15. Posted

    House is shaping up nicely! I have the same fan too! In fact I bought 2! 1 white one for the LVR and the antique bronze one ( the one that u have) for the MBR..

    The wind is quite strong at low speed and it's nice and quiet. Enjoy your fan.. I had absolutely no regrets buying the Fanco Aroma fan.

  16. Posted

    Hello curryqueen

    Love the entire concept for your house. Must be enjoying the fruits of your labour now. Relaxing in the tv room...drinking coffee and dozing off...lol.

    Sent you a PM regarding the grilles. And cement screed. I wonder how my final product will look tooo..

    thanks all for the compliments - Yes, I am really glad that the dust has settled and I don't have to stress over the reno anymore. Can relax now...

    Lynn3ralla, have pm-ed you. :P

    Quite a number of you have pm-ed me about my grilles and asked for the contact.

    The contact is Henry from F&A Aluminium. Hp is 9845 9339. Just tell him you got his contact fr the lady at Sgn Ave 3 who did the 2 inch grilles.

    My grilles & gate are powder-coated mild steel.

    BUT I WARN EVERYONE FIRST, READ MY EARLIER POSTS ABOUT MY STRESS WITH HIM. So if you do get him to do your gates and grilles, do so with your EYES WIDE OPEN.

  17. Posted · Edited by curryqueen

    Latest best friend: Paint

    Our bookshelf from Giant:

    DSC02520.jpg

    Gimz' itchy hand:

    DSC02523.jpg

    Trying to be funny..."Zhng my fan project"

    DSC02525.jpg

    Hey Gimz, long time no see..!R u going to paint the metal poles of your bookshelf white too? that would be so cool! After my terrible spray painted bird cages, I didn't dare to spray paint anymore. I had actually wanted to spray paint the water drainage cover in grey ( bought the spray paint) but still haven't dared yet.

    Would you consider leaving the tires black as contrast to your white furniture?

  19. Posted · Edited by curryqueen

    the MBR loo - I covered the entrance with a lacey curtain

    CIMG0316320x200.jpgCIMG0317320x200.jpg

    Shower doors with Frosted film-necessary since the toilet windows face the staircase

    CIMG0318320x200.jpgCIMG0352320x200.jpg

    the painted s/s water pipes- much better than before

    CIMG0319320x200.jpg

  20. Posted · Edited by curryqueen

    Final lot of photos:

    Master bedroom

    CIMG0348320x200.jpgCIMG0320320x200.jpg

    CIMG0312320x200.jpg

    Door to Wardrobe

    CIMG0315320x200.jpg

    As you can see, I changed the painting from a smaller one to a more appropriate sized one on the wall next to the wardrobe dr

    CIMG0350320x200.jpg

  22. Posted · Edited by curryqueen

    Thanks curryqueen, my reno just started and there's already incurring costs (to reconfigure the toliet piping, what to do when our 3-rms toliet so small). Will have to forgo the sliding door.

    May i request for the cost and contact for the rollerblinds as well if you don't mind?

    Your kittens are really adorable, love the last pic with the side-by-side shoot gazing out at the corridor

    must be saying to the other, "Jiat lat, anymore fatter and I wouldn't be able to make it out of here'"

    The LVR and BDRM2 roller blinds were gotten from H.M. Deco at Tanjong Katong Complex Level 1 (near the door, opp supermarket). they were $%& expensive at $300 each. It has a bumper at the bottom so that you won't hear a clanging sound when the wind blows.

    The MBR roller blinds are from Ikea at $29. :D

    That reminds me.. I haven't put up the MBR photos yet! Will put up tonight..

  23. Posted · Edited by curryqueen

    hi curryqueen. i also have cats and having a headache to customise the window grills and gate. do you mind to share who is your supplier, and how much it cost? thanks so much!

    Hi Nitrolli,

    I used magnetic insect screen for my kitchen and MBR and I designed my main gate,LVR & BEDROOM 2 window grilles to be 2 inch wide instead of the usual 4 inch.

    For the 2 inch grilles, small kittens are still able to squeeze through. Moo (my black and white 4 mth old kitten) managed to squeeze himself through the main gate. Puck, my 7-mth old tabby, tried to squeeze through the main gate, got his head and body outside but his hind quarters got stuck inside.. It was rather funny seeing him trying to wriggle himself back in. Now, he just stays in and stares at the outside world longingly.

    prison.jpg

    So, if you don't intend to have any more kittens, and your cats are about a year old, 2 inch grille gates are fine. I made mine in powder-coated mild steel with F&A Aluminium. You can contact Henry. But warn you first, I wasn't very happy with them. I would encourage you to have EVERYTHING in email when you correspond with him (e.g. when you want him to deliver your gate and grilles, the design, allocation of space for flooring...)

    City Aluminium had also done some narrow window grilles for "cat-preventive measures" before too. Alex's contact is in the "window grilles" thread somewhere on R.T., and he has a blog in which you can see the pics of his work.

    For the magnetic insect screen, I called for quotes from Peace-on and Magnetic Screen.

    I used magnetic screen in the end ,but I think Peace-On ie also pretty ok.

    It's best you ask them to come to your place for a quote - coz for mine, the MBR is fixed, while the kitchen is sliding using the old window grille frame and each HDB unit has a different window size.

  25. Posted

    I regretted getting water-saving W.C.s. The reason why it's water saving is because the flush is not strong.

    I bought Claytan one-piece toilet bowl - you need at least 2 flushes before toilet paper completely disappears (and it's not as if I use half a toilet roll). For "chocolate cakes", you need to flush SEVERAL times - defeating the purpose of it being water-saving.

×