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Monk8 you can try getting the Japanese magic sponge at NTUC. It look like a block of white sponge. It does wonder to remove "yellowish stain" from old switch, etc

Hi NSW, You can see my t-blog http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/38448-minimalist-home/

I'm also from Bedok North! We have similar floor plan! I totally agree with you the toilets are small thus our master bedroom toilet vanity has to be built outside the toilet to accommodate a bigger shower area.

Oh I forget one thing I learn about after constructing my vanity is that you must create drawers space like this

Hi Makenology, No worry, its meant to be shared with fellow reno people. I loved to read the t-blogs here & see people renovate their house. Recently I'm into learning about compact living renovation, etc. I have a few suggestion and perhaps you can consider and check with your designer: 1. Constructing low closet drawers will make the room smaller as it will take up the floor space. Instead you can build closet shelves above (extending all the way to the window) to stall away clothes such as winter wear, extra pillows that you seldom use it. And you can add in down lighting for your television to create additional mood lighting for your room. 2. Currently your room door seems to open towards the wall. Looking at your floor plan, the wall next to the door seems like a big space that can construct more closet space. You can consider either to change your room door to a sliding door (if you have the budget) or change the opening direction of the door towards your bed. 4. Don't waste the space next to the door if its wide enough to accommodate a customize shelves. It will be a wasted space of just for the door. I believe the space next to the door can build a wardrobe for your to stall away your bags, jeweleries, etc. With that you can add more closet space. 3. Once you have the divider between your vanity, you won't have enough space for side tables. You can consider my bed head design by constructing drawers to create more storage space. It's very useful to put alarm clock, bedside light & the drawers can stall away my cosmetic,books, etc. One lesson I learn is make sure you get the designer to build hidden compartment beneath the table top which can accommodate extension wires. We have alot of device on the bed table top such as handphone charges, table lamp, etc and because during that time I did not research enough we overlook this. Our vanity area cost us $1490 to build a false wall (we shifted the door to the toilet to accommodate the vanity area)and the vanity. Remember to get the designer to install a glass backsplash. Previously, we only have a painted wall and the water will be splash on it & gets moldy.

I owned a Dyson blameless fan too. But we are abit regard because its quite noisy compared to normal tower fan. When it's switch on it sounds like an industrial fan and can be heard throughout the whole house.

Hi As Alan said, The space is more than enough. However, we did not build a wall because we want wind & light from the window.

Oic, waiting to see the end result of your house. The house has a bit of change as we added a few paintings & posters here and there to decorate the place but too lazy to update the blog

Hi yuki&jason, we have shifted to our house last Dec. And here is our t-blog Our house is very simple and minimalist. Although we have completed our renovation, I still like to hang out in this forum to see other people's design. It's quite enjoyable reading the t-blogs here.

Yup the ceiling are low so we do away with false ceiling. Even so our ceiling fan looks dangerously low and my mil is not happy about it.

Wooo since like we all have the same problem. I wanted to raise the whole kitchen area to level with the living room but my ID says the floor cannot hold the weight in the end we only raised the dining area

Yo, I also live at bedok north, mine is at blk 408. And my mil stays at blk 128. similar layout.

Yo bedokian, we also have similar layout just that our master bedroom has a toilet (which is your bathroon). The toilets are small!! So we shift our vanity into our bedroom for the master bedroom to accomodate the shower screen. The kitchen is big so we divide out a dinner area.

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