baby81984

Hi, thank you for your kind words.. we are hardly experts enough to give classes.. we are just love to try out new ideas we see off the net.. we will be happy to give our 2 cents worth to anyone who has difficulties with DIY-ing... cheers!

tks. it would be better if the paint doesn't come off when i peel off the sticker thou....

tks! it's really quite fun after you start... we can't stop now... the clock mechanism, i recommend you get it at neighbourhood places.. those shops where they sell nearly everything like household items, etc.. some of the clock hands are really nice... if you get ikea, you might need to spray it into other colors as the white clocks ikea has comes with red hands (i think)... you can get the clocks from neighbourhood stores for as low as 3 - 4 bucks... the only thing is that the clock medhanisms are usually rectangular in shapes and they might be not concealed nicely. you might need to tamper with the mechanism somewhat... you can get the pallet from most industrial places... i do suggest that you and ur hubby go scouting with 1 bike... that way, if you happen to find a pallet, you can take a cab home with the pallet while ur hubby rides home.. preferably, you should look out at places which deals with papers, plastic, etc... try not to go for areas which deals with metals, food, etc... my experience is that the pallets that are discarded are usually dirty or wet or damaged... you can ask anyone around before removing the pallets.. they are usually accomodating as the pallets are to be thrown away anyway... Happy diy-ing!

yo dex, your flat looks lovely! great work on the transformation!! enjoy ur new place!! i like your stove covers as well.. i need to figure out how to DIY a couple...

the same thing is happening with my MBR shower glass door... i think it might be the hinge tt needs oiling?? not sure...

me and gim had spent around 28k plus to date for the house and we have included every single thing we spent on the house, right down to the sponge we are using for cleaning plates... it's definitely not easy and had been a learning experience for both me and gim... but the thing is do be very very meticulous and plan in advance.. we shop around and ask around for quotes and often go to the cheapest as long as it does not compromise on the quality of work done... you definitely need to be realistic thou... i did not budget 10k for my furniture simply because i know that we can't afford it... but some of the things we could not save on coz we know that we would not be happy if we did... we hacked a fair bit of the house, the walls and so on... tt took up a bit of money but we felt it was money well spent... it would be good to do up a spreadsheet so as to see all possible hidden costs so that you could be properly prepared... for example, hacking fees does not end at the 1k or so for 2 walls... you will still have to spend money to make good the walls! ensure that all these are properly budget for and trust mi, your money could go to a long way... me and gim also outsource whenever possible.. while we seriously do not know what to look out for or how to spot defects, we try to learn or we simply use our common sense... for example, we outsource the windows direct. we may not know what they were doing.. but at least we know enough to check that the windows were sliding properly, locks working well, sides of the windows properly cemented and no funny looking bumps... it took just 1 day of leave to get that settled... another way to save wat to buy yourself whenever possible.. we had the luxury of gim's parent's car sometimes and boy, did we make full use of that... we bought mattress, sofa frames, table glass, table frames, blah blah from an assortment of ikea, neighborhood shops, or my office area... at our most impromtu moment, we actually lugged home a 2m cupboard frame and the boxes home by bus! tough, definitely... but look at how much it saved us! each delivery by ikea costed around 50 if i'm not wrong.. go figure! you can look at my blog if you are interested in our savings.. from my primary calculations i saved about 10k outsourcing rather then goin thru 1 contractor.. i would be happy to share with you anything you wish to know... i'm still updating the blog as days pass (actually gim does most of the updating.. hahah!)... but it's been a really fun process! enjoy!

nah... it was a 2 yrs subscription lah... but yeah.. very pretty... hahhah...

i used a penknife to trim and scrape off the excess peeling parts... then polish the edges... back breaking work... but at least it looks way better now...

did some hard work with our hob last weekend... my hob at the 1st glance... on a closer look... the edges...... after 1.5 hours of hard work... now all edges look like this.... it's super hard work.... but it's really satisfying when i see everything nice and neat...

25th june is next week!!!! aiyo!!! so excited for u! can't wait to see ur progress! hee... actually the whole reno process really needs to do research... mi and gim were looking back last weekend and we realised we easily save about 10k just coordinating some of the works ourselves... which is a lot of money!! even basic things like installing WC, tiling, etc, can easily see a great difference in many contractors... i've got a colleague who got a quotation of 9k plus just for 2 toilets, 1 prayer alter and painting whole place!!! to think that my whole bill with my contractor was also 9k plus which definitely includes much more stuff.... -_-""" definitely need to find someone you can be comfortable with... you need to interact with that same person for many weeks!! good luck!!!

oh yah.. i totally understand wat u mean... the paint kinda pools into a lump at the corners... end up the shape looks not so sharp..... i originally wanted to painted the cage gold... but end up i didn't like the effect of painting it... lucky i onli painted the top part... end up i spray paint it black... spray paint definitely looks way better....

nice!!! i can kinda imagine ur home already.. will look so cozy!!! pssst.. can just buy any legs and spray it black.... hahahaha...

hahahah.. gim beat mi to the reply... spray paint is alot nicer and smoother effect... thou there's really a wastage... but no choice lah..... by the way, matt black is **** cool!! i nearly went nuts when the shop i got the matt black spray had onli 1 bottle in stock!!! arghhh... and i search the whole bras basah but could not find it!! haizzzz... my bird cage is a mixture of matt black and glossy black (which is lacquer over the matt black) and i kinda like the effect! hee... good luck and remember to show ur DIYs!!

abit wrong... windows (all black frames): - kitchen : clear - living room : light tinted - MBR and common room : dark tinted

argh!! looking at ur ventilation fan reminds mi of mine... mine still at the hospital.. oso dunno will come back or not.. haizz... remember not to install ur ventilation fan until the last moment!