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  1. Posted

    Oh, another bad thing that happened today.

    Found a chip in the living room floor, still don't know who the culprit was. Sad.

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    We'll either use some marble gum on it or replace the whole tile.

    Replacing will be very troublesome and the end result likely won't be optimal either. Either way, it sucks.

    Cr@p happens. :(

  2. Posted

    Kitchen walls

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    Textured and rough, very nice.

    However, we have found out that cleaning can be a real hassle. You can't use normal cloth to wipe it, the fabric will get caught on the rough and abrasive surface..

    Kitchen feature wall

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    We like this quite some even though it looks pretty normal. Its a natural stone tile from Italy and it darkens and gleams when its wet.

    Kitchen floor/bathroom floor

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    Simple rough flooring, will help to prevent slips. The one in the common bathroom is grey instead of black.

    Bathroom wall

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    We didn't really like this choice in the beginning but its slowly growing on us.

    Its glossy but yet a little textured, easy to clean.

  3. Posted

    Some close up pics of the tiles in different areas..

    Good if you want to see the texture and feel of them..

    Living room

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    Smooth and polished flush with the grout, feels like 1 huge piece of marble, we like the natural stone feel..

    MBR

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    This is another one of our weird selections, now we have a headache, there are remnants of grout/cement on the uneven surface of the tiles but this tile can't take acid washing. D@mn. Gotta find a way to clean it..

    2 other bedrooms

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    Slightly textured, find it quite nice actually. Somewhat classy and understated.

  4. Posted

    Some pictures of the chrome plating on the washing machine which has already been eaten away.

    Irreversible damage, haven't even used it once. Heart pain man.

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    These are all on the front loader's swing door, maybe I really should spray paint it black. *#&@!

  5. Posted

    Saw some bad things happen today, metals in the kitchen showed signs of rust. Had to autosol everything, even the built-in oven. Some irreversible damage was caused to the washing machine chrome plating.

    A lesson for everyone, don't trust house cleaners. Be there when they are doing the cleaning or they will happily splash corrosive fluids everywhere and claim it wasn't them. If I went over a few days late, my dish rack, washing machine, built in oven, all exposed stainless steel pipes would have been rusted beyond hope.

    Kitchen wall tiles are porous and have likely absorbed quite some of those acidic/corrosive cleaning agents. Won't be surprised it they slowly vaporize over the days and cause more damage to the stainless steel pipes. :bangwall:

    What to do?

    Some pictures la..

    Remnants of cleaning agent on the walls, its totally not water.. check out the colour..

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    Pipes which started to rust,

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    Wiped off with autosol..

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    Cleaned pipe..

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  6. Posted

    agree with everyone else - lovely bathroom tiles that give the luxe hotel feel. look forward to more of your updates

    Thank you! Will update when I can..

    The glass shower screen and door came today but I was too distracted and forgot to take pictures..

    Will talk more about the distractions later..

    i actually like your tiles alot, especially the living room ones.

    i guess not many people choose those because they are quite pricey.

    i believe your place will turn out gorgeous and unique.

    can't wait for to see it.

    Thanks! Glad to see someone else who likes the living room tile..

    You might change your mind though after I post pictures of the living room. Haha..

    But as my contractor said, every piece of tile is a piece of art by itself. :sport-smiley-004:

    Oh! Okay, thanks for sharing! :) I am a front-loader too, looking at Electrolux, but will see what offered there is tomorrow at the Expo Sale. Since both of u have good reviews on LG, will consider as well.

    Thanks! :)

    Heeey, I didn't give any good reviews yet. I haven't even started using it. Hahaaa..

    I just talked about what I knew which swayed my decision to purchase this. MIGHT not be true! Hehe.. :P

  8. Posted

    Dunno if maomao n Dino can become frens or nt? Wanna hop over to see see all yr special tiles! Lol!

    Can take more pics of the different completed tiles area? If u dun mind, do pm me yr quotation. Mayb I shd call Ronald too.. Tks ya!

    Maomao is dang anti-social, don't think she'd like to be friends with anybody. Sometimes I think she doesn't even like us. Haha..

    Will take more pics of completed tiling areas soon. Maybe tomorrow, will be going over in the afternoon.. :thumbs up:

    Shall PM you my quote..

  9. Posted

    U r so bold in tiles selection.. Nw I v headache with my rustic grey cement floor tiles.. Dunno which to choose cos got contractor said not nice...

    Choose whatever you like!

    In the end, its your house, not the contractor's house.. :P

    8 out of 10 people think my choice of living room tile is crazy/ugly/ridiculous/stupid/etc.. but wifey and I like it, thats the most important thing isn't it? So we chose it! :lol:

  10. Posted

    Nice Toilet mao mao!! :P

    Hahaa.. Xie xie..

    We tried to make the best of it.

    The WC was right smack in the middle.. Not ideal at all.. Its also SOOO tiny.. :bangwall:

    Hi,

    your toilet is nice, it gave a classy feel. And i like your marble selection. :)

    Thank you! :)

    We have seen this kind of marble (the white one) used on a building at Beach Road, looked quite bad.

    Glad it turned out ok..

    Hi there! You've got a very unique direction for your place. Can't wait to see the end product.

    You can try the bookshelf wallpaper to get the look you want.

    JS

    Hey JS, we can't wait to see the end product either.. Hahaa.. Quite nervous about how things would look in the end.. Fingers crossed!

    The wallpaper is really interesting, have never seen anything like that before. Wifey and I are quite amused at the idea but we probably can't have any wallpaper, walls are the old school kind of textured plastering..

    hihi... it was my husband who went to get the Grohe shower systems... he said it should be similar pricing to yrs. We bought another 2 grohe icon shower heads to replace the default set's, as we both loved the donut shape :)

    As for the machines, we had actually wanted european washers, however, unless we bought the higher end range, they were all made in thailand. (same issue with fridges, for fridge, we ended up with a Blomberg) How I ended up with the LG was because of the 10 year motor warrenty & the direct drive motor.

    anyway... yr toilets really look great! can't wait to see more :)

    Yeah, I noticed your hand showers, they are quite cute. Wifey doesn't like the colors though, I ended up topping up a bit and changing the hand shower to a slightly different one from the normal ones. Still looking quite normal, haha..

    I hear you regarding the LG washer, its really tempting and the specs are so high for something so reasonably priced. Just had to take the plunge and give LG a try! Wish us both luck, hehe.. Your fridge sounds expensive.. Ours was chosen based purely on aesthetics.. The doors are covered with black glass and it goes with the kitchen cabinets. D@rn bimbotic.. Hahaa..

    Contractors accidentally broke the wc in the toilet while trying to fix a minor leak, they had to buy another one to replace it. Felt sorry for them but heard absolutely no grumbles on their end.

    Glass doors and sliding shower screen to be up tomorrow!

    All thats left is for the marble people to deliver the vanity top and plumber to fix up the taps n sink after that. Can't wait! :bath:

  11. Posted

    Sorry to ask a stupid question, what is a direct drive motor?

    Hmm..

    Normal front load washing machines have a motor that is connected to a belt that moves the drum, direct drive machines have different motors that are directly connected to the drum. DD machines are thus quieter and probably will last longer than normal machines.

  12. Posted · Edited by mabaricows

    mabaricows> the red drum thingy is a Kartell componibili, hehehe.. never realised that it does look like a oil drum :)

    ahhh.. u are using that tile in yr kitchen? cool!.. but... do u cook a lot? i find it a little porous for the kitchen making it a little hard to clean after cooking....of course that can be solved with a bigger back splash :sport-smiley-018:

    Just googled Kartell componibili.. Haha.. Pardon my mountain tortoise-ness :D

    But look at this..

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    Similar right? Industrial theme mah.. Haha.. I used to work with these quite some, so it came to mind.. hehe..

    About our kitchen, nope, we won't be cooking much, actually we have green stone wall tiles above the backsplash. Its everywhere else that we're using this textured tile, it does seem really porous. Did some minor cleaning and scrubbing and a lot of water was absorbed into it..

  14. Posted

    Just wanted to share this wonderful bookshelf incorporated into the living room.

    Its Ben Stiller's house actually.

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    We so wanted something like that but couldn't find any carpenter with this kind of worksmanship in Singapore. Would probably have had to bring in someone from Indonesia. Pity lah.

  15. Posted · Edited by mabaricows

    Love the feature wall, its wonderfully ballsy and quaint.

    Is that an oil drum we see with a lamp on it? Really nice! :thumbs up:

    Side note,

    We are using the same textured horizontally lined wall tiles, yours on the MBR toilet walls and ours on our kitchen walls. Its dang nice la. Especially when there's light on it.

  17. Posted

    Our floor plan and layout, anyhow use MSpaint chop chop do one.. Hehe..

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    The slanting wall at the end of the living room was a headache, we decided to settle for a slanted tv, sometimes we might move the tv console to face the sofa.. See how la, will see when the furniture arrives..

    We do have countertops and cabinets in the kitchen, just lazy to insert into the picture, its full length lor along the left side..

    2 other rooms, to be furnished later.. :)

  18. Posted

    Wah, not bad. Look very luxurious 5-star hotel like!!

    very classy design. very nice.

    Nice toilet! Got the hotel feel!

    Thanks everyone for the kind and generous comments. Quite reassuring.

    We were initially worried that the tiles would turn out looking weird, we felt that the floor and shower area marble was quite an adventurous selection.

    Great updates! But maomao looks really tired....LOL..

    Wow I like your toilet! Where did you get the showerhead from? Very nice :)

    Hehe, maomao was just minding her business sitting on a table, I rolled a tissue roll under her chin and she rested her head on it. I then decided to take a picture of her and she felt bitter. Funny.. Cats are very expressive, maybe next time I'll post a compilation of her different expressions.. :P

    The rainshower (BauLoop) and hand shower (Bau Cosmopolitan) are from Grohe. Got them from Royal Fanco at Jalan Besar.

  19. Posted · Edited by mabaricows

    Our MBR toilet is half done.

    Tiling is done, WC installed, rainshower and carpentry for vanity top as well.

    Only left, marble top, installation of basin n taps, mirror, showerscreen and glass door

    Actually thats not "only", thats a lot. Haha..

    Here are some pics!

    Tiles, left most one is for our MBR floor(homogeneous), middle one for some walls (marble), right one for floor and shower area (marble) :)

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    Close up of the completed tiling

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    Shower area with rainshower and WC (0 ticks, we like :P )

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    Will update as more things get done. Hehe.

  21. Posted

    The Italy one is a slightly higher range than the Turkey one, which makes it a better deal.

    I hope i can get such good deals at the Gain City Expo Sale this weekend. ;)

    Btw, re you black cage-like looking light, the lights look **** bright. Are there any shadows cast on the wall as a result of the cage-like thingy?

    Hope you get a great deal this weekend! The sales this year seem to be pretty good, maybe people are tightening up their wallets thus causing prices to be lowered more..

    The light is really bright and we have 2 of them along the kitchen, no shadows at all. Its pretty nice, wifey chose them and she feels quite smart. Haha..

    heh heh heh very notti this one... but very manja as well and a spoilt brat :D

    All cats seem to be brats. But so d@rn lovable..

  22. Posted

    We swap the Harry Potter chandelier with this 3 pendant lamp for our staircase...

    The black harry potter chandelier was bought even before we got our keys, we have not decided what we wanted for our home then.... ... (learning point : always decide on the theme of the place before getting fittings, furnitures and accessories)

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    Wifey loves this!

    So wonderful she says, pity we already bought all our lighting.

  23. Posted

    Wah.. You guys actually do homework!

    Don't know how long its been since we last went to the library. Wifey feels ashamed that she forgot this option exists. All she did was buy reno mags. Haha.. Husband just made decisions based on feel and nothing else.

    Think you guys will end up with a really nice end product.

  24. Posted

    ..

    We hv some similar taste like the tiles. My theme shd b modern industrial look. Will b mainly white, black and grey. However, not many people understand our taste de.

    ..

    Show you my paint selection.. Hehe..

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    Some of our walls will be Nobel Grey and some Mosiac Grey. Ceiling will be Grey Star. Doors will be Suede. Pipes in the kitchen and common toilet to be Iguana or a darker green.

    A warning, Nobel Grey is very dark.. Haha.. We like..

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