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Hahas, oops-y. Thought still can ask where you're getting them from >.<

Keen to see outcome too! Wow, and I am very impressed that you are going to install 2 bathtubs at home!

Looking forward!!

Hahahahas, okay, frugal~~ Stingy abit sa lah term also Sure! Will share. ** Updated ID/Contractor post, I think I may have found the person already **

I did I did!! I told the Mister that we should borrow a projector and screen it on the white walls to paint something. He rolled his eyes :'(

still relaying tv point? me doing so, looking forward to your renovated homee~ and yup, heard qing ming cannot do. so better play safe

Yup, that's the one! Okay, shall search taobao then.

Furniture for the *meow residence* From Ikea, $299 From Ikea, $99 From Ikea, $999 I am an ikea frantic so most of my stuff will be from there. Moreover, they're quite reasonably priced, aren't they? Thus, this suits my very low budget. Hahas, what to do, cause I never earn too much money. The sofa is big for a 4 room, too big actually, it extends all the way to the front. I told Mister the person sitting at the edge of the sofa corner will not be able to watch the TV, and he said, the person sitting there will be the person playing iPad, so no TV for him/her. Okay, that makes it the iPad corner then. As for the dining table, we are intending to place it right at the entrance of the kitchen so we have to have a small table so as not to block the entrance for people moving in and out of the kitchen. A drop leaf table would be the best bet then. When there are guest, we'll move the table to the centre of the living hall to have our meals! This is also one of the reason why I don't intend to have a dining light cause they make no sense to me since our dining table is moveable. Ahh, I am so looking forward. I hope it won't be that ugly

Noted! I read about painter's tape and was going like "huh, wts is that?" I think I may need to head to some hardware shops to ask about painting stuff. The biggest headache now is also choosing the colour that can represent the bricks that I wanted to have. And waiting for HDB's rectifications.

Hi Supermama, can share your quote? Thanks!

The search for someone within our budget Okay, so here goes. As per the layout, we really aren't doing much for our home~ I guess the most expensive thing in our will be electrical stuff, kitchen cabinets and our bathtub? We do have contacts (within our families) for such ala carte items but felt that we should not be relying on family and also to reduce any conflicts (what if this so-and-so relative did not do a good job etc), we will source from external. Worse come worse, if the quote is super expensive, then we may have to fall back and get relatives' help then. 1. ID number 1 (I****H****) - A young female ID replied to my query about my renovation. We met her up one Friday night and discuss about what we wanted and what we don't want. Overall, felt quite comfortable with her but no chemistry although she tried to talk to me about Taobao when I told her I may be buying stuff from Taobao. Quotation came up to $17k (but there are alot of missing items) 2. ID number 2 (Z*****J**) - Mister and I felt very very comfortable with this ID, clicked well, speak our lingo, knows exactly what we want. But, still, her prices are way higher than what was recommended (we have quotes from another friend who used them). If the ID can charge someone else cheaper than me, why can't they charge me the same? Quite disappointed on the pricing wise but KIV still. Quotation came up to $19k. 3. Contractor 1 (J**M**) - I left after talking to this Contractor for 15 minutes. Told him I wanted to have a false ceiling across my living rooms with lights and he said it will be ugly. *my fragile heart breaks* And I have this particular design of L shape kitchen cabinet to be done with stove right smack in the middle, he said it can't be done as well. Okay, that is the most important feature of my home, so sorry, out you go. 4. ID number 3 (R****) - We asked for quote way back in Jan/Feb but did not follow up as we were sick of meeting people without viewing the actual unit. Therefore, we arrange to meet this ID last night at our flat. Was supposed to meet at 830pm but he was late. Mister was super pissed off (he went on and on blabbering about young people nowadays always late, the PUB guy tell him seldom see young people like us who will come on time/on the dot, our friends always late for appointment etc etc). Hahas, anyways, despite his blabbering, Mister still bought soya milk for the ID. ID came at about 845pm and we talk about how we wanted the whole unit to be. Not bad, he listens! And he only give opinions where necessary. Not pushy to push all his ideas to us, this ID's take is you tell me what you want to do, I do for you *full stop* Wow, impressed. Even Mister felt comfortable in the ID's style. Haha, but our flat is really very simple, even the ID also say, this is an easy one. Total quote: $17k Anyway, ID number 3 seems like a sure go, but, let's just see his pricing as well. And, should I look for another last one to make it a 5 selection to choose from? 5. We (or rather, I) have decided to go ala carte style. The renovations we are looking are pretty basic and can be coordinated by me and Mister. We do not have a huge budget that we can play around and since Mister's working on flexible timings, he can always meet the contractors now and then. So, we decided to do it ala carte (with each individual vendors coming in!) Hope that this won't be a wrong choice.

Definitely! Am excited about that too, I just hope my passion don't die off as time passes.

Keep it this colour, don't paint white. It's super natural and beautiful!

$18 and $12 comparison, $12 shipping will become how much? Can share where you found in Singapore at $18? Me maybe just buy in Singapore instead.

I love love love your dining light! And convinced hubby to use it for our music/study room. But, the thing is, where did you purchased it? Hahas, can share? If they got more of such lovely lights, think I'll buy different kind of hanging lights.

I like the water fountain also! Chio chio.

Mister's logic again - wallpaper is more expensive (and we don't have a huge budget to begin with), I will easily damage wallpaper cause I'm very clumsy, in our humid weather, wallpaper cannot survive well =X That's the reasons he quote when I ask him about wallpaper.

Thanks Songz! Haha, yeah, hopefully can refined the lights design with the assigned contractor/ID. And here are some photographs of how it looks like inside the *meow residence*! The living room/dining area The Kitchen The Passage Way leading to Rooms Okay, so for this particular wall at the passage way leading to room - it is either to hack the wall down and build up a glass wall OR I'll draw and paint bricks! Hahas, it's such a trend for bricks wall but Mister don't like it (citing trap dust ar, take up space ar, rough edges ar). Ya, he and his nonsense. So, I told him, I'll then paint bricks a like on the walls instead and no stopping me! Mister said go ahead IF I have the energy to slowly paint it. I better prove him wrong. An example how the bricks wall will look like is as follows. One of my good friend has done this for her bedroom so I know it is do-able just need time (3 days?). I am roping her help in to paint the walls together. Stay tuneeeed~ *Psst, if you have any idea what colour/paint should the bricks wall be, please let me know! I am in a dilemma on choosing colours for that bricks lookalike~*