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I took it on the chin with the GST hit... painful, but since delivery is at 99Euros, it's still worth it. Here's the link: http://www.nostraforma.com/ Very professional with tracking details and arrived on time 3 weeks later via UPS.

Whoops, used the wrong acct to post... Lightings We split our light purchases over 2 places. Lightcraft and a website from Germany called Nostraforma. The lights at Lightcraft were more generic pieces. Whilst those from Nostraforma.com had more character. Here's what we got from Nostraforma.... PH 5 The Melampo Parete from Artemide I believe that the lamps are cheaper than buying them from Singapore. It would be good to consolidate purchases as they charge a flat fee of 99Euros for delivery.

hey, great links! Love the stuff on the Forar site, are they based in Singapore? Looking to get an entryway table... seems like everyone is from the creative industry

Some updates.... Wall finally painted in white. We don't have much carpentry only the kitchen cabinets, a storage rack, toilets and our wardrobes. Hoping to fill up with interesting pieces. The wall bleeding it's guts of LAN & speaker cables. The kitchen waiting for carpentry

Thanks for the info Timothy... I've been to Lorgan's but will hunt for some alternatives as I'm not looking to push it so much into a totally decked out 60s - 70s lounge pad.

Oh wow. You're DIYing the refurbishment? Amazing! +1 on the gift and the great pics...

Thank you! We were inspired by a cafe at triple one somerset, can't remember the name, but it looks suhweet especially coupled with their furniture. Also, we found this page on Door Sixteen with a whole lot of info on getting it 'right'. Door Sixteen Link We are probably mixing some more modern pieces as we don't have the guts to go with the more original vintage ones to fit the style.

I usually hunt around 2nd hand furniture shops for unusual pieces. Mostly refurbished teak coffee tables or chairs with pencil legs. I've got a few of those but trying not to overdo it. There's this awesome shop in Kallang: http://www.charm2nd.blogspot.com/ that has really interesting stuff.

Hey there Timothy, Thanks for the welcome... I'm afraid we have paired it exactly with pencil legs and the whole mid century modern look. My other half is a vintage store addict and I've gotten some pieces to complement the wall. The only non-mcm place is my study or 'mancave' as I have called it.

The completed white brick wall, awaiting its coat of white paint The entrance to the common toilet

Unfortunately, this apartment does not allow us to have an open kitchen with an island. Our old place had that and it tended to smoke out the entire house whenever we did some serious cooking. But with a kitchen island, you're always part of the conversation, not sweating it out in a kitchen...

Some updates! Here's the tiles that we chose (or rather ID recommended). Took us quite a while to get this as we didn't want anything too high gloss. Very happy with it and turned out quite well. We decided to keep the living room, kitchen and yard all the same level, hence, this tile was used for quite a large area of the house. The plastered and tiled kitchen The common bathroom with hexagonal mosaic and white wall tiles The main con was quite worried about overlapping schedules, hence the very slow progress...

Thanks... Our renovation work started officially like a day before Chinese New Year. Whilst we got the keys to our place way back in Sept, I stubbornly thought that I could do the ID for it. I finally relented in Feb when my wife suggested that we call someone in to assist in our vision of the place. This is how it looked like after the hacking team was done and the place cleaned up. These photos show a little bit AFTER the hacking. The Living Room with the services Our wee little 15L water heater. We left the purchasing of heaters to our contractor. Quite surprised that it was just 15L. We shall see if it is enough for us. I'm a quick bath kind of person so it suits me just fine as it heats up pretty quickly. The Wall We thought that the white wall was so cool and that it'll be so unique.... BUT big news... everybody has the wall, and everybody pairs it with a set of scandinavian sofa. With pencil legs. So here's a shot of our wall being built with Craft Stone half bricks. We found lots of examples online and even in London where there is an air of nonchalance to how they just slap on the cement and painting it over. Almost imperfectly perfect. We had a hard time trying to explain to the sub-contractors how we wanted it to be as they seem to think that we are going for a country brick wall (which we are not). Best way to do it is to DIY I guess.

Hey there, yes it's a private apt. I have almost completed my reno, just need to go through a whole stack of pictures to put up. Look forward to seeing how your place turns out as well!

Thanks! Yes, I have seen your blog, but we weren't as disciplined as you to follow the style. We sort of did a mix of styles (also due to budget). Made quite a few online purchases to get the feel. One consideration is that I'm quite a tech geek as well, so had to hide all the techy stuff and get the look at the same time.

Our brief was simple. To keep our selection of decor items to be tactile and textural. Somehow, it would be a mish mash of the very popular industrial look & a touch of Scandinavian cleanliness. A recent trip to London gave us lots of inspiration. It seems that the industrial 40's look is everywhere. This little shop called Labour & Wait at Redchurch Street really captured the spirit and aesthetic of that era. Labour & Wait website Labour & Wait link 1 \ Labour & Wait link 2 Even the popular Monmouth coffee joint had something going]

I've been lurking in this forum for the past year and I think it's time I contributed and gave back to this great forum that helped me make some decisions during the reno process. Our first home consisted of a 3 bedroom apartment that we hacked into 2 spaces. Living and sleeping. It soon dawned on us that we (or rather I) required a little more segmentation to our space. i.e. walls.... So we started our hunt for another place with the intention of leaving it largely intact. It'll have to be uncomplicated without bay windows or large yard areas. Here are pics of the original space I've engaged a separate ID and contractor, but they would like to remain anonymous so apologies if I can't release any details (for the contractor at least).