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  4. Posted

    Alamak!!! Ur scaring me coz i hv laminate flooring for my 3 bedrooms :( Krono Original laminates with 15 yrs warranty.

    I will pm u shortly k.

    Poppy, i want it! So sorry I thought u not comfortable sharing initiately so i nv ask liao. Thanks so much, pls pm me :) Btw, if not too much to ask....u mind share ur quotation with the breakdown? I see u cover the breakdown portion at the start of this blog. Thanks again :sport-smiley-018:

  6. Posted

    From my contractor :)

    He told me abt the wood, but i had forgotten :( But according to my frenz, it's good :)

    poppy, do u know what type of wood u used for ur parquet floor? is the wood flooring guy from ur own contact or from ur contractor? thanks.

  7. Posted

    I am my own ID :P hehehehehehehe... I just dun believe only IDs can create a better home. So save the $$ on IDs :P

    I basically work closely with my contractor. And yes i must say he's good coz he captured all the details and the look I had envisioned :) No 3D drawing as i didnt request for any. I trust his work coz i only hv to tell him and he got what i had pictured :) the only 3d drawing he made for me was the kitchen cabinet coz he was rather skeptical on the black color i wanted for my small kitchen :) He just want me to have a rough idea on how it looks visually :)

    Hi, do u mind share with me ur ID or contractor? U seems to envision alot, wonder do u got any 3D drawing before e reno starts? Else, ur contractor must b v good too inorder to share e same pictures in ur mind without a drawing :)

  9. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    Hacked the wall which separates the balcony and study room which i had converted to a living room and raised suspended L-shape platform where we gonna watch tv and have movie nights :)

    Mounted a glass panel. So i can see the balcony from where i watch the tele and vice versa. Love the spacious and open concept i'm trying to achieve :sport-smiley-004:

  10. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    We're going for the nyc loft look this time :D Hence, we spent quite a bit on hacking. I want to create an illusion of a bigger open space.

    The parquet guy kept on asking me am i sure this is the color i want? He made me rethink for a moment. But i went for it. I dun care if not many do this color :) I want it means i want it :) And **** yea!!! Not the slightest bit regretted my decision :sport-smiley-004:

  11. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    And i want a clean look, so i go for white walls with black feature wall. Imagine a dimly lit home at night, watching the tele with black background. Ooh la la!!! :D

    Contractor suggested a feature wall. But i dun wanna be stuck with a wooden feature wall for as long as i live here. And almost everyone has a feature wall for their tele nowadays. So 3-5 yrs later, when we go visit our frenz and families home, they are all identical; feature wall for their tele. I find it lame :P (sorry no offense... To each his own :))

  12. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    Our initial plan was to have a balcony door. But we took the chance and go for an open concept balcony. We were quite skeptical it doesnt turn out good. Afraid it looks too bare and boring. But after the parquet were done, I'm stoked to see how well it turned out to be :) Creates such a spacious space for my 5-rm hdb pigeonhole :)

    Have yet to put indoor fountain, plantsand paint the stone carving wall black.

  13. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    Remember the MBR toilet? Irksome!!

    I refuse to have shower screen only bcoz i dun want to be cleaning it and wiping it dry everyday, all the time. Being in the toilet, it'll get wet each time we shower or do any business :) And i cant stand the sight of even 1 dot of water on taps and glass :P So, i decided not to have shower screen :)

  14. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    The idea of this flushed glass panel is to create an illusion of a bigger space. To connect the living and kitchen but retain the privacy. Dun want the flow from my open concept balcony to end abruptly at the walls :) Hence, i just hack a small opening and had a glass panel flushed with the walls :) No frame as i want the sleek flushed look :)

  15. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    Looking back at pictures of the old kitchen, I can still vividly remember the musky odour in the flat, especially the kitchen. And i kept on gagging. I couldnt last 5 mins in the kitchen. Nothing in the flat could be saved.

    I plastered smooth the whole kitchen instead of having tiles. Bcoz i want that lofty sleek finish. Before i decide on it, i had visioned sleek finished light grey painted walls with sheen. Black suspended cabinet with lightings & glass backing and black granite top. The light colored walls will give a pop to the black cabinet and tiles and makes the kitchen look a tad bigger :) The dim kitchen cabinet lights will give out the sheen of painted walls :)

    The kitchen is small. But i was adamant to have my kitchen cabinets in black :) Being opinionated, I still went ahead with black. Managed to talk my contractor into giving us the $5.80 italian tiles instead of the $2.30 tiles without any top up :)

    It's now almost done. Awaiting for my breakfast table and blood red glass backing. Why red? I just need a pop of color :)

  18. Posted · Edited by PoppyLove

    Here are some pictures of the original house. Very disappointed with the seller. Left behind all their furnitures despite being told to remove everything and nothing inside the house. The house was filthy!!!

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  22. Posted

    Call me cheapskate, but i end up painting my new pad myself :-P hehehe

    Not willing to spend $1400 on painting :)

    Any El-cheapo Painting services to recommend? Just basic painting to my 4rm unit. Just moved in and the current painting is horrible. I got a quote from a painting company for 1300 to paint my house with 3 colors. Its a little bit ex for me. My budget is less than 1k. Anyone has done their house for that amount? Can recommend? Any reviews?

  25. Posted

    Welcome! I think it really depends on personal preference whether to reveal price or not. In some cases, it is because some items are gotten cheaply as a one-off (eg. project overruns or display piece or slight defect) or at a good discount (Eg. staff discount), hence prices are not revealed so as not to put the sales person or the T-blog owner in a difficult position.

    If you want to know the price, definitely can PM the blog owner. Most will be willing to share this way. :)

    Or maybe they really know how to bargain. Or in most cases, they buy many things from the shop. That's why can manage to get good price :)

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