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Day 11 Got the workers to help clear the plants outside the main door as well. Most of the bricks are moldy with termites, centipedes, ants, worms etc. We clear out all of them. (Before) (After) Bathroom black floor trap. Not easy to find black floor trap and black grating. Bathroom almost done up...all white tiles with white mosaic supported by black floor and black floor traps! Thinking of whether to paint the pipes white or black...

Day 9 Toilet Walls almost up. White textured tiles with broad textures and mosaic in the middle. Abit off the minimalist theme, but we like the patterns! Semi-minimalist white bathroom tiles ;p Toilet Floor piping layout. Ceiling L-box and a mini false ceiling to even out the slanted ceiling Ceiling for bedroom done up. This will be a white ceiling with white l-box.

Hi Aron, Just wanna say a big Thank You for re-arranging your schedule to bring the trunking installation earlier to facilitate my reno. Your team of installers are also super dedicated and committed in doing OT till late at night as mine is an old resale flat with more beam challenges. Really good service. Looking forward to the 2nd installation. Will arrange with you soon. Thanks again!!!

No problem. All the best to your research too.

Day 5 of Reno Windows installation is here. white powdered coated frames with green glass panes were a natural choice for our theme. Electrician doing up the power and lan cables. Cement wall at the toilet is also coming up nicely. Progress within the toilet. So glad they managed to remove the two side pipes in the toilet, reduce the clutter.

Day 1 of Reno: Hacking of Toilet Picked an auspicious day and auspicious time which my ID kindly accommodated and instructed his hacking expert to start "moving the earth" accordingly. Pre-Earth-Moving 3 seconds later...the earth has been moved! At the end of the day...whole toilet has been hacked! Fast!

Vohringer - one and only white laminate available.. Checked out kronotex too but did not take pics... In the end i went for Vohringer as stated in my earlier post. With matching skirting and all.

my white laminate hunting journey..share some of the white laminates which I viewed.. Parador- abit over my budget though.. Supreme - these are the 2 whitest, but no more stock.. Allure (waterproof laminate) - very interesting waterproof laminate made of vinyl, but colour too creamy.. Woodculture - whitest available in the series.. Pergo & Lavie - one whiter than the other.. Seems that white is not that popular due to maintenance issues such as dirt between the planks will be more visible than other darker colours. Can only wait to find out how "painful" it will be after we do up ours in white!

I should be going for Vohringer for the following reasons: 1) They have the white colour I want for my theme. This is key as white range laminates are limited in most brands and alot are too creamy or out of stock. 2) Higher quality laminates compared to market. Important for me as I'm doing up laminate for the whole house including the living room so I want something that's more water, impact, stain, scratch resistant than average. The laminates are also rated at AC4, which I feel is good enough, plus alot of AC5 12mm comes with v-grooves which I am not too keen on. 3) Made in Germany. While China is the manufacturer of the world now, it's nice to have an European made product once in a while, so something I like compared to made in China laminates. 4) Lifetime warranty including stains. Gives assurance and peace of mind esp the stains portion when I have kids in the hse. 5) Excellent pre-sales service. He was willing to come over to my place to show me the samples and take site measurements and able to give me a good price whereas most other company will ask you to go over to their showroom (Have to wait to assess the workmanship and post sales service though but the vibes are good ) 6) Value-for-Money. Quoted 4.3 psf promotional price. While it's not the cheapest quote I got, based on the attributes above, I feel it's quite value for money as other similar quality european AC4 laminates I saw are much more expensive...starting from ard 5+ Psf..

Hi Jerome, Pls kinldy quote for Rinnai RB2CG and Fujioh FX900.

Shortlisted dining table for 4, with white tempered glass on top supported by chrome frame and legs.

shortlisted a white sofa for the living room to match our theme...it's quite low profile too which is good to elongate our low ceiling...

Thanks, trying to be disciplined in keeping the colours to mainly white with hints of black. Yes, wardrobe is custom made by my ID to fit into the "sunken" wall in the BR1 and BR2 as well as along the wall of BR3. The brand of the glass is a-plus glass.

Yes...well except the floor will be black and I am looking for black fittings Like the black bra at faucets n shower below....but expensive....trying to find more affordable ones http://www.bravat.com/bathcup.asp?Lei2=f3

Yes, will be using laminated flooring. We prefer not to have grout lines that comes with tiles...and decided to give laminated flooring a go. But will need to go for better quality ones so that they are more resistant to water... It's difficult to find white laminated flooring designs though. Most brands have lighter colours but it's too creamy or woody ..for those that have whitish colours, it's only 1 choice or they out of stock/discontinued... Those AC5 12mm types are out also as they mostly come in V-grooves between planks...which are similar to grout lines that we wish to avoid...which is good...as these are usually more expensive..can help help relieve the budget all in all, we considered Kronotex (only waveless oak white available under exquist range, the whiter major oak white is not available), Pergo (did not have white I want), Supreme (white out of stock), Woodculture (winter wolf), Vohringer (Aspen oak white), Evorich (their allure white have to wait 3months but it's also abit too creamy)...

I'm interested! can let me know me the model of the system 4 Starmex? I'm looking to confirm my aircon this weekend and arrange for the aircon piping installation next week though..sufficient time for this promo?

Worthwhile to top up $300 more to "upgrade" the aluminum glass doors of my 3 custom wardrobes from AP507(white glass) to AP708(crystal white glass) or AP300F(Polar white glass)? so tempting to make it look more white...

haha yah...got it working now

Anybody knows where can we buy black faucets (basin mixer tap), shower head and rain shower? Looking for these desperately to match black basin and bathroom...

1st draft of 3D Diagrams from our ID: [updated 3Ds with extension of window cabinets out more into the room to create more usable space within] (This has been updated to a more minimalist feature wall..a white minimalist tv wall picture posted in one of my later posts...

Today marks the 1st day of Reno for my cosy little white minimalist HDB flat @ farrer gardens. 91 sqm, 37 years old, 4rm resale. All white minimalist theme..well at least as minimalist as we can...and as white as we can... make it into a cosy minimalist home Floorplan: