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Next up, the flooring and tiles which will instantly set the look of our home, James brought us to Hafary at Eunos Ave 3. It was as I remembered, big with many many (have I mentioned MANY?) options of tiles. Having browsed through tonnes of Pinterest, I knew I wanted subway tiles in the kitchen which my hubbs very kindly let me have my way. So, our mission of the day is to find tiles for the 2 toilets, and the kitchen floor. Both of us thought though we have an industrial theme, we did not want the same for the toilets as it would make it look too cold. Hence we decided that once we choose a nice main tile and the complimentry tiles will easily follow suit. Boy.. were we wrong! First stop, we wanted to choose cement screed like floor tiles.There were only just around 100 types of variation of like tiles.. Not wanting to miss the perfect one, we scanned through everyone till we got numb. haha! We finally settled on a 60x60 grey stonish tile for our kitchen tile and a 10x30 subway tile for the blacksplash. We also chanced upon a display wall of wooden tiles which the hubbs like so we got it as well for the common toilet in the kitchen and paired it with 30x60 white tiles with a slight shimmer. Our common toilet is really small so I hope this will brighten it up and make it look bigger! Fingers crossed =) All this just merely took us 3ish hours? By then we were oversaturated and had to come back another day to deliberate on the master toilet. Going back with a fresh mind helped, we decided to use the subway tiles again and a really pretty diamond shaped tile that will def not win us the tiler's favour! we told each other to mollify him with "liang cha" whenever we see him! Haha!

Hi everyone, I am the wifey of pirvan =) I will try my best to contribute to this T-blog when my son is asleep for the day! 6 years ago, we did not have a fixed theme when we did up our current house.We just knew we wanted to create a warm and cozy santuary with a touch of luxury(just a smidgen) hence lots of wood, greens and warm colours. As posted previously by pirvan. Our wishes were executed beautifully by our prev ID. It was during this time that the hubbs picked up SKETCHUP to better visualize our concepts as well as to plan what goes where. Now, for our second haven,he used the same software( which is free btw)to try out different possibilities of how we want the place to look like while remaining functional. Doing this makes any discussions with our ID James from Design Cube much easier on both sides. As the boss mentioned, since we only have a short period of time to do a complete unheaval,the first few days were a blur of activity with a lot of people coming in and out! After hacking the original study room wall, the whole place really opened up (that will not last long though..) Next came the plastering and start of the toilet and kitchen tiling which was done really well by Jame's team. =) Pic 1:View from the main door Pic 2:View from the balcony Pic 3: View from the dining room Pic 4:View from the front door into the kitchen

Very lovely view.. relatively unblocked..Congrats ! Loving ur dining table and chairs as well , unique !

Hi Jshome, We did Vinyl flooring too ! no regrets.... luving it ever since it was installed =p although we know its resistant to scratches and water , I admit .. We are still very careful with it ..guess our "babying " will wear off in time When we chose "Aspen black " for our MBR ,we were warned that it might be too dark but we still went with it ... Love to see ur pics . Which company are you guys going with ?

Hi Ayazumi ! Firstly , Congrats on the reno being done .. Now... part 2 ! the constant cleaning and steps to make your home HOME! can so understand how tired it can be ! hang in there ya .. take it step by step and remember to take time off away from the house to prevent oversatuation ! W bought many things from IKEA too ..opted for their installation services too namely for our Billy bookcases ..faced a hiccup since they sent the wrong book case ( and if it not enuff, they installed it .. luckily I managed to get a refund on it !) Our shoecases,chairs ,sofas odds and ends we bought on our second trip there and decided to DIY ourselves ... uber tiring but kinda fun as weelll sooo not complaining . haha..looking forward to seeing final pics !

We bought so many things from ikea since both of us kinda like their look but having seen the many reviews abt their pots, cutlery .. we decided against buying them ! Tempting though , the colours are nice !

Hi Ayazumi, super know what you are talking about ,It happens to us too.. The house is also almost always present in all our conversations ! Hang in there !

Hi lovenestinjw, have pmed you!

HiHi! it was due to you sharing your experience that Pirvan stumbled upon Donny.. should thank you !

The ppl who are to install our door lock came today . Why does this need a special mention you might think .. coz we are not having the conventional lock ,instead ,we are getting We agreed to meet at 12:45 but they only came 1.5 hrs later !!Fail.. turns out they cld not get me coz the coordinator gave them the Pirvan's number instead.. Luckily the painters ,electrician was there so i had something to occupy myself . Ranting done.. that said.. The installation took ard an hour ,the lady who came was quite apologetic and friendly.. she taught me what i needed to know about the lock cool concept .. just like the ones you see in korean series ! My mum, after seeing that we installed one is now lusting after one herself !Sigh.. we are a bad influence on her ... We were given 2 original keys which looks like cute dog tags ,with 2 spares.. I hope hopee that I will not lose mine ! zzz..

Nice.. deceptively simple looking with many hidden hidey storage.. pirvan and I are on the look out for coffee and side tables too .

if I say I like, Pirvan will declar war on me !wahaha..We have agreed that we will share half half and I will only shift shift.. if he has excess unutilised space ! no need to be relegated to the storeroom .. resolution !

love the boxes! So vintage ,old school.. so much potential .. hmm must make a trip there to see if i can find anything =p Congrats by the way .. Looking forward to following ur reno journal

Hi Mdshahril, How is your progress so far ? keeping fingers crossed for you too thanks for liking our floor colour..It is called Aspen Black. We mulled over using that colour for a moment ! worried that the colour will be too dark. Whew.. That it looks great ! hmm.. Over the wardrobe,You gotta admit.. Females need much more clothes than guys,more looks, more combis! sooo be prepared if the balance tilts a bit.. just a bit

Apologise for the long hiatus .. Have been down with an irritating flu and both of us have been uber busy with work ..Firstly, thanks for all the suggestions on what kinda "alternative" storage solution I can get for my babe,lol ! We are on the last stretch of the journey .. feel that the progress have suddenly slowed down a lot compared to the beginning ..starting to be a bit tired as the house have consumed our lives for ard a quarter of the yr! nvm since we are finally starting to see the finishing line ! Anyways.. Updates ! Our ceiling fan has been fixed up .. was kinda worried that it would be too low mounted on the beams but it was just nice.. Kudos! The granite and marble tops for our kitchen and vanity has also arrived White marble to be on our island/dining table..The only downside is that the full length of marble has to be cut up into 3 pieces as the full length cannot fit into the lift .. Sigh.. Anyways,the Colour is quite lovely with chocolatey brown veins thru it. Read that marble is ideal for preparing chocolate on it but since it porous and white.. I am afraid that it will stain the surface.. hmm..will have to research more on that.. This was a cheerful fella who kepts humming ,whistling while working .. was game even when I disturbed him to smile for me !lol.. Now, the vanity .. a rich yummy cocao colour which goes well with the whole look .. Almost regret having to put the 2 sinks on top of it since it means seeing seeing less of it. lol The whole look ! There is a small blight though , the white marble had a flaw (an area which is not smooth ) Hoping it can be solved .. The marble peeps will send someone over on monday to have a look.. Keeping fingers crossed! The whole process took much longer than we expected though,we were there to wait for them at 10ish in the morning and the whole thing was only finished at ard 5 ? Uncle B also sent his head staff to do the final touch ups /cleaning of the windows as well.. He was guided by the many.. and I mean many post-its by Donny..all the metal ,plaster bits were cleaned and the windows were fixed,oiled so it will not need herculean strength to open it ..Thanks a lot ! One more major thing down.. Next up.. touch ups of the plastering and painting