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Alo Alo I've done decals on my drawer before coz my blur hubby always open the wrong drawer to look for his stuff. This is an Ikea drawer, in plain Hi-Gloss White laminate This is what it looks like... What you need to know : 1 ) X- Acto Knife If you wanna D.I.Y. your own decals, you'll need an X-acto knife. It's an excellent tool for crafting and cutting intricate designs 2 ) Vinyl This is the material they use to make decals. I got mine from a hardware shop.They sell by the meter. Sometimes they come in matte , semi-gloss or hi-gloss. 3 ) Design & Patterns Get a design or pattern that you like and then you cut , cut , cut. But remember , the more intricate or smaller the design , it's gonna get tricky. Start with simple designs 1st, and get the hang of using the x-acto knife.( Very sharp ) The bigger the design , the harder it's gonna be for you to put up on the wall. There's a special technique on how to apply wall decals. Good Luck

Hi Everyone... Thank you for all your support I'm in a midst of creating a webpage about my wall painting services. I will keep you guys posted when it's done

Painting is my hobbie / interest Thank you for all your compliments , but i'm still not a pro yet. I can't paint a Salvador Dali or a Da Vinci fcp : Let me know what your ideas are , maybe I can give you tips or ideas. Budget wise...not to worry..I'm not a pro lah I paint & design accordingly to your budget !!

Thank you for all your compliments , !! I don't mind doing wall painting for others , but alot depends on the designs. If it's too complicated , I'll need more time coz I've got a full time job Sometimes I do wish like quitting my job to pursue my wall painting intrest. But sometimes , I'm abit scared that I might not live up to the home owner expectations !

Living room ( before reno ) Current MBR

Hi Hi... What I did was paint the wall white first , I then use a pencil to draw ( freehand ) Then paint the design using black paint. The tip is to start painting light colors 1st ,so its easier to paint over. Here's some of my works Kitchen wall beside toilet Living Room Son's room Son's room ( 2003 ) Son's room ( 2005 )

Hi Hi..Saw string curtains at Carrefour, like what leen said. But quality is really bad, the strings are really thin , so it tends to get tangeled.

Alo.. Decided to paint my kitchen wall again.... With funny and hilarious outcome ! I painted a dead tree , and my son freaked out , so have to re-paint again !! My son wanted a Beach Theme , so I decided to paint Coconut Trees coz he likes the beach. This is the before pics.. After... Will paint coconuts next year....

Hi Cutebear 13... Welcome to Renotalk I'm just curious , which St or Ave in Tampines do you live ? Is your house a 4A ? I've lived in Tampines for more then 20 years , and have many friends & relatives living here , but never come across a flat layout like yours before.

I got this String Curtain for just $39 ( so cheap ) I know some shops are selling it at ard $100+, maybe the quality is better, But they feel & look the same !So what the heck ! Going to buy more for my MBR.. I got it at Tanjong katong complex in Geylang. The shop is located at the 1st level, just beside Shop&Save. Can get it at Joo Chiat as well , Ard 2 meter : $ 39 ( Tracks & installation not included ) Can buy at Ikea

Hi mamapea.. My kitchen is also white with black counter top and black homegenous tiles. My kitchen cabinets are in black / white hi gloss. So far no problems in mantainence. My ID told me to keep the kitchen well maintained , one shd wipe the cabinet surface with thinner. I've been wiping the cabinets with thinner at twice a mth as least , and it really works. Wiping with normal cleaning detergent might leave water spots so thinner does the trick. It cost $3 only. This is my kitchen ... !!

Any idea if anyone of you guys have come across any Shoe Organizer like the ones below ? Simple install it on the empty space behind your closet or bedroom door for shoe storage. It unclutters your closet floor and keep your whole shoe collection outta sight.

I like the idea of wallpaper but it can be kinda expensive , esp if you want those textured wallpaper or with very rich eloborate designs. So I actually painted my MBR to look like wallpaper I just re-paint the walls when I get bored with it.

Songs that both you guys share during courtship,on your wedding day , B'day, any day ! A song that holds a special meaning to you. I think your song is "How do I live without you " by Leann Rimes . Our song is Shania Twain - You're Still The One. I love this song coz it describes exactly what we've both gone through during our 10 yrs courtship.

Anyone has any special songs that you and your partner share on your special moments ? Share with us what song and why ?

Hahah, Thanks for the tip

Normally me & hubby very , very seldom fight. And when we do, it's through SMS ! hahah ! We try to avoid any conflict at home. It's just that he can't stop buying my son toys. My son is in the Transformers Craze right now, he's got almost the entire collection of Transformers toys . Everyday before I fetch him from his Nursery , I have to hide all those **** toys .

My husband and friends are spoiling my son ! My 5 yr old son pratically gets anything he wants when he ask for it , thks to my husband & friends ! I'll always end up arguing with my husband about the issue. He's our only child and my husband dotes on him , which it nice but sometimes I find it way too excessive. I always try to instill good values and principals to my son. He will scold me if I scold my son for misbehaving , saying he's just a kid. And I'll explain to him that discipline shd come from a young age , he always says that can wait, and I'm like "wait till he's 18 yrs old ?" My friends would buy him toys and snacks even when I've told them many times not to. Normally I'll hide them before he sees them and only give it to him when he behaves well. When I go out with my son alone , he's very well behaved,never asks for toys or what so ever, but when my husband comes along , he'll start crying and whining till my husband gives in coz he knows how to manipulate my husband. My husband always says I'm too strict . My rule is very easy , when my son behave , do his revisions , clean up his mess , I'll reward him with a snack or game time ( PSB / X box ). Misbehave and warning given more that 3 times means no game time and snacks or maybe get a spank. Yet my husband wld flaunt these rules . I know my husband means well and that he loves our kid but wahlan..cannot tahan I'm so afraid my son will be a spoilt brat ! What would you do ?

Hi Hi peeps , Its been almost 3 mths since I wrote about my husband and things have improved since then. We had a talk and have decided to compromise. Now he does all the housework , I just fold the laundry and other misc stuff during my off day.So far, he's doing a great job coz he 'll clean up before he goes to bed so everything's clean in the morning. We normally leave for work and send my son to the nursery. So when I get back , the house is still clean We don't do any ironing coz most of our clothes don't need ironing and only very seldom do we iron our clothes. Things are better now , I got to spend more time with my son after school instead of being too occupied with house chores. Thank you to all you guys for your encouragement !

Hey hey.. I guess everyone has their own opinion about having kids. I have 1 son, 5 yrs old now and had decided to stop at 1. I know of some people who belive that just becoz we're women , we MUST have kids becoz it's the most natural thing to do after marriage. I got pregnant soon after I got married and it was kinda overwhelming. I didn't get to enjoy being a married couple as my baby came so soon. And once I had my son , relatives starts to pester me to "make" more babies It's so annoying ! The no:1 reason why I want 1 kid , is so we can give him the best that that we can afford. And spend all our time with him. It's very expensive to have many kids in S'pore and even if I cld afford 2 or more kids , I probably wldn't spend much time with them coz we have to work very hard to provide the best for our kids . Like Warrior88 , my & hubby was also very havoc and having kids was the last thing on our minds! Like Rain , who said " she gave me a purpose in life. If not for her, I would have continued to drift along in life, not knowing what I want, or what I should do" I was exactly liked that. My son gave me a purpose in life , to move on and be a better person !! And for all thoes moms who think you look like aunties , don't worry, Society judges all the time, esp the mothers. I get judge all the time becoz of the way I looked. I've got 2 pierced studs above my lips , an expanded 16mm earlope , tattoos and I'm a goth . It used to bother me when people misunderstood me all the time becoz of the way I looked.Now I'm just not bothered. Coz I belive that I shd never pretend to be like someone else to fit the "mother look" and I know I am a good mom but far from perfect ! Nobody is perfect ~! I belive theres no wrong or right weather to have kids or not. It's your life and you shd decide what's best. Thats me & my son~ hehe I'm only 32 by the way Share pics if you have any

Hi Hi... Why don't you approach a carpenter company to make the table. If it's just an oval table, it shdn't be a problem, plus you can custom made it to your exact size & color that you want. And I don't think it's very expensive. Unless you request for a very expensive table top, like marble or teak wood ! Just approach any carpenter company , normally there's no obligation. Get as many quotations as you can , and then choose which company is most affordable or have the best service ...etc If you're too buzy , some company can also correspond via e-mail or fax. Perhaps you can show them a sample picture or drawing , with the measurements and materials and then wait for a quotation. Cheers ~

Once , before we got married , my husband did spoke to my family. I didn't want to go home, and was staying my husband's sister place. My husband did tell me no matter what you have to tell them how I feel. I didn't want to, so my husband when instead...alone. As he spoke to my family about why I became rebellious and refuse to go home. My husand gave them just 1 example : Why is it whenever the family has a meal together, I was NEVER invited to the table and was just left with scraps & leftovers to eat. ? I normally just stay in my room & cry , and I cld hear them laughing and eating and then call me to eat the leftovers and clean up. My mom blantantly said that I was not a kid anymore and that I was just too sensitive. She said : "you expect me to invite her to the table? She can come out of the room and help herself to the food" I did that once and they all gave me a cold shoulder and make it known that I was not welcome , so I never join them for meals eversince then. They ,esp my mom & sis said I have no right to say anything since I was a nobody and have brought shame to the family.And that my husband has no right to say anything as well coz he's just an outsider and just a kid himself. My husband came back, told me everything and he was appalled, shocked & disgusted at the way my family treated me. Thats why , in the 1st place, I never wanted him to go, coz I know it's just a waste of time. And even if I try and talk thing out with my mom now, I know the situation will never change.

Well...Where shall I start ? When I was young, I did well in primary sch. My sis did not. She failed when she was in pri 3 and from extended went to mono then VI ( Now its ITE ).We both went to the same convent sch, the 1st day in pri sch was great, I made many friends. My sis got jealous and told everyone the next day that I had head lice which was true, coz I always play with my neighbour who had head lice. From that day onwards I seriously had NO FRIENDS till I was in Pri sch. I was basically a loner. With no friends , I spiral down and repeated my pri 6. I guess my mom was very disappointed. My sis was in mono and I was a repeat student. I went to the same convent sch in sec sch. I started mixing with other kids from other schools and started playing truant ! Although I played truant all the time, I always did well in sch and was good in english , literature, malay and esp art. I did what most teen do when they were young. I started smoking ( My sis taught me to smoke ny the way ) Till now my mom doesn't know ! I have tattoos , starting drinking alcohol..... then I did drugs. I started stealing from my mom to feed my drug habit and eventually I got kicked out of sch on the day on my final exams for the O levels. I just didn't want to go home to face more taunting like "Im a shameless b**** , whore, good for nothing...ect." Then why can't I be like my sis...and so on I took drugs to forget the pain and everything else. Until I met my husband when I was 14 yrs old. At 1st I cldn't care less about his opinion and he was just another boyfriend at that time.Even when I have other bf's , he forgave me.I realise that he trully cared for me when he beg & cried while I was busy preparing for my next hit . He helped me kicked my drug habit at 17 yrs old and I went cold turkey. He wld come visit me at my friend's place where I was staying and always encourage me. I admit my mistakes and have always regretted the pain & shame I've caused my family. That's why I'm trying to make amends.I wish I could turn back time and undo everything, but I can't. I really wanna show my family that I have changed for the better but Im at my wits end. But I'm lucky to have a very supportive husband who accepts me for what I was and has always help keep my morals high. Although he could be a pain in the arse at times, I'll always rememeber the things we've gone thru together. Sometimes I wonder what wld happen if I hadn't met my husband , I'll probaby be drug addict prostitute, or worse , in prison !! So...this is my story !!

Sigh....At times I just wanna run away from it all. Shift house, change numbers and job just to get away from my family. My bro may be a thief but my older sister is even worse ! She's 32, just 1 year older then me. But she is the most mutilative and cunning person ever. She's the princess of the house and my mom listen to her every word. My dad...well...he just mind his own business.sigh... My sister's story : Married at age 21, quit her job when she got married.Boasted to everyone that she's gonna get a 5 rm flat & wants my parents to move in with her.4 years later, still staying with my mom, my parents down graded to a 3 room flat, me & my bro hav to sleep in the living room with no privacy for a few years. She finally got a 3 room flat ( walk in selection ) and moved out. My parents then sold their flat after I got married and moved in with my sis. I was very shocked, and ask why are they moving in and where will my bro sleep since its a 3 rm flat. They normally just ignore my questions. My mom now works 2 jobs, my dad's still working, my sis's hubby is working and she just sleeps all day. My mom will cook, clean, do the laundry at home. She order's my mom ard the house and always accuse my mom of making a mess ! I seen how she wld raise her voice at my mom and my mom wld comply. She even keeps my mom bank book. When my mom got her CPF money, I recieved $500, but my sis got a CAR. Not sure what car, but it looks like an SUV. I know my parents pays for most of the house bills coz her hubby doesn't earn much. I earn much more then her hubby ! 2 years later I got married and moved out 2 weeks after I got married. Finally, bliss after so long. I have a feeling my sister resented me becoz she does not have children yet. She's been trying for a baby , and its been 10 yrs. I got pregnant soon after I got married and when I told my family the good news , she actually cried. Which puzzeled me. When my son was born, she insisted that my son call her mom NOT aunty. She didn't even bother to ask if i'm ok with it. I was on the hospital bed and was too tired to argue with her.I thot after I got married & had a son, I thot things might change, That my mom wld finally accept me and be happy for me but it got worse. I then started noticing that whenever my mom & sis wld go shopping with us, my mom wld loudly say things like, "go to your mommy and your mommy loves you" in public. She was refering to my sis as the mommy. I then know that my mom wants the public to kinda acknowledge that its not my son but my sis. That I was just a by stander. I was really hurt. My sis babysit my son when I went back to work, I worked part time then coz I was bored staying at home and it was only for 4 1/2 hrs. And my sis and my house was just a few street away.She's jobless, sleep all day , doesn't do much house work, cooks when she feels like it. When I send my son over , normally ard 10.30 am, she's still asleep and she'll make my son sleep as well. But when we go for family gatherings during the festive season, my mom and sis will boast about how well my sis took care of my son, that my sis was the one who thought him to walk, talk, learn ABC and count. My husband hated it when they do that, saying how can they take credit for what we have done for our son. And no mater what I did for my son, its never good enough. When my son got sick, it's my fault. My mom wld accuse me of not feeding my son, bcoz she thot my son was too skinny. When I refuse to buy him sweets , she said I was stingy. I just don't want my son's diet to consist of sweets all day long. My sis and mom wld spoil my son rotton and give him whatever he wants. I have spoken to my mom, and try to reason with her as to not to give in to my son every whim coz he's gonna get used to getting what he wants and I don'want him to end up like my bro. It got really bad, 1 day, when I wanted to take my son home after work, my son didn't want to follow me. he was 2 yrs old then. he was struggling and crying and wanted to go with my sis. The look on my sis & mom's face says it all. They rush downstairs, snatched my son and my mom said ," see, even ur own son doesn't want you " I calmly told my mom to give back my son, she refuse at 1st, saying my sis cld take better care of him. I finally got my son back, took a cab home and cried all the way back. Me & hubby finally sent him to a full day child care ctr , just so he cld spend less time with my sis & mom. And he now actually better behaved & less demanding. My mom & sis still calls or visit and still will try to pawn him with toys and sweets. At times I do wonder why my mom and sis say or do hurtful thing to me. I may not be perfect but I trying my very best to raise my son with good values and principals. I used to struggle to prove to my mom that I'm not like what I was before, now I struggle to prove to her that I can be a good mom to my son. I know my mom & sis can wait for the day when my son is a teen and turn rebellious so they can throw it back to my face. I just hope that I have bring up my son to the best of my ability and my mom to finally accept me as a good mom & wife ~

yeah, you're right. My bro is the youngest and the only son.