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Valerielow: Your kitchen looks like a showroom piece.. Think you must be really proud of it! Love your toilet doors too.

Yes Valerielow, all weekends are now work and more work... We'll be glad when all these come to an end.

Think the wine crates are made from untreated wood. They are unlike the ones used for our kitchen cabinets. So if the termite might migrant from the wine crates to your house furniture if you are unlucky.

I'm back with more updates... No time to update over the weekends. With reno and wedding preparations going on at the same time, my weekends are never the same again. They are filled with running errands, and more errands. But I must say that the trips are worthwhile...because we are building our home with love. Anyway, I do derive personal satisfaction once I manage to check off individual items on my to-do list. And it's good to see the list getting shorter and shorter for the house as we need to start preparations for the wedding soon. Day 9 Anyway, Hb updated that two sides of the wall tiles are up. The workmanship of the tiler is good. The tiles were evenly spaced and well-aligned with each other. According to my Hb who had a check with the tiler, he has had 20+-years experience in this trade. Hb and I both agree that he takes good pride in his work. I believe quite a no of forumers chose this tile as well but interestingly, the effects turn out quite different. Take a look. The light hitting the walls gives it a tunnel-ish effect. The other side, where we are placing a sliding door. Close-up of the tile itself Waterproofing for toilets and bathrooms are done as well Holes in walls are mended

So qiao! Realised I'm using the same wall tiles for kitchen also....think we all like the clean look this tile gives...

Wow... am amazed by your wife's creativity!! I didn't know you could make your own decal... How do you print such big decals from a laser printer?

Hi jojo11 I think you can refer to my t-blog. It has a picture of my kitchen with backsplash. The concept should be the same. HTH

Day 8 Finally get to see the wet works. When we reached yesterday, the workers were still hard at work. This is the wall behind the kitchen cabinet. I told hb that the wall never looked so smooth before!! Very impressed by the 'Shi fus'. This is the opposite wall where tiles would be placed on. Can see that war has begun... Anyone knows if the vent pipes in old Hdb can be removed?

Day 6 Supposed to hack again but Id said auntie downstairs complained that no prior notice was given. Bet she took leave again. Arrgggh this auntie is driving us nuts!! Id agreed and informed her that hacking would be done the next day. Hb told id that even if auntie complains the next day, we will still go on as permit was given. Am glad that id is patient enough to handle this auntie... Day 7 This is the result after id got the hackers to come down again to remove the plaster and parts of the wall again. Much cleaner and better, according to hb.

Thanks Lemonade! Really grateful to forumers like you who point out timely information to us. Checked with hb and yes the electrician is giving up the cables based on the latest colour code.

HDB is just so weird... Hack again and rebuild already still looks the same. Nevermind, you get a new wall

Congrats on your latest acquisition, Minaret! Looking forward to reading about your reno

Hi lemonades These cables are old ones. The electrician has to make a temporary electrical point for the workers to do their work. I will confirm with my hb and let you know. From my knowledge, the new cables are brown.

Wow ValerieLow you have super duper sharp eyes to spot the similarity in flat layout!! Thanks for the visit to my T-blog. We actually threw the shelf away because hb said the exposed shelves are dust magnets. Wanted to give it away to Salvation Army but they rejected it as well.

Day 4 Got our electrician to strip all cabling, so id can work more easily. Decided not to use the electrician provided by id. Instead we found a contact from hb's friend and saved a substantial amount. It's a blessing that hb was previously in construction and has many contacts! Cables for workers... all tied up near the db box. All the trunking and cables are gone. All existing lighting removed.

Day 3 We arrived at our home, surprised to see 2 huge mounds of sand...one in the living room and another in the kitchen. This is in the kitchen. This is in the living room. All debris have been removed. I must say that I'm impressed by the process so far. One thing though, hb is not too happy with the fact that the plaster on the kitchen walls were not removed and the toilet and bathroom floors were not totally hacked. We gave this feedback to id. She was indeed responsive (as promised) and added that she would reapply for a permit and ask the hackers to come back to hack these areas. Before I end off, I just discovered that that hb's flat allows for a teeny weeny view of the sea.

Hacking for living Room floor all completed. Materials and tiles have all been moved in. Kitchen wall and floor tiles all gone.

Day 2 The tiles have arrived!! So happy to see the tiles stacked at the unloading bay... We took the tiles from 3 companies. Hence the 3 different stacks you see below.

Bathroom demolished beyond recognition Sink outside is gone!!! Wardrobes in bedrooms smashed...

Day 1 - Hacking I'll let the pictures do the talking. The flat seems to be slowly transforming into a warzone. Kitchen tiles gone Living Room; Semi-hacked

Topsy: Yes the full-height cabinet would help to hide the rubbish chute. Hb said it would be his new detention spot when he's naughty. Piknik: Yes, this is the marine terrace area. Love the size of the kitchen. In fact, I believe it would be my favourite spot in the house. Id suggested an L-shaped layout initially. In the end, we decided to have the kitchen cabinets on one side of the wall instead. Would be very much sleeker and neater.

Tiles we chose for the house...mainly in shades of grey and white as we wanted a simple and clean look. Living Room Tiles 600 by 600 homogenous tiles Kitchen Wall and Floor 300 by 600 tiles Our bathroom and toilet tiles (the white tiles for both are slightly different) Wall: 300 by 600 Floor: 300 by 300

Here's what my id designed for my kitchen. It's based on a black, white and grey theme. There are some minor changes to the full-height unit, as we would be making it flushed with the kitchen top.

Before the reno The Friday before, Id went around to inform the neighbours above, below and next door that we would be renovating the house. This was a polite move, and only logical since they would eventually come to know of the renovation works through the noise. This is something hb and I didn't think of. Complication The only lol moment was that an auntie living below said that she took leave the few days hacking was on. :bow: Funny, how would we know that she's taking leave?

Thanks Topsy for the well-wishes! We are looking forward to both the wedding and our revamped place. Looking at simple and functional furnishing with a colour theme of black, white and grey