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Thank you DaddyWinter, we bought the stuffs one by one, so didn't really feel the pressure. The bed and bed frame were bought more than 6 months ago and placed at my mom's house at the current moment. The rest of the stuffs like lightings and bathing accessories I intend to taobao. Haha. For the reno process, I will make sure my ID does her work properly, otherwise ..

There was a Bosch one-day warehouse sale somewhere this month, and we went to look see. It was never a good idea to do so, because we ended up burning a hole into our pockets as usual. I only wanted to get their washing machine and dryer since there are many good reviews on this brand for their washing machine... but we ended up with 1 washing machine, 1 dryer, 1 built-in microwave oven and 1 oven and the man wasn't too pleased about it. WAS28448SG - $1460 8KG Front loader Washing Machine (Germany made) WTE84105GB - $719 7KG Dryer HBG23B550J - $999 Stainless steel 60cm Built-in single oven with cleaning aid. HMT84G651 - $499 Built-in microwave oven with grilling function. Total damage: $3677 including FOC delivery and stacking kit with 2 years warranty on all the products. The sale was up to 70% so it was already much cheaper than usual so that was my strategy on how I convinced the man to buy all the above items. I mean, how often is it to buy Bosch items for such cheap prices? Lol.

On the second meeting of my ID, she came up with the floor plan layout for us to see. Our main requirements: 1) The entrance of the kitchen to be changed because from my floorplan, no matter how we shift the dining table, it will still obstruct the pathway to the kitchen no matter what. 2) Combine bedroom 2 with MBR. 3) WIW!! 4) craft stone as feature wall 5) shoe cabinet 6) wardrobe for bedroom 3 So, this is the rough skeletal of how my house is going to look like, although some changes have been made since.

This post will unroll the theme to our house. Prior to that, we have many ideas as to what our house should look like. We did not really exactly like the super modern type, we both love to have the natural feel as it makes us feel more cozy and homely. The man of the house even joked that we should either do a jungle or sea theme but I think it will be too overbearing. So the perfect combination will contain a woody feel, but more like the rural resort style and confined to the living room and kitchen. We happened to chance upon a picture that inspired us to have this idea. A little bit of white, green and lots of brown. Actually this is also THE photo that lead us to visiting their booth and choosing Rezt & Relax as our ID. As for our MBR, I always wanted the french theme and the man is also agreeable for it. I need to have my pretty chandelier somewhere in the house~ So with the theme in mind, we had chosen our choice of mattress after lying on about 100+ different beds. After going through the 3S in the market, we made our final choice after lying down on the Simmons truENERGY. It is so comfy that we did not want to get out of the bed after we lay down on it. Item breakdown: BeautyRest TruENERGY Celaeno plush firm drop top Queen size x1 Simmons deepsleep pillow x2 Anti-dust mite protector x2 Totalling of $5385.55 after 10% launch discount and 5% cashless discount We splurged a bit on the mattress since it is argued that we spend approximately 70% of our life sleeping. We opted for the queen size bed since our MBR ain't very big either, also can save some cost at the same time. However, the mattress doesn't come with any bed frame and to get a decent looking bed frame, we will have to top up $700 and above. Unwilling to give up my dream of having a french looking bed, we went to expo exhibition and looked around their collection. We did not catch anything fancy, either the quote is too expensive like in the 2k range especially after buying such an expensive bed. *heart bleeds* Finally, we saw one bed that caught our eye and fits the bill. The brand is "Lady America" which sells mattress mainly but we told them that we already bought our mattress and only needed the bed frame. The bed frame comes with a 3 year warranty of the hydraulic storage system, and crystals embedded into the headboard, the price tag is only $1080 after some bargaining skills. So here is how our bed looks like now, currently at my mom's place: Bed colour is more true to this colour and till this day, I am still super in love with these crystals.

We only went to source for two ID before we made our choice to sign up. First ID: Did up my sister's house, workmanship quite alright with all the basic done ups for about 18k. However, she seemed busy and unresponsive. She came up with the quote of 28k for the layout that we wanted but did not get back to us for the revisioned quote so we striked her out. Second ID: We went to the expo fair and she approached us and talk to us. We find that she is able to grasp the idea that we wanted very well and did many follow ups even though we did not put any money onto the table yet. She went on to bring us to their showroom and I find that their workmanship is good with guaranteed lifetime warranty. However, the budget is a problem because it is too costly and we did not want to give up on removing any of the above items. Nonetheless, after a few weeks, she got back to us saying that they could give us special rate if we agree to be their showroom and it fitted into our budget perfectly, slightly more than what the first ID quoted with much more things thrown in. So... we ended up signing up with her. I guess this is what they call fate.

Hi Renotalkers, I am finally able to start on my own reno blog journey after reading many many renotalk t-blogs and to share about my excitement about building a new home together. Finally we are getting our keys for our new home soon in an area that many new young couples are going for! We actually look for an ID or Contractor almost one year in advance before getting our keys because this is our first home and we wanted it to be swee swee. I guess we are the kan cheong and kiasu type and also the type whereby I-see-I-like-I-buy. Not very good for our pockets unfortunately. Judging from now our theme for our home is actually quite jiak ba lang, in other words rojak because we wanted and like different themes and feel for different parts of the house. So as usual, first thing first, here is our floor plan - a typical 4-Room BTO...

Please PM me your "headboard" link from TB too. Love it!

Hi, Can you share with me your wallpaper contractor contact? I am intending to buy wallpaper from taobao too. Thanks in advance!

Hi iceage, I prefer the second option too, gives the resort kind of feel.

Which agent did you use? Can't wait to see what you have bought.

Your house is beautiful , may I know where did you get your bathroom doors? Thinking of changing the standard HDB doors to these double doors as my toilets are going to be tiny.

Hope you can do a review on the sink after a year of usage. Any discolouration/rust etc. I am also intending to get most of my stuffs from taobao!

Hi Meeko, Your kitchen is really nice. Did you source for the pull out cabinet yourself? Otherwise, do you mind sharing where did you purchase them from?

Yeah that's why, electrical works are estimated at 1-2k. I'm still open for more quotations though.

This is the quote (total ~38k after discount) given to me. They are willing to give a 3k+ discount after negotiation. But is it too high for a 4 room 90sq renovation?