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  1. Yeah, I've been busy with exams and work, hence my absence from Renotalk. Everything's been great so far! Even though we've only lived here for 1 month plus, it somehow feels longer than that hahhahahaha Jurong East is getting more and more crowded now that Westgate is officially open
  2. Hi greg! The hubby loves it! He keeps looking at it and grinning. In fact, he's already planning his next few Yue Minjun purchases, but I keep telling him that if he gets too many, it'll be major overkill....
  3. Update - 2nd Taobao purchase delivery (cont'd): This is the final post regarding our 2nd purchase from Taobao. Seeing as it's the X'mas period, we decided to get Aki some Christmas presents. So we bought him a soft, comfy doggie bed, a new Kong chew toy, a personalized leather collar and a leash. Here's how the doggie bed (with complimentary doggie blanket) looks like: Aki loves his presents! He's been lazing in the bed, playing with the new chew toy all weekend long: Money well spent! We also got our Christmas tree and all the decorative baubles (including the LED lights) from Taobao so we had a lot of fun putting up the Christmas tree: The hubby and I will be flying off on Christmas day to spend the X'mas holidays in a colder climate so in case I don't come into Renotalk before then, here's wishing all my fellow Renotalkers and your families a very blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! It's the happiest time of the year so I hope that your days are filled with laughter, joy and festive cheer!
  4. Update - 2nd Taobao purchase delivery (cont'd): In addition to the rug that I got specifically for the Walk-in Wardrobe, I also bought the following items: A white clothes stand where we can hang the misc clothing items like hats etc. For something this simple, this took the longest to assemble! But the item that really got my cooing underway was the round indoor chaise that was absolutely perfect!! Assembly was extremely simple and I love how it looks! I'm going to place it right smack in the middle of my Walk-In Wardrobe so that I can laze on it, run my feet through the fibres of the huge rug and daydream about the new bags and clothes that I'm going to buy - I also couldn't help myself - I bought 500 wooden hangers for the Walk-In Wardrobe so that I can have a uniform, standardized look for the entire wardrobe. I spent the entire Sunday trying to organize the wardrobe and I think I bought too many hangers this time around.... even after filling the entire wardrobe, I still have around 80+ hangers left unused.... oops. Guess I need to buy 80+ more dresses so that I can fully utilize the hangers! Here's how the hangers look like (once again, I didn't bother to take a photo of the hangers so I just ripped the photo off the Taobao seller that I bought the hangers from):
  5. Update - 2nd Taobao purchase delivery (cont'd): His precious Yue Minjun replica painting which he absolutely loves: We needed a pretty large painting as we plan to hang it at the dining area, so we ordered the 150 by 60 cm painting. The hubby was so enthralled by it that he intends to buy a couple more. Wonder where he plans to hang them....... A couple of movie posters that he wants to hang in the Recreation Room: The quality of the movie posters were surprisingly good! So he intends to hang up the movie posters and other memorabilia that he has before seeing if there is anymore space for him to order a couple more. I highly doubt there'll be much space left as each movie poster measures 40 cm by 60 cm. I also chose the following posters that I intend to hang in the living room, behind the sofa. Finally, something that ties in with the 'Black and White City Living' theme that we started out with before things got more and more rojak along the way: We also bought 2 rugs (measuring 1.6 m by 2.3 m) for the living room and the walk-in wardrobe, but we havn't opened up those as yet. We'll be going overseas this week, so we intend to do another round of major housecleaning when we get back to S'pore and then install the rugs accordingly. We also got this pendulum clock for the living room - That's about it for the living room. We also bought some other misc items that I didn't bother taking photos of like a copper bust of Beethoven (which was ridiculously heavy) for the hubby's piano, a couple of black leather bound tissue box holders, a couple of black leather bound remote control holders, a detergent shelving unit for the laundry area and white wire & cable management boxes.
  6. Update - 2nd Taobao purchase delivery (23rd Dec '13): Time has passed very quickly and our 2nd shipment from Taobao was finally delivered to our place last Saturday (21st Dec '13). Unlike the first shipment which comprised the key practical items that were required for the renovation like the LED downlights, the shower mixtures, sinks and basins etc, the second shipment was made up of mainly the decorative items (and my numerous clothes, shoes and boots *ahem*). The Peeka staff delivered 17 boxes of loots to our place very early in the morning so when the hubby woke up and made his way downstairs around noontime on Saturday, the first thing he saw was the entire living room cramped with these lovely, dusty boxes - I was in the kitchen feeding Aki his lunch when I heard him groan loudly, "WAH LAU, NOT AGAIN!!???" (Background: Even though he was the one who picked out the decorative paintings and posters, I was the one who did the ordering and liaising with Taobao & Peeka so he wasn't aware that the delivery was scheduled for Saturday. He came home late on Friday night after attending a friend's housewarming party at Potong Pasir so coupled with the many business trips that he had been going on of late, I think he'd forgotten all about this particular Taobao order. In fact, I think he was initially looking forward to having a weekend filled with hectic activities such as stretching for the TV remote and making long, healthy hikes to the kitchen to grab another can of beer.) So after a quick brunch, we settled down to the tedious task of opening all the boxes and assembling our latest purchases. For me, it felt like X'mas had come early (even though we had to pay for our own presents) whereas for him, it probably felt like he was in **** as he was still hungover from the housewarming gathering the previous night. The first box that we opened up contained his outdoor rattan furniture for the balcony so the complaints subsided pretty swiftly. Here's a photo of the opening and the furniture assembly process: I just realized that I forgot to take a photo of the finished product, so I'll do that when I go home tonight. I want a complete diary of the process! I'm contradictingly too lazy to write out the entire process, so I'm just going to post some photos of the purchased items after we've opened the boxes and assembled the items. Here's the 'His and Hers' laundry basket that I got for a song -
  7. hi dannywmp, so sorry for the late reply! was busy with work and my exams, so I didn't really have the time to come in here. Yup, we've officially shifted in. Without realizing it, we've actually been living here for over a month already. actually, pretty close to 2 months. hahhaha We started the reno officially on the 20th of Sept '13, handover of the unit was on the 4th of Nov '13 and we officially shifted into the new house on the 6th of Nov '13. So the entire reno process took us approximately 6 weeks. After we moved in, we've been doing round after round of unpacking and cleaning - even till now, we're not entirely complete as yet. Loads of paintings and posters still sitting around. In fact, we just received our 2nd Taobao shipment last Saturday so the entire day was spent unpacking and packing yet again.
  8. The 3D pictures look good soonliew! Hope to see your transformation soon!
  9. hahahaha the husband will be away for another business trip next week so I've told him to get his fill of massages over there before coming back With the exchange rate, it's probably more worth it that way
  10. Don't be stressed! There are loads of wonderful quirky home decor items that you can pick up on the cheap over at BKK so even if your trip goes ahead, you're guaranteed a fruitful trip (not to mention the shopping for clothes, the food and the bonding time with your colleagues)
  11. hahaaahaha actually.... I have a confession I've been too busy studying for my exams this week so the hubby has been the one doing most of the unpacking and all of the housework thus far. Like you, he really couldn't take it anymore last Sunday so he went for a massage post housework (after taking a shower of course) He's probably happy that my final paper is this Friday so he finally has an extra pair of hands helping him out with the housework He initially wanted to utilize the services of a part time maid, but I convinced him not to in order to save money. So your friend is in a pretty grumpy mood LOL
  12. Fighting! i absolutely know what you mean! there were many times during my reno process where i wanted to just skip to the end if possible. somebody once told me that the reno process is never really over - you only merely take a break for a while before adding little touches here and there. So true! I'm still finding so many things and ways that I can improve on my simple reno. I'm thinking of leaving the lights on as well, but what a waste of electricity... will probably just leave one single bedside lamp on don't worry - i'm sure that with continued persistence, your husband'll definitely cave in sooner or later! To motivate you further, here's a photo of the little terror lying snugly in a little gap in the bookshelf:
  13. hahaha that explains why the situation sounds so familiar *blush* Oh well, I'm just glad that the highlighting of my mistake can help others avoid this basic, simple error wah.... i'm not worthy of your kind words. been too busy of late unpacking, cleaning the place and to make things worse, I have exams this week so this will be the only day that i'm in the office (and hence able to come in here to chat a bit). After that, i'll be on study leave for the rest of the week. after my exams are done, i'm going to have to be a lot more diligent when it comes to cleaning the place (not to mention take more photos and come in here to chat) we've more or less gotten used to sleeping in the place. the real acid test will come when the hubby goes for a business trip next week. i'm quite a scaredy cat so it's going to be a challenge, sleeping alone in the house. but this is something that i'll have to learn to get used to hahahahah your comment about the "one aquarium, 2 tortoises" made me laugh to be honest... i didn't want any pets in the house too. it was the hubby who insisted. now, i'm in love with the little terror. can't believe i was so adamantly against pets in the house last time maybe you can try to continue psycho-ing your husband? he might come around to the idea..... i'm really looking forward to following you on your reno journey!
  14. hahahhaha i love your kitchen faucet am i the blogger you're talking about? hahhahahahah still very sad that i can't get to use my tap. thankfully i sold it off to a very nice guy here in RT so I guess somebody else will be able to get some use out of it.
  15. Sure thing muchie Will PM you now
  16. hahahah it's your friend's idea Photos of your house, Vi!! you're going to move on the 10th of December so the reno should be more or less complete right? So eager to see how your reno has turned out!
  17. Wow! Congrats on the graduation!! =) How's the first week been so far? Lots of unpacking and cleaning hahahaha
  18. Havn't been here in some time but great progress pokz! when is the estimated handover date?
  19. Wow, just realized that I havn't popped in here in almost 2 weeks. Nothing much to update thus far hence the lack of activity and posts. Basically, we've moved into the house and all the moving boxes have been finally unpacked after many many backbreaking hours. Sidenote - for those staying in a maisonette without the assistance of a foreign domestic worker, please take note that the housework and general cleaning of the place will kill you every weekend hahahahaha We're now waiting for the arrival of our 2nd TB shipment where we ordered loads of decorative items, including our first X'mas tree. Can't wait for it to arrive and photographs can be properly taken once again. Last Saturday, our decal guy came down to install the celebrity chef decal in the kitchen so our kitchen now finally is complete! (Well, almost - we have a detergent rank coming in our 2nd TB shipment for the laundry area) Here's a photo of the decal guy hard at work - Extremely professional and efficient, the entire installation of the decal took slightly under an hour which meant that before long, we were left pleased and beaming at the final outcome - Needless to say, the hubby is super pleased because the celebrity chef wall was his idea from the start so he's thrilled with the final outcome.
  20. no problem at all. Let me PM you the links. Nope, we didn't install ceiling fans on the 2nd floor as we have aircon units in every room. Initially the hubby wanted a ceiling fan in the recreation room so that he can just read under the rotating fan however, the FSM asked us to place a standing fan in that particular room so the hubby scrapped the ceiling fan idea.
  21. 5 out of 5 last night!! *jumps for joy* (4 poops, 1 pee) But he only has a good record in the MBR. When he's on the ground floor, we place the pee pad in the kitchen. SOMETIMES he makes his way successfully to the kitchen and onto the pee pad (and when he does, we go CRAZY with the positive reinforcement) but even yesterday evening, we were getting nasty small surprises in the living room. Hopefully he keeps this up and fares better on the ground floor hahahaahahahah ever since we welcomed Aki into our house, we've been mentally prepared for the collateral damage. Just hoping that we won't faint when we come back home from work one day
  22. No problem at all, sherting! Good luck with the piano polishing!
  23. Thanks alfredt Will gladly share, but I bought quite a fair bit from TB, mainly LED downlights, floor lamps and toilet accessories thus far. Nothing decorative / interesting as yet. Which link do you require? Let me know and I'll post it up
  24. Oh dear.... On the bright side, at least you'll be getting a full refund that's a lot better than some of the other horror stories that we've heard of in the forums, particularly with other furniture shops
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