Harriette

Hi alfredt, Your idea sounds interesting. Can show me photos? You can post the photos in my T-blog if you don't mind.

Wow! Where did you buy the Yale door viewer? How much is it?

Hi, I would like to have the link for the study table too. Is it solid wood?

Hi gemini, The photo I append below shows blind and curtain being used together. Is this what you have in mind? blind + curtain by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr

Hi alfredt, For the aircon, I am using two Mitsubishi system 3 inverter as follows: Downstairs (living, kitchen and helper's room): MXY-3A28VA/MSY-GE10 +MSY-GE18 + MSY-GE26 Upstairs (3 bedrooms): MXY-3A28VA/MSY-GE10 x 2 and MSY-GE13 Both systems are 30,000 BTU.

Hi, I'm curious about Calvin Tan's super stroller. Could you help me ask what is the brand? I'm looking for a stroller. Thanks.

Hi, can you PM me the contact of your LED distributor? Thanks.

Hi, congrats for your new place. Can you PM me your LED supplier contact? Thanks.

Hi Klimoo, I have PM-ed you.

Hi Ocean, pls share more about your Taobao experience, as well as the best way to pay. I recall that you wrote about Alipay shopping card on NingNing's T-blog. I believe you mentioned there is no need to pay agent fee if using Alipay shopping card? Do clarify. I hope to buy something from Taobao too. Thanks.

Toilet shelves Mr Yeak has built 2 rectangular shelves with rounded corners, in my toilet. These shelves are made of marble. We prefer granite, but there is no granite colour that matches my toilet tiles. toilet shelves 1 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr toilet shelves 2 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr The inspiration of doing such shelves came from various T-blogs, such as this: inspiration 1 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr The inspiration of doing rectangular shelves came from the Panorama showflat. This is a new condo in Ang Mo Kio. I visited the showflat and noticed that they did the shelves using solid surface. inspiration (2) by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr

Customised shelves These are the customised shelves which the ikea contractors built: ikea kitchen 6 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr ikea kitchen 7 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr Upcoming carpentry works Mr Yeak will be doing some carpentry works for the kitchen. The TV console will be "connected" with the adjacent kitchen cabinet. ikea kitchen 2 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr Mr Yeak will build a white wooden plank on each side of the kitchen island to frame it. The back of the island is covered with a brown cover panel from Ikea. It matches our floor tiles well. ikea island by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr This is a mood image for the island. We hope to achieve such an effect. mood image for island by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr After Mr Yeak has done the above-mentioned carpentry works, we will be able to get the ikea's solid surface contractor to come measure and install the solid surface. No kitchen hood Our stove will be placed on the island. We did not build a kitchen hood, as we find our previous hood to be ineffective. I usually boil soups and steam, to minimise cleaning. In the new EM, I plan to buy a Tefal ActiFry to do some frying. I hope this machine will be able to contain the oil and fumes. If it doesn't, I will use it in the yard.

Ikea Kitchen The ikea cabinets are all up. It is glossy white. We can't remove the protective blue sticker yet, as reno works are still on-going. ikea kitchen 1 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr Some photos of the interior: ikea kitchen 3 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr ikea kitchen 4 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr ikea kitchen 5 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr

I have PM-ed you.

Hi, it is wrought iron. I have PM-ed you the costs. Jay (my ID) commented that the welding workmanship of the staircase railing is good. It is amongst the better ones which he has seen.

I have PM-ed you.

Hi anemone and kstoh, I have bought a dishwasher for my current 5-room flat in 2008. People told us not to get a dishwasher, coz the dishes will not be clean and I will have to scrub off the stubborn stains first. At first, we found that this was true. One day, we placed a disposable plastic food container into the dishwasher. It was very dirty with lots of stains, but we did not bother to scrub it. To our surprise, it emerged completely clean. We therefore realised that the material of the dishes also play a part on how clean the dishwasher could wash it. After some exploration, we found that Corelle bowls/plates washed well in the dishwasher. At that time, we were newly weds with tight budget. Most of our dishes were bought at an Ikea sale, for 90cents a piece. So, we just live with we had. Following the birth of my daughter, we were very sleep deprived. My husband broke a plate in the living room and glass pieces flew all over the house. As Corelle is supposed to be break resistant. I bought 2 boxes of it when there was a sale. Pots and pans need to be hand-washed. The dishwasher can't washed it clean. Teflon coated pans cannot be washed in the dishwasher. Still, the dishwasher is useful when I have gatherings at my place.

Hi, you have nice decals. Where did you get them? I also like your black baby gate. It will go well with my black staircase railing. Can you post more pics of it? What is its height, before and after extension? Thanks.

Hi alfredt, we did not detect any flapping noise.

Meanwhile, some works were done in other parts of the house: - staircase railing is up - parquet floor in 3 bedrooms was polished. We retained the parquet floor built by the previous owners. - shower screen is up in the upstairs common toilet stairs railing 1 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickrstairs railing 2 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickrstairs railing 3 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickrpolished parquet by Harriette_Tan, on Flickrshower screen by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr

Kitchen installation photos - continued: ikea kitchen (day 3) 5 by Harriette_Tan, on FlickrCover panel Being a 1st time ikea kitchen buyer, we have not heard of a "cover panel". When you buy an ikea kitchen, the ikea staff will advise you to buy cover panel to cover the exposed sides of your cabinets. You can choose a cover panel that is the same laminate as your chosen doors. It is purely for aesthetics. The cover panel is about 1cm thick. I also choose to use the cover panel to box up the gap between the cabinets and the ceiling. My chosen cover panel are glossy white, which is the chosen colour of my ikea kitchen cabinet doors. ikea cover panel by Harriette_Tan, on FlickrCustomised shelves Due to a ceiling beam, there is a 7-inch gap between the kitchen cabinets and the wall. ikea kitchen (day 3) 6 by Harriette_Tan, on FlickrThe ikea contractor suggested that the gaps be sealed up. However, I find that this is a waste of space. ikea contractor's suggestion by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr So I requested for customised open shelves for the gap. These shelves will be built using the ikea cover panels, so that they share the consistent look with the rest of the kitchen. This is the drawing done by the ikea contractor. He sent it to me via whatsapp.open shelves by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr The customised shelves will cost me $200+ though, just for workmanship. This is almost the cost of one ikea cabinet frame. sidetrack - I'm actually very glad that smartphones and whatsapp exist. Alot of communication were done this way. I'm also impressed that the ikea contractors (who are not young) can whatsapp.

Ikea kitchen This is the floor plan of my ikea kitchen. Jay (my ID) came up with the dimensions of the ikea modules for me. I have to choose the exact ikea module and internal fittings myself. ikea kitchen plan by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr Today is day 3 of the kitchen installation. Here are some photos: ikea kitchen (day 3) 1 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr ikea kitchen (day 3) 2 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr ikea kitchen (day 3) 3 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr ikea kitchen (day 3) 4 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr

Hi elin, good to know that the irobot roomba 780 works well. I read that the new irobot 880 (launched in USA already, but not yet in Singapore) will be an improved version that do not use brushes. Hence, there will be no need to remove and clean the brushes. The irobot booth at the recent IT show at MBS told us that 880 could arrive in June this year. Hope it won't be too expensive though. What do you think of the irobot scooba, which mops floor? By the way, I love your jars of paints. They look so nice!

Ikea kitchen On Thursday (27 Feb 14), we bought our kitchen from Ikea Tampines. The Ikea staff took 2 hours to key in my orders! The items were delivered to my place on Sunday (2 Mar 14). ikea kitchen by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr On Monday, the Ikea kitchen contractors came to do the set-up. It should be done by Friday. ikea kitchen being set up by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr

Upstairs bedrooms mbr 1 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr mbr 2 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr room 2 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr room 3 by Harriette_Tan, on Flickr