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  2. Posted

    Good luck with your reno!

    We also went with a black and white theme with our house (with splashes of brown here and there) and we're loving it so I'm sure you'll enjoy the process too! :good:

    Thanks sis. Saw your tread, your house is huge! He like your "trolley" cabinet in your kitchen housing those condiments but our ID advise before if our cabinet is "floating" cannot do this kind of "trolley" cabinet..We will check with her again cos we believe it is really handy when trying to cook :)

  4. Posted

    Part 2 - Master bedroom existing condition



    LIMITED CONFIGURATION



    Looking at the floor plan, there is only 2 ways to place the bed:


    1. either place the bed behind the air-con ledge, or


    2. place the bed like how it is how in the picture



    Problem is we would wish to have a TV in our room (although we have not switched on our room TV since our baby is born). Either configuration 1 or 2 above would have difficulties placing/ mounting the TV...Eventually we decided to leave this problem to the professionals to think for us :)



    Also, he does not like there is small window to be opened to access to air-con ledge (top left in 1st picture). He find it is just not aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. There isn't much of a choice here right (this is structural), he can carry on complaining till he is happy.



    End of part 2



    Part three will narrate a little of our thoughts, display some concepts/ ideas we like, and the 3D drawings we have.


  6. Posted

    Good luck with your reno, applaud your discipline in waiting till there's enough savings then commence Reno, prudence! :good:

    Your HDB layout looks quite a bit like my old flat's, kitchen is really big and long. Miss having a bigger kitchen.

    Haha no choice, cash down significantly after paying for COV. Must applaud those at power landing us and many others to such predicament...

    We never really need to cook in our life, we certainly want to explore into cooking after our renovation and see if we are born with such talents to do a mid-life career change to a cook/ pastry/ dessert chef. LOL :good:

  7. Posted

    Part 2 - Bed rooms existing condition

    PLAIN VANILLA..

    Nothing to shout about, bare minimum stuff left behind. Not sure if the space in these bedrooms look small.. We aim of putting 2 beds, 1 wardrobe, and 1 study table in one of the rooms. Must think of some layout so it will still feel roomy after putting these items or....

  9. Posted · Edited by virieslove

    Part 2 - Living room existing condition

    SPACIOUS SPACE?

    He loves full height window glass panel! While ours cannot match to those beautiful full glass window commonly seen in newly built condo, we guess this is the closest it can be..

    We have always felt the living room is very big and spacious, and especially so when one is to look at the floor plan. Let's see after renovation if this notion still hold water..He somehow feel that while spacious, it may not be that big after all....

  12. Posted · Edited by virieslove

    Part 2 - Kitchen existing condition

    COUNTRY STYLE Kitchen!!

    She loves and adores country style designs and has wanted to persuade him to consider going along with such style for our renovation. But she didn't really put in much effort in doing so as she is well aware he is very critical of country style and would never agree doing so. Hahaha

    He felt that country style is not suitable in singapore context (seldom see people going for such style, though in our house hunting we saw few units before). It is also not easy to maintain and most importantly he felt this style 不耐看 after a while (ie. loses its appeal within a short period).

    Coming back, as mentioned in our first post. The last renovation was done almost 13 years ago, so it may look a little run down (or this is just being country style LOL...)

  14. Posted

    Sorry all, was tied up with work and also have to look after our baby at night.

    Now part 2 of our blog :

    - Floor plan (done)

    - Pictures of existing condition

    1. Kitchen

    2. Living room

    3. Bedrooms

    He used to have more pictures (of the house) in his Note 2 few months back but the phone went short-circuit and all pictures is deleted because chip and board of the phone is changed all together when servicing.

    So the pictures we putting up is the last moments before we 动土 (ie. start renovation/ hacking the first few floor tiles).

    Pictures coming up next ....

  16. Posted

    Hello all

    This forum has been a great source to us on HDB designs and practical issues, so we thought of sharing our experience and hope that it may someday inspired others too.

    Some basic background of our unit

    - situated somewhere in Seng Kang

    - built ready in 2001

    - 5 room HDB, corner unit with no balcony

    - 110 sqm

    - the last renovation was in 2001 (country style)

    We have from day 1 wanted to freshen up the house to feel "homely" but has hold on till today as we were broke after purchasing the unit (last few years the COV is crazy.....). So after a year plus we finally save enough to start renovating our unit!! For past 3 months we have been flipping magazines, browsing internet, talking to colleagues, discussing with ID/ contractors, shopping, to decide how we want to do up the house. It has been a little tiring especially with our baby is tagged along for all these excursions, haa.

    Ultimately, we decided on a black and white theme for the house. We decided not to go to too many ID/ contractors as we felt (also read in this forum) that it is very draining to keep repeating our ideas to different people. 4 is the max that we wanted to go through.

    - one is her colleague recommendation. She saw a photo of her colleague house and like how it was designed.

    - one is his SIL recommendation. It is commented they have good workmanship and so far his SIS has not heard any complains from the people his SIL recommended.

    - one is the very popular contractor in this forum. I believe he do not need further introduction.

    - There should be one more, a contractor recommended by her aunt. However, we did not approach this contractor as managing the above 3 has been difficult (becos of work commitments and baby needs over weekend).

    As we penned this blog together, we will identify ourselves using the following way:

    Her/ She = Wife

    His/ He = Hubby

    End of part 1

    Part two will describe a little more of the present condition of the house and hopefully we figure out how to post pictures!!

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