Yang Guo

thanks, the property agent here all says this is the million dollar view

Foyer A budget way of decorating a long wall Actual 3D drawing for comparison

hi Labuns, i bought the dining table from Star Living @ Labrador. Yup this is a 1.6m table. They sell lots of dining table there.

The dark door frame perfectly match your black track light

TV console We have 2 small children running around the house, have specifically wanted the console with "round edges" ...

Kitchen cabinets

99% completed, (just left only a switch pending to fix back to a wall because of they have to remove the switch, install mirror, and fix back the switch). Furniture delivery will be next week. . (Before) (After) (3D comparison (Close up)

Some close up pictures of the LED ceiling fan, Fanztec Glide (the grey one is smaller, in the bed rooms, and the black one in the living room). This fan comes with 3 tone of lights (white, dim white and warm light)

Bought roller blinds for the whole house at this curtain shop in Clementi (Kian Seng Fashion). Didn't know they have a website, just google it and yeah...http://www.clementikianseng.com/ Ok really highly recommended them. Didn't get curtain this time because we heard that maintaining roller blinds is much easier than curtains...Installation of roller blinds on the 21st Dec, will post up the pictures of the roller blinds later. Saw alot of good reviews on this curtain shop in renotalk too. oh ya! I remembered we bought curtain from this curtain shop (see the hyperlink beside) 8 years ago....time really flies

most importantly the customised shop must be able to produce a good quality artwork even on a big frame. It's a bit costly though...

I screenshot the design from one of the picture i came across in Facebook. Then get a shop to customise wall frame for me using the design i provided. Surprisingly, they are able to make it 100% identical using the picture i provided. woow... Cost of that picture : $192

sure, i didn't take a full picture of the kitchen yet, will take a full picture for you and update

8th Dec 2016 : TV feature wall is up, my ID and his workers measuring the height of the painting to be hang on the wall Kinda beginning to love this renovation process, it's pretty fun and exciting Just compared this picture against the initial 3D picture, was really impressed...(actual is nicer than 3D) (For comparison)

More updates... Laminate chosen for tv feature wall and soft drawing of tv feature wall

Hi Chloe, where is the location of this piece of land? can share how much you bought for the land?

Our furniture loot...! more pictures to be updated soon Below,', outdoor furniture, purchase from Novena furniture. $899...not cheap , but i suppose outdoor furniture quality is very different from indoor furniture.

fabrication of dining feature wall in progress to seek our approval before proceeding.

2nd December 2016, protection of the kitchen before painting starts Nowadays renovation is easier, create whatsApp group, and ID will keep you updated of all job done in the group. Pretty happy with this arrangement 6th December 2016, most of the painting completed with false ceiling up.

wow this theme, very nice and smoothing. You have very nice floor plan, i guess it's not easy to find such a good layout nowadays

Electrical works done in the 1st week of Dec

Painting decision and lighting floor plan A few years back, our reno is full of brown colour, this time we changed it completely (lots of dark grey)

Important considerations during quotation comparison : 1) Tell all the ID / Contractor the same requirement you want. To compare apple by apple. Example if you want a "full height" tv feature wall, you need to highlight to them. If you want a feature wall with mirror or glass material, highlight to them to quote you the best material to be used too. Reason being, if you don't specifically highlight this, they may charge you "additional cost" after you sign the dotted line if you want to use those types of mirror materials. The best is you can inform all your IDs to quote you according to full height to avoid additional charges on higher height later. 2) Ask your ID if you can shop for your lights yourself. If ID is going to bring you to lights shop, do your homework before going to the light shop. 3) Ask your ID if you can use your own sourced electrician. 4) Ask your ID if they can provide complementary drilling of nails on wall for paintings and pictures. This is a basic courtesy of ID to provide these service for you. If ID is going to charge you $5 per nail on wall, this is considered hidden charges for the renovation too . So it's better to ask first to avoid miscommunication later.

wow...

This condo comes with completed kitchen and bathroom with tiles, so this reno we will not do much. Will be spending all the $ on lighting and some carpentry works.... Some 3D drawings below

Ok, ID searching starts in Sep16. In my 1st reno 8 years ago, we approached 10 ID companies and took the cheapest. Was happy with the ID work 8 years ago though. This time, with my 2 young children around, running here and there while you are discussing with the ID makes your head becomes bigger . It’s not easy to approach 10 ID companies anymore. So we simply took 3 quotes and decide on one. This time, we didn’t chose the cheapest. Our criterias for the search is : 1) The ID firm must have many “likes” in Facebook and as many reviews as possible. 2) The ID firm must not be new. We are afraid of ID firm disappearing after collecting deposit. 3) Referrals from friend. The referred ID must be reputable enough. 4) Quality and fast , we don't mind paying extra for this service. Just some comments on how we decide the ID company, may not be the best way to decide though 1st ID company, W***** : They are very reputable, extremely good marketing strategy, we like the quality of the flats they did. Just a little pushy. 2nd ID company, A****** : Top ID firm in Facebook, Very comfortable with this ID though, but one thing not so comfortable is they have too many sales person in the company. Every time i am seeing new "designers" posting pictures in FB , sometimes wondering if they are experience enough or not . 3rd ID company, W************* : Referral from wife’s friend. ID location is very far though , need to drive or take a cab there , quite inconvenient, but small issue , most importantly i want quality ) we have chosen the 3rd one eventually.