Yang Guo

This is bigger..594mm x 841mm , a big reminder for our children to follow house rules

For this reno, the theme is not to let any wall empty, so I have as many motivational quotes as possible. Some of you may believe in these quotes, some not, we like these quotes because this is a good reminder and teaching for my young children Have bought 9 pictures in total, just to share some...:D Szie : 420x594mm each

Hi Niel, targeted reno is 1 month, will complete my reno by end of December Hi Cancan, you can pm me if you want. Now it's still in the process of renovation, can't comment much either

a 3 bedder condo, 93sqm size... love the mbr, it's huge isn't it?

Hello everyone, After missing for so long in Renotalk, decided to come back with another blog. Had sold my previous home in Jalan Membina a few years ago and waited almost 4 years for this condo to complete. While waiting for the developer to build the condo, we have to temporary move to FIL house for almost 2 years in the west. We will be moving back to Alexandra soon. Ok no picture no talk , will be posting up lots of pictures to share the renovation process. Have set aside a budget of total $25k on this renovation including furniture, lighting, roller blinds, kitchen accessories etc. I think everyone is the same, you set aside a budget, your budget sure burst eventually after the whole process. lol, anyone budget not burst, I am going to to you. I always have a phobia of installing ceiling fan, it looks so scary...spin and spin . This time, was convinced to install ceiling fan to save space and to most importantly to find a ceiling fan with energy saving, with LED lights, with DC motor, not too big type because nowadays condo rooms are too small. Renovation start date : 28 Nov 2016. Renovation completed date : 13 Dec 2016. Things done during renovation : 1) TV feature wall and console 2) Dining feature wall 3) Painting 4) False ceiling in living and dining area 5) Electrical works only. My t-blog begins as per below .... ______________________________________________________________________________ Shortcut link of this blog : 1) Furniture we bought 2) Our silly and time saving method of choosing an ID 3) Curtain / blinds recommendation, here ! 4) Dining feature wall here ! 5) TV console and feature wall here ! 6) Foyer design here ! 7) Movers recommendation, here ! 8) Total cost spent, here ! ______________________________________________________________________________

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wow...your reno...looks so nice...we have the same lights too.. sorry i didnt reply your pm...i disappeared in this forum for very very long time...now finally back here to see see

wow..it has been nearly many months since i was here... saw some of you changed your tap also? My mbr tap spoilt after 6months moved in. Cant turn off at all. Called town council to ask people come down to repair. Took them 1 week and no response. Ended up i need to call plumber myself and get it changed. I think a few months ago in our newsletter, somebody commented all positive news about our neighbourhood town council service... i was..."$#$%%$"....they all report all good news. Didnt report these poor service btw..anyone knows what happened to 26D today ah? Storey 9th, someone throw alot of electrical appliances down right? heard that he even threw a dog out..is that true..?

dont worry abt paiseh that u dont sign up. This is the ID job hazard. Sign up rate is low. But once you sign up, they earn alot. Same reason as property agent or insurance agent. Property agent bring pple to see flat. Close deal ratio very low. Insurance agent also like that. They meet so many pple, sign up rate also low. Same theory applies to the ID When comes to reno, if u dont find more and compare, you will lose big le.. You chose between - feeling guilty or saving money lor

Fuchsia_star, If you still need to see the photos above, i need to retake the photo again Actually i took the full pic. but file size too big, when i resized it, bottom are distorted. duno why. So i crop it and now become half U roughly can visualise it? you can put 1 pair of shoes per section hi vdoo, i bought the clock at suntec, level 2 from the shopcart..

hi tiffany, I have posted my full quote in 1st page of my blog for everybody reference My shoe cabinet "Design & fabricate 1no of 3ft x full height shoe cabinet @ main entrance in laminate finish - $660.00" hi fuchsia, no problem, i get the pics and post it up for you the clocks i bought it at $100 for 2. Its a quiet clock, no tick tick sound, thats why i like these clocks

hihi Fuchsia.. My shoe cabinet is 3 feet. hmmm..how many shoes it can hold ah? so far my wife occupied 1/3 of the shoe cabinet only cos pple said for fengshui purpose, shoe cabinet shld not be higher than me. So we just occupy a portion of it. The remaining for storage purpose.

i know that homo tiles is very very hard..even when sometimes sharp object like scissors dropped on homo tiles, it will not have any scratch.. dont think that pet will make any scratch

my instant heater brand : Rega

funni cos the way u ask lor ya i also heard that must avoid soy

hi all, how about vhive bookshelves? any complaints? i just bought some vhive bookshelves, hopefully its not a regret

haha...!! we have exactly the same problem!! lol 7) Ya the Ikea blinds's mechanism is $%^#$. Cant easy pull up and down. I may have to change this in future to curtain 12) same!! me and my wife always got scalded by the super hot water. sighh this heater is bad buy. btw mine is a german brand. At first, i am very proud of the brand, ahem, germany water heater lehh.. then after use, lol, kns Later i go home to check what is the brand name, forgot liao

Hi hi.. hmmm toilet bowls arh, so far i didnt change cos its still functionable. But after my reno is done, i seen our fellow forumers with ROYAL FANCO toilet bowl, its so nice, envy... If u got budget, then change also? Your new flat, does it comes with flooring also? if comes with flooring, 25k is more than enough

12) If using instant heater, get only 777 brand. Dont "Gey kiang" get other brands. I bought dono what brand, its more expensive than 777. So whenever if turn off the heater to apply shower foam and on it again, my heater suddenly turns v v hot and go back to normal. Bought this heater for 2 of my bathroom and both are the same. 13) Dont buy carpet. After a while because of maintenance, i keep my carpet already lol. Waste $ again 14) Grossy white laminate is good. I used 1 year already and my laminate still as new. 15) Dont buy blackout curtain. This will make your room v v dark. Disclaimer: Above are all personal preference.

Tips: 1) Try not to get so many chrome stuffs. It will tarnish very easily. -Bathroom accessories most are chrome, but no choice cos stainless steel is super super ex -Avoid chrome legged computer table / study table / dining table. 2) Depends on your likings. Cove light is v nice, but maintenance wise is jialat. Imagine a dead insect died inside your cove light area. You need to sweep it down and throw away. It also attract alot of bugs. I didnt do cove lights but this is what my friends told me 3) If on budget, dont really need kitchen sliding door actually. I cooked often, i didnt have any kitchen sliding door. My living room is not affect at all 4) Try to do a built in oven in your kitchen cabinet. This save space 5) Remember to leave some space beside your stove for you to pour your food from your pan/wok 6) Try to do L-shape kitchen if possible. I mean your kitchen top need to be as much space as possible for you to do your cookings 7) Dont do roller blinds. I bought my roller blinds at Ikea. Roller blinds is quite troublesome when compared to curtain. Maintenance also more difficult 8) Hack 1 bedroom for a bigger living room if possible. I regretted so much that i didnt hack one of my bedroom. My living room is so small that each time only can accomodate abt 12pax. So sad. 9) Change change change. Change your toilet sink. Dont use HDB provided sink or from previous owner. Its better you get a sink suitable for your height and size. 10) No need to do any shower curtain. I did shower curtain, and didnt use at all. Lol. Waste $ and now the shower curtain becoming dirty 11) When you do custom-made feature wall, try to do the feature wall on "complicated wall". Dont do it on straight nice wall. Get what i mean? Example, my hse has a beam in the bedroom. Its advisable that you do the feature wall on that beam area. Maximise your $. Do feature wall on straight wall is too easy for the carpenter. Give him some difficulty level

1) you can start to find ID/contractor already. They need to take abt 2 weeks to get back to you the quotation. then you need abt 1 week to summarise and consider. 2) Yes the standard unit has toilet bowl and sink. But you need to take note, nowadays for new flat, toilet sink is quite low quality. Its recommended you change it. My standard unit given by HDB, the sink is v low, water easily splash out when you brush teeth or wash face.My sink tap spoilt within 1 year. Many such cases in our neighbourhood le I regretted that time i didnt change it. If i want to change it now, its very troublesome Where is your new flat at? I hang my jeans and pants behind my bedroom door. i bought those stainless steel hanger, ID helped to drill hole and install behind the door

ahem.. i am not here to answer. hehe drop by here also wanted to know what kind of food can make a person make stronger too btw your question v cute and funnie leh

we are not the same contractor la, lol.. btw i heard from many people that they also have watermarks leh

My granite top also black galaxy from india. Have the same problem as Steve also - water marks. Regarding the hot pot, ya i also always put hot pot on the granite, no problem Agree that granite chip off easily if being knocked by sharp objects. Mine chipped off slightly already after being hit by sharp object lo

Mine is also at Univonna IFC, 3seater + 1recliner = $1550 (half leather) I love this sofa, it has high back for you to rest your head, good for tall people