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Progress report - kitchen I must say our reno journey so far has been smooth and we are liking what we seeing! Some photos to share the progress of kitchen: Kitchen cabinet The holes are for the fridge, oven and some tray my bf requested: closeup of backsplash

Water heater installation Both of us deliberated over for a while on whether to go for instant water heaters or storage heaters. As both of our familes are using instant heaters, my bf asks around our friends who are using storage heaters and did online reserach on the pros and cons of storage heaters. So some pros and cons we came up of both systems based on our lifestyle: Instant heater Pros: No need wait for water to heat up. I think based on our ressearch need to wait for 10 mins, But the 10 mins is critical for the lady especially on weekdays morningsystem we are familiar withCons: we read that instant water heater cannot support rain shower system. But the lady wants a rain shower system in her toilet. there are instant water heaters with rain shower system. But we read in Renotalk review that the water flow is not as strong so not so shiok.Storage system Pros: can support the rainshower system Cons: Need to waitwe also read that we need to switch off the water heater otherwise the heater will keep boiling water and thus incue hefty electricty bills. this was a big turnoff for us because I am really a scatterbrain and with only 10 mins to prepare for work everyday, switching off heater is like one of the last thing on my mindIn the end, my bf decides to go for Digital Heater System from AO Smitth. I must say I am not best placed to post this blog as I seriously don;t know and not interested to find out how the system goes. I think the gist of the system (summarized from my bf's detailed lecturing) is that it works like an instant heater cum storage heater. So some main points I like from the system: Need not wait (normal storage need wait 10 mins, think this only 2 mins)if the usage level is high and not enough hot water, the instant heater will come inno need to switch off the heater. it has technology to monitor and switch offit is also energy saving. the technican say their heat insulation can keep the water hot till next day. I think hotel, govt agency and hospital are also using their productslong warranty of 5 yearsIt also has other fancy functions like timer and dunno what, which of cos I am not interested to know. their service is very good also, once you express interest, they will come in with the dummy set and show you where the heater will be installed and if you would like to proceed with installation Some photos taken during the water heater installation day: Water system mounted on top. We were worried it may not fit so nicely and bulge out LCD switch outside the common toilet The installer helps us set the temperature to 55 degree. He says that is the most energy efficient. The system can go up to 75 degree

Taobao lighting page - the hits Here's my favourite lightings... Rank 4: Master bedroom lighting This will be on top of my bed. I think it gives a soft romantic feel. The photo below does not do justice to the real thing. It's much much nicer when lighted up in the dark. Maybe I will post another photo later... Rank 3: Kitchen pendant lights the only misfortunate thing was the 2 big glass panels was broken. nevertheless we decide to mount it cause it;s such a beauty. Think we will either try contacting the taobao seller to send us the glass again or we will custom make glass panels in Sg. Or we will just make do without the glass panels. Really really like the design so given it as "hits" even with the missing glass panels Rank 2: Walkway pendant lights love the design. saw this in a sg shop selling at $300. got this less than $100..how not to love it???? Rank 1: Dinning area pendant lights This is my favourite lighting. Also another risky move as the design was too elaborate..the electrician took 2-3 hours to assemble it. But the end effect is soooo prettty! Told the electrician this light is my baobei Photos of my bao bei Taobao photo After installation Lights on

Taobao lighing page - the okays There were quite a few okays. Generally, I think the Tao Bao lights turn out as per in the webby, did not disappoint us. Study light 2: wall lamp I knew this will be a risky move. Unlike the usual pendant or ceiling lights, this come with a wall mechanism. so I was quite worried the actual piece might not turn out nice or the wall mechanism may not work. Here's how it looks like when installed. Would say the design is nice, like the webby. would have classify it as "hits". however, the wall mechanism isn't so good, the glass lamp will tilt when we stretch the wall lamp too much.. so have to downgrade it as "okays" only Master bedroom light 2: this was the light which spur us to purchase lamps from taobao. this lamp costs $100 plus at Heritage Bathroom without the bulb. think it was less than $30 at Tao Bao. Sorry for the poort quality photo, lamps still wrapped in plastic Wardrobe room pendant lights Both lights were as per webby. not much comments

Taobao lighting page - the misses Today is lights installation day! After looking around at the lighting shops in Singapore, we concluded the lights in Singapore is too ex, especially for the type of lights we like. So we decide to risk it and purchase ALL our lights from Taobao and Ali Express. Generally the sellers ship to Amcon warehouse very fast, we didn;t have any problems for the shipping. Unlike some of the furniture seller, which I will save the rants for anoother post later. So here's a report on the hits and misses for the lights. Let's start off with the misses... Misses 1: "LED light" Bought this light because it looks very sleek, wanted to place it at my service yard and toilets. However, when the electrician saw the light this morn. He said "Eh...this one cannot put on ceiling. It's a down light". Luckily I only bought 1 to test the quality! If ever any Reno bloggers like this downlight, please feel free to pm me, since we can't use it anyway. Misses 2: Study light 1 This is a big MISSES because: i ordered the wrong colour thanks to my poor chinese. so instead of black rod, i ordered white. but it still looks alright to meone of the glass lamps was broken when we open the boxeven if the glass lamp was not broken, our electrician also told us it cannot be used because the opening of the glass funnel was too big, so we can't attach it (see below) So it's either we do without the glass lamps, so look like this with different artisan bulbs. Or we have to buy another lighting over this weekend. But my bf thinks it is very ugly..what do you think?