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On a related note, have brought an old 1970's turntable that was given to us to be repaired and cleaned up. It will sit on the tv console in the living room (you can see where this is going). Amazing thing is after being left untouched for so many many years, it still turns after plugging in (after digging up the pad). Missing bits on the arm so some stuff will need replacing and fabricating. Can't beat the build quality of these old things, the base is made of marble composite. REALLY heavy. Can't imagine how much something with similar construction would cost nowadays .

Thanks! Still getting there... and hopefully we can keep it clutter free after moving in too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So at end of week 8, not that much has changed since the bulk of the work has been done. Hitachi fridge arrived on time but the same cannot be said of the Electrolux cooking hob. Both were bought at Harvey Norman. The "Out of stock" Electrolux hob was promised to us on the day we bought to have new stocks come in on the end of march / early april. Fast forward to early april and a call to Harvey Normal was met with confusion and in the end they told us stocks will only arrive end of April / early May with a promise of delivery and installation to make up for the delay. Ends up when stock arrived, we arranged for a delivery last friday. Delivery time was supposed to be between 2-6pm. Ends up it only arrived at 730pm and there was only a deliveryman, no one to help with the installation! Electrolux customer service told me there would be installation when i called them between 5-6pm to question them on their late status delivery. And all they could say for the lateness was that they "don't know what's going on with the driver" A call to Harvey Normal then revealed that delivery and installation was to be on different days and they failed to inform us earlier and we have to arrange for ANOTHER day for installation. So that's our one and last experience with Electrolux. Never again. Customer service = 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In other news, on Saturday, we went over for more cleaning and we finally put together our bedframe after much fiddling about. We will be moving our current mattress over. Wanted to test the wooden plank's strength so we brought over our old TV. Also wanted to test the streaming speed but forgot to bring a remote for the tv box. Ooops. Sunday we went to look at TV consoles (Danish Design Co.) but the price was erm.... optimistic... It's a very beautiful piece though. I'm of the opinion of not buying anything and keeping the area bare until we save up enough to buy what we really like.. But still keeping our options open, maybe a custom by second charm instead. We also popped by our new place to do more light cleaning and drop off some items. After many years of keeping this wrapped up, i finally got to take it out. Now into week 9, there are still some small bits here and there we want our contractor to patch up and i guess after that will be time for handing over. So far i think we've been pretty blessed to have everything go rather smoothly. (Except for the Electrolux bit)

Fridge and internets went in yesterday. Might need to shift the fridge a bit more to the middle. (+ even after running the air cleaner for 4 hours after our initial washing up, there was still dust today... looks like more mopping up is in order this coming weekend)

Saturday went by really quickly with all the cleaning and on Sunday we went over again for cleaning part 2! We also brought along a new table. Doggies stayed home today. Blu Dot Grotto sofa from Grafunkt, Neon table from GFNKT by Grafunkt, Sixties armchair from Fermob. How the sofa and chair looks With lots of cleaning to do, i didn't take much pics today. We tried to put the bedframe together but didn't have the right tools today. Fail. Cleaning (and steam mopping) all done, we let the air cleaner do its thing for the next couple of hours and called it a day. Week 8 should be easier i hope. Fridge, blinds and internets (and cooker hob) coming soon!

After much cleaning on satuday, we made use of the shower for the very first time Window bay in MBR Cleaning house is tiring work! She seems to like the chair

We also brought along our new outdoor chair and framed up artwork over on saturday Here's a look at the rest of the house after some cleaning up. Here's the study, not that much to see cos there's not that much inside. Looking towards the WIW and common toilet from the study (pls excuse the vacuum cleaner): Common toilet once again, no change. MBR, still abit messy with the unassembled bedframe... MBR wardrobe

End of week 7! Not that much was done this week since most of the work has already been completed. There are still some small things here and there that need looking at but overall i think our renovation is pretty much completed. We spent the weekend doing some big cleaning at our new place, and after much dusting, finally set up our sofa on saturday!

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Middle of week 7 update: Went over to review a list of final touchups and revisions and it looks like the major renovation is pretty much done. Maybe 90% complete? With only some simple work and cleaning up needed to be done. Now we will need to source for roller blinds and start planning our move. All in, i think our contractor works really quick. We were told minimum of 9 weeks but it seems by end of week 7, all done. Will be going over this weekend to set up our sofa (and maybe bedframe) and do some additional cleaning. (Contractor mentioned that first few days for 1-2 weeks after reno there we be dust settling everywhere even after a day of cleaning) Will try to get more pictures once everything gets cleaned up and a sofa set up

Get an ID and contractor to do everything + project manage?

Hello, bought those 2 from http://www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com Our flowerpot (VP1) is not bright enough on its own to light up the dining table, it's more of an ambient light, but looks sweeeet. (maybe the bigger VP2 version might be better) Into Week 7!

Common toilet walnut lamp (by Tove adman) ((with a note to shift it up by 50mm)) A fancy bulb might look better but for usability and brightness, a normal energy saving bulb is much more effective. Master bedroom in the daytime And the master bedroom toilet

Living space cont'd Our study table looking out Walk-in-wardrobe/common toilet Common toilet, might need to rectify some bits here to improve ventilation.

Went over today to take a look once again after an uneventful visit to Commune's warehouse sale. Some daytime shots for comparison. Steps still yet to be fixed (paint to be removed) Patio Living room Living room lights & fan Looking in

Master bedroom View from another angle. Yes that plank will be our console. How it used to look: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/mockngbrd4/TanameraCrest/Interior/DSC00793.jpg The Master bedroom toilet How it used to look: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/mockngbrd4/TanameraCrest/Interior/P1180481.jpg We'll be going by again tomorrow to take a look a the place in daylight. More pics soon!

Study Connecting to living space How the study used to look: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/mockngbrd4/TanameraCrest/Interior/DSC00815.jpg Common (mini sized) toilet. Mini sink with a simple but i think very elegantly designed tap. The spout is the knob to turn for water. How the toilet used to look: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/mockngbrd4/TanameraCrest/Interior/P1180471.jpg

The Flowerpot Lamp Kitchen island Living room lights & relite fan How the same space previously looked: Before: and after

Living space / kitchen island The flowerpot lamp was not setup yet, awaiting a bulb. Living space/kitchen with Flowerpot lamp setup

End of week 6! Light were installed this week so we popped by tonight to take a look. Still work-in-progress but getting there. Overall done up with a few bits here and there we found that needs touching up. This is how it currently looks from the patio. Patio space at night (with lights from house) This is how it used the patio used to look like:

Hi, took about 2 weeks (we ordered items that are currently in stock) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Popped by last night to drop off the taps. Wall ledge has been removed and laminate repatched.

Arrived today from Insani And lighting delivery took a pic which shows the new Granite top installed on kitchen island. Looks pretty good i think.

Collected this today. After over 3 yrs in the cupboard, finally took it out to have it framed (bought in Kyoto: http://ten-qoo-ann.jp/). *Found a pic of the shop in Kyoto, is a traditional Japanese style cloth print but done with a Disney motif. Turns out the colors of the shop and our new house have similar tones* Quality of getting it properly framed is so many times better than those from Ikea. (Which we have used alot for other prints. this required a custom frame cos of the unique dimensions) Nicely done though. (@ http://thianhwaart.webs.com/ ) Uprighted Onward Week 6!

Another look at our island After much deliberation, we have decided to request for the wall ledge to be removed and we will buy a console to put in front of the wall. The ledge just looks... wrong...

Took some time off today to drop by again... spotted some issues that we want rectifying Stairs got painted white, we had earlier requested for them to be left unpainted. This will need to be redone. Not ideal to have white stairs... Outdoor gate/fence not painted properly... looks like they didn't bother scrapping off or sanding down the old paint prior. Already peeling... Master bedroom with most things inside cleared