Fannie, how? Are you going for White Gloss?

Wendy, I will be for the top cabinets in my kitchen solid colors for my kitchen, mixture of white and grey Hope I can find nice grey too!

Wendy, I will be for the top cabinets in my kitchen solid colors for my kitchen, mixture of white and grey Hope I can find nice grey too!

From Wendy:

Nice combi.. I saw grey high gloss before. Very nice..... alternatively there is something like steel colour.... metallic grey... also very nice! See the Laminate books... your eye will go BLUR BLUR...hee..hee..

My counter top is grey too.

i'll be using black glass for top, white gloss for full height and bottom cabinets with black granite top and stainless steel backing. hope it turns out well.

wendy u guys use lamitek's laminate for the white gloss is it?

more lights:

Kitchen:

Kitchen Counter Top (above my half island):

Fans:

O...i love this Gunmetal black in my living room

Antique brass colour for MBR:

And the Gate came in........ we totally missed this... we didn't even noticed the gate was up when we went to inspect the house today.

we hav the exact same gate...hw much did u get it for? we inherited the gate fr previous owner but it was in blue so we spray-paint it (FOC from Ah soon)..it's the same color as yrs now..

i'll be using black glass for top, white gloss for full height and bottom cabinets with black granite top and stainless steel backing. hope it turns out well.

wendy u guys use lamitek's laminate for the white gloss is it?

from Wendy:

Ivy: Sounds like a good combi too........ love the glossy black(glass top)........ and couple with Black Granite.. sure very outstanding. And a dash of steel.... very contemporary look. I like!

I use this brand from Seng Lee (not sure, now)......... but it is Ultra White gloss........ and it says there is a layer of Anti Bacteria coating..... aiya.. my hubby said to BLUFF people like me...... how would we know if there is really a layer of that Anti Bacteria thingy.

Jesp:

The new gate is $400......I like the flowers. But now I find it a bit too dark cos my stairway very dark... cant see very well.

Edited April 30, 200917 yr by Smallboy

Most of the things look good, so looks like your reno will complete really soon.

So did you choose corian for your countertop? What colour did you choose?

hi,

i am wondering if there are other alternatives other than laminates for cabinets? Do u all think if the laminates will wrap or fold out after many years? tks

hi,

i am wondering if there are other alternatives other than laminates for cabinets? Do u all think if the laminates will wrap or fold out after many years? tks

According to my mom's generation, things back then last longer. Like those cabinets in my house (more than 20 years), they are still in good condition. Except they look really retro.

Nowadays, we (our generation), our things can't last. So this is a problem we gotta expect. Hope it can last 10 years. hahaha.. that's the life span I give to it.

Like my good old TV, 12 years, still so good. Now those LCD TV, maybe 5 years.

smallboy, wendy

what's the reno progess now?

rectification/cleaning up stage?

I've decided to document my journey of my carpentry work, some lessons learnt and things to watch out for. This is for information sharing to benefit the community and not to discredit any contractor/sub-contractor.

Carpentry 1 - Sideboard and bookshelf at dining area

The Design

This is the initial design that we gave to Jason, very sketchy 2D drawing using MS Powerpoint. We did tried hard to visualise in my mind how the final build-up will look like. There are some risks that it may not turn out as expected but I think they are minor and therefore does not warrant a need for 3D design.

The Outcome

This is the outcome of the sideboard.

The Journey

These are some of my lesson learnt:-

1. Jason advised that the door is huge and may bend over time. Initially we agreed to his suggestion to have two doors for each panel instead, but he took his initiative to introduce a aluminum handle that could prevent the bend (Taiko guys doesn't agree with his assessment that it would help). We won't consulted on the new design and were surprised when the doors were first up. Our original intention is to have a small handle for each of the doors so that the mirrors will look flushed, but since the outcome wasn't too bad, we give in to the new design. However, due to Jason's oversight, only alternate doors came with the aluminum handle. Subsequently, Taiko were asked to replace the abs trimming with aluminum handle for the affected doors.

2. One of the door came with a chipped laminate. It is quite obvious since the wood colour contrast with the white laminate. We highlighted to Jason and the Taiko guys only touch-up the chipped laminate using white paint-pen. This is not acceptable to us and we told Ah Soon about it and he got Taiko to change the door. [sorry no photo] :yeah:

3. We want a flexible bookshelf, like Ikea, that allows us to change the height of the shelves. To meet this needs, the bookshelf comes with a "train track" which is quite useful.

Outstanding issues

We found a hairline dent on the inside of the door. Taiko patched it up with plaster but it is still quite obvious. The alternative is to ask them to change the entire door. We are thinking of accepting it (give in) as-it to save all the trouble. What would you do?

My opinion is don't accept. Anything defective should be made good, especially this is not something that is irreversible. Uncle may be nice and we did get good price, that doesn't mean we should accept defective things. I am sure uncle will get the carpentry guys to change it if he comes to know about this.

Hi Smallboy/Wendy

Can share / PM me the size of the wardrobe and quote?

I'm comparing agst CD and CR.

Just came back from Home 2009....wah sae i really dislike talking to ID (i was practically the ID instead)

Edited May 1, 200917 yr by XiaoBinBin

In my opinion is also not to give in. Since it is a defect that cannot be "covered up", why livewith it? Have it changed. Suchthings are tolast us for years, why accept when you are not comfy with its existence?

I agree that anything we find its an eye sore should juz be rectify....i remember i told fondue the other time when i did my first house, i overlook on this hole in the false celing which they didn't do a good job plastering, till now my hubby will tell me if he was around during handover, he'll never accept this

Thanks for highlighting the carpentry experiences.

If it is not acceptable to you, i think it will be good to change it now rather than to see it and feel 'bad' about it later on.

After all, it will be you who will be looking at it everyday, not the carpentry guys