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3-room Resale In The West

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no pics to update...

Thurs - acid wash

Sat & Sun - Electrical works

Mon - Delivery of Sanitarywares & installing kitchen cabinets.

Looking forward to it! so exciting...

Meanwhile, we are thinking of getting this to complement the metal theme:

http://www.ikea.com.sg/en/catalog/detail.asp?art=50163810

Have to go and recee it... :)

would this be the frame for your dining table?

no pics to update...

Thurs - acid wash

Sat & Sun - Electrical works

Mon - Delivery of Sanitarywares & installing kitchen cabinets.

Looking forward to it! so exciting...

Meanwhile, we are thinking of getting this to complement the metal theme:

http://www.ikea.com.sg/en/catalog/detail.asp?art=50163810

Have to go and recee it... :)

For me the most exiting part is the kitchen cabinet.

It is the part that comes like a puzzle,

then they have to measure and make adjustment according to the condition.

Hope you will get your dream kitchen come true :good:

Our electrical works have finally started:

Stuff we bought ourselves. Its not easy buying everything we need. We made many trips to choo chiang and we spent a lot of thing deciding where to the lights and switches. We are doing rewiring and basically changing all electrical stuff. It was tough calculating what to buy and going through the "to-buy" list making sure we had everything we need.

But its still a very fun and enriching exercise for us!

Stuff we bought:

New wires for the whole house:

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The industrial switches and sockets (plus some normal switches and sockets to cut cost)

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new DB:

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Accessories for our conduit piping and miscellaneous stuff:

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Last but not least:

The casings:

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We had to bring the old casings back to choo chiang ourselves to exchange for some square casings and 20mm conduit casings. The 8 ft conduit casings can fit into my dad's car, we are so lucky!

Can't wait for the pipings to be up! :)

The industrial switches and sockets (plus some normal switches and sockets to cut cost)

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U got the right switch for the industrial feel. I meant the grey ones. :good:

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Last but not least:

The casings:

DSC04798.jpg

We had to bring the old casings back to choo chiang ourselves to exchange for some square casings and 20mm conduit casings. The 8 ft conduit casings can fit into my dad's car, we are so lucky!

Can't wait for the pipings to be up! :)

wow, u r really a handy guy :)

Buying those things all by your self,

is not an easy things to do.

Not only a model, but the spec is really important too.

Looking forward to see pics after the wiring up :)

would this be the frame for your dining table?

yeap, we finally bought it @$99. So happy with the purchase! We spent a long time discussing whether or not we should buy it. Finally we left ikea tampines very late smiling happily at our purchase. :)

Managed to fit into the car and carried it back ourselves! Still waiting for quote on stainless steel table top. We are also considering to use aluminium composite panel as table top, but have to seek advice from the shop for their opinion on the suitability first.

Thanks Mickey & Clementi PR! :)

We got a lot of shock looks from the hardware shop and electrician when we told them we wanted to use the conduit pipes and metal boxes... Those metal boxes caused me to be "scolded" as they are much more expensive than the usual white boxes. :P

But luckily, i still managed to get them.

Our not-yet-connected light tube for the industrial look:

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Not sure why casing was not all the way up...hmmm forgot to ask:

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Some work by the electrician:

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Kitchen/dining area:

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Not sure why casing was not all the way up...hmmm forgot to ask:

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Some work by the electrician:

This kind of thing really frustated me.

Got one case when the piping for gas in the living room is intalled,

but it is not same line with the water pipe.

Luckily they still willing to change it.

But still not satisfied me, until Jasper give me a free L-box in the living room :P

Hope they want to change it for you too :good:

Installation of kitchen cabinets started. YAy! :) i was so excited that i went down yesterday night to take photos. With 2 torch lights and one lousy phone camera, this is what i managed to get:

Cutting of holes for water pipes:

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No brand soft close supplied by contractor (actually is more like slow close than soft close):

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Extension of full height cabinet to hide some piping away when viewing from living room:

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Some of the wood used:

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Continued...

The 2 huge drawers for storing bulky items (Length 900mm). I Like!!

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Inside the big drawer (free tray for me?) :P

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Storage area for brooms, cleaning stuff as well as hide pipes:

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Laminate we are using, should look a lot lighter in the day:

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Somehow the door cannot close properly, need to adjust:

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Some electrical works:

Conduit pipe for my toilet light:

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Electrician used some plastic cover for wires in hard to reach area, so smart!:

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wow gimz...you went and take pics at night without any lights? :o lol...your s/steel top arrived yet?

wow gimz...you went and take pics at night without any lights? :o lol...your s/steel top arrived yet?

yeap, i was that excited...hahaa.

i was told my kitchen is ultra slanted, carpenter spent a long time making the cabinets level. :)

they have installed the cabinets and measured the size of the countertop. They will be doing it, i think by end of the week would be done.

can't wait for it to be up!

Therefore,

Electrical works and cabinets should be completed by Sunday (hopefully). Slowly the house is taking shape...

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