I always believed that reviews made when one first move in are not accurate. I would be too excited to give a balanced review, and defects in workmanship may not show up so soon. So, I am writing this much-delayed t-Blog after moving in for over 6 months. Of course, another reason is that I kept forgetting to post this despite promising my interior designer that I would.

Anyway, my home is a 110-sq.m HDB 5I resale flat in Compassvale. It was renovated in Oct - Dec 2009. We engaged engaged Peter Low from Earnest Interiors. I wanted something simple but elegant, and the pictures I saw on the Earnest website caught my eyes. So, I decided to give it a try. Here goes...

Note: Posts may be updated from time to time to add captions, comments, etc.

Edited July 6, 201016 yr by rhema83

3 Oct 2009

First, let's look at how the resale flat was when we took over the keys. It was not a pretty sight. With all due respect to the previous owner - how could he live with it?

The living room

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Kitchen and common bathroom

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Master bedroom and bathroom

Guest rooms (one will be converted to a study room)

11 Oct 2009

Hack hack hack! Away with the old!

Living Room

Master bedroom and bathroom

Guest rooms

Kitchen and common bathroom

30 Oct 2009

The tile laying has started. We chose homogeneous tiles for the entire floor as they are easier to take care of than laminate.

Here we have glossy floor tiles for the living room, which makes it look brighter and bigger. Then we have matte floor tiles for the rooms and kitchen to have some variety. The black and white tiles for the bathrooms were really nice. Finally, my wife chose some funky crocodile-skin-esque tiles for the kitchen.

Living room

Common bathroom and kitchen

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Guest rooms, master bedroom and bathroom

30 Oct 2009

The tile laying has started. We chose homogeneous tiles for the entire floor as they are easier to take care of than laminate.

Here we have glossy floor tiles for the living room, which makes it look brighter and bigger. Then we have matte floor tiles for the rooms and kitchen to have some variety. The black and white tiles for the bathrooms were really nice. Finally, my wife chose some funky crocodile-skin-esque tiles for the kitchen.

Living room

Common bathroom and kitchen

nice!

11 Nov 2009

Another two weeks passed. By now the painting, carpentry and tiling works are complete. Lights are also ready. The flat itself is almost complete. We used earth tones for the entire flat and have accent walls to add some spice.

Living room

Guest room

Study room

Master bedroom

Master bathroom

Common bathroom

Edited July 3, 201016 yr by rhema83

11 Nov 2009

Another two weeks passed. By now the painting, carpentry and tiling works are complete. Lights are also ready. The flat itself is almost complete. We used earth tones for the entire flat and have accent walls to add some spice.

Living room

Guest room

Study room

i like the yellow!

Kitchen

i like the yellow!

Thank you! In fact, I am looking at this wall right now as I am still uploading... Maxing out my bandwidth!