Dwinsplace 48 Report post Posted July 29, 2014 always nice to see the tiles coming up. It covers the old stuff and you really feel that you're putting your personal stamp on your home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bianzi 52 Report post Posted July 29, 2014 Nice tiling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songz 132 Report post Posted July 30, 2014 Nice tiles you have selected. At first I was like : Why this tiles for the common (*Maybe cause of the discoloration at the mid bottom) and upon looking at the common bathroom pic you posted, I was like Woah ! ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2014 always nice to see the tiles coming up. It covers the old stuff and you really feel that you're putting your personal stamp on your home. Yeah! Agreed.. Been following yr blog... Place looking good! Really dig yr gate & door combi! Can I ask how much is that? Hee...Nice tilingThanks bianzi!Nice tiles you have selected. At first I was like : Why this tiles for the common (*Maybe cause of the discoloration at the mid bottom) and upon looking at the common bathroom pic you posted, I was like Woah ! ! Haha.. Songz.. Actually, I did cast some doubts on my own taste after I chose the tiles. Was abit worried that the washroom will look 'dirty'.. Kekeke.. My contractor commented that it was a very daring choice of tiles. But she did approve the choice too so I proceeded. After looking at the completed tiling, I kinda secretly feeling very pleased with myself... hahahaha! So shameless.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2014 Just want to share some clearer photos of the tiles in my common washroom.. Loving the tiles... Can see from the bottom that the piping is already done.. Change all to stainless steel piping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2014 And... Finally! Our 3D drawings! Display cum shoe cabinet (located outside the study room)There will be a minor change to the laminate.. Too much white for me i feel.. Changing the laminate at the bottom row to be the same as the display area.KitchenAlso some changes here.. Extending the top cabinets all the way to the fridge and changing the hood to a chimney hood. The colour of the kompactop will also be change to another colour.MBRGot changes here as well. Changing the colour of the platform to a darker colour.Hmm.. By the way, anyone of you have any idea if it is better to use laminate (that means the same kind of laminate for our wardrobe) for the platform or should we use laminate flooring for the platform? Our contractor L said that both also can use. If use laminate flooring, you may not get a uniform look as they can't use laminate flooring for the door to the storage portion of the platform. What they will do is that they will use laminate to match to the colour of the laminate flooring. I think I'm more inclined to using laminate throughout for that more uniformed look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songz 132 Report post Posted August 8, 2014 If you wish for uniform look than the same kind of laminate for wardrobe, however ask your contractor if any quality and other possible issues using it. I will however go for a little contrast and go for laminate flooring, it is more suitable material for floor too.Don really have much knowledge on this, sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mummychua 4 Report post Posted August 8, 2014 hey, i done a platform for my mbr using floor laminate. as what songz say, its a more suitable material for floor, more durable i think. another thing is the joining will be rounded rather than sharp, impt point for me as i have kids.i have a friend who did her platform with laminate and she once drop her wedding photo on it and there is a dent to her platform. if she will to use floor laminate, she could easily change but as she's using carpentry laminate, she have no change but to live with the dent. then again she have no other issue with her platform after quite a number of years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2014 If you wish for uniform look than the same kind of laminate for wardrobe, however ask your contractor if any quality and other possible issues using it. I will however go for a little contrast and go for laminate flooring, it is more suitable material for floor too.Don really have much knowledge on this, sorry. hey, i done a platform for my mbr using floor laminate. as what songz say, its a more suitable material for floor, more durable i think. another thing is the joining will be rounded rather than sharp, impt point for me as i have kids.i have a friend who did her platform with laminate and she once drop her wedding photo on it and there is a dent to her platform. if she will to use floor laminate, she could easily change but as she's using carpentry laminate, she have no change but to live with the dent. then again she have no other issue with her platform after quite a number of years. Hey Songz & mummychuaThanks for the kind advice. I agree that floor laminate is easier to replace than laminate but after discussing with our contractor, she told me of the cost difference in using floor laminate. So.... In the end, decided to still go with the normal laminate coz I know my husband sure will shoot down the idea to use floor laminate if he knows that he got to top up for it.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2014 Halo guys!Its Thursday today! Just bear with it a little bit more to weekends... Can I just complain a little here? I'm feeling so soooooo tired! My school term has started and its back to juggling with work, studies and now renovations.. Argghhh... Exhausted almost everyday after coming home from work or worst still, after night class. Somemore have to meet assignments deadlines... Anyway, I'm always a very last minute person.... lol.. Which means I always like to do my assignments during the very last minute before the submission date. And so.. For the past weekends, I have been either relaxing at home or went shopping with my husband.. But now thinking of the coming weekend.. Dunno if I should be happy or sad coz its the last weekend before the assignment is due.. Hahahaha.. Enough of my complaints.. Just want to share what we have bought so far.. Hee...Washing MachineWe had wanted to buy a front load and had initially locked on the brand Beko (only in Courts) then we swayed towards LG as heard from colleague that it is very water efficient and very quiet but after going back to Courts & spoke to the sales promoter, we decided on Beko again. However, Beko only offers warranty for the motor for 5 years for the motor. We got the 8kg one & the price is $899 with a freebie of a $60 or $70 cold storage voucher.. But I managed to secure some special discount and got the fridge for $799 without the voucher.. Kekeke..FridgeDue to space constraints, our contractor told us that we only have space of less than 700mm for our fridge. So we have to foresake the idea of a bigger fridge. In the end we got this.... A Panasonic 2-Dr fridge with bottom freezer. We are used to top freezer so this is the first time that we are getting a bottom freezer. Think will need some time to get used to it.The price of this I think is either $768 or $786 (Cant really remember now).. Managed to also get further discount of $100 off for this fridge.. Hee...We haven't buy a TV yet.. Wanted to get 1 for the living room and 1 for the MBR but thinking of the expenses.. we may just get 1 for the living room only. Most probably will get a Samsung or a LG. Currently still going around to see see look look.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2014 Oso... We went to buy our sanitary items last week from *spam located in Geylang. This shop is recommended by our contractor. What I understand is that they are a distributer for sanitary items so they claim to offer competitive prices. But we didn't really compare with others to find out if this is true. Anyway, we bought our hob and hood from them too. They are from a local brand known as Hobz (didnt hear before on this brand)... Lol.. But the good thing is that they offer lifetime warranty for the glass of the glass hob. So we got the black tempered glass hob and a black clear glass chimney hood which I really like.. The package price for the hob and hood is $848 but the sales lady offer us them to us at $805 and we negotiate the price further to $790... HobHoodWe also got a 30L storage heater of a brand known as Beebest (again.. Didnt know of this brand too). Had asked the sales gal for Jovan storage heater which they have as well but the lady ask us to take Beebest instead as it can preserve the heat of the water better than Jovan due to some insulation material of the tank. In addition, it has 10 years warranty for its heating coil and 5 years warranty for the inner tank so we got the Beebest heater instead.BeeBest Storage Heater(Photo grabbed from their website)Other than these 3 items we also got the following:1. Rainshower set for MBR2. Shower set for Common Toilet3. 1-pc WC for both toilets4. Undermount sink for MBR5. Wall hung sink for Common toilet6. Glass shelves for both toilets7. Bidet sprays for both toilets8. Taps and stopper for both toilets9. Towel rack for both toilets10. Connecting parts for the sinks, shower set and WC.So our total bill comes up to slightly more than $5k plus GST.. After further negotiation, we got all these for $4850.And if any of you are going to get your items from *spam, can look for Renee. She offers friendly service and I am quite pleased with her after-sales service.. I actually had call her again a few days after I bought my items to check with her on the promotion that we got to know. We had gone to their website to see and saw that they have promotion for the 1-pc WC + sink + tap + stopper package at $298. Thou the terms and conditions stated that they have only 30 sets for this promo and that it is a cash and carry package but I decided to try my luck to see if I can have further savings. Hee...Renee explained to me nicely that what I saw online are past promotions and that it is only limited to 30 sets but since I have asked, she will check with the company to see if they can offer me the same package again. However, the items I have chosen are not those listed in the package so she asked if I want to stick with the same items that I have chosen or to get the package. I told her that I wanted to stick to what I chose. She say she will check it out and let me know.So after awhile, she called me again.. And told me that she had re-calculated the cost after taking into consideration of the package price and that I have a further saving of $186... Hehehehe.. Good rite? The only downside is that they can't refund this amount to me and so I got to go down to choose some more items to make up for the $186. But I personally feel that Renee can don't need to entertain me since we have already made full payment for all the items and that she can just brush me off by saying that this is past promotion so its no longer valid now. So I really appreciate her effort to find out for me on the promotion and also to see if I can get a discount for the items that we have bought.Ok... now we got to think on what else to buy from there... Hmmm... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) Oopss... Didnt know that I cant just write the shop name directly.. lol.. Its B A T H Z O N E... Edited August 14, 2014 by MrsKhoo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MissySummer 0 Report post Posted August 15, 2014 Just want to share some clearer photos of the tiles in my common washroom.. Loving the tiles... Can see from the bottom that the piping is already done.. Change all to stainless steel piping.Nice choice of tiles for your bathroom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) Okok.. Guess I have MIA for quite a long while... Hee.. Havent got the time to update my blog.. Was busy with the usual stuff like studies, work, pet dog's health issues and nephews. Alot have happened during this period of time and........... You know what? We have actually moved into our new place just last Saturday!! After 2 months of renovations... So many things to update! I still want to complete my blog so I'll try to post the progress of our renovations here whenever I can..So since my last update of the stuff that we have bought, here's some photos of the progress that I didnt post earlier..Kitchen with the cabinets and the black metro tiles done up. Can see that the walls are cement screed. Hood is installed as well.MBR with the cabinets (except for the sliding doors) and platform installedMBR toilet with the vanity top and shower screen installedCommon toilet with the wc and basin installed Edited October 9, 2014 by MrsKhoo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrsKhoo 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2014 Nice choice of tiles for your bathroom.Thks MissySummer for the kind compliments. After moving in, I am really liking the tiles at the common toilet! Hee... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
