A bit more progress in the carpentry. So they painted my feature wall and have been working on the cupboards and platform in my mbr. 

This is my feature wall painted a dark grey so that the whole wall on that side is a uniform colour but with different textures. 

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This is my wardrobe area in my mbr. The blue piece you see is actually the door leading to the mbr bathroom. It will look exactly like the cupboard doors, so that it is a hidden door. 

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And this is my platform bed in the mbr. It will have some hidden storage spaces. My bed itself will face the windows. 

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3 hours ago, JohnJohn said:

A bit more progress in the carpentry. So they painted my feature wall and have been working on the cupboards and platform in my mbr. 

This is my feature wall painted a dark grey so that the whole wall on that side is a uniform colour but with different textures. 

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This is my wardrobe area in my mbr. The blue piece you see is actually the door leading to the mbr bathroom. It will look exactly like the cupboard doors, so that it is a hidden door. 

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And this is my platform bed in the mbr. It will have some hidden storage spaces. My bed itself will face the windows. 

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Just finish reading through your Tblog! I think your house is gonna be very nice!! It's a unique theme and everything turns out pretty well so far 
Like especially the dark feature wall....hope to see more pictures of the final house soon!!

Thanks @Lala86. All 5hnaks go to my ID. He's got very good ideas. Waiting impatiently for my house to be done. :-) 

Always wanted a platform bed with storage like that. Mind sharing how much it cost?

13 hours ago, bie18 said:

Always wanted a platform bed with storage like that. Mind sharing how much it cost?

Hi @bie18 it was an addition to my whole reno package. I'll have to check my revised contract. I'll pm you later. 

The feature wall in white color already nice but i think in dark grey really match your theme, really cozier..

Thanks @pankponk. When I saw it over the weekend, I was really really glad I listened to my ID. 

so nice! i love your laminate choice for your wardrobe. looking forward to more updates!

Thanks @pipsqueak. Hopefully can update more soon. Carpentry going on for the whole of this week. 

Love it! I wanted to do the concealed door for my MBR toilet too but alas the layout wasn't to my favor. Looks very good at the moment can't wait to see it finished!

Thank you @bykaraanne. I'm also eagerly waiting for completion. Crossing fingers that it will look good. :-)

Couple of things to update. First my ongoing tussle with Opennet. Well, another appointment was made for yesterday 28 Jun after I called opnnet to assure them that my contractor will open up the hole for them to lay their cables. All thgey needed to do was ensure that their guys laid the cable. Appointment was fixed at 2pm. Yesterday at 1.30pm, their guy called me and this is how the first part of the phone conversation went:

Opennet contractor (OC) - Hello, we are coming to your place now.

Me - I thought the appointment was at 2pm. My contractor going down at 2pm only.

OC - No, no, the appointment is at 1.30pm.

Me - Don't lie to me. I made the appointment with your call centre, they said 2pm. You want me to call them now to check?

OC - Erm, oh, no lah. We are free now, so we thought we go to your place early...

So lesson learnt - don't be afraid to challenge people who try to push you. I'm not saying that all opennet contractors are bad, but this one guy is a real pain and he lies. I know he is the same guy coz since the 2nd very frustrating phone call three weeks ago, I always ask for the name of the guy whom I am dealing with in opennet. But the saga is not over yet. After installation, during testing, they discovered that there was some network fault, so I would still have to deal with opennet. Sigh. But at least I finally have this in my house.

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To a less frustrating topic, my ID asked me to choose material and colour for the vanity top in both the mbr and common bathroom. For the MBR bathroom, I was give the choice between granite or marble. The below photos are the choices I had. The top is the granite, the bottom is the marble.

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In the end, I chose the granite. I think it fits the overall colour scheme of the bathroom better than the marble.

As for the common bathroom, I was given these choices.

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In this case, I was less fussy about it, so long as it fitted the overall colour scheme of the common bathroom. So I told my ID to choose.

 

On 6/27/2016 at 9:15 AM, JohnJohn said:

Hi @bie18 it was an addition to my whole reno package. I'll have to check my revised contract. I'll pm you later. 

Thanks! Hope it wont b too much trouble for u.

Things are slowly but surely coming together. Went down to my place today and saw that they had put the counter tops in the kitchen and vanity tops in the bathrooms. 

This is my kitchen counter top. It's called Dekton and is supposed to be quartz I believe but using a new manufacturing process. I chose a new colour called Aura 15 which looks like marble. 

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This another view with my team hob in the background. 

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This is my kitchen. The view is from the utility area. 

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The top two photos are a bit dark, but as you can see from the third photo, the top is white with grayish streaks. 

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As for my bathroom vanity tops, below are the photos. 

This first photo is of my mbr bathroom. The top is granite. Slightly shiny under light and very reflective. There actually isn't any blue, but it is the effect when lights are on. 

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This is another view. 

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This photo shows the common bathroom. It's less elaborate - plain dark grey. It's a lighter shade coz the lights are on. Unfortunately my common bathroom doesn't get very much natural light. 

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