SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Carpentries - Technical Drawings Carpentry works account for a significant part of our renovation costs and was also another area we paid a lot of attention to. Overall design while important could sometimes be let down by simple details and so detailing is something we were quite keen to get it right. Using cabinets or wardrobe as examples, simple things like how the doors/drawers should be opened, number of compartments etc actually might make a difference if we design them differently. We went through a few iterations with Bernard before ending up with the following technical drawings. Once endorsed and agreed, it would serve as the final specification drawings for Bernard's team of carpenters to start to fabricate the various carpentries. Master Bedroom and Toilet Plan view - The intention is to have our wardrobe as the divider between our toilet and our bed. In the diagram above, our bed would be placed horizontal on the right section of the room with the back of the wardrobe doubling up as our bedhead. There were also some considerations around the walking space between our wardrobe and the toilet and eventually we decided to sacrifice a bit of space here to make our sleeping side longer. View of the wardrobe from toilet side Frontal view of the wardrobe Wife's intention is to create a sleek looking functional wardrobe thus she requested for a slim perimeter border rather than something bulky Side profile of the wardrobe Interior view of the wardrobe - It is every woman's dream to have a walk-in wardrobe and it is no surprise my wife is one of them. However I managed to convince her otherwise mainly because of the unit's configuration as well as budget. As a result, while we have 3 sections of a floor to ceiling wardrobe, she basically wanted at least 2/3 of it... I managed to negotiate it to exactly 2/3 so what that eventually translate to in reality is... Two-third of the wardrobe is EXCLUSIVE hers; remaining one-third would be used to put my thing as well as any common stuff like blankets, towels, luggages, bags + 1,001 other things... View from the sleeping side Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 2, 2016 Carpentries - Technical Drawings Space within the master bedroom toilet is limited and so beside putting aside an area for rain shower, the only carpentry works here are very much the cabinet below the wash basin. Plan view of the toilet - We replaced 2 sides of the brick walls with glass walls to open up the space View of the toilet from the bed area Another view of the toilet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 2, 2016 Carpentries - Technical Drawings Dry and Wet Kitchens Plan view of our dry and wet kitchen View of our dry kitchen area - We pushed out the main entrance/door outwards to create a longer passageway, and at the same time allow us to put a 2-section shoe rack Side view of shoe rack Front view of our island, shoe rack on the left View of our dry kitchen/island View of our dry island looking out from the wet kitchen Side view of dry island Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Carpentries - Technical Drawings Dry and Wet Kitchen Continued View of wet kitchen looking in from service yard View of of wet kitchen looking in from dry island side Front view of of wet kitchen High view of the wet kitchen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Carpentries - Technical Drawings Common Toilet Plan view of common toilet View of of common toilet looking in from utility room Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Electrical and False Ceiling False ceiling with cove lighting at passage way False ceiling works in progress at the balcony. Rather than using lamps, we decided to create a more unique cove lighting arrangement here. False ceiling **** room False ceiling at master bedroom with a cut-out for the air conditioning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 4, 2016 Ongoing Works False ceiling with cove lighting done! Fabricated carpentries delivered and would followed by installation! Mock up of wardrobe at master bedroom to assess walking space at toilet area as well as bed area Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 5, 2016 Carpentries - Dry Island One of the exciting phase of any renovation is during the installation of carpentries. This is the time where the design starts to take form. View of the shoe rack and the dry island in the background Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 7, 2016 Carpentries - Wet Kitchen View of the wet kitchen carpentries from the service yard. Front view of our carpentries at stove area Front view of wet kitchen looking in from the dry island side. Remember our windows at the wet kitchen side overlook down to the common corridor pathway so anyone whom passed by can actually look through our house from there if they are tall enough To create some privacy, we fabricated a big wooden door to close up the view when required. This also separates the area between dry and wet kitchen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 7, 2016 Cove lightings installed at balcony Cove lightings and downlights all up in the living room. The original plan was to have wall tiles/feature wall on this side of the wall but eventually we dropped that idea to keep the cost down or at least that was my intention though I faced a lot of resistance from the wife... We went for a darker color for the wall near the dry island to create a bolder impact around the space here We also tiled over the box up of what used to be exposed pipes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 8, 2016 Wifey wanted stainless steel for the dry island top Sink (over-mount), electric stove and oven installed Wifey insisted on spray-painted carpentries for dry island and shoe rack... This meant more cost... Gas stove at wet kitchen. Carpentries for this area using laminates though Sink at the wet kitchen side (under-mount) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starrain 4 Report post Posted July 8, 2016 Hi! Hmm... Interesting. Why did your wifey wanna spray paint the carpentries? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimplePersonSimpleLife 4 Report post Posted July 9, 2016 16 hours ago, Starrain said: Hi! Hmm... Interesting. Why did your wifey wanna spray paint the carpentries? Hey @Starrain, spray paint carpentries are nothing new in the industry, just that they tends to be on the high side in terms of costs. Just like different grades of laminates, spray paint has its own merits and downsides. In our case, we chose spray paint for dry island and shoe rack due to its aesthetic feature in a highly visible area of the house. When I meant aesthetic, I was referring there is no laminate lines etc and basically it boils down to fine detailing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starrain 4 Report post Posted July 9, 2016 WOW! Thanks for your explanation! I've always thought spray paint as a last resort or a D.I.Y thing. When spoke with contractors on spray painting, and most will choose to shun away because it tend to rub off very soon. Is there ways to prevent? I totally understand aesthetic feature is very important. Every details is the design! It looks really pretty! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El LoCo 3 Report post Posted July 9, 2016 Hi, How do u achieve the seamless effect as I believe the carpentry will have joint lines. By the way, how many layers of spray painting is needed to achieve this effect? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
