Bought a Samsung 32” LCD which came with a free Home Theatre System. So the Living room is finally completed.

Needed a feature item for the entrance. Initially, I had wanted a fountain. However, the Feng Shui master advised against the idea as water facing the main door would means wealth flowing out of our home.

Thus, last weekend when we went to Far East flora to get some flowers we decided to build a little garden at the area facing the entrance. The problem is maintaining the plants. But well, if they withered, will probably just get artificial ones in future.

A study is absolutely necessary for my family.

This was actually part of a balcony which looks like this before the renovation.

There was a drop from the living to the balcony thus our decision to built a platform.

Our workstations. From the window, we could see the reservoir. The air is fresh and cool. Makes working from home less painful!

Wanted to put some graduation photo in the area above my hub’s sword. The wall looks pretty empty.

Lots of books! Beside the study is our alter. Directly opposite (to the right) is the dining, (to the left) is the kitchen.

That’s the altar. Could not find a cabinet to fit the small area thus Ah Keong, our carpenter fab this one for us. FOC somemore!

This is where we keep our newspaper. Got this from IKEA. Ah Keong brought the whole thing back to his workshop, got it sand and varnish in wenge to fit the theme of our home. Also FOC for the excellent service.

Above the bench, we will be putting a collage of our family photo.

We wanted the kitchen to be bright thus the white kitchen top, the white upper cabinets and the light grey lower cabinets.

Really regreted on the colour combi because its really difficult to maintain. Grr!! I am already thinking that a couple of years down the road, I will change the upper cabinet doors to the frosted glass ones with silver trimming.

Above all, I wanted the kitchen to have the clean cut modern look. Thus, I do not hand any untensils on the walls. All ladels, scissors, kitchen towels are kept in the drawers.

And the TV .., we needed that for the kids. The maid needs to keep an eye of them while she cooks thus the decision to put a TV inside the kitchen.

Sink: Franke Acquario from Asia Excel

Hob & Hood : Rinnai Ceramics Hob and Hood from Asia Excel

Tap : Paffoni from Sim Siang Choon

Backsplash : Tempered Glass from Ho Bee

This is a lil cosy corner beside the fridge. Got this chic bar table top and stools from The Life Shop during their warehouse sale a couple of months back.

We usually dine here during the weekdays since hubby works late and the kiddos have their dinner early.

My pre-schooler simply loves to have candle light breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

Actually, this post did not show my side of the wardrobe.

Ta-Dem!

The IKEA pax solution is fabulous! We have one pull out drawer each for out Tees, Boxes, Bermudas, nighties and stuff. The pull out tie rack is excellent for not only ties, but under garments as well. The plastic box with lid is for towels and such.

New feature in the Kid’s Playroom.

We’ve tons of charts, flashcards and print materials for the kids. However, finding a place to display them has been a headache. Sticking them on walls is certainly not a good idea since the displays need to be changed regularly. Also damages the walls. Thus these tempered glass boards from IKEA solved our problems. Can also be used as writing board.  

Toilet was the most difficult to design. We wanted the resort feel. After flipping through lots of magazines and stealing ideas here and there, we finally pieced all concepts together.

The view from our bedroom.

Tap : Paffoni from Sim Siang Choon
Basin : Ceramics handpainted from Sim Siang Choon
Mirror : Made from real rocks. Really heavy. Bought from a small shop in Eunos a couple of years ago. The shop has closed down since.
Toilet Bowl : American Standard from Ho Kee
Tiles : SBH
Laundry Basket : Rattan from IKEA

The shower area. We saw some tiles which look like wood from SBH. Unfortunately our pick was much too light and does not bled with the pebble wash.

Shower : Hansgrohe, Raindance from HomePlus. Very shiok to sit under the shower thus the white plastic stool.  

Aromateraphy to complete the spa experience

The dining is between the kitchen (left) and the masterbedroom (right).

The dining table is 6 years old. Bought it from Novena Furnishing when we got married and moved into our first home. Though the table is still in good condition, the chairs are not. Thus we have all the chairs replaced. Got the chairs from Lifeshop Warehouse sales. We could not find 4 chairs of similar design which is in reasonable condition thus settled for 3 small stools instead.

The picture is a wedding gift from my Sister-inLaw which we love very much. She got it from Vietnam. We had it reframed a couple of years back to the dimension we want (by adding the white border).

Fresh yellow orchids will be nice for the center piece.

We use roller blinds for all the rooms and the living as well.

Area under the windows offer more storage space for the toys

Never enough space for the kids’ toys!

This playroom is also a guestroom. So, we’ve put a sofa bed in there too.

Got the roller blinds from Jimmy Textile at Tg Katong Complex. Really brightens the whole room.  When the kids nap in the afternoon, they would usually turn on the aircon and pull the blinds down. The blinds shields out light 100%. So the room is pretty dark when we roll the blinds down during the day.

Got shelves from IKEA for the cabinets under the windows. That’s where the boys keep their storybooks.

A cosy story corner at the left hand side of the room. The yellow box at the side of the room is actually part of the staircase of the bedroom set. Due to space constrain we could not slot that piece in. Fortunately the boys have no problem climbing up to the bed.  

The bedroom set comes complete with a desk.

We cahnged the door knobs. The originals are flat silver ones. We bought these big number ones from IKEA and the kids love them.

We shifted last Saturday. Have been really busy trying to unpack, get everything organise.

Finally, the master bedroom is organised.

We wanted the clean, modern and neat look for our masterbedroom. Thus, there’s only a bed and a wardrobe in the room. Plan to get 9 square black frames from IKEA. Develpe some black/white photos of our family and place them on the wall at the bedtop.  

Well, not really! That’s the inside of our wardrobe.

Door frame done by Patrick for a fraction of the price quoted by ALUMIX. So we got only the sliding doors from ALUMIX. Cabinets, shelves from IKEA. 

My dressing table inside the wardrobe. We also manage to put up hooks for clothes beside the dressing table. So everything is neatly hidden in the wardrobe.

A unique light piece for the bedisde from Lights Arcade.

Our Master Toilet

Theme : Resort

Our Common Toilet

Theme : Modern

DIY

We’ve learned the hard way that we could not rely on the workers to do everything even though we paid them to do so. Thus, we’ve taken a really proactive role like wrapping our furniture, covering shelves with papers and shifting the furniture to one side to prepare for the painting work.

The marble floor was cleaned when we reached our new home at 4pm. Since the kichen and the toilet are still sandy, we decided to wash them otherwise, the whole place will be dirty and sandy once the workers comes in on Monday to continue their job.

Look what happened?

Yeap! Both toilets flooded!

Called Patrick and his cheeky reply was "Good! Water means wealth" And who says that stern-looking guy can’t joke! He reassured us that its a common problem and will look into it on Monday.

But the cabinet is right above the drain! So called Ah Keong and told him to cut a hole on the cabinet floor so that we could access the darin in future if there’s a choke. Told him to fir a metal piece with mesh over the hole. This will also helps in ventilation for the enclosed cabinet.

SOFA

Then came our L-shape sofa from Luxur. A bit long - should have gotten the 2.5m instaed of the 2.7m!

We were worried when we read some negetive reviews on LUXUR after we ordered the sofa. Fortunately the delivery is withour hiccups. The colour, design, even the position of the zip is exactly the way we wanted.

When we were ordering the safa, we asked the sales asst if she would provide us with a sketch of what we have communicated to her. She said that this is not their practice. She would just write down in detail our requests on the invoice.

So, we decided to do the sketch ourselves, stating clearly the colour, the design, the dimension, where we want the zip to be, etc. Guess this really helps to ensure a smooth delivery.

Kids Bedroom Set

Then came the Kids bedroom set.

The set is huge and we made sure that the room can fit the unit when we ordered. But we totally forgotten about this when we asked Patrick to build the false wall to cover up the ugly air-con pipes.

Result - one of the staircase cannot fit in! And the railing too! We will probably just get a stool from IKEA to slot into the little space in between the unit and the wall.

This is the view, when I sat on the top staircase and took a breather.

A closer look - Yeap! The city came alive right before my eyes!

Lamps Exchange

We decided to chage our didning lamsp. Long story. Will continue another time. We rushed down to Lights Arcade and bought the lamp that the workers broke, exchanged for a new glass piece for the downlights that have chipped and bought a new halogen dining lamp for the dining. Andrew is really nice and reasonable. He will refund us the dining lamp as long as the condition is still barnd new.

Oh! The Loy Kee Chicken Rice opposite Lights Arcade is delicious :)

Still enjoyed it as much though I had my wisdom tooth extracted just a couple of hours earlier.