The cabinets R Up!

Finally for the much awaited moment... our kitchen cabinets and tv console set are up!

Kitchen

The red kitchen.... mixed with a bit of silver.

It's a pity we did not go for all red.

We kind of like the red but not the silver. Somehow, find that the silver is not as nice as we had expected.

Now, the kitchen cabinet is short of it's white solid top... hopefully with that installed, it would turn out to be nicer.

(Red kitchen with frosted glass dish tray cover)

The empty area in the middle of the tall cabinet is for putting our microwave. It comes with a sliding tray for ease of sliding out for cleaning.

(Our kitchen as seen from the dining area through the glass panel entrance)

(the area in the middle for our microwave)

TV Console
Our rubbish chute is in the balcony area. This area had been hacked by the previous owner to be integrated with the living area. As such, we have to construct a cover to mask the presence of the chute.

(the cabinet cover the chute.. 8 inches from the wall so that it doesnt block off much of the light from the window)

(tv console - the boxed up area and tv console side by side)

Paintworks

Painting for the house has started.

Painters started with level one.
First to complete was the guest room - sun glow and urban grey.
Level One is predominently in Rose White. It's a light beige.
Feature wall in Cheer but the plaster board is still incomplete. (Zing colour used for the dining area wall)

That's our MBR wall - in light Mocha and Divine. Due to poor lighting, the actual tone of the walls do not look like what's taken in this pic. Will try to retake once the lighting is up.

My favourite colour - "Love" - the colour is Fushia pink. We used that for Fiona's room as well as the walk way and those indents on the walls of our staircase.
Unfortunately, the painters have forgotten to paint on the indents.... they will do that the next time they come down to paint Aaron's room.


(Fushia pink wall on the walkway...as the lighting is not up, it's not poosible to see its actual tone)

Bathrooms!

13th August - 3 and a half weeks into the renovation. The homogeneous flooring is done up. Cardboard sheets are still layed on the floor so it still doesnt look nice. Stainless steel piping is complete and the toilet bowls and sinks have been installed. Somehow i noted that the shower stand in the MBR is not placed in the position i wanted. Hiaz... my fault for not communicating to the contractor earlier. One more unfortunate thing happened... not sure if it has to do with 13th. The contractors installed in storage heater and we were told that it is leaking! Gosh! Gotta get a new one :(

14th August - We bought lights from Chuan Huat and Dream Lights over the weekend. Total damages of around $1k. Delivery is today. Cant wait to have them installed soon :)
KH went to Hoe Kee at IMM again to get the storage heater. Another damage of $220+.

15th August - The electician are coming down to do rewiring. We went to inspect on the work around 9 plus and the electricians are still there testing the switches.




The flower common bath room without the accessories

(Toilet with accessories up and rainshower)

MBR toilet - the sink and toilet bowl is up

(MBR toilet with accessories all up)

Classic doors r up. The unpainted version


Kitchen tilings half done.

Reno Part 1

Hack Hack Hack!


There goes the flooring for level one as well as the old furniture. Kitchen wall has to go too. But HDB approval needs to be obtained.

Now, our home is just full of sand and dust.

Level 2 toilet tiles r up now. Somehow i love the retro feeling of these black and white flower tiles. Hope it contrasts well with the white toilet bowl and sink. We will add in superwhite lighting to contrast too.

Bought a rain shower from Hoe Kee for this toilet too. Total damages $288.

Before the shift

I used to have a blog... but somehow the forgetful mind has lost the password and userid. Perhaps forgetfulness comes with age.

Anyway, the link to my previous blog:
http://bishanhome.blogspot.com/

Continuing fr there... we moved the stuff from Senja on 14 July... cant believe we have so many boxes!! 1.5 rooms were filled with our stuff! And the huge cupboards and fridge couldnt be moved upstairs so they have to be relocated to one of the rooms in level 1.

Senja was home to us for the past 7 years. We have stayed there for 7 years and 7 days to be exact.... our 2 kids were born during the past 7 years. Really quite sad to move.

Last look at our Senja home:

My favourite yellow sofa will go to grandma.

Finally all the boxes have been cleared out


The children's room... what a mess

Our MBR

Finally, the rooms r empty

Bishan Before reno:

Kitchen at level 1:




Living room before reno:

Staircase and area below staircase:



What K and I dont really like about this present flat is that it is v dark and not airy. Furniture are made of darkwood which is definitely not our taste.
We wish to transform it to something airy, bright and spacious, filled with cheerful and happy colours.