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Reno@Serangoon - Tile Selection
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Reno@Serangoon - it's all starting!!!
me and Jules' feet put together.
Amazing stuff here. Our project in Serangoon just stormed right under our noses!!! The owner has gotten her own contractor who did the reno for her sister so she's quite comfortable working with him. The speed of things is like swoosh!
The planning of the layout took the longest because of the FSM. So it was back and forth for a month but when the minute the FSM said ok. The contractor was on board and with our drawings, he submitted in for the HDB permit and we are now in the midst of the hacking!
To save cost and minimise the hacking works, the entire living cum dining and all bedrooms will be overlaid with vinyl flooring and the only hacking of floors are applicable to the kitchens and bathrooms.
So this weekend is tiles selection and the following weekend we are going to choose the carpentry laminates already! So fast so little time!
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Reno@Serangoon - The FSM's flat
We were approached by a family of four to design their HDB flat because of the many requirements from the FSM aka Feng Shui Master and the need to cater space for existing furniture. It caused quite a headache to the missus of the house and so she decided to leave the job to us.
in summary
- the daughter's room had to be the furthest end.
- tall cabinets have to be placed where the FSM says
- the fridge had to be placed outside the kitchen
- the shrine had to be at a certain location and cannot be under the beam
- no headboards to be under beams
- everyone in the family has a sleeping position in the house
- water feature is to be placed where the FSM says
- there shall be no doors facing each other
- tv must be in front of a solid wall which belongs to a room.
- main door must have a partition of some sorts
- colours are to follow the FSM
- no cove lights in the bedrooms. strictly
- the usual - no cooker and sink side by side or directly opposite each other
- privacy entry to bedrooms, preferably not from dining or living
- storage area for harp
- service yard area for laundry
- laundry sink
- bright and spacious
- to fit existing 1.5m dining table, 2.4 x 2.4m sofa, 2 wine cabinets, 2 chests of drawers, quadrant shape table top (where possible)
I'm glad to announce that reno has started!
stay tune for more updates.
xoxo
velle
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Home@Stirling - Goodbye Rattan chairs
so sad yet excited at the same time.
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Reno@Bt Timah - Tiling works
Brick wall in the living room up! Lots of terracota roof tiles on site (left of photo)
Helper's room walls are erected.
staircase railing is up!
Photo progress of the bathrooms upstairs.
List of works to be completed - so many and so little time!
- tiling works - 50%
- aircon trunking - 90%
- electrical - 50%
- plumbing - 50%
- new roof
- new windows - 80%
- false ceiling and partition works
- parquet
- painting
- carpentry
- glass
- countertops
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Reno@Geylang - Carpentry is coming up this week and painting works is almost 90% completed
Taduh! I give you the living room!!! Bright and new.
click here for pre-reno photos.
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Reno@Sembawang - Carpentry works
That's because we took out the existing doors and replaced it with new ones so that it looks like one of our cabinets.
For the kitchen, the couple specially requested for side drawers around the kitchen sink. Below are some photos to illustrate what I'm talking about.
And above the kitchen counter, we have 2 long shelves with integrated lights to shine onto the countertop. Really pretty! And the sides of the tallboy was specially chosen by the missus to match the countertop which will be installed later this week. so stay tune for the final looks!
xoxo
velle
above: side drawers under the kitchen sink
above: open shelf above kitchen counter.
Laminate specially chosen by the missus to match the kitchen counter top
more carpentry works...
master bath - vanity with full length mirror on top.
Makes the whole bathroom looks bigger. It's not finished yet, have to wait for the countertop to come in and install the faucets and WC, then the whole bathroom will be complete.
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Reno@Geylang - Carpentry is 90% completed!!!
it's almost near completion!!! YAY! The carpentry was up within 3 days and the silestone countertop is slated to come end of this week, afterwhich the glass backsplash will be up. The painters have dismantled the existing timber doors to bring back to the factory for a spray paint job. Meanwhile, they are painting the door frames and piping works.
here's quick look at the overall progress.
kitchen larder for condiments, knives and ladles and what nots. Placed near the stove for easy retrieval.
Lots of deep drawers here for storage.
black ceiling fan.
view of dining area
looking towards the store room
bedroom 3 with cove lights and ceiling fan.
Flooring completed too.
White with black accents.
Our kind of colour palette.
HIS wardrobe.
common bath.
Black framed bifold doors
Black painted pipes
xoxo
velle
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Reno@Bt Timah - More tiling works and false ceiling 90% completed
Above: future dining area between helper's room and kitchen.
Below: nice floor trap cover bought by the owners.
Another photo of Bedroom 3 - cove lights are up!
Yup we have chosen a bright smurf blue colour for the walls. Just kidding! it's the previous colour of the room by the ex-owners. We are going to do some exciting painting stuff here. So stay tune for her transformation!!!
New store room upstairs!
Sneak peak on the progress of the master toilet - new windows and new wall tiles.
pretty tile! Guess where we are going to lay this? hah!
xoxo
velle
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Reno@Buangkok - Final Photos of Living and Kitchen
This must be a long wait for those Ancilla BTO flat owners who are just dying to take a sneak peak at how our Buangkok flat has turned out. Well here are some photos of the living and kitchen for our readers to see!!!
Enjoy!
xoxo
velle
view of open kitchen with small breakfast bar
view of kitchen
view of the living
wall hung storage at tv wall with cement screed laminate wall
small zakka items on tv console - pretty woody grains here!
lovely vignette here - monochrome
i love the coffee table. has a distressed look which suits the living room so well!
And the sofa is super sleek and firm.
The whole living room looks very modern and contemporary.
the missus vanity area.
very feminine.
chic and chanel
hope you all enjoyed the little tour of our Buangkok reno.
Have a great weekend ahead!!!
click here for full Buangkok reno progress.
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Reno@T Maisonette - Tiling works in progress
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Reno@TohYi Maisonette - Final Bathroom Photos
Julesl ooking up at the shower head.
I feel like telling him that the water is not going to come out honey.
You are so not taking a shower here.
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Reno@Toh Yi Maisonette - Living and Kitchen Final Photos
Here are the final photos of the Living and Kitchen. The family of 5 will be shifting in next week!
Albeit a long reno, but it turned out just the way they wanted it to be. So we are really happy for them!
xoxo
velle
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| tv console |
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| kitchen - washer & dryer |
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Reno@Sembawang - Final Photos of Kitchen and Shoe Cabinet
Another one of our BTO projects has reached its final league and today we are here to take some photos of the really pretty flat.
Above is the shoe cabinet and a perfectly chosen ceiling light by the couple.
Enjoy!
xoxo
velle
Shoe cabinet with my DIY wooden plaque. Click here for DIY!
A small gift from us to them.
wishing the young couple and biscuit...
"HAPPILY EVER AFTER"!!!!
this is our third home which is using these sort of power tracks.
above: close up on the countertop and the matching laminate, specially chosen by the missus!
click here for living & dining photos!
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Reno@Sembawang - Living Dining and bathrooms
The dining table together with the chairs were bought online. I totally remembered the time when the couple asked for our opinion on the colour of the chairs and we told them to buy white instead of other colours and seriously I don't regret it!
Don't you think this whole vignette looks perfect?
Awesome!!!
below are some close up on the dining table.
Ritey...from the dining, let's move onto the bathrooms...
above: common bath.
We only added the feature wall, the floor tiles are the existing HDB ones. We kept the floor tiles to save costs and chose a wall tile that would match the existing tiles in the bathroom.
Common bath vanity area.
Toto sink and white solid surface countertop.
The mirror will be installed another day by the contractor.
Master toilet where the shower head is huge! compared to the common bath.
The master vanity countertop is finished in a wood top.
The couple has opted for a countertop sink from TOTO.
For the master wardrobe, the same palette is used throughout the whole flat to give it a consistent look. The sides of the wardrobe are finished in a wood laminate with the doors in white. Same as the kitchen.
Moving on to the living area.
A franc franc patched fabric sofa dominates the living room!
Jules watching telly here.
Totally enjoying himself here just when we are going to leave.
that's all folks.
xoxo
velle
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Reno@Kim Keat - Carpentry starts!
Early morning and all the carpentry carcasses were delivered to the void deck area one by one. When we arrived, we saw the amount of carpentry at the void deck and we went "WOW". That much huh!
Thought i was seeing the whole lot, until i stepped into the flat and saw the living room was already packed with carpentry!!!
Oh my goodness!
quick look at the glass sliding door which was installed 2 weeks ago.
ceiling fan in the living room installed
back to work! Need to tell the electrician where to install the light fittings.
above: pretty glass pendant lights here for the breakfast counter.
above: our doodles on how to mount the pendant lights.
above: Yard light installed and other ceiling fan in bedroom installed too!
stay tune for the final photos!
xoxo
velle
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Home@Stirling - New BedSheets!
Bought this new bedsheets from IKEA during a sale and loving it lots!
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Reno@Bt Timah - False ceiling up!
Upstairs: L box holder for cove lights.
False ceiling done up for kitchen and yard area
last but not least, the timber planks for the staircase is laid too!
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Reno@Kim Keat - Carpentry 50% and still ongoing
Hope your weekend has been well. Today we are visiting the Kim Keat flat before we make a trip down to Lian Seng Hin for some tiles selection cos our Reno@ Bangkit is going to start soon! You can read more about the reno here. Back to our Kim Keat flat, the carpentry works are about 50% in progress. They have started on the kitchen first because then the rest of the carpentry can continue while the countertop guys can come earlier to do a site measurement
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| view of kitchen |
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| Lots of wirings here |
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| drawers and a big hole under the stove cos that's where the oven's going to be |
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| Bedroom 3 wardrobe |
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| Walk in Wardrobe (left) |
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| Walk In wardrobe - many drawers! |
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| Walk In Wardrobe (right) |
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| Vanity area |
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| master sink |
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Reno@Geylang - Final Photos
love love the wall tile.
xoxo
velle
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