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Reno@Kim Tian - Pre Reno Photos

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The existing condition of this flat is still in pretty good state so we are keeping some parts of it to keep costs low.
 Going to keep the mirror doors and kitchen door.
 Kitchen's got to go, it's quite dated even though it's in our favourite colour - white! 
The good news is...we are keeping the built in oven!
 Nice and bright kitchen!
 
 
ok. all the mosaic we are keeping here.
 Guest room - going to change the flooring. Keeping all windows.
 Master room - keep all the windows and change the laminate flooring
 
 Cupboard under window - we are going to keep the carcass and change the doors.
 
 wardrobe to go cos we will need a customised configuration for the couple!
 new master bathroom so this one is a full hack!

reno to start this month!

Reno@B Maisonette - staircase flooring completed!

Reno@Holland Ave - Tiling works at the kitchen wall

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Besides the new wall tiles at the kitchen area, i forgot to take photos of the main gate where our contractor did some modifications and all the window grilles have been removed.

Reno@Holland Ave - Laminates!

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stay tune for the carpentry works!

Reno@B Maisonette - here for a quick check!

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it's the long weekend! And we are here to check on the progress of our B Maisonette. The electrical works are almost completed, leaving all the loose ends to be tied up with the carpentry. The staircase railing was in progress while we were there so we couldn't take any progress photos of upstairs. Had a quick discussion on the cove lights and some minor electrical works before we are off for lunch!

So here's just one photo to share with everyone!

Reno@T Maisonette - Carpentry has started!

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The master wardrobe was the first to come up. This week we are starting to see more carpentry coming up progressively. The accessory chest of drawers are up!
 Here's another view of the accessory chest of drawers
 Pull out hanger for pants
 Pull out tray above the hanger
 Double sinks for the master vanity
 Pull out hanger for bath towels
 Installation still in progress.

 WCs are installed!

 Upper floor common bath vanity area

Lower floor common bath vanity. 
The laminate is in the same "family", just in a different colour.

 Wash/Laundry area at the balcony
 peek! undermount wash sink


 kitchen carpentry - full height storage with mini bar area
another view of the open kitchen

pictures overload this week! 
stay tune for final photos!!!

Reno@B Maisonette - A/C Trunking in progress!

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 Most of the electrical face plates are installed over the weekend. I love the raw cement screed look!
A/C trunking works in one of the rooms. You must be wondering why it's making a downward bend. Well, that's because we are having the cove lights above so the A/C has to be below. Plus the cove light will hide all the water and gas pipes that leads to the kitchen.
 More A/C trunking works. All leading back to the master bathroom area. The top trunking is going to serve the other 2 bedrooms while the bottom one is for the master room.
 Electrical switch in! Neat huh!!!
Loose wirings in the kitchen. Can only be completed after the carpentry is up and the backsplash is in, then the electrical faceplates will be mounted last.

Ritey! It's back to work on Tuesday again.
Time passes so fast.
Don't you think Christmas is just around the corner???

Reno@Holland Ave - Main Gate Before and After

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modifications done by our contractor to save cost on buying a new gate!

Reno@Holland Ave - False ceiling up!

Reno@Holland Ave - updates!

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This week the cove light holders have completed and painting works have started too! Here's the first coat of paint going up onto the walls and ceilings.

 First coat of paint, slowly covering the original orange coloured walls.




going through the carpentry works before we call it a day!

Reno@B Maisonette - Light holders in progress!

Reno@Ancilla BTO - Painting works completed

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and we have reached to the final stages of the reno journey cos carpentry is going up next!

Home@Stirling - DIY bench with black metal hairpin legs

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Saw this really long piece of wood which my contractor was going to throw and so I told him to saw it in half and make it into an outdoor bench for me. Although the wood was abit warped, but I think the bench turned out pretty ok for me!

what do you think?
quite a beauty for something that is FOC right?

xoxo
velle

Home@Stirling - DIY clothes hook

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We had some time off to do some things which we had put on hold for a long while now. One of the "some things" is a DIY clothes hook. I guess you can pretty much use anything to do the hooks, for example, old faucet taps, vintage door knobs or even old spoons!

What we are using today is the turn knobs of the fire hose reel valve, spare parts which I had gotten from my contractor off site.
here's a closer look on the hooks which we got and drilled them onto a small wood plank sprayed painted white.



stay tune for more reno updates for the coming weekend!

xoxo
velle

Reno@B Maisonette - Painting works

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Hi there!
Today we are meeting the citygas officers for a short morning meeting so we are here early to take some photos. The men are all here painting up the place as towards the end of next week, the carpentry is going to come in and they will need some time to finish all the painting works as well as to clean up the place.
 Here's a guy painting the light holder at the dining area. 
There's another guy fixing up the timber doors, you can't really see him, only a sliver of his green shirt peeking... hah!
 Here's a view of the living area. Can't wait to see how the whole place will turn out!!!
Some minor plastering of the walls before the painting goes on. The doors are fully painted already as you can see from the photo and so is the ceiling and light holders.
Here's the master room, painting in progress and no...the new colour is not pink. Wait till you see the colour which the owner has chosen! it's a really lovely colour!!!
 Another view of the master from the window.
Master bathroom, glazing works are going to come in this weekend. The false ceiling are all completed and fully painted. Looks very neat and clean now.

One of the sons' room - the guys are piecing the brick wall one by one...and now they are grouting it. The top 1st quarter has been grouted, there's three quarts of it to go! Jiayou guys!!!


View of the staircase area, our contractor has been very kind too, plastering up some uneven walls here before the 1st coat of painting. So the walls here are quite smooth now.

ritey! Have a good weekend ahead!

Reno@Yishun Riverwalk - Demolition works completed

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It's another Friday. TGIF!!
Our reno at Yishun Riverwalk has completed her demolition works!! and now the screeding and tiling works can commence.
View of current kitchen. Wait till you see what we have designed for the kitchen!!! Can't wait for the final transformation.
 The existing kitchen wall tiles are quite ok actually! and there's no mosaic tiles anywhere!!!
 View of current living room. The couple has opted without flooring. Loads of sand piles here. We are all getting ready for the next stage of reno works to start!!!
 Current state of the common bath

 View of corridor and existing door.

 bedroom 2
 bedroom 3
 master bathroom - very big!
 view of master


 hubs and electrician - going through the electrical works
 the three musketeers - contractor, hubs and electrician

lots of reno updates lining up this weekend!
So stay tune peeps.

xoxo
velle

Reno@Yishun Riverwalk - Tiles selection

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TILE SHOPPING!
Today we are out shopping for tiles for our Reno at Yishun Riverwalk.
 subway tile for the kitchen backsplash. Very popular with many young couples. A trend which I think will not fade off for quite awhile and might be here to stay!
 for both the bathrooms, we are going for the same look. so same floor and wall tiles.
yup. 4 tiles in total.
The rest will be in high end resilient flooring - HERF in short. So stay tune!

Reno@Holland Ave - Clean up!

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Hello hello!
The main gate has been given a fresh new coat of paint and we have added a tile at the entrance area for the new laminate to terminate at the front.
Painting completed and the place has been cleaned up. All the working tools have been removed for the flooring to come in this week.



mini store room! Good enough for upright luggage and to put some shelves above.

Kitchen is all ready for carpentry works to come in! As the flat was old, the gas riser (vertical pipe located to the far left) is actually placed within the flat itself instead of the usual common corridor area. Lucky thing we have the fridge to block this vertical pipe.
This week, the laminate flooring is going to come in, followed by the carpentry works and we are almost to the final league of the reno journey!

Reno@CCK Maisonette - Hacking works started

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 Entrance area - all the false ceiling and cornices have been removed!
 Staircase railing and flooring protected. Going to keep everything! Keep costs low.
 study room on lower floor

 kitchen - bye to the cabinets!
 Common bathroom downstairs - floor tiles hacked and all sanitary fittings removed.


 Balcony flooring all removed.
 Living room - sand piles. Cornices and flooring all removed.




master room condition - existing parquet has been protected, cornices all removed, some parts of the walls have been plastered and made good.

master bathroom - wall and floor tiles removed, cabinetry and all sanitary fittings have been removed too!
common bathroom - demolition completed and all debris cleared. Tiling works can start soon once the waterproofing is done.
 
This week we will be choosing the tiles with the couple, so once that's settled, there will be more updates to come! The entire flooring for the living, dining and study room is going to be finished in marble!! Can't wait to see how it will turn up since usually most homes are finished in the 600x600 homogenous tiles. Well... this is going to be something different!!!

Reno@B Maisonette - The big clean up!

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Railing completed! We are in the midst of a big clean up before carpentry works comes in after Diwali!!!
 Owner opted for beige stone looking floor tiles for her living and dining areas.
 Lower floor bedroom. Platform completed!! Leaving the flooring and carpentry works.
 All the timber doors have been installed, painted and new lockset drilled in!
 Glazing works with ironmongery all installed too!


 Closer look at the railing.  very streamlined, sleek, thin and BLACK! Goes really well with the timber looking wood tiles!!!


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