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  1. pocketpig

    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Thanks ~
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    We just revamp our living hall with some little changes ~ we got a sideboard for storage and décor purpose ... check out the post here for more details on how we style the sideboard.
  3. pocketpig

    Buying Home Deco from Taobao

    Most of my decor stuffs, lightings etc are bought from taobao .. I normally choose the vendors based on the reviews and how many they have sold. For shipping agent I used 65daigou, didn't really compare which shipping agent was better ... Examples of the stuffs I bought :
  4. pocketpig

    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    The post-reno pictures taken for entry way and dining area, more pictures here.
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Some snapshots taken before we moved in the place, my husband and sister were busy doing some cleaning .. I cannot do heavy works as my tummy was too big, going to 35 week of pregnancy. More pictures to see here ...
  6. pocketpig

    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Vendors that we have engaged, contacts and reno cost * Carpenter Ah Thong : He was recommended from my colleague, my colleague have really positive comments about him. So we immediately decided to engage him to do all our carpentry works after the first meet up. Was quite happy to work with...
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Review on the IDs and contractors we have contacted : * ID from Linewerkz : Discussed with them during one of the expo exhibition, total quote was 65K and missing many items. We dropped this during the first quotation. * ID Loyd Pek from D Home : Emailed on 24 July and met up in his office on...
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    The reno progress took about 5 weeks, long journey. Here I attached the pictures we took for week I and week V .. to see other week reno progress can refer to my blog.
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    Advice needed on F&E trip to Italy !!!

    we did our F&E Italy trip in 2011 .. it was so fun, the best country we had went ( compared to Paris, London, Japan ... ). Here's our detailed itinerary .. and some of pics we took during the trip.
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    ADVICE NEEDED! ITALY

    I have back from Italy .. haven't had chance to update my travel experiences here. I love Italy so much ... previously have been to Paris and London, but still prefer Italy the most ~ nice place with nice food. Recently also went to Japan & Taiwan (went many times) but still think Italy the best...
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Here're some pics of pre-renovation started, pics were taken by iphone ..
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Due to budget constraint, we designed everything by ourselves ... didn't hire any ID. So husband started to learn to draw 3D drawings to show to our contractors for what we are looking .. here are some samples he did .. The below one is for carpentry works in our living room, very dull...
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    Home decoration ideas need for new home

    yeap, I think Pinterest is a good place to look for ideas .. depend what theme u like, u may also go to library to borrow those home decor magazine to get ideas. For us, we choose the scandinavian + zakka style ... we design by ourselves, too exp to hire ID.
  14. pocketpig

    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Share some of the items we have bought for our new place ... from Ikea, from IMM ... Check what've we bought for more details ~
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Sorry for late reply .. I have been so long haven't logged into sgbride forum. Delivered my first gal in Dec ... then started to busy with her ~ Yeap, I changed the service area to study area .. the floor area is 120 sqm. The 3D floor plan we did using floorplanner website :
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Proposed floor plan - draw with floorplanner :
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    aspialle, just PMed you ... so coincidence !
  18. pocketpig

    When to ti qing?

    Not necessary have to do before AD planning. To me, tiqing is just a formal process for both parents to meet. For our case, we planned almost 1 year in advanced but tiqing was done just 3 weeks before our wedding together with guodali.
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Which project ? We bought the resale flat .. Built in 1997 ..
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    :: reno journey to our new home ::

    Original floor plan bought from HDB :

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