A Place 2 Show Off Your Love Nest

[vnc]

Jgal,
You cooked those frying stuff or deep dry stuff that's why your kitchen seems sticky, right? Cos the usual soupy or steam or stir-frying should not be that big of a sticky problem.

So far, we cooked many meals in our full of glass kitchen, also not that bad.

Below is our open-concept kitchen :

 

[twinnie07]

vnc, ur kitchen looks fabulous.did u pull ur water pipe?

 

[nas08]

vnc - nice! modern and chic! wish i had in me to use bold colours... like blue and red or green. me very the traditional one... so opted fr natural earth tones fr the whole house....

 

[summerade]

vnc, that's a very chic open concept kichen you have there! I always had wish for one, but hubby says it's too troublesome for maintenance so we dropped e idea. My kitchen is not done up yet, only living room + flooring (as below). Can't wait to see the end product.

 

[kaye]

hi Ade,
Is that white door a bomb shelter?

 

[summerade]

Hazel, yes it is my bomb sheler. Unsightly rite? But no choice, hubby doesn't want to spend additional $$ to do up a feature wall for tt. So I repainted it with dove white, same as my kitchen door on the right (can't see it from this pic though)

Another view of my living hall:

 

[vnc]

Hi Loveme,
Yah.. I am not so sure, but I guess you can say that we "pulled" the water pipe.. cos the original location for the water pipe was actually near the window there.

But then I didnt not consider about the "pulling" of the water pipe cos hor, I want the sink to be there so that I can wash the dishes while watching the tv..

 

[kaye]

Ade,
Its ok...
the wall isnt tat big.
So having a door there isnt tat obvious.
Mine is about 10ft if I remember correctly.
Initially I was thinking if I shld cover with curtains or make a feature wall...In the end, I chose a feature wall.

 

[vnc]

Hi nas08,
Initially, my hubby is still unsure if we should go ahead with the bold black. Cos it definitely will make the kitchen look smaller and darker. But then we decide to take the risk.

In fact, our whole house color is risky business. Cos I like dark wood/dark brown earth tones cos it makes me feel relax. Dunno why?

Although the color you chose is tradition, but overall, it still looks good what. And with all that equipment, u guys must be darn proud of ur kitchen.

Unlike me, my kitchen only got those basic items, cos I scared to clean.

 

[kaye]

http://www.singaporebrides.com/cgi-bin/forumboard/discus.cgi?pg=next&topic=409&page=346126

Luckily still able to find very old post with my hse picture

 

[vnc]

Hi Ade,
Initially, I also thought so. Open concept kitchen could be quite difficult to maintain. But after having such a kitchen, I don't think so le. Cos our kitchen is super easy to maintain. When we were struggling to decide if we want to go ahead with this concept, I found that there are quite a few positive reviews on this concept after reading some of the threads in this forum.

Yah, I was like u too... can't wait for the whole process to end. Hee. Do share more of your pics after everything is complete!

 

[vnc]

Hi Hazel,
We also thought of putting something that is like curtains (bamboo chicks) to cover it up. But then hor, somehow I feel weird weird one, so didnt think too good of that idea.

 

[schnauzie]

ade - nice place..i like the lime green wall!

pl share more pic with us!

 

[summerade]

Thanks schnauzie.
I will be more than willing to share more pics with u all. I'll upload more once my kitchen and wardrobe is up.

cheers =)

 

[clement18]

Hi everyone...would like to share my humble house pictures

 

[cookiemonstar]

clement, very nice. your platform from systemind?

 

[clement18]

Hi katherine...yup my platforms are from systemind platform...

u also do their platforms?

 

[sabretooth]

My Town House

 

[starlitee]

hi sabre, ur hse is veri nice! love ur lights-where did u buy them?

 

[cookiemonstar]

i thinking to have them for my bed platform. how much did u spend?

 

[clement18]

hi katerine...well...got to say it will be money well spent lor...cos they are removeable...so if u want to re arrange within house or next time shift to new house both also possible

spent about $5k on the bedroom set...of cos then my bedroom dun require additional cupboards to store things...as well the stuff are kept in the boxes...it does make the house very neat lot

 

[schnauzie]

sabre, ur house is lovely! got a very lush feel. i like! where did u get ur sofa and ottoman from? i like to make some cushion covers in that material!!!!

 

[sabretooth]

Hi Purple, the lightings is from D.V. Kelly from Beauty world. Remember to bargain. And Schnauzie, the Sofa n ottoman from Bruno Menzi at Park Mall. If you not in a hurry, wait for X'mas sale, its more worth it. Thanks for the compliment.

 

[clclwedding]

Hi Ade!

Chereen here! Nice to c yr home reno updating.. Post more pict okay!

 

[schnauzie]

hi sabre, thanks for the advice. do post more pic of ur place!

 

[cookiemonstar]

clement, ya, that y i think of them, i dun want to mtm more storage for my barangssss, it will make my mrb smaller, (even though i knock down one of my common to join my master). can you share ur bedroom set pic? king or queen bed size?

 

[clement18]

hi katherine...my MBR is not that big...but with all the boxes...u would be able to see there are no additional cabinets

...total about 20 over boxes...can u imgaine the spaces to store our stuff...hehe

mine is a king size bed...on the right hand side of the mattress photo is my Walk in wardrobe...

the above pricing is when i do that time...now not too sure is there is any revision...not too sure how much is the WIW...u might want to check with them

 

[27012007]

hi sabre,, you got a very bewautiful townhouse,,, where is it> kew green>?... the walls is laminated? brown? and the light switches are so high end.. can share the pricing for the chandelier and the romann blinds? thansk.did the wall feature and switches come with it or u change it> L

beautiful house..

 

[sabretooth]

Hi nwc, thanks for the compliment. The entire feature wall in the living room stretches from the corner where the TV lies to the dinning room. Chandeliers I think I paid around $2K for two. Roman blinds (2 layers) for the entire house - $2K. The switches I bought myself. They are pretty affordable, price for one is about the price of a bowl of 'mee pok' even for the veri good ones. So, a word of advice to those renovating their house, don't be fooled the IDs. My MBR...

 

[cookiemonstar]

clement, was there also storage under ur bed too? i prefer without cos anyway too heavy to lift up the mattress. so you paid 5k including wiw or only the platform for the mattress?

 

[clement18]

hey...u can check out the showroom...there is a new version...the whole mattress can flip one...very good...

 

[cookiemonstar]

clement, actaully i heard it is bad to move the bed or storage stuff directly under the bed, that y i prefer the base is "dead"

 

[clement18]

oh is it?...me did not hear before...

well everyone will have own views...

 

[cookiemonstar]

yap clement, that y alot of pple prefer also to buy the divan in single pc for queen size bed, not 2pc. (even our forum members say so

 

[vnc]

Posted on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 11:58 pm:
clement, actaully i heard it is bad to move the bed or storage stuff directly under the bed, that y i prefer the base is "dead"


Hi,
Yah, I read of this before in fengshui books. But what I read is, it's bad to put storage underneath the bed.

 

[clement18]

oh oh...it is ok

not a fan into fengshui

but good to know

 

[27012007]

hi sabre, can pm me the contacts of the place you bought the switches and the lamps? . you did the reno without a contractor? thanks in advance

 

[sabretooth]

nwc, sure. Let me check my files first.

 

[27012007]

thanks... in advance sabre can also let me know hestimate how much your reno.. like your stykle..

 

[annpaul]

hI Sabre...are you staying in condo or HDB? 4/5 rooms? i like your style of reno too. very grand yet cosy. hees actually very hotel-like. esp the head board. i like your lightings! so did you engage a ID? or you did all these with your contractors only? so how much did you spend for your reno?

 

[jgal]

sabre .. you didnt you consider to do wooden skirting and fill the wall before puting up the feature headboard. So that you cannot notice the pillar.

It's kind of wasted. Cos' the skirting in your living room is a give-away that it is a hdb flat and the pillar. Otherwise , really cannot tell that its a hdb.
In any case, it really a very nice house

with really good taste.

 

[27012007]

hmm i dont think sabre house is a hdb gals...

 

[jgal]

hmm... sorry.. how you know ? cos' i tot she also mention that she bought replacement switch...
anyway.. unless her place is marble. The skirting def tells that its is a hdb.

 

[sabretooth]

Good evening, nwc, my apology I just came back from New York. The lights are from D.V. lightings at Bukit Timah Shopping centre. The switches I replaced them, as the previous ones does not match my wall colours. Think the brand is PDL, they were brought from the distributor residing at IMM, 3rd floor, at a corner (not exactly a shop but an office setup)

 

[sabretooth]

Ann, I stayed in a 1000 plus square feet apartment. Renovation wise, I spent around 30K (living, rooms, yard, bomb shelter & kitchen). A lot of capentry works though.

 

[sabretooth]

Hi JGal, just curious. The skirting you refering to is marble. What is the norm for skirting by the way?

Thanks for your compliment. As for the bedroom, to build the headboard all the way to the ceiling would look majestic and appealing if the room has very high ceiling. You wanna see the other side of the bedroom?

 

[twinnie07]

Sabre, I love ur reno works. Looks grand yet cozy

 

[jgal]

or.. sabre.. ha ha ha sorry there .. Normally, the skirting are praquet for most if not all the condo's i have seen. I think the newer condo usually have praquet over granite (warren) or homo tiling (blue horizon, stella, vasity park... etc )
As for the wall, normally, they plastered wall so that you dun see the side pillar structure.. That's why your bedrm pillar looks weird very much like a hdb because you put the bed there.

30k is quite reasonable considering you did so much carpentry. If this is to replicate in a hdb , it will cost abt 50k liao.. cos' of the marble flr.. i love marble flr..

 

[sabretooth]

Something to share :- if you have a small living area like mine and wanted it to look bigger. Go for White floor finishing and preferably large piece of marble (1.2m by 1.2m). It certainly looks rommier after.

 

[crown]

Sabre, which ID you engage?? I wan to make my bedroom like yours. very nice