Renovation - Week 10

Finally , we are nearing the end of our renovation. We plan to move in within the next week or so. We started week 10 with the installation of the solid top for the kitchen cabinet and master bedroom vanity top.

Vanity sink mounted on the black solid top of the vanity counter in the walk in wardrobe. The customized mirror was sourced from Jacky, our ID. We asked for storage space at the top and bottom of the sink so Jacky created cupboards below and above.

With the installation of the solid top, the plumbers came to complete the plumbing of our house.The vanity sink from American Standard(above), sourced from Hoe Kee was a steal at $160 as compared to plain sinks found at Sim Siang Choon which costs more and we find it provides a classy look. We complemented the sink with one of our biggest splurge , a Hansgrohe Axor Starck mixer (above) which we like the avant garde look. Luckily, we manged to get 25% off the price. You can look for Jillian, the Hansgrohe sales executive at Hansgrohe Showroom at Mohammed Sultan who served us. She's the most friendly and helpful staff there so do look for her when you are there. She was the one who told us how to get the 25% discount. Other staff would have simply just charged you the normal price. You'll be surprised that after discount, Hansgrohe taps and mixers are just about the same range of prices of normal taps found at Sim Siang Choon or Hoe Kee or at other bathroom boutiques so really they are quite value for money when you consider the finishing and brand name.

We like the flushed look of our kitchen sink(above) as it seems to blend into the solid top. We asked for the kitchen sink to be undermount, located below the level of the solid top so that water will not flow out onto the table top. The plumbers also installed our kitchen mixer, also a Focus E mixer from Hansgrohe ( below ). Will put up a nicer photo of the sink once it's cleaned. The anthracite black sink is from Blanco sourced from Hoe Kee at $399.

We bought a stainless steel drainage piping(below) for the common toilet sink as we did not like the white plastic PVC piping used by the plumbers.

The plumbers also installed our bathroom accessories which we sourced a few shops like Ferrera Asiapac and Living Phenomenon.

Bath Towel Rails mounted above at the walk in wardrobe, sourced from Ferrera Asiapac.

Towel rail(above) with toothbrush holder and soap dispenser sourced from Ferrea Asiapac. We like the play of the shadow of the rail as cast on the wall.

Swivelled Robe Hook - $48 ( above ) @ Master Bathroom sourced from Living Phenomenon at Balestier.

The common bathroom's wacky alien toilet roll holder(above) which fits in which the funky theme there. Sourced from Takashimaya at $35.The display cabinet (above)was also installed with the glass shelves and internal spotlight mounted. We chose a black avant garde design laminate with the insides covered by a glossy grey silver laminate recommended by Jacky, our ID. It was something different from the usual glass mirror combo of normal display cabinets.

The door contractor also came to touch up and varnish the main door and paint the doorframe. We chose a black colour for the door frame for the modern contemporary look as can be seen above.
Jacky also helped us to install our walk-in wardrobe room full length mirror(below) sourced from IKEA.

More details posted soon! Watch for this space!