Week 12 - Renovation

This week, we did cleaning up of the apartment which is a real tedious process. Every stain, mark had to be cleaned up, lots of sand and dust to clean up too. But the result was worth it as our apartment near it's completion. We also went to Mega Discount at Katong Mall to purchase our hall TV - a 37 inch LCD Phillips( a new model, will discuss more when it comes next weekend) which allows us to purchase a stylish 4 DVD mini 5.1 hifi set for $29. The retail price of the LCD TV is $1950 but we got it at $1479 with the DVD mini hifi. We also went to V - Hive to buy a 4 tier storage rack for the store room and a Sliding door cupboard unit for more storage space in the orange room. More of these next week when they all arrive.

Touch Up of Painting :

As the painting of a number of walls was not up to expectations, Jacky - our ID recalled the painter to repaint almost the entire house once more. Inspecting a paint job, you have to examine it during the day and view it from a side angle to identify any patches. Also sometimes there are pores in the walls( HDB walls aren't exactly having any quality control ) where the paint may not permeate through. Also, near the skirtings, the areas are a little rough so painting there has to be more intricate to fill up the areas and ensure a proper paint job. Silicon filling may be required to patch up narrow gaps, for example between the wall and skirting.

After the painting job was done, we were finally able to remove the protective plastic covering of all our furnishing in the hall and dining. Looking at our home, we felt a sense of satisfaction after the whole afternoon and evening of cleaning up though there was still much cleaning to do.

Hall - Red reclining sofa and glossy black TV console from Furniture Club. KARE Glass top side table from Molecule.

The dining area - Our Novvy Dinette continuing the red and black theme of the apartment.

The red and black theme of both hall and dining . In the background is a black console table from Mondi also with red stool for us to sit and wear our shoes.

Our study area - Glass table from IKEA with Mondi Noovy Dinette Chairs. As we have 6 of these chairs, we are using the 2 chairs as a temporary substitute until we find a nice office chair. We bought a Sony Fusion PC to fit in with the comtemporary clean look of the study area.

We also cleaned up the frosted glass doors of our rooms.We decided to use glass doors since they would give a bold and modern look to the apartment. As the doors are frosted, courtesy of Jacky our iD, privacy is ensured even with lights on as all you can see is a silhouette of someone behind and that is only if the person is standing next to the door. Glass doors cost about slightly over $600 plus.

Kitchen

Kitchen carpentry touched up this week also ! We had the wall corresponding with the kitchen cabinet painted black. We also put up a IKEA LACK shelf to extend tabletop space in the kitchen.

Items of interest :

Like a fingerprint, there are certain items which one can use to accessorise their own apartment to give it a personal touch. Below are some items of interest which we added to our apartment.

Clock from XZQT - we like the play of the shadows cast by the upsized numbers of the clock.

Space stool from Star Furniture - $69 which we are using as a seating for use while wearing shoes

KARE Glass top side table from Molecule which we plan to use as a small coffee table for the hall.

Orange Room

We have planned for the Orange Room to be a place for relaxation and other chapalan' (miscellaneous stuff). We will be locating the V-hive cupboard unit there when it arrives. We plan to get a sofa in the near future to complement the LCD TV we are putting up. A games console area is in the works : - )

My gift to my dearest wife - a digital piano as she is currently preparing for her grade 7 piano exams. We also went to source for her the bar stool, in place of the old fashioned piano chair.

We sourced the bar stool (above) for $59 from Raintree Gallery which is a good place to go for bargains in bar stools, game tables, gym equipment and billiard , pool tables. You can visit their site for more information. http://www.raintreegallery.com/products.html