For the uninitiated, Balestier Road is a must visit for those who want to buy floor tiles, lighting and sanitary ware. Parking is a chore but the plethora of home renovation supply stores is enough to let you browse until your heart's content. Eateries are aplenty along the street so after you tire from browsing from store to store, you can just sit down for some local delicacies.
That being said, we spent only over an hour at Lian Seng Hin and shortlisted all that we need. The kitchen floor is a warm light grey color to blend with the white glossy kitchen cabinets and also to provide a contrast with the Havana Oak in the living and dining.
The bathroom tiles color scheme also didn't stray a lot from grey and white, we decided on this color scheme because we want to achieve a certain timeless style that doesn't go out of style. Hence we steered away from attractive and shiny mosaic tiles which might go out of style in several years time. Not good for resale value. =P
We reckon that developers of those spiffy new condos might have gotten something right by not playing with too much colors and fanciful tiles but chose to maintain a healthy balance of cost effectiveness and style.
Our next step is to place the samples of our shortlisted tiles under natural lighting conditions in our apartment to see if the color coordination works. If not, then it's back to the selection process again.
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