Furnished

More of our furniture arrived today. Yay! This is some good news to uplift the spirits a little following the hiccup. Now the apartment looks a little more habitable.

Magino Coffee Table

King-size Epi leather bed with Kartell side table 

Furniture for the office

Tulip Dining Table with Eiffel Chairs

Walk-In-Wardrobe

 

At last, the walk-in-wardrobe is completed.

The walk-in-wardrobe area sits on the original storeroom plus a 1 foot encroachment into the master bedroom. The result is a 1.8m x 1.8m space. Using pole system instead of the wardrobe carcass creates more walk-in space.

The wardrobe sliding glass doors were selected to match the bathroom door. The 1.9m tall glass doors creates the perception of a taller ceiling than it is.

On another note, our yellow wall, painted with Nippon Paint's unique "Miner's Gold" blend, looks pretty strong and vibrant and is casting a yellow tint in the photo.

On The Floor...

Today, two Kronostep guys came over to our apartment to lay the wooden laminates. The following photos were taken while the laminates were being laid without the skirting yet. Some of the carpentry has gone up the day before. It's very exciting because our apartment renovation is near completion and moving towards "TOP" or move in date.

The Kronostep guys started by overlaying a 5mm insulation rubber layer on the original tiles. Then the laminates were laid over the insulation layer and joined together at the side v-groove. To provide extra protection against water damages, the Kronostep guys also applied a some "click-guard" gel at the grooves.

We are pretty pleased with the result. The Kronostep guys were competent with their workmanship. The laminate floor is up to our expectations. The color has a modern and warm effect. Judging from what we can see, it creates a cozy effect but yet it's doesn't make our small place look constricted. We are thankful of our friends who voted for this color when we were surveying for our floor laminate color.

Notice the TV console in the above photo? It was designed by our ID. The front panels are mirrors to help deflect attention on the TV console and allow it to blend into the background so as to create a perception of space. Two of those panels are drawers while the other two are retractable doors to provide access to the DVD players and other appliances. Pretty neat design piece huh?

Here's how the laminate looks under lights. The master-bedroom is the only part of the apartment with working lights. The effect of lights on the Kronostep laminate creates a nice and warm texture. Actually, a little too warm because the bedroom light was too powerful at 5x18watts and too much light was being reflected by the yellow wall. Seems like the light and the yellow wall need a bit of toning down. Till the next update =) ...

Yet Another Update (Oct 3rd 2011)

Window Grills being installed. The false ceiling and L-box looks better in white primer base paint. It looks like they are going to fix up the PLC down lights next.

A late addition to our plans, we decided to add a feature wall at the dining area. It is being fabricated as seen in the photo.

Kitchen lights are up. Stuff we have bought are sitting in the kitchen.

The master bedroom has a warm and bright look with our yellow base coat.

Newly Bought

Here's a little update on our recent purchases.

- Bedside Table -
Our slow search has definitely paid off as we finally found the perfect bedside table at Lifestorey. Not only is it compact enough to fit into the tight space we have in our master bedroom, it meets our functional needs and best of all aesthetic desires.

Componibili by Kartell
3 modular elements round tower in white to match our 22" high king size bed.

- Coffee Table -
Our main criteria for the coffee table was that it should give the living room an open airy feel. And we figured the best way to achieve that was to get a clear coffee table that is streamline & functional. And we found just the right piece at Comfort Design.

Clear Coffee Table
(Inspired by Umbra's Magino Coffee Table)
A strikingly simple and functional piece with integrated magazine rack made of clear acrylic.

- Red Sculpture -
We chanced upon this art gallery while we were shopping for sanitary hardware along Jalan Besar. A red sculpture that was placed at the entrance of the gallery caught our eye and we walked in and the rest was history. I thought the sculpture looked like a coral, our ID thought it looked like a leaf, and my Mum thought it looked like a cactus. What do you make out of it? :)

Red Sculpture
To add a hint of colour in our otherwise neutral living hall.

- Hood . Hob . Oven -
Our requirements for hood and hob were:
a) both hood and hob should be streamline
b) stainless steel hob for safety reasons cos the oven will be placed below
c) ease to clean
d) cast iron supports
We had initially wanted to get domino hobs from Electrolux. But eventually changed our minds cos Electrolux domino hobs don't come with cast iron supports.

Tecno Slim Line Hood (Square).TH968T


Tecno Built-in Hob.TA863TR

Bosch Built-in Oven.HBN331E2J