curtains

sorry these pix came late... jimmy textile was here on the 14th to do up the curtains & roller blinds. they took around an hour half to fix everything. they're quite careful & fast. however when they pass us the invoice, it was $80 more. originally we pick the england fabric for our living room but there's no stock for the design. the 2nd time when we went back to choose the design, my in-laws pick a pattern from the same series. as we didn't wanna incur extra cost, we pick the normal fabric & off-set the cost. the price should still be the same right? onion called lucas to check, his attitude wasn't good. anyway he ended saying that since we didn't hear there'll be additional cost then we pay the amount we think it's right. ok, fine, $1680 it is! no more, no less.

water pipe burst

it all happened on last saturday... my contractor hit the water pipes when drilling hole for the dish-rack! imagine water flowing out from the kitchen wall, like water fountain! luckily it went straight into my sink, which is right beside it. we remember clearly that there were no sticker on that portion of the kitchen wall (stating there's water pipes). onionboy checked the photos he took when we 1st step into our cottage. confirm: no stickers! we got hold of hdb & lian beng people and ask them to look into this. it is clear that someone made on a mistake. there were no arguement... hdb supervisor got his plumber in and LB worker started cutting the tiles. the dust is killing me!! finally we saw the damaged water pipe & the plumber patch the hole with epoxy. strictly no water supply for the next 4 hours. it was a torture!

at about 7pm, onionboy on the riser. no leakage from the hole, water flow out from all the taps, except that the pressure is smaller. BUT as we turn the tap off one by one, the riser burst out with water! it was so dramatic! we had to collect water in different pails and turn off the riser. by then it's already 9pm... the workers will only come tomorrow morning.

sunday 9.30am: LB workers & hdb plumber came to rectify the problem. Yes, all is well again! (all these while, i was sleeping... been so tired after the hectic sat) i have to give all the credits to onionboy. he was there all these while...

what an experience! i'm glad hdb & lian beng rectified the problem efficiently. well, you can still find nice people in construction line, unlike titan creative! urgh... i have to end this post with a comment "go to titan creative at your own risk!".

the kiasu us

we bought all these way before we got our keys, some are as early as 2007. but they're all on sale items... hehe... save money mah! shop early for your house, you'll save from there. :)

• a very good buy from journey east, dempsey (nearly forgot where it's from!)
1 for $36 only

• MUJI legless chair, at a 10% discount

• IKEA cabinet - using this as shoe cabinet
bought from a ikea sale too!

• table from IKEA As-Is $70

• As-Is table is hand-carry by onionboy

the hole in our cottage

the hole in the cottage is finally done! black laminated frame is up within a week. cool!!! the orange boutique is coming alive. so exciting!

• black laminated wood

• the hole, waiting for wood frame

• i love the orange background in the study room. :)
living room using magnolia (ICI)... smoothing...

timber strip to hide HS

• carpentary head fitting the feature door.

• a mini carpenter's worktop in our living room

• wood strip is up finally! after white

• feature door from main entrance

jimmy textiles

we need curtains for our cottage! after getting some tips from sengkang.com, we decided to pay jimmy textiles a visit. we went to the tanjong katong complex branch on saturday and it was very crowded! we were served by lucas, he's not those attentive and friendly sales. basically he'll give u a quote for all the rooms and walk away. when we ask for a better price, he takes out his calculator and walks away, again. haha, 1st time we were so tired of bargaining. after choosing for 2 hours, we finally confirmed 3 sets of night curtain and 4 panel of roller blinds! total cost: $1680 (yes, it's expensive!)

•dots dots for our room, blue blinds to match

•swedish blinds for the study room

• living room curtain (our 1st choice is out of stock!)
erm, it's not a very unique piece but at least it's different from the usual 1-colour curtain.

• fabric close-up

•our 1st choice for living room.
too bad england don't produce this anymore :(
the colours are so retro & beautiful!

•pil's curtains-we're surprised they like bright colours

day kitchen look

im so sorry i update only now. we've been so busy... pix for now ok? promise i'll upload more.

•more of our kitchen (day time)
my neighbour is a nice aunty, she's cleaning her service yard.

•clearer view of the carcass

•a drop-down open shelving to place cutlery which are commonly used.