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.

the XL ikea catalogue

• just for laughs-we didn't print this ourselves ok?
courtesy of ikea to their members. we're friends of ikea. best friends.

kitchen wonders

the kitchen carcass is up finally! we're really excited about it, it looks nice... hehe... pls visual it with white glossy cabinet. :) we saw the carpentry uncle around 7pm, he commented that he's very tired! i guess it must be a lot of hard work since morning.

• distorted view from living room

• the big space is home to our fisher & paykel

• testing out the look of my favourite teka sink!

• something i drew in the kitchen before the solid top runs over

home and decor rocksSssSsss!!!

go and grab a copy of the thick thick home and decor september issue! aaahahhh... we're in the magazines!! cool~~ thanks to ms chiquit! we'll put in more effort to make our blog a better read. :)

heaven shower

onion went hoe kee (at plaza singapura) and bought the krisroz rain shower set! it was featured in the sunday times and it looks really pretty. although it's made in china, $368 for a rain shower set, compare to hansgrohe, it's so much more affordable! hehe... we're so excited about the only item we can change for our mrb toilet!

• krisroz rain shower set
photo courtesy of the sunday times

simple bed frame

sungei kadut! somewhere i'll never imagine getting our bed frame from. onion was flipping the sunday times as usual and spotted some furniture sale at sungei kadut. that's like the other side of singapore! well, we're definitely not a fan of those advertisements but we always end up visiting those warehouses. hehe... we'll travel all the way there, scan through the warehouse in 5 mins and leave if nothing interest us. ok, we found this white bed frame from country style furnishing pte ltd, at the IFC (international furniture centre). love at first sight!

• classic bed frame ($999 after bargaining, including delivery)

• all the soft toys can sit neatly on the frame!

citygas is home...

16 august (sat)
11am: teka delivers our hob, hood, oven, sink and kitchen mixer. everything was ok except the kitchen mixer needs to be replace, there're some scatches and stains.
12pm: citygas uncle was here to do the gas piping for the kitchen and the new gas heater. he was nice and he answers to our queries. we wanted to place it in the washroom but uncle said it can only be place outdoor where there's ventilation. so the only place is the service yard and no where else... anyway, he showed us the positioning of our gas heater before he continues to drill to the wall. everything went smoothly and we're satisfied with the overall look. btw, this is all foc! :)

•citygas uncle cutting the gas pipe

•gas piping leading to the hob

•our 8L gas heater Rinnai REU-8-CG, from citygas
(made in nagoya!)