Completed..... For Now

One-tonne lorry booked for Monday, 31st Jan to transport my queen size mattress, some loose furniture and boxes of stuff to the new condo. Last minute repair work for the kitchen roller shutter, painting of the doors and some plumbing works to be done at the same time. 

All other rectification work will resume around mid-Feb after the Chinese New Year celebrations. I have a very long shopping list and an equally long to-do list to complete. Then it's a rush back to my hometown to spend time with my immediate family and back to work on 3rd day of CNY. Anyway, here's wishing everyone a very joyous CNY celebration! 

Here are some pics of the kitchen & dining area:

Almost there.....

Yard area : 7-ft long counter with solid surface top and Blum drawers.

 Wall cabinets in Master Bedroom

Aluminium frame with black glass door and lift up opening mechanism

Walk-in Wardrobe in Master Bedroom by Fiorenza. 

Has black glass drawers and shelves.

 Master Bathroom

 Living Room & feature wall

Evan's room with built-in bed & pull-out bed, shelves, wardrobe, study table and bench. Pic above shows walk-in wardrobe (internals only) by Fiorenza.

Alpha baby fan and downlights in Evan's room

 

 GlassKote backsplash & Bareno Sink

Plaster Box-up done to conceal cooker hood ducting

Counting down to moving house! Date set for the last day of January. Unfortunately, have not bought new TV yet. We are keen to buy Sharp's Charisma 32" LCD TV in White. I asked Evan what TV he wanted, small or big? He answered BIG. Then I asked him whether he wanted a black TV or white TV. Then he answered BLACK. Hubby then asked him to choose between a BIG WHITE TV or SMALL BLACK TV. Evan answered BIG BLACK TV. Anyway, we will just use our faithful little silver TV for now.

Work in Progress

Evan's room. Many mistakes here - wrong dimensions, wrong colour and wrong door type. Have to redo some of the cabinets and install them after Chinese New Year. My ID has to draw out the plans again and re-submit them to the factory.

Living room cabinets. Mistake with the feature wall on the right side - wrong position. Again, to rectify after Chinese New Year.

Cooker Hood installed - will need to do the plaster box up to cover the unsighly ducting

Kitchen almost completed. Do the pendant lamps look small??? Will stick to this first until I find something more suitable.

Console with magnetic board at entrance. Initially was in wrong position. Now rectified. Shoe cabinet can be partially seen outside.

 Walk-in wardrobe in Master Bedroom by Fiorenza

Countertop at the yard for storage/ironing or cooking with free-standing induction hobs or to cook rice/porridge.

Cabinets and wall mirrors for the master bedroom bath. Initially the wall cabinets were too deep and too near the mixers. Now, the depth has been reduced into half and there's enough clearance for the mixers.

Renovation

After a month of slow progress, the reno works are now moving at full speed ahead - I'm scratching my head at such a baffling phenomenon. My interior designer doesn't seem to have a sense of urgency regarding the reno works but now she appears to be rushing everything. I've got lots to complain but I'm just closing one eye and hoping the renovation completes in 2-3 weeks time and we can move house and settle in - just in time to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Framework for plaster ceiling. 

Plaster slabs up

 Plastered the ceiling to conceal the seams/gaps

 Hacking of the kitchen tiles - before

 Hacking the kitchen tiles - after

Re-wiring at the yard

Swim Swim

The kids got to splash in the baby pool at our new condo on a nice breezy Sunday afternoon. We haven't moved in yet but since it's just opposite the road.... no crowds at all. 

Marissa wasn't feeling quite adventurous in the water but it's the opposite with Evan. He enjoys swimming very much. He's now waiting patiently for his grandpa to visit so that he can jump into the infinity pool - right next to this baby pool. 

3D drawings of the Living Room and Foyer

Here are the conceptual 3D drawings done by my ID from Desigva Design.

1st draft - we felt the foyer is too complicated with vertical bars and lots of ambient lighting. The console is fine but not necessary to have lights below it. So, we asked for a simpler design. We wanted more curves rather than straight lines and sharp angles.

This is another view from the foyer.

 

Here's what we got after editing the design. It looks quite bare but I think it's OK. Otherwise, not sure what other design can work in that space. Wallpaper? Curvy lines? Anyway, the console has cabinets for storing keys and letters and a glass memo board behind it.

Living room - quite straight-forward design. We wanted lots of hidden storage place and also a display shelf.

Here's another draft with the partition drawn - a circular patterned MDF board with glass on one side. The partition serves as the feature wall in the living room/foyer. The plaster ceiling will be flat - nothing fancy like L-boxes or light troughs.

All the storage cabinets will be custom made from white laminates with recessed handles for a clean minimalist look. The display shelves are glass though for a light airy touch to the design.

We bought ceiling fans at the recently concluded Homedec Part II at KL Convention Center.

Haiku Kotuku fans for the Living and Dining area (shown above). I like the contemporary design but the best part is it's very energy efficient. Visit their website for the nitty gritty details. Initial plan was to buy all 5 ceiling fans from Alpha. However, in the end, we bought 3 Alpha fans (RM818 for all 3) and 2 Haiku fans (RM1990 for 2). Well.... at least we are not buying any air-conditioners.... that translates into savings as well.

The 'Before' Photos

Sharing some pics of my empty condo unit....

Kitchen - with wall tiles. Not liking the wall tiles at all - should I hack them all out???

The other side of the kitchen - again the wall tiles demarcates the kitchen area from the dining area. Water pipes outlets are located on this wall.

 View of the kitchen - which leads to the yard.

Another water pipe outlet here. The stainless steel sinks are complimentary gifts from the developer but I won't be using them though as they are not suitable -  one is a double-bowl sink and the other is a single bowl sink.

 The kitchen door opens out to the yard - very spacious area.

This is where I will place my washing machine. The water outlet is on the wall plus, there's a drainage hole there too. There's a store room and a small bathroom here as well. Those rooms can be used as maid's quarters but since we don't have one, it will be a store room and spare bathroom.

Lots of space in the yard - gonna place some kitchen cabinets here. Plan to use this space as a laundry room.

 The living room

 Master bedroom. All rooms have solid timber flooring.

 Master bathroom with bathtub and rain shower head (not shown)

 Twin wash basins for the master bedroom

Bedroom 1 is right beside the master bedroom. Will install built-ins for this room for the kids.

Bedroom 2 is a smaller room. No built-ins for this room. Only loose furniture will be placed here.

The ensuite bathroom of Bedroom 2 has a rain shower head. There's also a powder room located opposite Bedroom 1 which has no ensuite bathroom.

Hope to start renovation works by mid-Oct. My ID has drawn 3 drafts in 3-D. Now, she's drawing the finer details eg exact measurements/materials/color. My kitchen designer is also drawing out my kitchen in 3D. The plans and drawings need to be submitted to the management office to be approved prior to renovation works.