So here i am typing it this quick (i hope) post in my office PC where there's a 10 min block quota! Gosh...i hope i can finish it in 10 mins...here goes...
On Saturday, we went over to the house early in the morning and saw that the kitchen is already nicely done...and the workers have already taken the liberty to use my kitchen counter top for the first time *yeay* (not!)
Some of you might have noticed by now, that being on a shoestring budget meant that the first thing to go was granite kitchen tops...its all but a dream...but i'm sure one day in my ONE house, i will have granite kitchen counter tops!!! anyway, we are using 2x2 tiles for the top to "emulate" the look of granite top :P
its still dusty and dirty but can you see my reflection there!!! it's sooo shineyyyy!!!! ♥♥♥ somehow, i'm just so proud of my kitchen counter top but on Saturday i saw one of the worker sitting ON the top while talking on the phone...oh welllllll....
just for fun, here's a photo of our washing machine that was kept in the washing area all these while...
now i could actually use it as a blackboard (or rather dustboard). can you imagine the condition if we were to actually live there while all the renovation is going on? that is why i am once again ever so grateful for having people kind enough to offer us a place to stay during our time of need *sobs* so touched :'( and it has been 3 weeks and counting! and still they have not finished...
and this is the common bathroom...wall tiles are halfway up...
i am quite ashamed to say, i didnt care much about the common bathroom..all i cared about was the master bedroom bathroom cos i foresee myself spending a lot of time there...yes i do love the bathroom a lot :x so the choice of tiles for the common bathroom, i did not play a big part in the selection...so if it turns out ugly, you can't blame me...but if it turns out pretty...you know my "influence" was in the tile selection :P
beige walls and sandstone-like floor (not up yet) but lookie...purple waterproofing!!!
never knew the waterproofing agent is purple! whee...so pretty! for the house renovation noob (i was a noob too until recently), waterproofing is a very very important step when renovating your bathroom (esp high rise) as it makes sure that your neighbour downstairs might not have a waterfall in their bathroom. so it is essential the contractor applies at least 2 or 3 coats of waterproofing. important!
ok now let's bring you to my fav part of the house 'x'
water heater is up, stock cock is up...now i realize the important of concealing wires and pipes...if you buy a new house, there is no way you will spend money to redo all the bathroom tiles just so that your water heater piping is concealed...but with a second hand house, no problemo!
ahhh..my lovely toilet 'x'
i know this is really weird, i don't know why i can't stop gushing about my toilet! and i love that divider wall too! (have i mentioned it before? 'x')
this here is the bidet tap...my choice! (mine!mine!)
the stock cock...shiney! you can see my reflection :P
sorry, i don't know why there are so many photos of the toilet bowl..LOL!
the tap at the sink which is also my selection! :D
and the little hexagonal corner next to the sink...hmm still thinkng what we should put there, perhaps a cabinet...i foresee another trip to Ikea
but we found a defect that day...
i never knew that part is made of plastic! i thought it's supposed to be ceramic too....hmmm a little turned off, but too late to do anything :(
someone getting all worried about his never-ending-flushing toilet...
well i guess if i would love the toilet so much, HE would love it even more since he is going to spend a lot of time there :x
the window in the master bedroom...
After that, we went off in search of ceiling boards for the 2 bathrooms. initially, we thought of doing plaster ceilings for the bathrooms but the quotation came up to be around rm400 for a 42 sq feet ceiling area which I think is unnecessary money spent in a space where no one will ever think of looking at the ceiling. So in the end our contractor recommended us to use ceiling boards. The current ceiling boards are the asbestos type which apparently causes cancer and has been banned. So our only choice is to use these newer types of ceiling boards called the "Armstrong". Again, another jargon in the world of house renovation. I was like what???? When our contractor told us to look for ceiling boards called the Armstrong. He even flexed his muscles while telling us the name of the ceiling.
Not to fret, nothing a little googling couldn't help. It's actually a brand of ceiling board made of those fiber materials which is both affordable and safe to use.
Not to fret, nothing a little googling couldn't help. It's actually a brand of ceiling board made of those fiber materials which is both affordable and safe to use.
So Armstrong searching we went...we were brought to a deserted warehouse stacked up full with these boards.when our contractor brought us there, the bf whispered to me "this looks like a place where people normally get murdered in movies" -_-"
A box of these contains 10 pieces of the boards and it costs around rm160. Initially our contractor told us he needed 12 pieces and the seller refused to sell loose pieces to us so it meant that we have to buy 2 boxes (20 pieces) just for the extra 2 pieces!
The frugal auntie within leapt and said "no!" when I heard that. I'm not going to buy one whole cos just to get milk! So the bf told the contractor to just reuse the asbestos board for the remaining 2 pieces and guess what? The 2 pieces were just needed to cover up the tiny small areas in the bathroom -_-" lucky for him we decided to buy only one box or else I would have skinned him alive if I found out he made us spend another rm16o for 8 pieces of ceiling board which we are not going to use again! Moral of the story?? Do not trust every word your contractor tells you!
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