After the not so nice wedding last nite, we woke up early today to meet our contractor who promises to bring us to view the tiles..It was a viewing appt in the 1st place as we did not have any ideas on the renovations..But the turn of events forced us to act FAST..
In a matter of a wk, we decided wat colour we wan our kitchen cabinets to be, the walls' colour, wat brand of bed n sofa to buy, and the basic layout of the bigger items in our living/ MBR...
So today, its not a viewing appt, its in fact a choosing appt le. Told hubs we need decide the colour of the tiles and overall concept so that the contractor can work on it..
Luckily the warehse is juz behind our estate, we got there early and the contractor is oredi waiting for us, he got a sales to walk ard with us while going ard the show room, while we inform him of the colour we wan for the cabinets...We took photos from Ikea..hehehe...
Base on our cabinets colour, we choose a more earthly feel tiles for our kitchen floor, and they advised us to get white for the wall tiles as it will bring out the colours of the cabinets, took his advice and choose a marble white tile..
Next, is the common toilet, to further add on to the kitchen colour, we opt for brown in the common toilet, and again, to pair with white so as no to darken the over all feel..For MBR toilet, we choose grey..Both of us prefer darker colours as it is easier to maintain or so we hope..hehhee..
The choosing of tiles took ard an hr, and we settled all the neccesary procedures, now all we have to do is to wait for them to give us a draft drawing to allow us to visualise the overall feel of the colour combinations..
Next, we brought the contractor to our hse for a final viewing before we finalised the details of our renovations..Any costs he needs to add in, will have to be added..And he gave us suggestions on our lightings..
Because we are retaining the false ceilings or watever you called it, thus we have limited choices. But our contractor told us that he can seal the current lighting and open some new holes for us to insert a more modern square lights which will brighten up the living room..Although its extra cost, we are willing to pay as we are not happy with the current lightings...
Next, we went to shop for the bathroom accessories, and brought sinks/toilet bowls/ taps/shower sets etc etc. The price they quote are pretty reasonable, throw in a bit of discount too..I think we will not be able to get it had we walked in to buy on our own..
Lastly are the lightings..Seriously, we do not have the time to shop ard, and we wanted simple lightings onli, thus he brought us again to a shop in JE to shop...The prices are quite okie, and we settle all the lights in half an hr..I think the contractor are quite pleased with us, a morning onli and we brought nearly all the stuff we need..
To be honest, we are quite decisive when comes to making decisions...Once we tink its okie, we didnt bother to shop ard more, also, its tiring...After viewing so many thing in a single morning, we are overwhelmed with the various designs so much so that I find them identical...
The thing is, we are going for comtemporary style, meaning to say, everything keep simple..whahah..Thus we juz go for the simple designs, nothing fancy..Thus, the costs are lower too..Hehehe idea rite??
Although the contractor might have some commission for bringing us to the shops to buy the accessories, but it realli saved us the timing of going ard shoppin...With 3wks away from the start of renovations, its essential for us to get ready all the require stuff...
Well, it shd be more or less settled le..took a big load off my shoulders..Ohh, it reminds me, we have not go thru the materials for our cabinets & wardrobe..heheh..Well, I think we will wait for next wk le...
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