Kitchen floor tiles is love.

Got a call from the ID this afternoon asking about the status of my carpentry drawings. ARGH. Been hanging out with Mr P much too often lately. Need to start on them P.R.O.N.T.O.

He followed up later on in the evening with photo updates and then a call to set cost expectations for the VO (variation order). Apparently, it won't be cheap cuz of all the extra work I made him (or the tilers) do so far, such as:

1) Fixing oversized kitchen wall cutout

2) Taking down initial kitchen wall tiles

3) Concealing the metal holders (u-channels) for kitchen and bathroom glass walls

4) Tiling of kitchen cabinet base

Am I not right!? Does it not look better with tiles compared to plain cement!?? I doubt I would've been able to stand seeing cement at the base when I opened the full height cabinet on the left. Money that I don't have well-spent, haha.

I'm expecting at least 1.5k and hoping it won't exceed 2. But realistically, I'm not so sure. Just praying that the amount won't break the bank! (Or what's left of it, even) Otherwise, Bailey may need to start earning her keep lol.

All floor tiles now completed! I absolutely adore my kitchen floor tiles. Not entirely sure of my bathroom tiles tho. I'm reserving comments till I see it in daylight on Thursday morning when I meet my ID and electrician. Wall tiles grouting to be done tomorrow and that'll be the end of wet works. Glad I dropped by tonight so I can leave the guys some food and drinks to thank them for their hard work, since tomorrow will be their last day.

Minor imperfection spotted in the bathroom just now:

Water outlet cap stuck under the solid half-wall I asked to be build. ID said this was the original vent and can't be moved. Wall can't be moved inwards too much more either so this was slightly compromised. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to deal with it.

Goodbye, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Although I have never met you personally, I grew up with your austere, yet reassuring presence surrounding us. It was constant and it was just there. You were like the solid pillar that would never give. But alas, your time to rest has come... I hope you did not have to suffer overly much before that.

Over the years, I may not have agreed with some of your hard-headed opinions (after I grew up and developed my own) but no one can discount the legacy that you've left behind. The fact that you are truly gone has (surprisingly) left me incredibly bereft and it's with this great sense of sadness that I'm writing this entry. 

Your demise feels somewhat like the death of a kin, rather than a complete stranger - a pseudo grandfather, perhaps. Watching videos and reading articles about you online brings tears to my eyes. You have done much for Singapore and no words can express the amount of gratitude I feel. Thank you for your hard work and may you be in a better place now. 

With utmost respect, I bid you farewell. #RIPLKY

我怕了你...

That's what the ID told me just now.

Seems like our home renovation is bringing out the worst in me... I'm turning into your regular home owner from hell. Just call me Renozilla lol.

The charges against me:

1) I forget to tell him the things I want.

2) I don't remember the stuff he tells me. (FALSE!!!)

I DO keep the things he tells me in mind but in a constant bid to have things just right (blame the perfectionist in me), I overthink the parts I have issues with and try to fix them somehow, overwriting our previous discussions.

Which in turn, gives him heart attacks cuz I'll call him and ask about these issues that he thought were already agreed on, haha. (Ok, I can understand how it sounds like to him...) But but, I need my house to be perfect!

Does that make me a difficult customer?

Anyways, the issue today that led to this comment: 

This is the kitchen base for the right wall of our kitchen. My intention for this side is to have (from right) the sink, the washer and then a full height cabinet to hide the fat ugly pipe. The original plan was to not have a base under the washer so I can slide it directly below the kitchen counter with no worry on the space below not being enough for the height of the washer. 

 

But unfortunately, the water outlet for the washer was jutting up from the floor in the middle of nowhere (see pipe outlet wrapped in blue) so they had to shift the outlet to the left and cover it with concrete base to have even flooring for the washer to go in.

Herein lies the problem(s). The base needs to be extended out depth-wise, so it juts out from the rest of it. FUGLY. Another minor issue I had - the full height cabinet to box up the ugly pipe on the left will have neither tiling nor cabinet wood on the base. Is that normal!? (Apparently, it is - according to my ID) I personally feel that that would be a bit raw and unfinished since it'll be in plain sight when I open the cabinet, so I sent him a message on WhatsApp to check if it can look like this.

He insisted that the base below the cabinet is usually left as concrete but will ask the tilers if it's possible to do as I asked. As for the extension of the base, he's gonna try to keep it small (he suggests 650mm or 630mm minimum). He would rather we have it a little bigger than too small... The OCD in me screams no, but I think practicality will have to win this round. Hopefully, it won't be too unsightly!

This was what saved the day for me - our kitchen backsplash tiles are completely up and the effect was just as I visualized! YAY. Pretty tiles = A happy Bailey's Mummy :)

ID says I can arrange for delivery of lights, sanitary ware and electrical appliances mid April. Exciting times ahead!

初めまして、怠け者です。

So Bailey and I finally got off our lazy asses (ok ok, mostly just me) and kicked Mr P out the door to start this blog...

Considering how it was supposed to have happened when I first got Bailey, I've actually hung out with Mr P for 5 long years! One major life-changing event down. Now, it takes another one (namely, buying a new home for Bailey and myself) for me to actually do something about it. But hey, better late than never... Right!?

Back then, the options were limited. (I checked out Blogger but figured I can do better with WordPress. And I would have, if I ever did. But I didn't - Mr P got the better of me, as usual lol.) Half a decade later, they still are! 

I thought I've hit upon the perfect one when I found Dayre. Blogging from my phone - how much more convenient can it get!? (I was horribly wrong) There I was... Happily curating/editing wall and profile pics on Dayre, until I realized to my horror that it doesn't allow backdated entries!? WTH. All that time for naught! It's cute, if you're into short form blogging but 500 characters per post was too short a limit for me (too much to say, just not enough time, haha).

There you have it. The story of everyone's lives.

Anyways, in home renovation news, I'm supposed to be meeting the ID tomorrow morning to discuss electrical wiring for our new place. 

My initial electrical planning/wiring draft.

All the stuff that Google is throwing at me right now is a lil much for a complete noob to be reading at 15 mins short of midnight. I think I'm gonna stick with this for now and digitise it after I've met the electrician this coming Thursday.

ガン...頑張ります。