Le Tour de Downstairs

Sorry for the long silence, I've been busy honeymooning, settling in to married life, getting my ass whipped at work, and most importantly, we didn't have internet in the crib when we first moved in.

Anyway, the house is done, and we're now living in it. We managed to move in the day after our wedding, spot on the deadline which is great.

I suppose you readers all want to see the end result of all the hard work now, so here goes...

This is the view through the front door, as you first enter. The faux-wooden 'boardwalk' is in. The material is Chalet Oak from Inovar floor. It feels great to walk on, almost like real wood.


This is the view standing at the front foyer and looking towards the back of the house. The pillar with the iron pipe has been boxed up with a shelving unit.


The living area, before we unpacked the sofa. Flooring is Canyon Oak, from Inovar. It's their entry level product, but it looks and feels decent nontheless. You may notice the lack of skirting on the wall. I requested for a flushed installation with end-profiles. Skirting is so yesterday.


L-shaped sofa set. From Enoma Collection, LDP Furniture Mall. Sounds like a cross between Renoma and Enema. No Enemas on my sofa, thank you. That said, it's pretty comfy and we got a good deal on it.


View from the kitchen looking out towards the front. Pardon the curtain rail, at that point it was just makeshift and I've since installed it properly and trimmed it to size. Finished pix on that later. Pardon the pile of trash too.


Several shots of the open kitchen.




And this is the view that greets us in the morning when we come down the stairs.

Day_55: Stuff

Sitting in our bare living hall, on the freshly mopped marble floor we waitied for the lorry to arrive.


Finally it came, with its accompanying soundtrack. A welcome sight.


We took delivery of our L-shape sofa set. It comes in 2 detachable pieces. Grey and orange colour scheme.


Mattress, but no bed yet. It got held up, maybe arriving on Monday.

 

And finally as we locked up to leave for the day, an encounter with the local wildlife.

Day_40: Dotting the i's crossing the t's

 Front foyer area levelled with concrete, and sliding door frame and rails are installed.


After all the levelling of the interior, it was decided that the house is too high up, so we added a step platform at the front entrance.


Outdoor kitchen has been completed, and the backwards sink rectified. Looks beaut now.



The living hall/indoor kitchen area in one coat of maxilite.
From the new extended living hall, looking towards the kitchen


From the kitchen looking out towards the hall


Tiles are on in the downstairs common bathroom


And finally, all the hard work above means one thing:
It's time to do more shopping!

Day_08 - Day_18 :: Massive Update | Part:01 - Living Hall

I'm back from my trip to Melbourne, which explains the long lapse in updates, and also have started a new job which means I'm not as free to write this blog as I used to be. Nontheless, I shall try my best to keep these coming.

There's been a whole lot of progress over the past 2 weeks plus, so I'll just let the pictures do the talking
Here goes!

This is how the living hall started out



View with the kitchen wall demolished


The main dividing wall into the old car porch demolished


















Bricked up the old car porch entrance, opening for tall windows


View from the front, looking in. The old front door will go.

The newly-poured concrete first floor. That's the bathroom floor/living room ceiling.



Poured the concrete floor for the new living area.


Wide open space looking into the house. Unfortunately,we're stuck with a pillar or 2. And no more front door.


Plastering up.


This is how the light falls.

I Love Concrete - Low Cost High Style

Okay, not everyone will agree with me on the above.
Fact is, design sense and a limited budget don't play well together.
Finishings in particular, cost a lot of money. Tiles are expensive!
So screw the tiles and expensive wall finishings, enter concrete. Bare concrete.

I love concrete. MMMmmm... crunchy







These are from a different crib. Seems quite do-able. Hmm...