Carpet Tiles for Utility Room

We don't have any immediate use for the utility room downstairs, but it does get traffic passing through since we relocated the bathroom entrance in there. So, the floor needed to be made presentable while we didn't wanna spend a lot of money getting it done.

Found some used but decent carpet tiles going for cheap at a junkshop in Puchong, hunted down some carpet cleaning foam at Ace, and make it work with good old fashioned elbow grease.

Before

Pardon the mess in the bathroom, temporarily placed it there to get it off the floor.


After


Breakdown of costs:
Used carpet tiles - RM80 (RM2 x 40pcs)
3M Carpet Cleaner - RM60 (RM30 x 2 cans)
Elbow Grease - RMPriceless

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_35 : Outdoor Wet Kitchen

There's gotta be something more fun than watching concrete dry...


Like having the sink and tiles put in


Jolly good.

Day_35 : Master Bathroom

I've obviously been swamped since I last updated this blog, with the new job and all the wedding preparations. Yes, that's what the deadline in the countdown box is for.

Now, lets check out the bathroom progress, shall we? The fiancee's obviously impatient as she checks it out at ninja speed.



Anyway, in the days that have passed, our master bath has gone from this:



To this:


Had the walls made groovy for the plumbing to go thru


The front bricked up, and a new window created


Stairwell side sealed up, new window created


Door frame in


Walls receive cement render, which absorbs the light making it kinda dark inside.
That's the rear window of the bathroom, which allows some light to pass thru to the stairwell.


And the front window, main source of natural light.


Light points done


With the tiles on. Front side.


Rear side


View thru the door, very much brighter now