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The Ultimate Home Renovation Singapore Guide

After our wedding and honeymoon, we had little time to rest because it was time to get on with our home renovation! Our renovation journey was definitely not an easy process, but looking at our house now we feel that all our hard work was worth it. Based on our own experience, we have compiled a simple renovation guide. If you are a new homeowner this should be useful for you! Read more

My Home Renovation Journey in Singapore

During our home renovation, we took photos on a weekly basis to monitor the progress. In this article, we will be sharing those photos so you can see our whole renovation process. Hopefully our experience will serve as a useful reference for your own renovation. Good luck! Read more

Designing the Carpentry Elevations for our Renovation

Elevations are 2D carpentry drawings. These drawings are provided by the ID / contractor and they indicate the designs and dimensions of the carpentry works (wardrobe, cabinets, etc). Finalizing the elevations with our ID was very challenging because we had to mentally visualize the actual designs in our head. We spent many hours poring over the elevations and discussing with our ID. It took six rounds of amendments before we finalized the elevations! Below we outline our design process as well as the final designs of our carpentry. Read more

Choosing the Laminates for our House

Choosing the correct laminates is very important because they can greatly affect the overall look of your house. I highly recommend that you visit the showrooms to see the full selection of laminates, instead of simply relying on samples given by your ID. We visited the beautiful showrooms of EDL Laminate and Lamitak, which were very impressive and provided us with much inspiration as well. We went through dozens of samples before finally making our decisions. These are the laminates we picked for the various sections of our house. Read more

How to Plan Lighting and Electrical Works for Your House

It was quite a stressful experience planning the electrical works and lighting for our house. For the electrical outlets, we had to think hard about where we would use electrical appliances. For the lights, we had to visualize the type of lights we wanted, as well as the quantity required. It took quite a while to complete our final electrical and lighting plans. I have outlined our experience below and hopefully it will help with your own planning! Read more

The Ultimate Home Appliances Buying Guide!

It was quite a headache deciding which home appliances to buy, since there are so many options available! After much research, we finally decided on the specific brands and models. We bought all our appliances from Harvey Norman Millenia Walk, the flagship store of Harvey Norman. This three-storey superstore has wonderful service and great prices! Below is the list of our home appliances, as well as details on the products. Read more

10 Great Places to Buy Home Furniture in Singapore

Shopping for our furniture was quite a tiring process, because we had to visit many shops before finding our desired designs. These are our ten favourite furniture shops in Singapore, arranged in alphabetical order. We finally got our furniture from Taylor B Fine Design because Raevian simply loved the sleek and elegant furniture here. Read more

Hafary Gallery – Awesome Tiles Showroom in Eunos

After going to several tiles showroom, we finally bought all our tiles from Hafary Gallery in Eunos. This is a huge showroom with a large variety of tiles, and we managed to find all our preferred tiles design here. However, it took us a few hours before we finally made our decision! Below is our review of Hafary Gallery. Read more

4 Great Places to Buy Floor Tiles in Singapore

During our renovation, we visited quite a few tiles suppliers. It was quite a tiring process but we wanted to ensure that we would choose the correct tiles for our house. These are four tiles showrooms we visited, and our experience at each one. The list is arranged in alphabetical order. Read more

EDL – Awesome Laminate Company in Singapore

For the laminates in our house, we decided to go with EDL because we were thoroughly impressed by their high-quality laminates, top-notch service, and beautiful showroom. In this article we will share about our laminates journey with EDL. Read more