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1.选择墙纸。墙纸确实能给居家带来良好的装饰效果.并且贴墙纸很快,干净,而且环保.就我现在居住的地方墙纸价格从最便宜的工程墙纸到较好的墙纸,价格从30元-5、600元或者更高的价格（一匹，大约5平方米）．但是墙纸一般使用5.6年就不好看了，墙壁会很脏，清理起来很麻烦．墙纸还有一个最大的弊病就是墙壁不能漏水，如果有水的话，壁纸可能会变形或者是损坏！！！！有的时候墙纸里面的胶水是有毒性的，长期不能散去，放一些去味的植物什么的还是残留很多。刷漆只要室内多通风，6个月就可以安全的住进去了，6个月长的话，不放心的请下检测的来下，期间房屋里放些虎尾兰，活性碳，仙人掌之类的，都可以把漆里面的化学气体稀释掉。 2.刷漆。刷漆特别是好的环保水性漆等，同样可以给居家带来很好的视觉感觉．而且好的漆脏了可以直接清洗.多次清洗（当然差的油漆可能就不行了）．不过刷的油漆也会因为时间长而变颜色。一般家居的，因为保养和耐久性，墙纸都是没有办法和漆相比的，再则就是污染度，漆也要比墙纸好的多的多，墙纸不单有化学污染，还有墙纸纤维的固形物的污染，至于保养和耐久性就不用讲了，可能唯一的好处是，墙纸花色多，比较好看（但这种好看是暂时，家居是天天住的，要的不是一时的好看，而是要耐看，而这一点纯色、单一、浅色是最好，色污染是最小的，而漆就是属于这种色性． 具体来说墙纸和墙漆相比，也是各有千秋，用哪种也要看装修风格以及各人的爱好。 墙纸的花色花型比较多，柔性更多，装饰性强，可以很好的营造出温馨雅致的家庭氛围，特别是田园风格、欧式古典的装修，最好使用墙纸装饰，可以更好的表现主题风格，但是使用寿命要在保护相当好的情况下可以用到8-10年左右，施工要求也比墙漆要高，成本也要高一些。 墙漆施工简单，价格便宜，还可以在墙面上做其他装饰，比如墙贴或是墙绘，都很有现代感，很适合现代简约或是新中式等富有现代气息的现代装修风格的家庭，很受很多年轻人的青睐；而且墙面漆是水溶性的，安全环保上都没有什么问题，如果保护的好的情况下，也就长时间使用下去了

30K to Build a sweet home - Guest Room

I want a modern and comfort guest room, this room is reserve to my friends and family that visit us in Singapore. normally they come for travelling, so the guest room must be warm and comfort. 

I using black and white because is unisex colour, and grey in curtain to add the warmer to the room. 

we install wallpaper our self, and the tooling able to purchase online, and install wall paper were rather easy,  i will share with you, how to install wall paper in next pages. 

	items	Price (SGD)	Remark
	Bed with bed frame	239	Buy from Qoo10
	Wall paper	80	Buy from Qoo10 (2 ro11) 0.7m x 10m
	wardrobe	67	buy at china
	bed side table	12	buy at china
	Curtain	70	semi customize (2pcs )
	total	468

 

this is the tool that we used to install the wallpaper 

after 10 hours of installation, this is the finally picture 

 

the curtain that we buy online 

this is the bed with bedframe that we buy from Qoo10

 

I think wallpaper can really add some colour to the room, if all in white will easy feel bored, what you think ?

30K to Build a sweet home - Master bedroom

I am using grey colour for my room, and I just did a very simple design, this is because of limitation of this room, the space too small, we unable to do the design I want, but after all, I found that maybe we can do, the design I want but just need to modify some idea, but is was too late I am so regret.. anywhere I have pretty good mattress : Serta New sophistication, my friends help me to get the reject set (miss alignment for the Belgium latex layer) for just SGD 500, original with promotion price was SGD 4800, after cover bed sheet, very difficult to see the faulty, and just cosmetic effect, function unchanged, I feel very comfortable for this mattress. and super value for money.

For Master bed room, basically I just requested carpentry to build a wardrobe and a cupboard only.  

Item	Price (SGD )
Serta mattress	500
Capentry  wardrobe	1600
cupboard	800
Aircon	1200
Storage bed	790
pillow Belgium latex	120
curtain	80

30K to Build a Sweet Home - (Episo 3 - living room)

 

 My brought living room furniture from Novena mid years sale, (Sitting -Coffee table, 3+2 sofa , dining table @SGD3050), before delivery we quite worry about the quality, this is because when we re-view the command online we found quite a number of bad command, at the end we found quite a good services from Novena, no delay , one day before we have received confirmation call to schedule timing for installation. I have used all my furniture for 4 month still look like brand new.

shoes cabinet /TV console include Wall paper - we buy online. (the new DIY concept, brought the DIY set -do it yourself or pay the services charge and request company do it for you.

Before

 

 

After

 

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After

I would to sharing with you, I have request carpentry to quote whole house, but we found the TV console we need to pay around SGD 1650, if buy from furniture house need to pay SGD 700-1200 so we just think to buy semi finish TV console and do it our self but without fixture wall, and the outcome look like Court designer showed TV console, furthermore I only pay SGD 270.

	item	price	Remark
	wall paper	SGD 120	I choose special wall paper, look gold effect
	TV console	SGD 100
	installation	SGD 50
	total	SGD 270

LG TV from NTUC SGD 759 -with 3D

 

the shoes cabinet we bought online and install our self @ SGD 80 x 2 = 160

 

This main door is not a new door but we laminate door below with Formica become brand new door.

this is a very complicated task which recommended by my carpentry, because fire proof  door are very expensive and we afraid if we change to normal door we need to put back when we want to sell the house, further more, where can i keep this dirty door, so we decide to completely make over this ugly door by laminate.  

 

 

Something that we want to share base on out experience, for the door lamination, must choose the horizon line instead of vertical line, because for horizon line the join line are unlikely to see, but horizon line you may easy to see the join line.  

 

Lighting and Fan

	items	Price (SGD)	Remark
	Living Area (5 bulb)	86	buy online come with light bulb
	Dining Area (3Bulb)	47	buy online come with light bulb
	Light bulb Philip 5W LED	60	2pcs @ 15
	Fan (Tampoin lighting)	78	RM 168 + RM 30=RM 198, ELMA with remove control

I brought all the lighting from internet, all the lighting come with LED light bulb that made in China, but the quality really bad hence I remove all and change all to Philip 5 W LED .

We did a lot of research for Fan, and we check almost  all shop at Balestier Road, and we decide purchase Fan from Malaysia and change the hanger to Singapore design.  ( Singapore design is shorter, you can cut to shorter, but I decide change whole set and pay RM 30 more).

Lighting installation ligh SGD 15, Fan : 40
whole house I pay SGD 100 to install 4 light + 1 fan


Hello Kitty @ SGD 12.90 x 5pcs = SGD 65

Curtin : SGD 200

30K to Build a sweet home - Renovation common toilet ( Episode 2b )

I want a easy maintain common toilet, and the toilet must be look bright and simple, for my point of view : simple mean easy to wash.  The tile design we choose exactly same with the show room we visit,  tile price 2.9/sqm (wall), 3.2/sqm (floor) shine smooth surface, it look clean and not east to have dirt.

This Toilet bowl and basin we brought from Balestier road at SGD 290, at the time we didn't chose much, we just get the promotion set.

 

Toilet bowl at whole pcs

 

 

bubbles type tap, the water not easy flow out @ SGD 60

 Mirror bought from Malaysia actually, this mirror we can just remove easily, so we just get the standard one RM 30/pc

 

 

Dolphin hanger, this is low quality standard steel, it just plated with standard steel only, as I used for 2 month still in shine condition. @ RM 30/pc  

 

 water tap I brought from Malaysia also (bridge brand), @ RM 48, but I found if you buy at Singapore will be cheap also.. I saw around SGD 12-30/set depend what quality you want.

 

The toilet paper cover same with master toilet just the colour difference only. we planning actually mould this colour in Master toilet and the gold colour at here, but the contractor mix out and we found this colour at common toilet look better and the gold colour very match with master toilet also.

sometime the professional ( contractor) they renovate too many house, they can have better visual and idea for the design I think.

 

30K to Build a sweet home - Renovation for toilet at Master bedroom (Episode 2a )

We spend a lot of time for 2 toilet accessory selection and design, we select from tile , water tap, solid surface , basin, toilet even the toilet bush.. all the accessory we choose our self and one by one look for the shop. we spend almost 1 month rush to JB , Balestier road , Jalan Besar and IMM , I am just don't understand toilet is only 10m2  is just a small area), why we spend so much money and time at toilet?

eventually I just want to do a simple design for my 2 toilet, at the end we choose good design and quality product, sign.. we need to re-allocate budget again.

I brought all the water tap from Malaysia, but is  a Singapore company, I am looking for good design with special finishing on the other hand  the price was high. 

 

I brought the toilet bowl & get the basin for free, whole set SGD 340 + 40

Brand iXiSS GERMANY at Wasserbath at Balestier road . Build in mirror cost about SGD 120, I think big mirror is good to use, I love it so much. The top cost about SGD 500 (base) + SGD 350 ( Solid surface)

 

the water heather we brought at Best Denki Sona SGD 150 (5% discount ), at the time we just consider the design, if I choose again I will consider performance also. the hot water not so hot actually.

I walk until my shoes spoil only get this water tap, for all the water tap, I pay in Malaysia and get the good at Singapore. This water tap I pay to Idea home at Nusa Bestari, and get this at Singapore Kallang warehouse. when I going down to took my goods the warehouse only have silver colour, I only want special finishing, so I went to their Balestier showroom and get the special water tap.

I saw there is a big price difference I brought at Malaysia RM 400 and I saw the Show room SGD 295, I think even after discount is more expensive than Malaysia. and the water come out is special - water fall design, when I wash my face, the water will do come out so much.

fixture wall at Toilet, we like this special tile, and we pay extra for this special fixture wall at toilet

This toilet holder look nice and good to used, you just need to put the toilet paper in will do, I brought this at RM 50 for 2 (another for common toilet) this colour match my toilet so much , and the water tap beside are RM 48

This water 2 way tap, I brought at RM 100, other design cheaper, but I like this

RM 100 for this, I brought almost all the Bridge accessory, the sales person said better than other brand and not so easy rusty, but this I am not sure yet.

This I brought RM 100,

This is normal bi-fold door, SGD 180, I also so lazy to choose already just simply choose. I think quite ok also.  

30K to Build a Sweet Home - (Episo 1 Kitchen)

We only budget 30K to do renovation for whole house, on the other hand we only have 30K to play around, because of budget constraints we cannot affordable to appoint designer so we do our own design and all the coordinate work, but of course we must get the idea from expect. ( designer house)

We bring our floor plan to Expo . (should have home fair Expo every week) 20-40 designer company will participated, we choose 10 to visit get some brochure from designer house and get some idea from them. I have selected some design which I think is like it and told another designer to seek their opinion.

below picture is Kitchen before renovation, this is 16 years old HDB and the design was outdated, we want to change it to modem simple design.

If you refer floor plan above you will clearly see there is square area for refrigerator, that mean we only can buy the small refrigerator and we don't really like this design and we box up the area with tall unit and shorter bottom of the L shape kitchen cabinet in order can move out the refrigerator.  top cabinet we only build row without L shape, it look more tidy with this way. after we confirm our design we draw a simple 3 D drawing to let the carpentry know our design . finally you may look more quotation, actually I get the quotation from 3 company for comparison, best quote come with three so I requested 3 quotation for 3 difference carpenter one from Singapore ( internet) , one from Malaysia. another one, I only get 2 quotation from Singapore contractor, and 3 quotation from interior design. because need permit for HDB renovation , and must select HDB approval contractor when u received all quotation you might found difficult to compare the price so, we divert with difference potion and compare price one by one, you may found they is no best quote and some will have makeup higher at kitchen and some will be toilet , please also check the review from internet at least you get some idea from there.

 

 

 

 

once the design confirm need to proceed with next step, select the laminate, we view almost all formica and formica material sample book that able to find at Singapore ( 10 over around), finally we choose this .    

 

you also need to decide where you want to put your plug and  all the electricity have put in loose this will help the carpenter easy to conceal the wire into/behind the kitchen cabinet.

 

We need to purchase the Basin/water tap/Hood & Hob yourself and the basin/hood and hob must deliver to carpenter factory, to ensure the size are correct . the carpenter need all the information to proceed else they can't start their work.

 

we brought water tap and basin from Malaysia, too bad after we brought we discover other shop which you can buy at Singapore and collect goods from Singapore warehouse, and the design was so nice, some good design tap you only can buy at Singapore, but this shop is a Singapore company, and the design are new but you get Malaysia price, hence I brought all my toilet tap and accessory from that shop.

 

Basin = RM 450 (1mm stand less steel) , water tap: RM 120 

 

further more, if you choose basin mould under solid surface you must buy thicker stand less steel, because you cannot change basin if the basin rusty. if you choose top mould you can change the basin but I feel the design not so nice.   

 

 

Basin with under mould

 

Basin assorary

 

80% completed -piping work yet ready

 

 

 we decide to buy ceramic cooker ( E.G.O. highlight technology) , at the same time SenZ have promotion for SZ-RC220 ( RM 2099 with whole set of standard steel cooking wave, I think is a good deal so I brought it, it you bargain with the shop there still able to give you extra RM 100 discount. too bad I didn't get it, I went to the next shop there only quoted RM 1999.

 

the second thing you must be caution is this using 15Kw, so the plug not standard, if you are old type of HDB then u must change the electricity, and please also do the 2 way switch, is convenience while doing cooking.

 

switch to control the electric cook ware,  2 way switch was good in this, inside have safety fuel, while you cooking u just need to open this, no need to open carbine to turn on the cooker. you can see the cooker are whole pieces of Scott Ceran, this is more easy to clean.

 

This is the box up unit, the previous owner used for refrigerator, we prefer the medium size of refrigerator hence I change the design.

 

 

 

 

 

below will be the actual cost use for kitchen:-

Kitchen renovation
	Items	Price base on SGD	Remark
1	water tap	48	RM 120
2	basin	180	RM 450
3	Refigirator	1099	buy from Best Denki, samsung latest design
4	Cooker	840	RM  2099
5	Tall unit	600	Formica laminate
6	Top kitchen cabinet	1000	Formica laminate
7	bottom with solid surface	2280	the solid surface with shinny power design , Formica laminate
	Total	6047

 

 forget to add on the glass SGD 300 so total will be SGD 6347