Notice this is 5 years too late but where did you get the bar stools.

Shop name is Home Treasure at Midvalley, not sure it's still around there but you can always check from this link.

http://www.hometreasures.com.my/product-ga.../rustic/page/4/

Special ordered due to specific height requirement.

Bro, several months had past, have you installed your Aluminium frame yet? If yes please let me know the contact, my new unit will be ready end of this year, another big Reno project will be taking place. Have to start doing homework again. This time round I may opt for Industrial concept, cement screed flooring, expose conduit pipes for wiring, pairing with rustic furnitures.

With 1457 sq ft of space, I must be thorough with this planning.

Hi bro. Due to cost, I decided to go with Reliance Aluminium door instead. Around RM7++ per door + labour for dismantling old door frame.

Before


After

Reno set me back at about 120K, furniture + electric appliance + bathroom fittings about 40 to 50K. First reno experience, threw all focus and money. Need plenty of time to recover.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 3:46 pm
TV size is 40", height from floor is 34". 

Whoa cheap reno bro with that luxury design.now that kind of reno can be 200k?

120K is cheap? ...With the GST thingy going on, reno these days will cost a lot more.

Your reno look like hotel reno bro. I found another reno thread here 200k is less luxury than ur 120k. Btw, where u got the lighting in living room?

Is that floor using tiles or vynil?

Thanks for your compliment. My lighting are just normal 2 x PLC 18W downlights(External ballast) bought from one of the shop in Jalan Ipoh forgotten the name, sorry.

Flooring using tiles, matt instead of glossy because they can hide dust and dirt really well. Purposely choose color that resembles cement to bring out the concept.

Hi bro just curious
What was your first task once u got ur hse key ? (assuming no extension / alteration )

beautiful Reno job... x

After spending some time browsing through this thread, I'm really impressed by some the work you guys put in. This reno work of mine was done 3 years back, hope you guys don't mind me sharing my little joy. Me and my wife purchased this place for its convenience as my office is only 5 mins away while she travel using monorail which is also 5 mins walk from our place.

After purchasing then we noticed the unit was infested with termites...damn! As we are inexperienced, we did not spot this problem while viewing the unit. Gonna learn with every steps we take, new lesson for newbie...sigh. Due to infestation, the entire house (Previous owner had a lot of wood work done) we have to stripped everything bare, including door frames, doors, tiles...almost everything except the existing bedrooms windows.

We came out with the design ourselves. Took quite a bit of effort and research to plan everything out. Below are our work.

Hi,
Mind telling me which contractor did your glass partition? i am thinking of making a partition for my dry and wet kitchen the hall 

Bring contractor for viewing, explained to them my requirement and design then wait for them to provide quotation. All design homework had been done 3-4 month prior to taking keys. Once you agreed to the price from a reliable contractor, next is to do shopping for tiles, bathroom fixtures etc.

Do not put lump sum deposit, just pay them by stages. I requested final amount to stay at 20% or else no deal. Some contractor will state final amount 5-10% but when you asked them to finished all final work before releasing payment, they never turn up, rather forfeit this amount if they deem the mess it not worth doing.

If the contractor is financially stable, they will agree to this request. I don't want to engage those that's facing money problem because it's risky.

Continue....gonna fast forward a little bit.


Windows up.


Took us awhile to find this type of window.