This is a list of all our luxury home decor accessories, including links to where to buy them. We have previously written about our furniture, but many readers have been asking us for information on our home accessories too. Read more
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
DIY Magnetic Insect Screen – Keeping Those Nasty Insects Away From Your House!
It was a priority for us to get an insect screen to keep out any unwanted visitors. Searching online, we came across DIY Magnetic Insect Screen on Qoo10, a local company that sells affordable magnetic insect screens. 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
Store Rack – Awesome Storeroom Rack Installation Company in Singapore
After Raevian and I moved into our new house, we realised that we urgently needed to install storeroom racks so that we could properly store our tons of belongings. Luckily, we came across Store Rack, a local storeroom racks installation company. Read more
How to Apply for HDB Cement Screeding
In this short article, we will briefly outline the cement screeding application process for our HDB flat floor. Read more
Curtain Suite – Awesome Blinds and Curtains Store in Singapore
For our house curtains, we went with Curtain Suite, an established blinds and curtains store in Singapore. We decided to engage this company because it has many positive online reviews on its Facebook page. 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
Designing our Dream House in Singapore
After finally deciding on our ID, it was time to get down to designing our house! At this stage, we worked on the designs of our living room, kitchen, rooms, toilets, etc. Read more
Choosing the Interior Designer (ID) for our House Renovation
After inspecting our new house for defects, we began our tedious hunt for a suitable Interior Designer (ID) or contractor for our house renovation. Below, we outline our experience during this search process. 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
Taylor B Fine Design – Our Favourite Furniture Shop in Singapore
I walked through the doors of Taylor B Fine Design, for probably the third time in a month. This was because we were looking to buy furniture for our new house, and the wife simply adored the beautiful home furnishings here. Read more
10 Great Places to Buy Bathroom Fittings in Singapore
During our renovation, we visited numerous sanitary ware shops in Singapore to find the best bathroom fittings for our house. 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
Harvey Norman Millenia Walk – Amazing Superstore for Home Products!
During our renovation, we enjoyed visiting Harvey Norman Millenia Walk, which is a huge three-storey superstore that sells an amazing variety of home products such as kitchen appliances, electronics, home appliances, furniture and more. 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
Getting our Kohler Bathroom Fittings from KHK Asia
As we stepped into KHK Asia’s showroom, we were very impressed by the spacious and classy interior design. This was definitely a different experience from the many other sanitary ware shops we had visited. Read more
Solid Door Construction Pte. Ltd. (previously Home Door Enterprise) – Great Door Installation Company in Singapore
We engaged Solid Door Construction Pte. Ltd. (previously known as Home Door Enterprise) to install all the interiors doors for our new BTO house, and this is our complete review. Read more
Harvest Aire – Fantastic Aircon Installation Company in Singapore!
I’m sitting at my kitchen island typing this article now comfortably in the cool air, thanks to my 24K aircon unit installed by Harvest Aire. We had a great experience with this air-conditioning company, and this is our complete review. Read more
Summer Hardware Trading – Awesome Sanitary Ware Shop at Jalan Besar Singapore!
We visited many shops along Jalan Besar for our sanitary fittings, and it was definitely quite a tiring experience! Finally, we decided to make our purchase from Summer Hardware Trading. This is because we were very impressed by the great service and reasonable prices here. 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
Getting our Door and Cabinet Handles from Shanghai Tong Lee Hardware Pte Ltd
We recently went to Shanghai Tong Lee Hardware Pte Ltd at Textile Centre to buy our cabinet door/ drawer handles. This is our review of this old-school hardware shop in Singapore. Read more