PicPrints - DOT

I love the ladybird design on the latest scent from Marc Jacobs :)

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Reno Diary - Curtain Installation & Arrival of Furnitures

Took down our curtains to wash today and I was reminded of the time when we first installed our curtains in the house! Time really flies, for we have been staying here for the past 1.5 years and it only felt like yesterday when we moved into our lil apartment :) Anyway, let's take another journey down memory lane, where we arranged for Anthony to drop by for curtain installation. Much thanks to Fling for the recommendation! 

Curtain Installation  

 

The various fabric that I've chosen for the living room & bedrooms. Dark colours for the bedrooms, for I wanna sleep in during weekends without any sunlight shinning in *lazy bum*

 

Barang barang that Anthony brought along.  

 

Anthony is certainly a fast worker and he handled everything himself *amazing* He even provided me with matching cushion covers in the living room *loves*

 

After he was done, he taught Leecher how to fold the curtains nicely to create the nice curve. Well, I think that was the only time our curtains were folded nicely, for after that, we couldn't be bothered with it. 

 Arrival of Sofa

One of the interesting process of house renovation is shopping for furniture. No doubt it took us quite a while to source out all the furniture that matches our theme, but I'm very pleased with the end results! When you see all the little pieces together, you can't help but feel a sense of accomplishment & reminded of the times when we walked down countless alleyways, got chased by dogs, shared a small umbrella under a heavy downpour etc. Every piece of furniture bought came with pieces of memories attached to it :) 

 

Meanwhile, our sofa has arrived! We sort of customized our sofa - to have the round curves at the side for a more country look.     

Ta-dah! Our cosy living room :) 

 Arrival of Bedroom Furnitures

We took a long time hunting down the country-themed furnitures, so imagine my joy when we finally found a place that caters to all our needs! Best of all, they offer customisation, so we did some changes to our bedside table (by combining 2 designs) and the chest of drawers. 

 

On hindsight, I should have placed order for another chest of drawers, for the current one is bursting with clothes! Or, maybe I should throw away Leecher's stuff, since he's pretty fond of throwing away my stuff, keke. 

 

 

Bought our first set of bedsheets from IKEA china, where they have lots of king-sized bedsheets available. I lugged back 2 sets, for SG only have queen sizes for those designs that I liked. 

 Storage Rack in Storeroom 

 

Did a 4-tier storage rack in the bomb shelter for us to organise our stuff. Packed those stuff into Toyogo boxes, so it's easier for us to retrieve the things when required :) 

 1st item in our cupboard :)

 

When we were packing our belongings to move over, I've pondered over what is the 1st thing I should put inside our walk-in wardrobe. Yes, I'm that bo liao sometimes, haha! Hence, the 1st thing that I placed inside our cupboard comes in a lil white box ..... which contained 

our wedding bands :) 

The perfect item to put in a house that we will be staying, one that we shared our laughter, tears and happiness :) 

PicPrints - 雨中送伞

The hubby is not the most romantic person in the world, but he is romantic in his own ways.It was pouring heavily one afternoon and the hubby decided to 雨中送伞 :) I felt warm inside even though it was freezing outside, heehee! 

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Reno Diary - Cleaning up the House

The place was cleaned before our designers handed the keys over, but we decided to clean up the house thoroughly for it was left vacant for almost 3 weeks before we can make time for the cleaning trip. Forced Roped in lil brother to help out as well. The guys took over the living & bedrooms while I was in charge of the kitchen.

  

Lil bro & Leecher busy vacuuming & sweeping the floor. First time I see my lil bro so hardworking, haha!  

 

Then, they went down on all fours to mop the floor, inspecting the tiles. 

My cleaning turf, in the kitchen.  Had to clean it thoroughly, if not Leecher will grumble, haha! 

PicPrints - Esplanade

Took this random shot while crossing the bridge. 

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Wild Honey (again)

Another visit to Wild Honey, this time with Sister Fling! Was torn b/w Delicious & Wild Honey and decided to go for the latter, for I wanted to try other stuff since the last visit. We headed for the outlet at Scotts Square instead, as we reckoned that it will be less crowded.

 

True enough, the place was empty when we walked in at 6.30pm without any reservation. We were greeted by the friendly manager of the outlet, who charmed us with his hospitality.

 

Outdoor seating available for people-watching.

 

Not forgetting bar stools :) 

@ Scott Sq, you get a nice menu delivered to your table, orders taken by the waiters. Quite unlike Mandarin Gallery's outlet, where you have to queue up at the counter to order your items.

Instead of sugar cubes, they have sugar bottles.

 Fling ordered English, which consisted of scrambled eggs, back bacon, sauteed mushrooms, dad's baked beans, breakfast potatoes, grilled vine ripened tomato and signature brioche. I went for Scandinavian - grilled salmon fillet on crisp potato rosti, chargrilled asparagus spears and homemade Hollandaise sauce. The best thing about eating with sisters - you can exchange items that you dont like with each other! Passed my tomato to Fling, in exchange for sauteed mushrooms :)

 Sisterly love! We talked so much and didn't realise that it was closing time when they presented us with the bill w/o us asking for it. 

Thankfully, we managed to order dessert - chocolate & raspberry tart to finish the night on a sweet note :)

Wild Honey

6 Scotts Square, 3rd Floor

Tel: 6636 1816

Reservations allowed at this branch