We did some minor changes to our house!
Claris will be going to Primary 1 next year and we decided to change the kids' sleeping arrangements. They have been sharing a king-sized mattress over the past two years and our plan is to make them sleep separately so that Claris' earlier waking hours will not affect Clara.
1) Repainting the bedroom
This is hard work. It took us 1.5 days. Love the "Restful" colour. Spent about $125 on paint and tools.
2) Ordered two sets of Super Single bedframes and mattresses from Shing Hup.
Bed frame: $265 each
Mattress: $480 each
Mattress trade-in: $100
3) Bought a 5-feet sliding wardrobe from Shing Hup. Damage: $780
Also took the chance to sort out the girls' clothes and gave quite a lot away.
4) New sofa from Sea Horse. Damage: $622
This is the second replacement set and I like it very much cos....
a) It's not as puffy as the first set, so it's more comfortable.
b) It's not as glossy as the first set, and I like it this way.
c) The seats can recline all the way! When I bought it, I thought only the leg part can recline, haha!
5) Decluttered the house
a) Got rid of 4 IKEA toy baskets and 2 big IKEA plastic boxes in the LVR and transferred all the toys to two Toyogo 4-tier drawers. Also removed the black tray beside the TV console and replaced the spot with their book rack.
b) Shifted the white chest of drawers into the study and use it to store colouring materials, puzzles...etc.
c) Converted the girls' pink IKEA wardrobe to a book cabinet by removing the hanger bar and buying an additional shelf to slot in. Shifted it to the balcony.
6) Cleared out kitchen cabinet
Cleared out half the things in the kitchen cabinet and donated away things like used water bottles, snack boxes and containers. The shelves look so much neater now!
7) Big wardrobe for the kids
8) New dining table
Tried to redo the film on our Mondi black tempered glass dining table but it looked kinda ugly. It's our third time doing this. The last time we installed the film was a few years ago. Somehow the process didn't go smoothly this time. I really think its ugly! Our dining chairs need to be replaced anyway, so I took the chance to get a whole new set!
Old table:
Our dining area looked so empty after the table was taken away. I quite like the big space and emptiness!
Our new dining table makes our dining area look so much brighter now! It's smaller than the previous table, measuring 1.4m by 0.8m. The old one measured 1.6m by 0.9m.
9) Cleared out the things in the three drawers of the study table and compartmentalized the items.
10) Cleaned the grout lines on our homo tiles!
We spent two hours to clean all the homo tiles in the house! They include the LVR, dining area, kitchen and service balcony. See the before (top half of first pic) and after (bottom half)???? Love Daiso melamine sponges!
11) Repainted the gate
He repainted the gate on 18 Nov! This is the last of our home improvement project for this year, yay!!!
