Curtains

All the curtains are up. Day and night curtains for the living room.

Day and night curtain for the Master bedroom. We made mistake to do both day and night for the aircon ledge window. Should just do night curtain to save $$.

Night curtain for the 2 bedrooms.

Refrigerator

Our Fisher & Paykel Refrigerator which was delivered on 13 dec. Hmmm... feel that we over kill by buying such a big fridge. :P

Arrival of Furniture

A very tiring day.... 13 Dec was a day full of deliveries. All the furniture are scheduled to deliver today. The 1st was the bed which scheduled from 9am to 1pm. Follow by Refrigerator from 12pm to 3pm, sofa and coffee table from 1pm to 4pm, bed frame and dining table and side table from 2pm to 5pm.

Our Sofa, Coffee Table and Side Table.



Our display set Dining Table.



Our Bed Frame, Side Table and Bed.

In the end, not all deliveries was delivered on the scheduled timing. The 1st to arrive was bed, followed by sofa, bed frame, dining table, side table, refrigerator and lastly coffee table.

Kitchen Splashback

Finally, the last item is up. Our kitchen splashback is white in color. What's left are the touch up painting, varnishing the doors and filling up the gaps between the tiles.

Our Bellari gas hob finally came out of the plastic bag. Not the conventional hob, it is tornado which give more heat than conventional hob at the cost of more gas I believe.

Our Samsung washing machine delivered on Saturday although I had called to change the delivery to 13 Dec. Sad that the washing machine is higher than the cabinet. Luckily we bought a good looking one or else....

Mirror Mirror on the wall...

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all. The mirrors on top, bottom and side of the shoe cabinet are fixed up.

The tinted mirror at the dining area. Feng shui said it is good to reflect on the dining table as it doubles the food which signifies abundance.

Toilet Accessories

Got this 2 storage boxes at Ikea. Sebasten suggested to change the Master toilet one to stainless steel one which costs $10 more so that it will not be the toilet focus point. Although he does make sense, we did not change it because firstly, it is out of stock and it is prone to scratches (Ikea stuff so worry not really stainless steel).



The left is the Master Toilet and right is Common Toilet.

Spent the whole Saturday morning choosing the curtains. It burst our curtain budget but we are happy with the service, choices and material. Initially we chose Roman Blinds for the 2 bedrooms and didn't know that Roman Blinds are so expensive... The price difference between normal curtain and Roman Blinds is $200! So budget constraint we had curtains for the whole house. :P

After the light exchange, tap installation, we headed down to Ikea. We spent hours there thinking what to buy to hit the $300 spending to be Friends of Ikea! Of course, we had in mind to get the book shelf that is on offer and the step storage. Choosing the color of the book shelf wasn't easy as it had to match the oak step storage... In the end, we chose birch book shelf which is the closest to match the oak step storage. As we are still behind the $300 mark, we decide to get some small items to make it up. We got a pair of shelf, a storage box, a plant pot, hand towel, soap holder and a chair and the final figure is $301.35. We are Friends of Ikea. :P

Delivery of the book shelf and step storage wasn't as straight forward... Ikea will deliver it within 3 days and the earliest is Monday and for Queenstown is between 10am to 2pm. WTF! Now I am wondering whether Sebasten can help if not will need to take leave... :(

Sink tap

Our cold water tap, detergent dispenser and spray had been installed.

Bellari gave us a free dish tray that can fit into our single bowl sink.

Can anyone see the defect on the granite top?? ;)

Granite Worktop

Our Granite Worktop is done.

Although there is some minor defect, I am ok with it. The cut out at the sink is not straight. The left is out by 2mm when you are standing in front of it. Anyway, I worried the repair will damage my sink and accept the small defect.

View at the sliding door. Our Bellari Tornado hob is fitted too. Now wait for the CityGas to link up the hob and done!! Can use for cooking. ;)

Worktop at pantry area.

Dining and Master Bedroom Lights

Our Dining Lights revealed...

View from the Living room with the effect on the ceiling and surroundings. I wondering how it will be like with the tinted mirror up.

Our Master Bedroom Light...

The light had been repaired due to the defect. The manufacturer used the brown glue to glue the white fabric to the metal rim. The glue somehow got through and stained the white fabric. Amy from Chelsea went to the factory and found all the lights have the similar defect... I must said she is professional and went to the factory to find it out and told me that. She also personally took out the white fabric, cleaned it and glue it using the white glue. She also cover it with a layer of lace to make it better. Thumbs up for her!!

Not lighted on the left and all 4 bulbs lighted on the right.



Daylight on the left and warm white on the right.

Carpentry Overview

An overview of the carpentry....



The first step into the house, you are greeting by the feature wall and TV console.



On a left turn, the shoe cabinet and the kitchen cabinets...

Walking straight towards the windows and make a 180 degree turn, the shoe cabinet, feature wall and TV console.

Making a right turn and walk down the passageway and into the master bedroom, the wardrobe.

That's all folks!!! :D

Bidet set fixed at the toilet

The bidet sets are fixed up. This is the one in the master bedroom toilet. We didn't take the one in the common toilet.

Aircon Compressor Updated

Hee here is the missing aircon compressor from LG. It is done by Creation Air. Nice friendly chaps. Luckily the compressor is located away from the window if not, it will be noisy at night. We tested it and can really hear the howling sound in the toilet.

Shoe Cabinet

The Shoe Cabinet is in front of the kitchen door and next to the main door. Yes it is white in colour so that the living room will look bright. The top, bottom and side will be covered with mirror.

Kitchen Cabinets

The kitchen cabinets are up. Currently waiting for the granite worktop. Sebasten said that the worktop can only be measured after the cabinets are done. After the worktop is installed, the measurement of the glass splashback can then be done and install.

Our Bellari Hob is still in the box waiting for the worktop. The Bellari Hood and sink had been installed. Sebasten wondered why there is 3 holes on the sink and I told him the left is for the spray, center is for the tap and right is the detergent dispenser. He said that he didn't know that we bought the extra spray as he think it is not useful as our sink is small and water may drip below. Anyway I didn't explain that I need the spray to clean both the sink and washing machine. :P

The cabinet at the food preparation area aka pantry area.

The 2 tier dish rack is installed above the sink. It is not a big one due to the size of our sink but I guess it is enough of us. It is not like I am going to have 10 children ha ha ha.

The cultery tray is still in plastic bag. Not wanting to dirty it. :P
The drop door on the right is under the Hob. It is used to store all our pots and pans.

Dining Feature Wall

The feature wall in the dining area is almost done. Currently just waiting for the tinted mirror to be glued on and it is finished.

Bathroom Light

We got the Ikea bathroom lights for our toilets. One of the bulb blew when the electrician installed it. I had to brave the rain on Wednesday to get the extra bulbs from Ikea to replace. The G9 bulb cost a freaking $8.... While shopping, I got a door mat for $1.50, a orange chair for $4.95 and a 4 sockets 3m power extension.