Decal DIY

Spent a couple of dollars and hours to do this decal.

The vinyl sticker was bought from HomeFix. It is quite a big piece and I can use it for other future workz.

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... :(

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.

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.

Shower Screen and Kitchen Sliding Door

Kitchen Sliding Door is up. Initial idea is to have a casement door but due to the size of the dining table, we had to change to a sliding door instead. The ideal size of the dining table is to be 1.4m in length but we bought a 1.6m one, therefore if we have the casement type then we will hit the dining table.





View of the sliding door from the kitchen and living room.

The track of the sliding door. Thinking ways to beautify it....

The master bedroom shower screen is up too.

Little Hut

Big day!!! 1st step into our little hut. :)

It has been a busy day... taking measurement and looking around the hut ...planning for the renovation plans.


Took many photos of the raw little hut. ;)

View of the Living room from the Main door.

View of the Living room from the Windows

View of the Kitchen from the kitchen door

View of the Kitchen from the kitchen window

View of Bedroom 2 and Bedroom 3 from the doors

View of the Master Bedroom

Common toilet on the left and Master bedroom toilet on the right

Both the toilets are fully done up, came with the mirror, towel rack, toilet paper holder, basket for shower stuff and glass ledge. The toilets are built with pre-fab materials and u can hear hollow sound when u knock on the tiles. Colour of the Master bedroom toilet is really cmi le. Currently no budget for it, so we have to make with it for now. Same goes for the common toilet.