1st week in JS [a continuation fr previous post]

Alright, in the previous post, I've shared what I really like about the house and how much I really look forward to coming home every day. In this post, I shall share some of the things which we would do differently if we were to embark on the reno journey in the future again...

Here are some things I would have done differently. I wouldn't say they are my 'regrets' because these things which could have been done better were not that disappointing after all. Okay..here they go...

Things I would have done differently if given a choice...

1. I think I would still go for the same ID except that I would source for many fittings/furnishings on my own to cut costs. I believe all home owners are aware that ID tends to charge more $ when they bring u on a shopping spree to buy lightings, curtains, taps etc. We are no exception and our reno costs are high mainly due to this. So given a chance again I would try to cut costs by shopping for my own curtains, taps and perhaps some of my lightings now that I have the experience in gauging the type of lightings and number of lighting points I need in a house. :)

2. We might have hacked the service yard walls to extend the kitchen table top and cabinets but this leaves us rather limited space to hang clothes. Though managable, it was somehow umcomfortable to hang clothes given the small area.

3. Regarding lightings, though I love my downlights a lot, I still think that I could have gotten better pendant lighings for dining and rooms hehe..shouldn't have just bought all lightings from one shop...hmm..then again given my impatient nature, I might really just do such things again hehehehe

4. Master bedrm - actually I can't tell the difference between laminated flooring and timber flooring...wished I had gotten laminated flooring instead - cheaper and looks gd too. But this will never happen cos my hubby just prefers real wood for whatever primitive reasons.

5. If I had known I could remove some 'stopper' thingy in the shower head to increase water pressure, I would have removed it before installing the rainshower..my poor rainshower has very low water pressure...this rain is always a drizzle, never a heavy downpour. Good thing we still took out the stopper for the hand shower and this increases the pathetic water pressure by a tiny notch. Sigh HDB...what can I do??

6. Maybe it's my fickle nature...I kinda begin to wonder if my place will look better with other choice of laminates..in particular the colour...I start to self-doubt and wonder if there's too much brown and cream tones here and there in my entire house. Maybe it's time I buy a chair for my dresser that is of a different colour? Perhaps a change of bedsheet colours will help? Hope so. I seriously need to see a bit of green, orange, red or anything more exciting LOL. Hmmm...saw this in one school today...thought it may help to add colours to the 'BROWNIE' house of mine hehe...just showed it to Ken and he's definitely not fond of it...here it goes anyway...

Artificial Gerberas - don't they look sweet & inviting?

7. And finally, I kind of regretted choosing this block and unit. Firstly, it's rather far from the multi-storey carpark :( Given that both of us drive, I think it's really an oversight on my part to have chosen this block (okay, maybe I'm just lazy to walk that extra distance). Secondly, I really didn't know the wind direction and so our unit happens to be one that doesn't receive the 'wind' :( The only consolation is our unit is not facing the west sun directly. Yet again, our laundry takes a super long time to dry - yawnzzz....

Okay, that's all I could ramble about now. Hopefully the next time you read my post, I would have more nicer comments about my Haven haaaa...till the next post...