With a strong sentimental value behind their stay in London, it’s only natural that Peishan and James decided to bring along the ambience to their home renovation. “I’m from Singapore and James is from the UK. We met in London and lived there together for a few years before moving here,” Peishan explained. Their place is a 20-year-old condominium in...
With a strong sentimental value behind their stay in London, it’s only natural that Peishan and James decided to bring along the ambience to their home renovation.
“The quoted work was closer to $60K,” Peishan revealed, “but went up to $67K as we needed to replace the original doors and do some soundproofing with double-glazed windows.”“We had been renters in London previously, so we weren’t able to decorate those homes to our tastes. When we bought this place, we decided we should hang all our artwork up and paint the walls in whatever colours we wanted – which we couldn’t do previously without worrying about losing our deposit.
The layout remained the same as the original floor plan, as they both agreed that they liked it the way it was. They even kept the window that peeps into the living room from the kitchen as they found it a cute feature – even though they had to replace the original wood frame. Peishan and James wanted forest green cabinets and patterned tiles. It was hard for them to find laminate that was dark enough, though. “But the ID pulled through in the end,” she said.For the master bedroom, they wanted it to be a calming space, but getting their preferred tones of coral and blush was challenging. They also have a built-in wardrobe as they wanted to maximise the storage space.
She said that what they needed most from the ID was advice on how to get their plans executed. This includes the sizes of furniture and fixtures that best fit the room and managing the contractors to ensure the renovation goes according to plan. They also explored Taobao but felt it was too risky as they couldn’t tell the quality or feel of furniture based on pictures only.
One challenge she recalled was doing repeat visits to the tile shop as they couldn’t decide on which tiles to go for. This was during the pandemic – when there were supply issues, so some options were not in stock.“At times it felt like the flat might turn into a carnival house with too many colours. We were initially hesitant to add wallpaper on top of everything, but I met with an architect friend who advised me to just let my creative freak flag fly, so decided to go with it.
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