L & J
Address: 475B Yishun Street 44
Project name: Melody Spring
Melody Spring is tucked at a small corner near Yishun Dam. It is a quiet and peaceful area, realtively new neighborhood. I met homeowners at Ang Mo Kio hub for the first time. They are a young and nice couple looking to revamp their home to something comforting and warmth. Their largest concern is the feature HDB wall tiles in their bathroom. It feels “alienated”, whats they said.
Photography for a hobby
L&J worked very hard to build up their career, and all they need is a warmth and simple home to be at. They snap photos during their free time; It kinda resonates with me as I don’t really fancy luxurious stuff. I enjoy taking photos because it time capsules a certain moment. I encouraged them to display their photographs as the home will “take shape” to their personality. In my perspective, it is important that the home embodies a certain characteristic, otherwise it will just be another cookie cutter style.
Post-Masonry
After the tiling works were done, we layed over corrugated paper to protect the new tiles; this prevent dirt from reaching to the grout lines, or scratches on carpentry installation.
We built up the kitchen base too. The base helps to keep the water out from touching the carpentry cabinets. Water exposure on cabinets will cause the laminates to peel, especially for homeowners who mop the kitchen floor twice everyday.
Water gradient: Masonry works
so this happened. HDB floor tiles in the kitchen are exposed on both sides. This becomes a problem when we lay tiles for the rest of the home. As there is water slope done in the kitchen, the tiles are slightly tilted towards the service yard (blue arrow). We can level the tiles on one side, but the other will have the weird gap seen (yellow area)
I feel that no homeowner will accept that, as it will only feel like poor workmanship, however we are tied down on such situational constraints. Our tiler suggested to replace the exisiting tiles to the red dotted lines. Only then the weird gap cant be seen. The bottom image is the end result, pretty sleek yea!
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so this happened. HDB floor tiles in the kitchen are exposed on both sides. This becomes a problem when we lay tiles for the rest of the home. As there is water slope done in the kitchen, the tiles are slightly tilted towards the service yard (blue arrow). We can level the tiles on one side, but the other will have the weird gap seen (yellow area)
I feel that no homeowner will accept that, as it will only feel like poor workmanship, however we are tied down on such situational constraints. Our tiler suggested to replace the exisiting tiles to the red dotted lines. Only then the weird gap cant be seen. The bottom image is the end result, pretty sleek yea!
Moving forward, we installed the arch for the tv area. Homeowner is getting a new loose tv console, therefore the dimensions have to communicate well, if not it might not fit in nicely. The partition wall helps to form up the shape and also to hide the wires internally. Here’s how it looks on carpentry installation day. Cabinets comes in modular units and they are sent to your site to be assembled. That is the carpenter taking measures of the mechanisms, to make sure everything fits.
Once the cabinets are up, next will be the backsplash and tabletops. The backsplash will be aligned to the top cabinet, as shown by yellow dotted line. And as the tabletop requires to be extended out of the carpentry (so that no silicon lines can be seen), the tabletop skirting will be slightly jutted out. To match the design of the cabinets, we rounded the corner of the skirting so everything is consistent.