S & A
Address:
Telok Kurau
Project name: G Residence
When I met S & A, they knew exactly what they wanted for their home. The styling & concept were laid out clearly in details. The only part missing was the renovation’s process. They were cluesless if their visions were practical. Timeline was kind of tight as well, they were rushing to move in to save cost on rental.
specifically, this will be added in as a decorative for the shoot (homeowner’s mentions)
Greyscale
When I asked for a style, S & A talked about it so naturally as though they were already living in it. From materials to decor selections, the colors and structures tell of a greyscaled styling. Some may call it brutalism or monochromatic, but it didnt matter as i’m able to vibe with them.
Jack of all trades
When homeowner shared with me that his budget is at 30k, to be honest, I was quite worried. A resale maisonette condo with some major works done, definitely will reach to about 50 & above. Turned out homeowner is quite a handyman himself. He dismantled the floor skirtings and toilet bowls all by himeself. He fixed up his study table, did the paint job and replaced louvered bathroom doors from taobao. In other words, most of the renovation cost goes to carpentry for the kitchen and bathrooms.
Aftertouchworks
In fact, the homeowner has other plans ready. He was prepared to do microcement on his kitchen backsplash and bathrooms. We engaged a supplier, Aftertouchworks, they are experts in microcement techniques and processes. Initially, I was quite skeptical when homeowner arranged the meet up at a dilapidated industrial building. Nevertheless, we made our way to their hideout. We were welcomed with drinks and we sat down at the counter as though we were customers served by a bartender. Basyir is the chemist, instead of cocktails, he made color sample palettes. We are able to customise the look, to tune it slightly brighter/darker, add on certain accent colors, or create an effect (probably cloud or bristles). Meanwhile, Basyir takes note of the colors adjusted so that he’s able to track back and acheive the same exact look.
Before and after hacking of walls
Microcement backsplash & cloud effect
Additional works
The design strategy is straight forwardly keeping clean & practical. As we know that greyscale is the go-to color, our instructions are clearly to simply everything. Anything that has repetitive lines or odd looking rough textures, we will overlay it clean. Or any striking colors that disrupts the b&w look, we will switch them out. We microcemented the entire bathroom wall & floor to cover up the nasty looking tiles. The red nylon ropes lightbulbs are painted up black too. There are many areas that homeowner & I diy’d, inclusive of patching up wall holes and some of the paint jobs. We even dismantled the water closets and mixers.
oh shooooot..!
Check out the final outcome. There are much works going behind the scenes, all with the same objective till the end; to keep everything simple, neat and to control all colors.
GROUND LEVEL
GOING UPSTAIRS
