Ups and downs of Renovation

This is Yong and my first hands on project. I expected shouting matches and screaming tantrums, which of cos comes from me, amidst the uphill task of redoing our place via *gasp* contractor. With no ID to templatize the whole process, we are left with magazine tearouts, scribbles, emails, hand gesturing (the non crude kind) in desperate moments to communicate our design whims to our dearest Main Con Henry.

I got his contact from Renotalk which we got lots of reno tips and not to mention contacts. SuperSimon kindly shared his reno process and his wonderful kitchen caught my eyes and after the flurry of emails, phonecalls, meet up and wham, my reno started.

Let me start off with the before photos first:
My main entrance which leads straight to the dining area

 

View from dining to living area. The door beneath the aircon leads to my kitchen:

My 12 years old kitchen:

Door from kitchen that leads to Yard area and toilet. Check out the huge aircon compressor hanging above:

Living room walkway to the bedrooms:

Busy looking Masterbedroom toilet:

Teeny weeny Masterbedroom:

Even more teeny weeny 2nd bedroom:

Common toilet in its 90s tiles glory:

And here you go, the 12 years old estate ready for some much needed rejuvenation.