first day of renovation - plaster wall

*back dated entry*

since we dont intend to do anything major, we didnt engage a contractor/interior designer so we basically took over the contractor job..... initially i thought everything is going to be simple but it turned out much more troublesome than i imagined ..... moral of the story is, unless you really doing just painting or fixing up the lights (without shifting any light points or additional power point), those really simple things, it is still easier to engage a contractor/designer.... cause you will spend so much time just to liase with the different groups of people & have to try to fit into their schedule... but anyhow, today we FINALLY start the first day of renovation!!!!

since our place already came with flooring & aircon so that's 2 big things off the load.... for today we started by layering the floor with cardboard, of cause we engaged people to do that.... it is very IMPORTANT to cover your flooring cause DONT expect those workers to be careful.... they will just throw their equipment around & if you need to do drilling & painting, the debris/paint will dirty your floor... so always REMEMBER to COVER THE FLOOR!!!! the next thing we did was the plaster wall inside master bedroom.... the irritating about flats nowadays is that, they dont come with nice flat walls... there are always some concave area, you wont get 4 pieces of nice flat wall....

concave wall

  this is what i meant... those bloody concave area actually create alot of trouble especially when you have superstitious parents.... in fengshui term, it is best to have smooth, flat walls so any concave/convex area, you need to flatten them out.... this is especially so if there is an empty area behind your bed...... cause the wall is like your 靠山 , so you dont want to have "missing support".... so to solve this problem, mama suggest to fill up the gap with plaster board since it is the cheapest option other than building cabinets in that area....

plaster wall + "shelves"

tada!!! the final product..... for those pro, they will be able to finish one small area in a day... what they did is actually cover up the area with plaster board, at the same time put in some horizontal board to act as shelves.... rather than just filling up the whole area & you lose all the space, by incorporating the shelves, it will give you extra space to keep your things =)

painted plaster wall

sorry for the awkward angle.... but the idea is that after painting over the area & you wont be able to tell the difference... you will thought that is the original design for the wall =)

we also seal up the 2 holes for bomb shelter...... i know technically you not supposed to seal up the place but it will look neater without the protrusion..... you will need to keep the metal plates so that you can put it back when you need to sell the house in future...

patch work for bomb shelter

 once you seal up the hole then you will have a nice smooth wall.... i know some people will just cover that hole with a clock but that will restrict your clock choices..... so i think it's nicer to seal up the holes IF you are doing other plaster wall work =)