The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 26 – Day 15

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Interestingly, like the last week, things at our Minton renovation went by very quickly in the first half of the week only to go back into lull in the latter half. The first and base coat of paint were laid by the end of Wednesday, but no progress was observable thereafter. Not that we’re complaining, since the project is still on schedule. We did get more shopping for furnishing done though.

Pictures as always. The first couple are our progress as of Day 15 – two weeks after our renovation started.

Our Master Bedroom's Mole-color coat of paint. This is supposed to match our choice of laminate for the bedframe and bedhead.
Our Master Bedroom’s Mole-color coat of paint. This is supposed to match our choice of laminate for the bedframe and bedhead.
One of our rooms has been converted into a temporary storage room for lighting, fans, and other kitchen/bathroom accessories - all to be fitted this coming Monday. There are LED lights, T5 tubes, track lights, Crestar and Fanco fans, Ikea photo frames and simple shelves, and a door bell LOL.
One of our rooms has been converted into a temporary storage room for lighting, fans, and other kitchen/bathroom accessories – all to be fitted starting this coming Monday. There are LED lights, T5 tubes, track lights, Crestar and Fanco fans, Ikea photo frames and simple shelves, and a door bell LOL.
We did observe one new defect earlier this week, and our ever-helpful defect team CSO cheerfully added it into the very short list of outstanding things to fix. Workers came by in the afternoon to do just that - a quick 10 minute fix where a new door guide was installed into the floor (the guide stops the very heavy glass door from wobbling too much).
We did observe one new defect earlier this week, and our ever-helpful defect team CSO cheerfully added it into the very short list of outstanding things to fix. Workers came by in the afternoon to do just that – a quick 10 minute fix where a new door guide was installed into the floor (the guide stops the very heavy glass door from wobbling too much).

We returned to both Ikea and Comfort Design too this afternoon to find a few more furnishing items. Ling liked the Ribba range of photo frame shelves she saw at Ikea from previous visits, and planned for a couple of these to be installed into the foyer of our Living Hall. The picture here is a rough match against our the color of our wall at the Living Hall feature wall even. Ling couldn’t quite decide whether to go with black or white colored shelves though. I thought black looks better, and I fear that white will not be white for very long for Ikea-type shelves.

Ikea photo frames and simple shelves.
Ikea photo frames and simple shelves.

We decided on fabric and mesh-netting type of chairs too, and picked up three of them for our work room. These chairs are originally fitted with rollers. We were looking specifically for chairs that aren’t on rollers, so were delighted to learn that the store will swap rollers with normal rubber foot stops for additional costs. The below cost $140 with an additional $25 for the feet swap.

Workroom chairs X 3!
Workroom chairs X 3!

We still have a few more chairs left to buy. The outdoor ones for the balcony, and high-chairs for the dry kitchen.

2 thoughts on “The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 26 – Day 15”

  1. you getting plastic mats for those chairs too? Whether or not they are on rollers – still wise when chairs gets pushed around on wooden floors – unless yours is not wooden.

  2. Our current place uses Ikea Kolon floor mats for our roller chairs in our workroom, but we’ve got mixed feelings about these plastic mats. Basically, there’s a very sticky residue that grows between the mat and parquet flooring over time that’s very tough to remove. Probably coming out from moisture and dust that collect between the mat and the floor that never evaporates or gets cleaned up. We’re gonna try going without floor mats for a change and see how that goes this time round.

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