Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
There was a news article not too long ago reporting of workmanship issues at The Canopy Executive Condominum, a newly completed apartment project here on our island. In that instance, the general issues faced by new apartment owners apparently were
The several news articles reporting of the worsening smog in Beijing this year had a side-effect; they reminded those of us in Singapore of the dreaded haze from last year, and that it was only going to be a matter
Most new condo projects on our island routinely try to design their blocks such that each unit’s living and bedroom areas are in the north-south orientation, and in so doing avoid the afternoon sun that can otherwise blast unrelentingly into
Catching up on another post of our children in the last fortnight. Another recent thing we’ve gradually realize of our new home is that the Tranquil World-facing bedrooms of our unit – which includes Hannah’s room – gets a seasonal
Aside from the carpentry work that we included into our workroom at our Minton home – which was a lot – the only other renovation item we put in was to draw two additional LAN points, one on either side
Many homeowners when putting together the furnishings for their new apartments will routinely check out Ikea. We’ve had pretty varied experiences with Ikea furniture at our Rivervale home. Basically ‘good’ for their baby changing table and baby chairs, ‘so-so’ for
It finally happened. We were at Isetan department store @ Nex just before the Labor Day public holiday when store patrons heard the following over the PA system: Paging for the parents of a 4 year old girl who got
Continuing from the last post. Be firm yet polite There’s a poster at the NTUC Fairprice supermarket check-out counters that remind us that even as store customers, we should try to be polite to the checkout cashiers and that they
Lessons learned during the approximately 7 months we spent in preliminary home renovation discussions to deciding who to go with to key collection and defect rectification and finally to the actual renovation project itself. Start planning early As these things
If we could turn back the clock… We would have got the fan manufacturer’s electricians to install fans. As with many homeowners and usually because it’s convenient, many renovation projects routinely engage the designer’s electrician, or a general electrician to
Now that our renovation has wrapped and we’ve finished a good part of our decorating the place, thought it’d be fun to post up pictures of the 3D renders our designer prepared during the planning phase, and the actual renovated
Of all the stuff in our Rivervale home that we discovered we had tons of unused of, it was cutlery. We’ve stuck with using cheapo Homeproud forks, spoons etc. for all the years we’ve been staying at our old home
Recent comments