FOCUS – Bathroom

Not quite the finish product yet but we’re getting there. Bathrooms are slightly different here in J-land. And I know I kept describing this room as the bathroom. But in fact, it’s more like the powder room. The sink and washing machine are placed here. The actually room with the bathtub and shower is adjoining.

Anyway, I did all I can here without messing around with the plumbing. So we’ve ordered a new bathtub and some flooring for the shower. Both would be in ivory to compliment the sky blue looking tiles.

FOCUS - Kitchen

This is it! The new s’s kitchen.

We tried to get away from being too modern here coz it simply wouldn’t work. As well as having Lj around the house, it’ll be a bit of a hassle to tidy it up all the time and make the place look minimal. So the concept is fused with the pureness of nature with a twist of ingenuity. Kinda like Jiyugaoka meets country living. With hints of city life and culture, from our travels, and individuality are embraced with handmade crafts and other bits and bobs from J-land.

As a result, it’s really cosy, fresh and somewhat, cleansing. Plus s’s loves trying new ways of cooking from French frying to pressure-cooking. Lovely!

And they were all 'yellow'

We were concerned about the amount of light in the loo. As a result, after much deliberation, we decided on this. Bright and fun so that it livens up the littlest room. I believe we struck a balance here with the white windowsill and skirting.

Not bad…

I do surprise myself sometimes of what I can do. In fact, the paint is describe as 'milky white' but it's pretty pinky looking to me. As a result, the bathroom turned out to be pretty Frenchy, I think. s’s loves the colour so much that both doors that access the bathroom were painted milky white, too. Tiling, plastering and skirting were done by me. s’s helped out with the painting. That’s what she loves doing the most.

Beginner’s luck?

Or am I a natural DIY’er? A builder came to see our bathroom. As he entered our house, he noticed the passage and complimented how good the plastering was. s’s said who had done it, then he was stunned! He quoted, “Sometimes beginners are better than us.” When s’s told nemo the story that evening, he was over the moon. I think he’s still up there. Nice walls baby. Oh, yes!