The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 33 – Day 29

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Day 1 of carpentry installation. Exactly after four weeks since our renovation started, our carpentry items – cabinets, shelves, tables, bedframes, feature walls, side-tables plus an assortment of other items – are finally ready for installation. The week-long installation of these items started this morning, and given how important this phase of our renovation is – more than half of our renovation costs were in carpentry – both our designer and us were on site on the first day to supervise and observe the work done. The house is littered with wood pieces and laminate sheets ready for assembly. As it’s just the first day, it wasn’t easy to see where each piece was supposed to go to, but here’s what we can see at the moment.

These were placed in our yard balcony, and my guess, the four haversack/backpack pigeon holes we asked for as part of our shoe cabinet design.
These were placed in our yard balcony, and my guess, the four haversack/backpack pigeon holes we asked for as part of our shoe cabinet design.
Hannah and Peter's bedframe coming along very nicely! Ling really liked this, and it seems identical to the proposed design from a few months ago. I'd not noticed this from earlier, but the depth of the bedframe head has allowed for a cavity to built in for our children to place small toys and little accessories on the bedhead too.
Hannah and Peter’s bedframe coming along very nicely! Ling really liked this, and it seems identical to the proposed design from a few months ago. I’d not noticed this from earlier, but the depth of the bedframe head has allowed for a cavity to built in for our children to place small toys and little accessories on the bedhead too.
Our designer was able to fit another drawer into the stepped ledge as part of the children's bedframe design, so that was a very neat bonus too.
Our designer was able to fit another drawer into the stepped ledge as part of the children’s bedframe design, so that was a very neat bonus too.
The base of the King-sized bedframe in our Master Bedroom. I'd initially thought that the bedframe base would be a single piece, but it's apparently not, and it makes more sense, given the number of built-in storage drawers at its base.
The base of the King-sized bedframe in our Master Bedroom. I’d initially thought that the bedframe base would be a single piece, but it’s apparently not, and it makes more sense, given the number of built-in storage drawers at its base.
Several of the wood pieces had their laminate surfaces already glued in, like this one. Others not yet. My haphazard guess is that some of the wood pieces might had been too large for transportation and requiring onsite assembly - and thus necessitating the seamless laminate surfaces to be pasted only after assembly.
Several of the wood pieces had their laminate surfaces already glued in, like this one. Others not yet. My haphazard guess is that some of the wood pieces might had been too large for transportation and requiring onsite assembly – and thus necessitating the seamless laminate surfaces to be pasted only after assembly.
This is a close-up picture of the veneer laminate for our king-size bedframe. This solution as described in our earlier post was quite a bit more costly than the normal laminate surfaces, and Ling accompanied our designer to the factor in fact to select the laminate surface. We were very surprised to see how thick the laminate was indeed. The texture on the surface was also quite deep, providing for a an almost wood-like feel of the surface.
This is a close-up picture of the veneer laminate for our king-size bedframe. This solution as described in our earlier post was quite a bit more costly than the normal laminate surfaces, and Ling accompanied our designer to the factor in fact to select the laminate surface. We were very surprised to see how thick the laminate was indeed. The texture on the surface was also quite deep, providing for a an almost wood-like feel of the surface.
Our designer was very proud of his work on our Master Bedroom bedframe.:)
Our designer was very proud of his work on our Master Bedroom bedframe.:)
A huge role of laminate sheet still tied up in the living hall.
A huge role of laminate sheet still tied up in the living hall.

More pictures to show in the coming days as the woodwork gets installed.:)