The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 37 – Day 34

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Day 5 visit of carpentry work and Day 34 of our overall renovation project @ Minton. We were glad to see that several of the carpentry issues we identified in the last few days had been rectified or in the midst of it. On the other hand, we spotted two more – one of which was our oversight but thankfully just a very minor thing, but the other was something our designer had missed out on, but he recognized and immediately said he’d rectify it. This again perhaps underscores the point I observed in my last post; how important it is to be all hands on deck to observe and check as frequently as possible when carpentry installation begins.

Just a couple of pictures this time.

Rectified! Seems that our carpenter dismantled the wall-hung cabinet and shelf, swapped them around, the re-mounted them back.
Rectified! Seems that our carpenter dismantled the wall-hung cabinet and shelf, swapped them around, then re-mounted them back.
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The base of our master bedroom frame has been installed, alongside the four drawers (they’re still missing the laminate surfaces though).
New issue we discovered today. This is the TV feature wall in our Master Bedroom, and we needed 20cm depth for both our TV and mounting bracket. A small part of it is our fault too as we'd sent so many emails on measurements over the last 2 months that it's easy for someone to get confused. Still, our designer recognized it as his bad, and said he'd re-do the backing for us.
New issue we discovered today. This is the TV feature wall in our Master Bedroom, and we needed 20cm depth for both our TV and mounting bracket. A small part of it is our fault too as we’d sent so many emails on measurements over the last 2 months that it’s easy for someone to get confused. Still, our designer recognized it as his bad, and said he’d re-do the backing for us and give us sufficient depth to ensure the TV does not protrude out later.
Yep, it's big enough to put a 100" LED TV, but no I got no money for one! Hannah asked why was our Living Hall TV feature wall so large, and proceeded to make a face while posing for a picture.:)
Yep, it’s big enough to put a 100″ LED TV, but no I got no money for one! Hannah asked why was our Living Hall TV feature wall so large, and proceeded to make a face while posing for a picture.:)
This was from yesterday; that the two structural components in our shoe cabinet weren't elevated equally - we were thrilled to see that they are now.
This was from yesterday; that the two structural components in our shoe cabinet weren’t elevated equally – we were thrilled to see that they are now.
Our dishwasher cabinet in progress. The height for the dishwasher shelf is 46cm, just enough for our 45cm dishwasher itself. Wished we'd asked for just a bit more clearance, but that's our bad. The glass board you see there is for our dry kitchen - our writing board for all manner of stuff.:)
Our dishwasher cabinet in progress. The height for the dishwasher shelf is 46cm, just enough for our 45cm dishwasher itself. Wished we’d asked for just a bit more clearance, but that’s our bad. The glass board you see there is for our dry kitchen – our writing board for all manner of stuff.:)
Additional shelving in the kitchen for Ling, but she realized that she shouldn't have asked for this since she just recently bought a dish drainer she wanted installed there.
Additional shelving in the kitchen for Ling, but she realized that she shouldn’t have asked for this since she just recently bought a dish drainer she wanted installed there.

Looks quite on schedule. Another update to come tomorrow.:)