The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 40 – Day 40

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Day 40 of our renovation @ Minton, and more finishing touches to various things in our home. We are appreciative of our designer who has been quite amendable to our requests for numerous little additional features and complements to our home.

For instance, take a look at the legs of the living room sofa we bought from Taylor B:

Dark brown legs!
Dark brown legs!

But our complementing 1.5 seater sofa from Ikea on the other hand looks like this:

Light brown legs!
Light brown legs!

Trust the wife again with her eagle-like eyes to immediately notice that the colors don’t match! So we asked our designer if his carpenter could help us lacquer these four legs to a dark brown shade – and he readily helped us out! Here’s what it looks like now:

It's not in men's nature to notice these things - really.
It’s not in men’s nature to notice these things – really.

And more pictures of small item work that was done today:

We were thrilled that our designer was able to fabricate wall-hung shelves similar to designs that Ling had found earlier. These won't be books though but little decorative items in the children's room.
We were thrilled that our designer was able to fabricate wall-hung shelves similar to designs that Ling had found earlier. These might not be books though but little decorative items hung on this shelf in the children’s room.
The enclosed shelving in the large cabinets in our +1/study room could use support beams to prevent the shelf planks from sagging - so we asked for them and our designer also obliged.
The enclosed shelving in the large cabinets in our +1/study room could use support beams to prevent the shelf planks from sagging – so we asked for them and our designer also obliged. We’ve also asked for similar support beams for the wall hung cabinets in the workroom too.
This was a very pleasant surprise. More often than not, custom-built bed frame mattress bases are just left as unlaminated white - but our designer used the same high quality laminates for the bedframe for the mattress base too. Not quite necessary since once the mattress is put on top it, you'd never see that base again - but we really appreciate the thoughtfulness.
This was a very pleasant surprise. More often than not, custom-built bed frame mattress bases are just left as unlaminated white – but our designer used the same high quality laminates he used for the bedframe for the mattress base too. Not quite necessary since once the mattress is put on top it, you’d never see that base again – but we really appreciate the thoughtfulness.
The dishwasher cabinet. Pretty simple design and to house the Bosch half-height dishwasher we just placed an order for over the weekend. The water inlet and drainage outlet were originally part of the kitchen layout, but we drew an additional power point on the side of the cabinet for the appliance.
The dishwasher cabinet. Pretty simple design and to house the Bosch half-height dishwasher we just placed an order for over the weekend. The water inlet and drainage outlet were originally part of the kitchen layout, but we drew an additional power point on the side of the cabinet for the appliance.
The quartz surface on top of the dishwasher cabinet. We noted a month ago that our designer suggested not choosing an exact match for this surface against the rest of the kitchen countertop, since there will be a height difference between this cabinet and the existing countertop.
The quartz surface on top of the dishwasher cabinet. We noted a month ago that our designer suggested not choosing an exact match for this surface against the rest of the kitchen countertop, since there will be a height difference between this cabinet and the existing countertop.

The last painting work should begin in the next few days, so another post to come soon.:)

2 thoughts on “The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 40 – Day 40”

  1. Sorry for typo error in my earlier post. Should be kitchen balcony and not ditches balcony..Just noticed it.. Lol. Can I request one more favor to send your curtain and blinds contact? Thanks a lot.

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