test run my future home look

i like the shabby chic look, with lots of white. this will likely be how my future home with tyre be like. am doing a 'trial run' at our place which is to be rented out. hopefully, it makes it enticing enough for prospective tenants to want to move in fast :D

The living room. Made these matching pillow cases to 'soften' the look. Love the bay window which overlooks the pool - it would be good for reading a book and lazing the afternoon away .

The kitchen looks so inviting with the lightings and barang barang. Love it! :D

The electric box in the walk in wardrobe's quite an eyesore actually, so i made a cover for it - kinda blends in nicely with the white background.

And other things around the place which i like :D

cozy little corner

Last year, around this time, we finally got our little place, which we then rented out without 'playing' with it.

This year, since the tenancy's up, we decided to take back the place to do a little maintenance and cleaning up before finding nice new tenants for it.

For the past few days, it was scrubbing, cleaning, patching, washing, troubleshooting, decorating etc. Its backbreaking work, it's all worth it after seeing it all cleaned up and nice.

We finally had time last evening to sit at the tiny balcony to enjoy a cuppa tea with my fave singer Babara and peeking at people swim in the pool. Shiok! :D Hope the next tenant loves this place as much as we do.

Here's all my pretty things in the balcony. The white wall lamp was a lucky find. I actually saw 2 of it displayed in a showroom last weekend and asked one of the salesgirl if its for sale. The salesgirl said no immediately. I find it baffling cuz i did see a price tag hanging on it but i dint probe further since i was rushing for dinner. Anyway, after dinner, i returned to the same place and saw one of it MISSING. So, i asked another salesgirl if the other is for sale. She said yes!. GRRRR.. my guess is the previous one was too lazy - cuz she would need to unscrew, unwire the lamp before selling and was lazy to do it! Anyway, i got it in the end! :D here's it .. pretty in white :D

Will take more pics of our little place when I am there the next time - we just need to add a new sofa to it and its good to go! :D

its official! its ours!

the wait is over! its now official! we finally got our own little place on 26th april! :D had been wanting to blog about it for a long time but endured till it was officially ours before 'announcing' it. we just received the legal docs for transfer and our house keys! too bad we cant enter the place now cuz its rented out for the year.

it was like love @ first sight when we walked into the place and we knew that we sort of had to get it within 10 minutes or so. (it also helped that we saw a similar unit in the same development going for a much higher price). and so we made the offer on the spot and sealed the deal the following day :D

here's the pretty development. we felt that its like a resort with the palm trees swaying by the pool, if only there were more of such trees...

and here's the layout of the place ( i got it off the internet. its not exactly the same but its similar without the enclosed garden) . it looks pretty slanted on paper but it doesnt feel tat way.

the one and only bedroom, comes with a utility room turned into a walk-in wardrobe and attached toilet .

the master bedroom comes with a good-sized balcony - good for chilling out at night with beer/coffee :D

the dining area which is a tiny cosy area. love the dining set and had requested for the seller to give it to me :D intend to 'refurbish' it with a fresh coat of paint.
the living room, comes with a bay window

the kitchen leads into the yard area for doing laundry and a small toilet.

ooo..cant wait till next year to start renovating the place! :D