Danna and I went over the home during last weekend, and we are happy that the kitchen is almost done! What we are left is to install the hod and tralah! A kitchen!
Let start with the door shall we? Uncle BK (Our designer) initially propose a usual bi-fold door for the kitchen to help to cut our cost. But seriously...
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I think guests would have though that is a toilet. Even if I make it a glass door. The aluminum frame is still going to make it look like a toilet door. After round of discussing from no door to glass door to sliding door, we finally decide to continue using bi-fold door coz mushi will have to access the service yard most of the time. But in-lieu of aluminum frame, uncle BK use wooden frame (it is actually laminate, solid wood wld have cost a bomb) to match the carpentry of the house.
And I'm very please with how it turn out!
Just perfect! Plain perfect! Exactly how I want it to be! It cost more than a bi-fold door, but it super worth it! Since this will be one of the 1st thing we will see when stepping into the hse, why not make it pleasing to the eyes. :D
Next, we move on to the kitchen itself.
We had wanted our kitchen to match closely to the laminate of our living area. But this would mean DARK wood hue. Uncle BK is not very keen on it as dark hue will make the (already very small) kitchen even smaller, he is a fav of white. :p But I'm very keen to maintain a consistence look on the whole home, so we come to a compromise. Top cabinets will be white, while bottom will be dark wood. It turn out to be a perfect combo:
The white top cabinets make the kitchen much brighter. while the bottom dark tone merge well with our home. And also, I took Ronald's tip of having all drawers for the bottom cabinets, it make retrieving stuffs so much easier!
The oven, hood, and hob are from Eletrolux. It is a package special of $1,499! We bought it immediately when we saw the offer. ha!
The Granite kitchen sink is Carysil Salsa. Danna was actually keen on getting a round stainless steel sink coz it look so unique. Sadly we are unable to find a quality one that is 50cm in diameter. The only one we saw is at IKEA... and no where else sell such round sink more den 45cm. :( After some though, we decide to get a granite sink as I like the feeling of no "Ping ping pong pong" sound that we always get when washing in a stainless steel sink.
In short, I really love my new kitchen, small size, but a powerhouse! Can't wait to start my cooking & baking adventure!
