He says: R-E-N-O-V-A-T-E!!

It seems the change in lifestyle with Diary and Design Wedding has made it harder to blog regularly (which I see from other wedding associated vendors as well). In addition, my new toy (Xbox 360) is really taking up my time [Xbox Live Gamertag is 'Kiongster', add me!]. But stay tuned as we try to upload the photos of the weddings we have done recently: the colorful wedding at Batam, the romantic musical wedding in Fullerton, the deja-vu wedding in OMSQ and the dreamy wedding in Burkill Hall.

But while we are preparing for other people’s wedding, we are meeting different contractors and IDs for our dream home as well. It is renovation time!! As we await our keys to come from HDB (what’s taking them so long!), we are sourcing the right vendor. I am surfing around at the various forums such as Renotalk and Punggol.org to see what others are doing and the various tips available out there. One thing’s for sure, there is much MORE renovation blogs than wedding blogs out there. Guess a lot of Singaporeans like to share on the ideas they have of their humble abode.

Again, Hellen is not your typical Singaporean gal (well, she’s Indonesian for a start) and her ideas are different. That’s what I loved about her: not conforming and having the ability to dream and make the dream come to pass. She’s like the Asian version of Martha Stewart…. And of course you can find her Interior Design Board here.

And if you are a tru-blu Singaporean who is looking for a  renovation blog that is informative and useful, here’s one I want to recommend: “All you need to know about Renovation“. They really provide quite a lot of useful info (especially in the Popular Posts section) for transforming your little HDB flat into a space you absolutely adore!

We promise the next post to be full of pics!

She says: House Project on the Roll

I am loving these days where I can plan and design weddings as well as my other design works, plus starting with another exciting project, our Home!

We will start blogging about our process in renovating our house. We haven’t gotten the key yet, but I am already in the mood for reno. Finding the right designer or contractor is hard and we are still deciding on both. However, I will not sit down and wait for the key to come. I did an inspiration board based on the style and color I like.

This is not our actual interior inspiration board yet. That is totally a new ball game! Interior board has so much details and textures, I’m sure I will have  a lot of fun designing room by room!

As you can see, it does looks like my wedding board, except for the additional yellow and brown. What can I say, I’m practically in love with black and white and stripes!

She says: House Talk

We have been so busy with Diary & Design that we almost have no time to blog again. I will try my best to blog again, but apparently I can only blog what’s in my heart right now, which is RENOVATION! A little info on our current living status, we are still waiting to get the key of our BTO (Build-To-Order) flat in Punggol. Along with hundreds of newlyweds, we have been impatiently waiting for the news of the completion date. However, I wouldn’t just sit still and wait. Being the design freak I am, I have been collating our inspiration board, browsing interior blog and doing the budgeting.

A lot of lovely interior & design blogs have been added to my google reader along with my ever-growing collection of wedding blogs. Some of the nice blogs I subscribed to is:

• Design Sponge {wide range of design information from city guide to before & after DIY section-very popular}

• Freshome {My favorite! Lots of Scandinavian design and small apartment design}

• Decor8 {Tons of inspiration and pretty pictures! I love love this blog, it warms my heart every time. The interviews are really inspiring and sets me dreaming again}

• Decorology {Decor & Interior mecca}

But what hooks me right now is the Houzz app in iPad. That is awesomeness to the peak! The review for this app is ravishing, the press gave two thumbs up and everybody is happily collecting ideas from this app.

Thanks to my sweet hubby, Winston, I can get inspiration everywhere anywhere (except when I’m driving).