House tour: Nice and affordable curtains

Curtains are part of home essentials that can be chose from ready-made ranges or custom made. The ready-made curtains normally sell cheaper than custom made. We visited a few curtains shop and made comparison on their price and material quality. We went to Jakel, MK Curtain, Nagoya and Tewah to request for a quotation. Jakel quoted us approximately RM680 for our 3-panel sliding door. The price for the whole house is approximately around RM2,500, same goes to MK Curtain. To be honest, the material for that price range is not worth the money. We can get the cheaper price for the same material at Nagoya or Tewah.

After looking around, we decided to order our curtains from Tewah at IOI Puchong branch. I called up Sri Kembangan branch earlier but they don't sell curtain rail. The branch in IOI Puchong is more like one stop curtain center that provides complete curtain accessories. After choosing the fabric that we want, the shop assistant provides us with a quote. The total price for the whole house except our masterbed is RM900 including railing and workmanship. Well, it's so worth it so we decided to proceed. Finally, the curtains are ready after 1 week and 3 days and it's reveal time hehe..

Here's our sliding door curtain but I think it still needs to be perfected. Maybe I'll put valance later on.

I really love this sheer at our kitchen doorway.

This is the curtain in our son's room, colorful and cheerful.

So if you live on a budget I would like to suggest Nagoya or Tewah. The price is 100% satisfaction assured!

*Toodles*

House tour: Our dining hall

House decorating is such an exciting experience yet therapeutic. I chose brown-beige concept for my house so I've been hunting for wooden furniture to complement the look. I and husband finally chose this wooden dining table from Perabot SML, Puchong. We also went to Ikea to purchase the wooden frame mirror to match with our dining table. The Quran frame on the wall is our wedding gift from one of hubby's friends. Check out our dining hall below:

The table looks so empty so I'm thinking to place a table runner to make the table looks merrier. I really like this table runner from Metrojaya MidValley (see pic below). Since the table surface is glossy type, the table runner protects the table from scratch. I'm gonna put a sheer curtain at the kitchen entrance but the curtain isn't ready yet. 

Well, there are still so many things needed to complete the look but being budget conscious people, we have to be prudent in our spending. Check out my next post soon! 

Home renovation

We got the keys to our new house in early 2014 but just finished with the renovation after so much delay lol. I am feeling overwhelmed with the idea of travelling from Seremban to KL to work (siapa suruh beli rumah jauh..sigh). I must gather my strength to wake up as early as 5am to get ready for work and travel 150km back and forth daily. After my son was born, we plan to settle down in Seremban because it is more comfortable there; no heavy traffic, no foreigners (currently, we are renting in Sunway).

In our search for the contractor, we managed to get a good, yet reasonable price. The contractor had done numerous renovation works in BSS so they're quite familiar with the area. We have checked on their previous work and the workmanship is quite good. We appoint the contractor to do plaster ceiling, grill, wiring, and installation of fan and lighting. For kitchen, we decided to build the table top first and cabinet comes later since we have exhausted our resources.

Moving on to other preparation, we bought the ceiling fans and lightings from Houses Lightings located in Puchong. I bet their price is among the cheapest in town. We visited a few electrical shops in Seremban to search for electrical appliances. We decided to purchase kitchen hood and hob from Thye Hin and air-conditioner from Hoong Bee. We got a good deal for air-conditioner from Hoong Bee. For Panasonic Econavi 1.5hp, the price is RM1,520 including installation, compare to RM1,650 in Thye Hin. Our next task is curtain hunting.

Here are some of the pictures of our renovated house..these pictures were taken before we clean the house so it's quite dusty.

I'm gonna share my completed house in my next post. *toodles*