Turning a flat to a condo!

Hi! it's been a while since my last post. I am moving out to a new (rented) house last month & I need to get the right mood & area where I can start blogging again.

Now, (since I am comfortable with my new working area & the mood is good ;) I would like to share something very interesting with you!. Before moving out, I actually redesigned my interior. I turned my flat to a 'condo'. How many of you ever dream of having a great interior as you're living in a very expensive house but in reality all that we can afford is always less than what we expect. Don't worry & be happy, ok!. 

In my last post, I proved that a 100 years old kampung house can be great if we put a nice & suitable interior in it. This time, here are some pictures of my ideas that I think successfully turned my flat to a 'condo'!

The living room - although the space is very small, I managed to arrange a nice 3+2 seater sofa and a coffee table in my living room.

Interior accessories such as books, artificial plants, cushions & other accessories to complement my interior design.

I choose solid wood furnitures for it to last for generations. This is view from the front door.

Keeping nice books is one of my hobby. Reading it is another story. =)

This is another view of my living room, facing to the kitchen.

My favorite artificial plant from Casa Impian & an antique Chinese covered food bowl.

Wall accessory - frame from Sarawak with scarf from Vietnam. The arrangement gave something interesting to look at.

Another wall accessory.

"Bagai pungguk rindukan bulan".

Red porcelain plate hanged on the wall.

Inspired by great interior design at my friend's house in Shanghai, I bought this stool at Fella Design.

Antique kettle from Indonesia on my console table.

Antique wooden water bucket from China.

1950's antique teak wood bag.

The dry kitchen. This solid rubber wood table is from IKEA.

Some of my accessories.

The table wares.

Old Chinese plate I bought at Pasar Karat, Ipoh.

Can you stand the heat?

That's all for now. I hope by sharing this, you will get good ideas.
Let's b creat +ve!

Ye Olde Smokehouse, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia.

Hujung bulan Januari lepas, saya & beberapa rakan melawat Cameron Highlands. Ini adalah kali ke 6 saya berkunjung ke sana. To my surprise, Cameron dah banyak berubah sejak kali terakhir saya ke sana pada 2006. Untuk mengelakkan bosan, saya dan rakan bercadang untuk melawat tempat-tempat yang belum pernah kami pergi dan tercetuslah idea untuk melawat Ye Olde Smokehouse.

Mengikut ringkasan yang dibaca di Time Tunnel, rumah ini dibuka pada Krismas 1937 oleh Mr Douglas Warin. Pelan asal pembinaan rumah agam dengan 6 bilik ini adalah untuk kemudahan orang British di Malaya yang inginkan suasana percutian / penginapan seperti di Eropah. Menurut catatan tersebut, mereka hanya balik ke Britain setiap lapan tahun.
Kesimpulannya, rumah ini diwujudkan untuk warga Britain di Malaya yang home-sick!

Seperti biasa, apabila bercuti, saya akan mencari ilham atau idea-idea unik dari tempat-tempat yang saya kunjungi. Di sini, saya ingin kongsi beberapa hiasan dalaman dan taman di Ye Olde Smokehouse ini.

Keep calm!

Lampu unik di laluan ke 'new wing'.

Susunan pokok yang menarik.

Pondok telefon merah - ikon kota London!

Susunan meja di restoran.

Hiasan di tingkap.

Pinggan & piring hiasan dinding.

Rumah burung melengkapkan gaya taman ala Inggeris.

Ruang untuk tetamu 1.

Ruang untuk tetamu 2.

Laluan ke ruang paling belakang.

Ruang untuk tetamu 3.

Nice setting.

Bilik berciri Inggeris lama.

Idea untuk hiasan dinding yang simple & menarik.

Pendiang.

Antara lampu antik yang terdapat di sini.

Sinki & cemin dengan susunan yang lain dari biasa.

Lampu antik. Lampu ini juga terdapat di teratak ayahbonda saya!

Ruang tamu utama.

Sudut menarik berhadapan ruang tamu utama.

Pandangan pertama yang dilihat dari arah restoran.

Ruang makan.

Jom minum teh!

Meja kecil di tengah-tengah restoran.

Lilin.

Kepada sesiapa yang berkunjung ke Cameron Highland, bolehlah melawat ke restoran & hotel ni. Memang nice visit!
=)

Published, Finally! (Yay!)

Hi! We meet again! Last Sunday, my gift ideas was being published in Berita Minggu. Thanks to miss Bennie!. For those who didn't have the opportunity to read it right from the 'actual' paper, here is the link to the 'virtual' version of it ;)

 http://www.bharian.com.my/bhar
ian/articles/Bungkusanhadiahkreatif_unik/Article/index

Smile! =)

Anne's Wedding Day.

Last June, my only younger sister, Anne was getting married with her beloved (now) husband, Syafiq. As usual, I appoint myself as the creative 'director' for this event (^^). Despite my very busy schedule at work, I did the preparation for her big day since March 2010.

For this big event, I did the design for both side's dowry (hantaran), bridal dais (pelamin) & decorations for main table & the couple's bedroom.

The marriage vow ceremony (akad nikah) was held on the night before the big day. Every of us wore a nice white baju kurung / baju melayu.

 The wedding ceremony was held on 6th June. The theme colour was green & white. So, I blend these two colours in every of my creation. Same as the night before, all of us wore the same colour - green!.

 

This is the arch done by my friend, Saiful from Bridal Kayangan, JB.

We also did some other soft touch at the entrance

Let's go in the house!. I did the design for the bridal dais (pelamin) & Ina Gallery, Parit Sulong was helping me with the set up. As this ceremony was a very simple family occasion, the pelamin was being designed to be as simple as I could.

2 bouquet of fresh flowers was also being arranged at both left & right corner of the pelamin. I do not know where to get a very good fresh flower arrangement as what I need in Batu Pahat but after searching all over the town, this is the best I can get..

I found this nice photo frames at The Rooms & decided to arrange their pictures on the cabinet

The hand bouquet I did specially for Anne. White & pure..

and this is the couple's bedroom. The comforter is white embroidery cotton series from Akemi. This is also my design & done by Ina Gallery, Parit Sulong.

The dowry (hantaran) is very important in any Malay wedding. I took about 3 months to plan for the design & everything. So, after so much effort, this is what I did.


From him to her:

& from her to him:

The ceremony runs smoothly & I am actually quite happy with everything that I did for Anne.

May both of you live happily ever after!