Home Improvement Project #1!

I signed up for another sewing class with a different sewing studio, Make Workshop NYC!

After spending a couple of hours at The City Quilter, I finally found the right fabric!

 The Completed project!

 And yes, it's a pillow case!!!! (As usual, the little boy has to get in the action..)

It's a perfect fit for a 16 inch by 16 inch pillow!! Of course, I'm happy that he's enjoying it...as long as he doesn't tear it up. 

Now that I am able to sew my own pillow cases, I can't wait to go fabric shopping (and yesh, I still needa buy a sewing machine too) and get started on more home improvement projects!!!

My Herman Miller Obsession..

YES...I finally acted on my Herman Miller Obsession. 

Well, the original Eames Wire Chair that I 'die die' must have cost about USD400 each (even after Black Friday sales) and I just couldn't bring myself to purchase any. And of course, Mr Lim strongly objected to spending that kinda money on chairs. However, I wanted them so bad that I started checking out the reproductions (Which came up to about USD180 each!) and concluded that I would order them a couple of months before we head back for good. BUT!!! After window shopping on websites for a couple of weeks, I stumbled over two used eames wire chair on ebay! It was going for USD200 each. As it's pretty impossible to differentiate an original from a reproduction, I wasn't sure if I wanted to purchase them at that price. After tons of internal struggle, I decided to let it slip and the deal lapsed. (A little part of me died when that deal closed. Okay, yeah, I'm just kidding..)

Anyway, lucky for me, the seller reopened the deal and even reduced the price to USD150 each!! I couldn't resist and decided to purchase them, well, not without a little fight bargain. I submitted my offer of USD130 each. And guess what, the deal is sealed!

Well, it's a gamble. While the advertisement on ebay stated that there are original eames chairs, I was unable to verify. Despite that, the chairs are in excellent condition and even if we were 'cheated' and these chairs turned out to be reproductions, we still got them at a good price. Of course, in my mind, these chairs are definitely the originals! *Winks*

Woohoo~ Here's the beautiful eames chair!!!

Don't they just look excellent with the Parsons Mini Desk from West Elm!!

The look I'm going for and I'm 2/6 there! I've no idea how I'm going to find the other 4 chairs (maybe I can miraculously convince Mr Lim to pay full price for them..), but still, I'm so excited about it!!!

Hee, now that I'm quite sewing machine savvy, I'm gonng figure out how to sew cushions to complete that look!!!

Our new Apartment, NYC

We finally moved in to our new apartment in NYC on 16th February! It took us about 2 days of house viewing and after viewing almost 10 apartments! Needless to say, this was a love-on-first sight affair for the two of us. We just fell madly in love with the apartment at Silver Towers the moment we set foot in.

The view is just breathtaking (we are facing both the Hudson River & New Jersey and a little bit of Skyline of NYC) and it really makes my day each and every day. (This is soooo much better than our Senja house.) We compromised on the space but got exactly what I wanted in return - a pet-friendly environment, a great concierge service, a kitchen Island and a magnificent view. Love it love it love it.

So we got our keys (once again)! The keys are really cute. At all times, it will contain a neutral expression. Once you insert the key to the right door, it will give you a smiley face and you can open your door! (Such a cute way to welcome you home!)


More photos to come soooon! (Hee, we are still waiting for some furniture to come!!)

Introducing our fridge

Zim went for a housewarming recently and came back commenting that the contents of the fridge there looked pretty much like ours. Well, it just goes to show that this is a natural phenomenon for young couples who don't cook at home...

So here's a peek into how the 'natural phenomenon' looks like..

Booze = Corona & Hoegarden!
Wine = Red, white, dessert, champagne...
(Doesn't quite help that I am turning alcoholic..)
Yakult = Aids in KeY's digestion!
Drinks = For friends that pop by...
ANd yes, no fresh food at all.. or rather, all spoilt liaoz....

Well, that's our life!

Happy House Warming Gift...

Finally had our first official house warming! Zim and I finally decided to invite the basketballers to our sty after 2 months. (Guess it's about time we had our annual gathering anyway.) It was really nice to have all of them over! Best of all, we received one great Housewarming gift!

Yes! It's "Guitar Hero World Tour" for our PS3! Fantastic game, though I kinda pity my neighbours after we got hooked on this. =P

Superb game! (Though I don't know most of the songs. =P)
Guess it was so good that even the little pigs wanna try!
Seems like Ah Ping got a little bit too ambitious and decided to try out the drums. I must admit, drums are significantly harder! Definitely require more coordination! Hm, guess for now, Zim will be the drummer while I remain the guitarist. As for the pigs, maybe they can try singing... ^_^

Restoration... completed!

Yap, it's finally completed!

Feels good to be able to walk around barefooted and I sure hope the tiles stick.

*fingers crossed!*

First Entry from our Sty

Hee, just a quick one before Zim starts nagging. =P

Officially moved in to our new home on 19 Dec 2008! Hooray! (Yap, we are cohabiting right now. LOL) Anyway, so far so good. Still in the midst of unpacking, but seriously, it's quite tiring.

At least all our furniture and things are in and we are pretty well equipped with what we need to get by. And, we have our first group of guests!!! LOL, my dearest sistas were of course our most honorable guests, being the first 2 to grace our sty! (Ray ray ah, till next time ba?) Though it's still alittle dusty, it sure didn't stop us in our usual game of MJ! Stupid Zim cheated our $$ again! Hmph~

Hm, guess I better get back to washing dishes for now... =( Shall post some pictures soon!!!

Our very own Sty

Renovations had finally come to an end and it's officially time for us to start moving bits and pieces of items into our new sty! It's quite amazing how fast time flies. Just a while ago, I was still fretting that it was taking forever for HDB's appointments to arrive and when we got the keys, I was dragging about how long the whole renovation period would take. And now, here we are, almost ready to move in.

Honestly, it's scary how many things we need to buy (and how much we need to spend) for a brand new house. While we take these things we have at home for granted, we now have to cautiously think about what are the items we need and how much are we willing to spend on them.

I used to imagine that when the contractor hands over the flat, it will be in move in condition - all u have to do is get your furniture and just move in. Boy, was I wrong. There were TONS of things to be done!!!! It all begins with serious cleaning up! (Ultra killer and tiring, but thankfully most done by Zim! But I did do my part wor~ =P). Followed by shopping for furniture and household items! After buying the items, we had to make numerous trips to drop it off at our new sty as well as spend days just waiting for our furniture to arrive and for the contractor to touch up on certain items. Then, more time is needed to unpack the items, figure out how they work and where to store them. (My main responsibility is to fill up all warranty cards and to mail them out while Zim does the assembling work of course!) Scary isn't it...

But still, the feeling of having our own place is really good! Especially when most of the items here were chosen personally by both of us. Though we are still missing a bed and sofa (erm, due to some delays at the shop's end), the house feels almost complete and we are both really excited about moving in and starting a life together!

Our official move in date is set to be on 19 December 2008. (Well, superstitious or not, we (Read: Our MOTHERS) have choosen an auspicious date for us to move in..)

For now, it's still a little bit of a mess...
But, it's OUR very own sty nonetheless...