I am glad to say that the flat is every bit as good as I imagined it to be.
As an apartment, it is airy, bright and spacious! From an interior decoration perspective, both Steve and myself love how it turns out overall. It is a comfortable home and I love every inch of it. The little Roller seems to have settled in well immediately. The helpers are happy with their room. Even my mom said she likes the grey palette.
There are still bits and pieces that needs to be done, which is a nightmare if you are already living there. The flat has been filled with smell of glue & paint, dust was everywhere. It was grueling. They glossed up the concrete floor yesterday and the helper already stepped right on to it and left a foot print. Steve has been having pretty bad allergic reaction to all the fume and dust. It probably wasn't good for my pregnancy either.
Not all furniture have arrived. In Hong Kong rent is so high that most retailers don't stocked up well. When you order something they will have it made in China, which coinciding with CNY, takes 2 - 3 months or they have to ship it from abroad, which again takes forever. I tried to order to Charles Ghost stool. They said it will take upto May. It is crazy.
So considered these work-in-progress snap shots:
This is the living dinning area. Our sofa hasn't arrived yet. This is just a loaner from Tree which is also quite nice.
Have a slight miscalculation here. Originally I wanted to hang Allie Synder's 'let go' here and have a blue tone in the living room. The painting turns out to be smaller than expected and therefore fit better down the hallway. I hung my larger piece here which is very red, and Asian. Now this space even has a hint of communist feel to it. (So much for looking Scandinavian)
Lola's bedroom. Ikea delivered the bed but forgot the backbone for the matress. Then went MIA. So it is still not functionable. Also missing a few pieces of art work and decorative stuff that is being framed at the moment.
After a lot of back and forth, I am growing to like this bathroom. There are still a few mishaps that needed to be fixed such as the shower head for the bathrub needing to be hung higher.
My favorite and most perfect room so far - Study (except the wiring of course, not sure why it is a good idea to have the socket on the side wall rather than on the wall). Now they are dripping all over like
Love this Cole and Son wallpaper. It goes really well with this simple white sofa bed from ikea, except it would be even better if it isn't so big but of course they won't take it back now.
Kitchen. They gave us a black countertop rather than grey but they offer to cut the price in half so I forgive them. Maybe black is better for spillage. Will buy two clear ghost stool for this bar top here.
I didn't post the master bedroom because the bed wasn't made that morning I took these pictures and some of the furniture hasn't arrived yet.
