Little doggy

Few years ago, I bought some cute art post cards from Taiwan. Now finally I have sometime to try it out~

This is how the post card looks before I dissect it.

Some parts have been cut out to start this little cute project.

The body and legs done.. This is my first of the the many post cards so I din really cut it properly. Can see the jagged edges on the dog's legs. ;(

Finished product! It's sleeping in serenity! Lol. 

Chic bathroom toilet roll holder

Want to have an extra toilet roll but don't wanna look like grandma house?

Here's an idea that can save you lots of money and also look chic for your bathroom.

This container is cloth woven, and it holds a single toilet roll nicely. We found this brown container at Daiso for a mere $2. And we held it in place with 2 suction hooks, which works beautifully on mirror surfaces and tiled areas. Here is how it looks when I let it go. 

Adding an old brown bear make my washroom a cheerful place. :)

Now we don't have to look like grandma or Hello Kitty land washroom anymore with this chic extra toilet roll holder!

Good and inexpensive way to dress your bay windows!

Hi! Today I'm going to share another idea that can potentially save you $360!

Do you have bay windows that you have to put wooden planks on? When I was renovating our house, we wanted to lay it with wood. But the process would cost us $400 just to lay our 2 bay windows.
This is what it should look like when its done by those timber guys :-

But we were on a tight budget, thus we went to look for alternative ideas. Again, we went to Ikea, and by chance, we saw these beautiful treated planks of wood.

I think they were doors to some wardrobes or something. This definitely look like something which we can use on our bay windows. It costs $10 a piece.  So what we did was that we bought 4 pieces ($40sgd) and had our carpenter saw them into the correct length (the width was good) and lay them unto our bay windows. Each bay window used 2 pieces. And he had them glued up nicely and fitted to the area for us for free (we did some other carpentry work with him so he help us for free for this project).

The result:-

Amazing isn't it? It looks exactly like those that the timber people offer for $400sgd. But we did it with only $40sgd. That's savings of $360!

The only catch is that this wood is a bit thinner then the those offered outside. But if we are just going to sit on it, it really doesn't make a difference. At least not to me. Lol.

I hope this idea is useful to you as it is to me! :)

Cheap idea for basin cabinet!

Renovating and finding custom-fit basin cabinet expensive? Here's a cheap and useful idea for a basin cabinet that will function the same way as a custom fit basin cabinet at only 1/6 of the original cost!

A regular kitchen custom made basin cabinet costs around $400sgd at the cheapest. That's rate when I was renovating our house. And its the cheapest we can get from our contractor already.

Then we went to Ikea to do some shopping for furniture, and thought of an idea.

We bought this (Ikea, $59) and decided to put underneath our square basin. The sink pipe was too low for this bathroom storage, so we decided to take out 2 panels on the top. And we slide it in.

Here's how it looks with lots of storage space:

We did this for both basins. So this Ikea was $69, which saved us $331.

Note: I'm not sure if this storage is waterproof. So it will be better if you have a bathroom sink that doesn't often touch water with bathing. 

Alternatively, you can use even cheaper shelves like those I bought at JAPAN HOME for only $5.50. Its actually a 3-tier shoes shelving. And I painted a layer of waterproof varnish on it.

Here's how it looks like when its done up and put under the sink: -

This second idea saved me $395! The varnish I already have. So I don't have to pay for the varnish, which costs around $10 - $20 to buy.

I hope this idea can save you money too! :)

Revamp cheap Ikea drawers to cute one-of-a-kind drawers with under S$5!

Tired of your cheap looking Ikea drawers with translucent drawers covers?

Look below of how you can totally revamp them with just under S$5!

Here's the original Ikea drawers that I bought from Ikea's As-Is corner for only S$69.

Sometimes I have guests over, and even though I keep my things in my storage, it still looks messy, especially the undergarments that I kept at the bottom shelf because the drawers are made of translucent material. And its quite exasperating as it always look untidy and I don't want others to see my under garments that I have in my drawers!

So I thought of an idea to cover it up. I bought some kitchen sheets for a cheap price, and started to try and cover the drawers... and the results is.. they look fantastic!

These are the kitchen sheets that I bought from Japan Home for this project. I chose these pink sheets with polka dots because I feel will fit with my white drawers nicely.

Measure the drawers surface that needed to be covered, and taped the entire area with double side tape.

Cut the layer foam into the approximate size of the drawer area that you need to cover, leaving a little area for tucking the sides in (around 3mm). If the extra area is too big, its a little harder to tuck them in neatly.

I used a penknife to slowly tuck the sides in neatly. And was careful not to use too much force as this kitchen sheet is really thin and may cut it instead. Later on, I used my fingernails to tuck them in. Its so much easier.

Repeated for all 3 panels.

And volia!

Cost of materials: 

Kitchen sheet from Japan Home: S$1.90

Double side tape: S$2.30 for 8

Scissors: My own

Total costs: S$4.20

Time taken for this project:

1 hour

Now it looks great and I no longer have to let my guests see what kind of undergarments I have in the drawer! And its one of a kind drawer that you can never get it anywhere else.

This is a really simple yet rewarding project for me. Hope you all enjoy this as much as I do! :)