it’s been a year since we collected our keys, so here’s a recap of our reno journey. the entire renovation was completed in 2 months — we were very involved throughout the whole process and visited our home at least once a week to make sure everything was going smoothly and to identify any areas th

sharing our favourite laundry softener from laundrin! we first tried the white tea scent and loved how good and comforting it smells. recently, we also got to try the new green tea scent, which smells super clean and refreshing — 🍃 top: bergamot, green tea, grapefruit, lemon 🍃 middle: rose, fig l

when we started renovating our 4 room BTO, we budgeted around $40–60k for our ID, but didn’t realise how much everything else would add up — from appliances to furniture, electrical works and aircon 🫠 decided to share our total renovation cost (not just ID cost), to hopefully help other new homeown

From the start, we already knew that lighting could make or break the look of our home, so we were prepared to allocate a larger portion of our renovation budget to it. What we didn’t anticipate was how many lights we would need, their placement, and the configuration of the switch gangs. After

we received so many DMs about our ID in our 3D rendering post, so we’ll be sharing more about our ID journey in this post. swipe to read more about the red flag IDs we encountered and what we like about our ID! 🏠 HOME RENOVATION FAIR —— as we’re first time home owners, we were quite clueless an

we've started our reno works and these are the 3D renders from our ID! there were a few rounds of revisions so swipe to find out more ☺️ we're also posting regular updates on instagram @chiating.home so follow along as we share our reno journey! —— LIVING ROOM 🛋️ the brief to our

These are some of the changes we made to our floor plan to maximise our living area and create ample storage: ✨ Concealed the household shelter for a more seamless look, with the added benefit of extra storage. ✨ Hacked away bedroom 3 to expand the dining and living space. This was our biggest

We spent the final part of our honeymoon in one of my favourite cities, Jeju! It was our 3rd time visiting Jeju in the last four years, but there were still so many new things to explore. —— GETTING AROUND 🚙 We rented a car (Hyundai Avante) from Lotte rent-a-car for ~SGD40 per day. It was qu

We spent the 2nd half of our honeymoon in Korea! I personally prefer Korean food over Japanese food, so I was really looking forward to this leg of the trip. —— ACCOMMODATION 🏡 We stayed in 2 hotels in Busan — L7 Haeundae (Haeundae Beach area) & Fairfield by Marriott (Songdo Beach area). I

For the second leg of our Japan trip, we explored Hiroshima & Fukuoa! 🚆GETTING AROUND We mostly travelled around via the subway by adding a suica card to our apple wallet and took ocassional Uber rides when we were lazy. We also bought the JR Sanyo-San'in Area Pass for intercity travel.

For our honeymoon, we spent 19 days during the Christmas & New Year break in Japan & Korea! Stick around as I share some recommendations on our accommodation (including cost per night in SGD), food finds, sightseeing, attractions and day trips! Disclaimer: I’ll only be sharing recommenda

We decided to have a morning church service followed by a banquet lunch (instead of dinner) due to a few reasons ✅ So that our guests won’t have to spend their entire Saturday just on our wedding — wedding dinners usually end at 10pm+ ✅ To make the day more seamless for our guests, we opted for a