stairs & staircase - finale!

Renovation works officially ended. I was hoping we'd be moving back in before 2013 commenced. Nevertheless we were a little behind target and eventually started moving in 5th January 2013. It was a messy affair with the kids starting new schooling term, Tebby with fractured arm and wardrobe and kitchen cabinets were not 100% completed. Even now after 2 months, things are not 100% settled - curtains were only installed last weekend (salah jahit! can you believe it? It's Macy!) and we still haven't purchased sofa. But we have our own cozy corner already :D :D 2 tatami mats and an IKEA's Sultan mattress pad. Yup, a mattress pad in the living area. Sangat cozy baring-baring sambil tengok TV lepas makan lunch hi hi.

I'll just share few of my favorites.

Remember this staircase which I rambled about?

It's been walled up as planned. Based on an architect's suggestion, we made 3 slots for display and later my SIL suggested we have small lights installed - functional and aesthetically pleasing :D

*Paint - Jotun's Antique Olive. Tebby's pick.

Also installed - wooden edging. One contractor mintak RM850 for 3 slots tu. Laminate only. This uncle seen here doing his job, mintak RM650. Kayu some more! Kayu it is then! Same uncle also supply our doors.

Taaadaaaa!! Finally those crystal vases that we got wayyyy back almost 13 years ago (wedding presents) have their well deserved display slots :D

We also changed the bottom-most step. Originally the last step was covered with marble-slab. Lantai pun memang marble. Kalau tak biasa memang ada possibility tak perasan. My late FIL pernah mis-stepped there and terjatuh sampai berdarah kaki bcoz he thought dia dah sampai lantai when in fact he was actually stepping on anak tangga. 

If you look closely behind and beyond Adam, nampak tangga yang last tu dah tukar bahagian atasnya dengan parquet.