i almost couldn't believe it but am beginning to accept it...
we might be re-modelling once again.

this time, the floors. in the hope that we'll soundproof the apt.

i'm hoping for herringbone wood floors.

or herringbone tiles where the kitchen is concerned (*sob* i do like my faux-limestone flooring)

{those indigo tiles are so gorgeous, i feel like ripping my kitchen apart. good thing they are not available in singapore. tiles from Made a Mano}

renovation lesson number 2

I'm sure my husband would agree with me on this - as will my stress-tested bookcase - that i have too many design mags. in fact, i only used at most 5 magazines and only 20 pages of tear sheets as inspiration. of course, that 20 pages are culled from a mass of glossy tearsheets debris that was conscientiously examined and plowed through, amongst which, there's one particular gem of an article that i poignantly remember throughout my magpie-ish inspiration-gathering process: ten things i know for sure by michael graves in the now-defunct O at home.

This one, in particular, makes me obsess over lumens...

" Views are overrated; it's light that counts. I have an apartment in Miami's South Beach, and I get tired of looking at the ocean. Even that view gets old after a while. Sunlight streaming into a room—it never gets old. "