Home Renovation

Alhamdulillah Hubby and I have purchased a house in Jakarta. The house was actually hubby's grandma's house, but she wanted to sell it, so we purchased it for a pretty fair price..:). The house is located at Bintaro, but not in the sectors yet, the nearby area is called rempoa and also near by the public cemetery tanah kusir.

The house is a two story house with 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. But, since it's an old house, it needs lots and lots of renovation.. *checking bank account* Rrrr....

Anyways, I have lots of plans in my mind for this house. How's it gonna be, the layout, the interior design, etc.. The main things that I would like for my dream house are :

1. A foyer
2. A walk in closet in my bedroom, that'll b connected straight to the bathroom
3. A bathtub in my bathroom, with hot water
4. A kitchen set complete with a minibar, so i can bake cakes
5. Another kitchen for cooking daily meals (in Bahasa we usually call it dapur basah)
6. A praying room (musola)
7. A library/work room

In terms for the interior design, I'd like it to be a combination of modern minimalist and naturalist.. (haha, still can't prefer which one i like more).

So, due to the budget, we started to renovate one bathroom first, which is the bathroom downstairs. Since the old bathroom has small space, I wanted to keep it simple, so I chose black and white tiles for the theme.

I wanted a black and white theme like this

The details I wanted were this :

1. All the walls were cover with tiles, from the floor to the ceilings.
2. 3 walls were covered by white tiles, and 1 wall covered by mosaic tiles (black, grey and white combination)
3. I wanted the floor to be covered by black or gray tiles, made of natural rocks, and the shower floor to be made by natural pebbles.
4. White toilet and white sink.
5. A towel hanger made by stainless steel
6. A huge mirror to make the room seem larger

The little pebbles in the shower were like this

Mosaic Tiles

Since I still live in Prabumulih, we asked a favor to my father in law to supervise the renovation. I wish I could be there and buy and choose the tiles and other stuff myself, but i guess i have to try to believe in others..hohoho.. Hopefully the result is as I expected, or even nicer.. Aamiin.. I'll give you the pictures when the bathroom's done..

Next project : Kitchen set, walk-in closet, maid room

Budget : *overexceeded* aaarrrggghhh....