Glossy black kitchen cabinets:
Looks sleek and nice from the photos. but in actual fact, the workmanship was far from good. Dear has a major issue with the laminates as they look wavy and ripple-ish from far when light shines on them. Can also see 'dimples' here and there which i seriously think its due to their poor workmanship. Contractor keep trying to tell us that that's the original condition of the laminate. *liar* I can accept the slight wavy-ness to be the way the laminate is, but definately not the 'dimples'. Comparatively to that, my hood seem to be a small issue now.
Ledge for extra table space as well as to hide the washing machine underneath
Shoe cabinet. Also in gloss. Same wavy ripple-ish problem! *urgh*
MBR wardrobe sliding doors. Also in gloss! Same problem!! *faints* And the worst thing is they looked like some huge boring-looking partition board! Made me very unhappy! The big pieces of laminate here make the faults even more obvious compared to the shoe cabinet and kitchen cabinet doors.
I was so unhappy with it that i kept scrutinizing it. and see what i found:
A chip on the laminate! Confirmed bad workmanship! On top of that there were also dimples, scratches and stains on them. REJECT!!!!
These glossy laminates became the BIG major issue for us now, as we really can't stand the low-quality look of it. The dear even contemplate on changing the whole batch of them to a much better and expensive laminate so as to get rid of the ripples. As for me, i'm trying hard to think of ways to jazz up that dumb partition-board-lookalike wardrobe doors. The bedhead was disappointing too. the fabric we chose was too brown! i wanted something more greyish/black as tat's the color theme i want in my MBR. i don't like brown!!
Comparing color of bedhead to my grey wall.
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*sigh.....*
Okie... on to the more positive areas.
Lights up! Makes significant difference to the whole feel of the house!
Dining area. Havn't buy our drop-down light yet!
Living area. warm and cozy!
Wall colors looking good!
MBR L-box. Pretty!
So few positive things! Not enough to relieve us from the problems! =(
