Proposed Garden Design

I have found a simple design, but yet elegant (perasan pulak) .....however due to my budget constraint....the idea hopefully can be implemented next year.....



A minimal maintenance garden design - guna power point je, mana ada software nak sketch ni



The inspiration

My garden

Side view

Skrg ni rumput liar dah tinggi dah.....

Garden design ideas

I'm currently looking for ideas for my backyard. Initially, I wanted to have a simple garden with phillippine grass, and few plants for easy maintenance, but then suddenly teringin nak ada water features, but definately a NO NO this time sebab kids are still small. It's either jadi tempat kanak-kanak ribena baling batu, or jadi tempat diorang berendam pulak...ini mmg huge safety issue. But just to list my preferances :

i. Simple garden, with phillipine grass, with plants at the corner of the garden

I like the simplicity, but not so much on the plants kat tepi2 pagar tu....

This is more the type of plant yg I like....looks so refreshing....

ii. Garden with water features. Nice and looks luxury, but dangerous with my small kids

Hoping to have this kinda water feature but not now...tunggu kids besar dulu

iii. Modern and tiled/decking backyard - Nice and looks very expansive!

Huh! Sungguh cun dan menawan!!

iv. Zen Garden - so far, looking into more ideas on this. The reason is that to avoid using too many grass, because heard that grass is not easy to maintain.... Currently doing my own sketching/proposal to my husband because he seem not to like the idea...but a usual, I'll come out with my proposal and will make him agree ... hehe...that's me!

To me, this garden is not too nice, but I like the overall idea, i.e. to have some areas with tiles,
batu, plants, and garden lights etc....

Any ideas, appreciate if you could let me know....

p/s All photos are courtesy from Mr. Google...

Plaster Ceiling (Post)

I have been missing for a while, due to :

1. Busy pindah ke rumah baru .... it was unplanned, but Alhamdulillah semua dah settle.

2. Agak malas utk mengambil gambar and upload.

3. Busy travelling here and there .... bukan pergi bercuti, tapi pergi bekerja....

But after several people requested me to update the blog to know about my minor renovation, my curtain, plaster ceiling etc, so here I am....and as a disclaimer, the photos shown here are for experience and knowledge sharing purposes only, jauh sekali utk menunjuk2 harta dunia yg tidak kekal ini ....

So let me show you my plaster ceiling first...tapi sorry la....gambar ada yg too bright...main snap jer...then bila transfer to computer, tgk colour2 nye sangat kuning menyala....so nak amik sekali lagi with the right setting, amat lah malas nyer....

So here you are!! All 3 ceilings are similiar pattern. I'm into modern and simple design, tak suka yg ada bunga2 type, or skirting. And one more thing that I like about this design is that I can hide the curtain railing. Ala, macam kat hotel2 tu. Dari kecik lagi bila masuk hotel, suka sangat tgk the way diorg hide the curtain railing, a.k.a tak payah beli railing yg mahal tu....sbb with this design, your railing is hidden :-) Another way to save you big bucks.

My basement @ Lower Ground Floor
Notice my tv cabinet? It is 2 ft wider :-)
With potted plant next to it, will be nicer dan berseri kot...

Ground Floor



Dining Room at Ground Floor


I'm happy with the workmanship for these 2 contractors, however I don't dare to recommend to you because it will cause great headache.....