Now that the wedding planning is coming to a close…. I have my eyes set on my next diy project. Decorating our bedroom! 
Anyway, look what my *ahems* husband has done to our diy prop from yesterday’s shoot
On our dresser mirror
And our chalkboard on the bedside table
The bridal room is 90% ready. Fresh flowers will be sent tomorrow. Thank you, facelift
i’ve been busy over the weekend. we painted the room. goodbye pink!
it’s okay. no tears. cos we have new happy things to look forward to
setakat ni, cuma sempat paint the base colour aje. will continue next weekend.
next thursday: off to jb to collect the backdrop for the pelamin nikah.
and big thank you to the mr *muacks* thank you sooo much for helping with the painting. notice how very berpeluh he is. bekerja keras tu! huhu.
finally made the call to kelvin from may june interior last night. he’ll be popping by later this evening to discuss how we are able to get the tufted cushions done, and other customised turquoise cushion covers specially for the bridal room and pelamin nikah.
lets get this part done by this month and next month, mr and i can make a trip to sff plentong to collect the backdrop for the pelamin nikah. the backdrop will be recycled and turned into day curtains for our future home.
and a trip to arab st with my mum and aunt this weekend to buy materials for baju nikah and all.
Saw a picture in a wedding mag. Love the finishing touches that was done for the door’s handle. Think i shall attempt something like that for my cupboard di bilik pengantin.
Idea. Idea
I made this pink princess canopy in 2010. Simply cos i wanna have my own pink princess room for my own before i settle down. Now that i am, and my bedroom will be repainted sometime in oct/nov… i am giving away this simple DIY canopy to an ibu out there who wishes to decorate her lil princess’ room. For free.
Anyone interested?
despite 3 years in kl, there are only a few precious things that i miss much about the place. and top of the list has got to be the picture above.
yes, that’s the sunset view from my bedroom window of the condo unit that i rented for 3 years. masya allah punyalah gorgeous, dont you think?
so anyway, have met up with K from MJ the sofa interior company. K went over for a short stop at my place yesterday morning to see the chair and the large cushion that i plan to use for the nikah. Vair fast kan?
he said that he’s able to customise the cushions accordingly. phew.
hope to get pelamin nikah diy settled by october.
after doing some simple calculations, (i’m not the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to maths, by the way), i realised that it would be an utter waste of money to customise all the cushions. Must be prudent & stick to the budget. much thanks to the JL sale at the expo, i bought 9 off white cushion covers at a low price of $3.90 each. Cheap! will look out for the perfect shade of grey next. only turquoise ones will be customised cos the colour should be consistent throughout; deco makan nikah, pelamin nikah, bridal room, hantaran, as well as the ribbons.
instead of getting the curtains done, we’ll buy the dark grey curtains at ikea or somewhere. it’ll be cheaper that way. as long as the curtains tak look ‘oh goodness! what were you thinking??”, it’s pretty much something that everyone knows it’s there but nobody goes “oh wow! such exquisite curtains” – you get what i mean?
last night we started looking around for a nice shade of grey for our bedroom walls. we kinda like ash grey. not too pale a white, yet it will still bring out the colours in our room; the whites (the furniture and the flowers); the light cream/off whites (the duvet covers, carpet and some cushions); and the turquoise (the larger cushions, the pictures above the bed, the table runners and the chair).
grey, as youcan see (or rather, imagine) has an important role to play – the supporting actor/actress that is key in bringing all the colours look put together and in harmony :p
oh i’m such a nutcase *grins*
here’s the ash grey that we are considering. by nippon paint.
the so called timeline:
july: start with the sourcing and purchases for pelamin nikah & bridal room
august: start with bantal nikah for dulang hantaran (again)
september: buy the materials for baju nikah and bridesmaids, complete the diy bantal nikah, apply for romm
october: buy the flowers for the pelamin nikah, attend marriage prep course
november: paint the bedroom, get the baju nikah tailored, complete diy pelamin nikah
december: buy the duvet cover for the bridal room
january: in comes the new mattress and bed frame. complete bridal room project.
yeay. made an appointment with an upholstery company today. gotta leave office now and head off to the kilang.
i hope they quote a good price cos it’s really near my home/work. that will make life easy for me.
here it is. a simple sketch of how the room will look like. dont mind my ungodly handwriting *grins* have a pretty clear idea how it’ll be.
point to note. there will be no *yawn* canopy above the bed. i already have that in my very pink and girlish room presently. i made that canopy on my own, by the way (with a bit of help from my domestic helper) right after my sis got married, moved to her in-laws and i finally had the room to myself. hurhur.
time to call up the cushion makers to make my own customised set of turqoise/grey/cream/ off white cushions for both the bed and pelamin nikah.
will be buying off white/cream egyptian cotton sateen bed sheet set at the end of the year during the post christmas sale.
lets talk about room and furnishings today, shall we?
gotta start on quotations for my customised cushion covers etc for the nikah.
as we already know, the colours will be white/cream/soft grey/turquoise for nikah. so will the room.
except that the bed frame that we have chosen some months back is dark brown. that one will not be a prob. the large pillows and cushions will somehow cover that up (i hope)
our bridal room will not be typical bilik pengantin rambu-rambu bunga sana bunga sini segala. since we’ll be dolling up the room ourselves, style + functional will be our guiding principle. keeping things simple and in symmetry. fresh flowers at the side tables.
will do away with fancy shmancy stuff that will clutter up the room and end up doing nothing good but collect dust.
here are pictures to inspire. enjoys.
