house – My Minimalist Lifestyle

Hey!! It’s been ages I didn’t updates 😃

Wollaa…what’s up, Everybody? It’s been ages I didn’t update my blog. Sorry guys, been really busy these days, weeks, months and about a year. haha!! 😃

Well Well Well, it’s just around the corner, we are about to enter year of 2024!! Hoho!! Time flies so fast…and now the world is ending…hurmmmm.

Well everyone, I’ve successfully managed to live a minimalist lifestyle for about at least 5 years, to be honest, I really love the lifestyle and bring a lot of positive vibes. especially when I stopped buying junk stuff, and selling my junk stuff. Keep my environment clean n tidy.

As for now, I have a new things to unlock, where I’m looking forward a place to settle down and built my own sustainability and zero waste house. Yes!!! U heard it correctly and clearly. I wanna built a family with sustainability and zero waste home. Then, I wanna have my own farm and a run a restaurant. But before hand, it required a loooooooOoooot of research, the risk and impact to each item I wanna unlock moving forward 2024 and onward. WeehoooOooo!!

Babe, to be honest..the minimalist lifestyle makes me having some extras, where I can proceed my future goal on the next level..which is..sustainability and zero waste. Hihihi!!!

So guys, stay tuned! Looking forward for sustainability and zero waste residential and restaurant for the new achievements. Insya Allah 🥰❤️🥰

Love, Sofia

A lil bit left….for the house…🥰🥰🥰

Hey hey heyy, hey everyone!! How are ya? Hope you are all good.

Just wanna share some idea on what I’d done to my 1st home. Just a lil bit touch up before its ready to view for the next tenant.

So basically, what only left is:

1. To receive another curtain as current curtain is actually shorts after the folding. LOL. So I bought another 2 blackout curtain for my living room.

2. To receive my TV, I bought a smart TV for the house.

3. To hang the kitchen curtain. I already have it, just that I forgot to bring plier and scissor for cutting and adjusting the wire.

4. To hang bathroom mirror and bathroom rack. I need to bring along the strong double sided tape, I guess I just use double sided tape for the rack. 😃

5. To dismantle and install the water heater. I already bought 2units, just need plumber to install. I already book plumber to do such things 😀

So, check these out the differences before I took over and after I took over the house 😃🥰😃

This was before, when im viewing the house before my tenant move out.

This was after I clean the house and make lil changes.

This will be the final, only the Smart TV left to put on the TV cabinet.

Check out the kitchen…

This was before when I viewing the house when my tenant still living in.

After my tenant move out and I clean up the kitchen.

This was after I do a total cleanup and buy some carpet for kitchen.

Now, let’s see the dining area…🥰

This was before the tenant move out, when the tenant still living in the house.

This was after the clean up,, I rearranged n buy some stuff for the dining area.

Let’s check out rooms, the house has 3rooms and 2bathrooms.

The master bedroom after clean up, painted furniture and bought mattress cover & curtains .

This was the middle room, where the tenant make it as store. A lot of clean up done for this room.

This was the current view. Perhaps it need some rearrange, but not sure yet. I just bought the mattress cover and curtain for this room.

This was the smallest room. Originally I made it as my wardrobe and clothes organization room. So, my tenant just continue it, kinda a lot of stuff.

So I do a clean up and bought curtain. nothing much I did for this room. Just a cleaning.

So, most of the thing I did was, a massive clean up, throwing unnecessary stuff and do a lot of painting. I did paint the furniture such as TV cabinet, coffee table, make up table, mirror frame, TV rack, the dryer outside as well 😃

Some other things I snap photo before I went back home last Saturday 😃🥰😃

The shoe rack, I don’t buy expensive shoe rack. I just re-paint the original brown wooden color with black and light grey color. I just buy the spray paint, make my life easier..LOL

Okay, I will snap the rest pending things and post in later…

see yaa!! To be continued..

Love, Sofia

A lil bit left….for the house…🥰🥰🥰

Hey hey heyy, hey everyone!! How are ya? Hope you are all doing good.

Just wanna share some ideas on what I’d completed to my 1st home. A lil bit touch up before ready to open for viewing.

So basically, what only left are:

1. To receive another curtain as current curtain is actually shorts after the folding. LOL. So I bought another 2 blackout curtain for my living room.

2. To receive my TV, I bought a smart TV for the house.

3. To hang the kitchen’s curtain. I already have it, just that I forgot to bring plier and scissor for cutting and adjusting the wire.

4. To hang bathroom mirror and bathroom rack. I need to bring along the strong double sided tape, I guess I just use double sided tape for the rack. 😃

5. To dismantle and install the water heater. I already bought 2units, just need plumber to install. I already book plumber to do such things 😀

So, check these out the differences before I took over and after I took over the house 😃🥰😃

When I’m viewing the house before my tenant move out.

This was after I cleaning up the house and make a lil changes.

Check out the kitchen…

This was before when I viewing the house and my tenant still living in.

This was the final after I do a total cleanup in n out the kitchen cabinet and buy some carpets for kitchen.

Now, let’s see the dining area…🥰

This was after the cleaning up,, I rearranged n buy some stuff for the dining area.

Let’s check out rooms, the house has 3rooms and 2bathrooms.

The master bedroom after cleaning up, painted furnitures and bought mattress cover & some matched curtains .

This was the middle room, where the tenant make it as a store room. A lot of clean up done for this room.

This was the smallest room. Originally I made it as my wardrobe room and clothes organization room. So, my tenant just continue it, kinda have a lot of stuff during my visit that day.

Some other things I snap photo before I went back home, last Saturday 😃🥰😃

Okay, I will snap some photos later, after the rest pending things complete.

see yaa!! To be continued..

Love, Sofia

House almost done 🥳

HelloOoo everyone!! How are you doing? Hope you are sound and well.

I’ve been busy these 2 weeks to reshuffle my home, as I want to rent it out again to the next tenant. Yezzaaa!!! I already have 2 agents wanna review the house, but I have not ready yet the house 😃😃😃

So, it’s only left to install the water heater, hang the living room curtain and waiting for my Smart TV. I got it cheap, as I’m using vouchers to buy it. Hahaha…awesome babe..I cant wait for my TV 🥰

I got this Smart TV for RM 433 including shipping. It’s the most reasonable price for Smart TV 32″ 😃

This is how it look alike. I got my carpet already, just forgot to take the photo 😀

I got this for RM 154.50 including shipping. The most reasonable price I can find with proper security 😃

Okay babe, till then will continue soon..

Ciao…

Love, Sofia

The Art of Balancing My Needs and My Wants. hahahaha 😈

Helloww you all!! How are u doing? Well, I’m busy counting and balancing my needs and my wants. Hahaha. You wanna know how? Let’s check it out..

Okay, I got some golds jewelry where I kept in the bank. So, from the total amout of the gold, bank will give me 80% cash. To be honest with you, if you don’t have any necessity, don’t put your gold jewelry in the bank, coz you need to pay some “upah” to keep the jewelry. The definition of “upah” is similar like interest, but very low in amount. Well, I don’t see any difference between upah and interest. 🤷‍♀️

So, it happens again, my credit card piled up reach to its limit. So now, I’m struggling to settle of any interest related to bank. For houses, can’t do anything about it as OPR has increased tremendously for past years. I was thinking to let go one of my house, but when I saw the view is spectacular, I think I will just rent it out first. 😃

I fell in love with the view of this house, so I bought it when im 27 years old. People are busy marrying at my age that time, but I’m busy buying property 😗

Okay, back to my story. So, I was thinking, for the next salary I’m gonna take all my jewelry in the banks, and I’m gonna buy my target bangle. The rest, I’m gonna sell it and pay off the debt. Coz, I need to spend some money for the house, to make over and rent it out again. As I told you from previous post, the tenant has move out from my house and went back to their hometown in Kedah.

Well, I think this is the best way, to reduce the bank’s interest, to get my aim bangle and as well to pay off some debts. To be honest, I think buying property is really troublesome 😂. I need to take out some money from my own pocket for repair and make over it. I next rental fee, I will need to keep some extra, so I won’t spend from my own pocket anymore.

I think that is all for now, to be continued

Love, Sofia

Home Sweet Home. Virtual decoration for my 2nd home…😘

HeLL-oOooooOoooo everybody!!! How R yoOoouuu?? HoOoopeee everyone sounds and safe. 😘

Okay, today topic…is…let’s virtually design the minimalist house, virtually!! Hahaha..yes. Virtually, coz it’s seems loOooong way to goOoooOooo for my 2nd home to be completed, target to be complete by 2nd half of 2025 🥺

Let’s check this out….all these furniture I search by using actual shopping platform that available in Malaysia 😃🥰❤

The entrance

Entrance should be, as simple as possible and have multiple functions on each items.

The key holder. I want a simple holder like this, where I can hang keys and have some little space to put things.

The shoe bench, where I can store my shoes, and socks under the seat. It has a seat on top, where I can sit and wear my socks and shoes.

The console table and room divider on the same furniture. Okay, my console table will be as simple as this, where I can put 1 bowl, or tray to keep my wallet from going outside. At same time, can be a divider between the entrance and living room. Giving lil privacy to the living room 🥰

The Living Room

I will keep it as simple as possible, as my house will be small…

A long sofa, either 3 or 4 seaters, and leather materials as its easy to wash n maintain, plus not easily to get smell 😃

A lazy chair, where I can relax, which kinda match with my main sofa…

The TV, speaker and cabinet. I will have a simple cabinet, but yet elegant which match with the dining storage later. Mounted TV and some simple speaker will be great.

A very simple carpet, I dont like too many design n colors which will make me vomit.

A simple wall decoration…hanging in middle of the living room..

And some simple side table, where there is a storage that I can keep my throws and blankets 🥰

The Dining Room

A very simple dining room too…😘

Okay, I dont need a very big dining room. A simple dining table of four like this, which gimme flexibility to seat on, either normal chair, or bench like this..

Okay, on the table, I would love to keep salt and pepper like this kind of shapes. Simple and elegant shapes.

Under the dining table set, I will have this bamboo carpet. I can’t step on cool floor, so I will love it to have some kind of carpet to feel cozy 🙂

Okay, I will have my coffee machine on top of this kind of storage table. I like it to be thin, and yet have some storage where I can keep my toaster, my blender or fruit juice machine. This storage will be located against the wall near to my dining table.

On top of the dining storage cabinet, I will have a big mirror like this, to give “some space” for the small apartment 😃

A lovely coffee machine 😍 I definitely will need this. I dont really like the normal powder coffee, I love the fresh grinded coffee. Coffee lover in the house ❤

The Kitchen

For kitchen, a simple kitchen cabinet, without handles. Handles can trap dust, so the handle-less cabinet will be a furrrpecct match for me.

Steel cutting board. I used to love wooden cutting board, but after I saw how mould it can be from my mom’s house, I don’t want it now 😂😅 This can function for flour kneading too..

A sink, where I can have multiple function. Can use to wash vegetables and fruits like this.

Induction stove, as I think Im a person who can easily set a fire at home. Haha. Plus, most of my pot will be a cute pot, which will get burn easily the bottom if i use normal stove with fire. Lol

Of course, a carpet every space in the house. I can’t have a sticky floor 😃

Okay, the bin. I will have covered bin something like this. Not too big, and not too small where I can throw it on a daily basis.

The bedroom

For bedroom, I will love to have some space on the wall where can act as my side table. I need to minimize the furniture and design it smartly, as my bedroom will be very small 😂

A smart wall which act as my side table, and as my bed’s header too. I will keep my clock alarm here 😃

My bed’s frame will be really simple like this, but not my mattress, pillow and duvet. Hahaha..those fabric need to be chosen very carefully, need to be very comfortable and nice to see 😃 I will have separate post for those fabrics. Lol

Okay, I don’t really like bed’s header, coz it doesn’t serve any kind of purpose. I just need, some space of the wall, to put my alarm and this kind of pillow as my bed’s header. 😃😃😃

Last, but not least…my wardrobe which has function as a big mirror as well. So, i don’t need any other space for my full body mirror.

Against the masterbedroom’s big window, I will have this bench where I can sit on top, and have some storage underneath 🥰

Okay, another an unusual things i would love to have in my room is, the fireplace simulation. It can be my sleeping light and perhaps I could find some item which has function as my humidifer as well. Its a good idea, but let’s see if this is also a humidifer or not. If yes, then its a great buy which serve 2 functions at once. 😃

The bathroom

Shower…shower…shower….i really love shower, compared to bath tub. Bath tub is good, but not all the time. Shower is on the go, and kinda like a rain for me. A big showet head is awesome, and of course with water heater. I like it to be black and matte, as the normal silver can easily rusted.

The shower floor, I will love to have wooden floor like this, so it won’t be that slippery.

Okay, that’s all for now…other things like mattress, pillow, throw, lamp nights, swicthes, curtain etc not cover in this post. I’m gonna have a separate topics on that 😃😀🙂

Till then…to be continued…

Love, Sofia

Hey, its October 2022 already 😃

Hey guys!! Whatsapp?? Whatsapp??? Been a long time I didn’t update my blog. How are you feeling? It’s October 2022 already, how time flies so fast…in 3months, we going to enter 2023 😀

I got nothing much to share, been busy for pass few weeks. Just want to share my dream home. I love loft and open concept design, with minimalist look. It will be just purrfect for me 🥰

So, here we go….

I always wanted a loft studio kind of house, which has minimal element. I don’t need too much space, which easier to create clutters and hardly to maintain. Its simple, no much drama for clean up. 😃😇