Tips Tuesday | Clothes Organiser

Never have I ever thought to use organisers for my t-shirts before as I always prefer to hang them with hangers but with my recent move to my parents' house, there isn't much space to setup clothes rack nor do I want ruin the aesthetic of my room with exposed clothing section.

Log | Dinner at Madam Kwan's, Imago KK Times Square

Log | IKEA GLADOM Tray Table in Black

It's been about 3 years since my parents built this house and I'm not going to lie, I've also been so busy with work to the point that I'm home about a month on average per year and that's always been the time around Raya. I can't guarantee it won't be the same this year but I've been home for about 2 weeks now as I've only been focusing on attending online courses so I've also trying to make some home improvements around the house like sorting the pantry, spring cleaning my wardrobes, donating unused furniture, etc. 

But in my room, I don't have anything other than those build-in wardrobes and a queen-sized bed so last night, after finishing my online course for the day, I went to Hayano in Suria Sabah shopping mall and got myself that bedside table from IKEA along with that lantern and vanilla scented tealights.

It's my sixth out of 12 days of attending online course but I'll be taking a 6-day break starting tomorrow before continuing the rest of the modules as a scheduled break but work has been piling at the office so I still need to get back to the city soon after Lunar New Year holidays.

Log | Fixing My Wall

I actually fixed the damaged area couple of months ago but I forgot to update here but this is somewhat important for me so I won't repeat my mistakes.

So for 7 years since I've started living in this apartment, I haven't done any home improvement or maintenance works because I have no skills whatsoever so one of things I've promised myself to do or start doing is to clean my apartment regularly, stock up my fridge with healthier food, less caffeine consumption and fix my mold infested walls.

After cleaning the surface dirt and dust, I removed the mold with mold removers that I got from Mr. DIY then left the wall to dry for several hours before starting applying or more like sealing the cracked areas with putty filler cream and then leave it to dry again.

So the above is after applying about 2 KGs of putty filler.

I've noticed the cracks formed after the areas dried out so I added some more fillers mixed with less water this time.

The above is after everything applied has dried out so I guess that's considered done unprettily but that's okay as I'm planning to repaint these walls before Raya anyway. What matters is the wall is fixed and as seen in the first photo above, the rough textures are not that noticeable so all is good, at least for now.

The thing to remember before doing this again next time is to adjust the water for the cement compound  accordingly or maybe just get the instant putty filler. Also, get bigger scraper for bigger surface areas and last but not least, to cover the underneath area properly with plastic because it's quite messy afterwards.

Log | IKEA Malm Chest of 2 Drawers

I've always been a fan of IKEA; especially their MALM line of products as they compliment my minimal aesthetic very well with their simple designs and colour options. 

It took me about 2 hours to build this unit myself; having only a set of Swiss knives from Total as I haven't got the chance to retrieve my tool box from my parents' house. Now, I'm considering to get another probably in black to match the aesthetic of my room at my parents' house. Let me update on that next time.