For those who have been wondering what our house looks like in Malaysia....this blog is for you! We live in an area of Kuala Lumpur called Subang Jaya......it is located in a section called Petaling Jaya. Our house is approximately 1500 sq feet. Our home is part of a stretch of homes that are attached on the sides to each other.....in a stretch of probably 15 homes attached. All the homes have gates at the road....cars are parked inside the gated area right up at the house. The house is probably around 30 years old as are most of the houses in our little neighborhood. Down the street to the right is a school.......to the left is an area of shoplets. Our neighborhood has Chinese, Indians, Malays and international students. Many of the houses are rented out to students who go to one of the many universities around us.
Ready for a tour of our house and the neighborhood?
Well, come on it!
(Actually what I am going to do is present before and after pictures)
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| Welcome to our home! |
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| The parking pad after we moved in. The shoe rack we found in a garbage pile on the road. The pink piece of furniture we got from next door. It will be painted and used as a buffet in our dining area |
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| Parking pad nice and clean before we moved in |
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| A view from the living area into the dining area. The door leads into the kitchen and to the left of the opening up the stairs to 2nd floor |
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| This is our dining area |
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| This is behind the couch area. The window looks out onto the parking pad |
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| Living area. We just painted the walls yellow. It feels so much more warm and inviting not having the stark white walls with the white furniture! |
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| View from the couch to the “media” area. We need a TV as you can see! I, also, need to accessorize. Wish I had some of my friends here who are very good at that!! |
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| View of the kitchen from the living area. This area is a step down from the cooking and sink area. |
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| Looks pretty lived in now, doesn’t it? I use the two toaster ovens more frequently than I use the gas oven because the oven make the kitchen so hot. There is not any air conditioning in the kitchen area. Notice the blue cement counter and the two different style of cabinets? |
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| View from the cabinet area into the cooking and sink area. No hot water at the sink |
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| Bought two bottom kitchen cabinets from local “walmart” putting them together so would have an island area in the cooking part of the kitchen. The only problem is that the two pieces had different colored tile on top! whatcha gonna do?!?! |
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| Our refrigerator is old and rusty but it does the trick. |
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| Laundry room area outside. Looking from the kitchen door to the back “yard” area. The blue tiled outside kitchen in photo below is to the left of the sink |
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| Looking at outside kitchen/laundry room area looking toward the kitchen door |
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| I am not really sure what to do with this area... maybe a potting area for plants...could fill it up with potted plants and a table for 2...however really no air ventilation so would be hot....could be a BBQ area but grills are too expensive for us to afford right now! Any suggestions???? |
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| View out from the laundry area into an outside patio area that houses a clothes line which I frequently use. There is a street that runs behind our house. |
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| Foyer area upstairs...needed a place to store towels and sheets. |
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| 1st bedroom....no difference but a color change. Don’t make a surprise visit because we have no furniture. Would love you to visit but need advance notice to get some furniture. |
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| 2nd bedroom....same as the first...color change... no furniture. |
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| Hall bathroom....only thing different is the color and the mirror |
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| Don’t you love the red toilet handle? |
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| Our bedroom. It is really quite large...however no rooms come with closets! |
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| Self explanatory! Do need to accessorize the walls though |
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| Sitting area in the bedroom. Quite nice to have. Don’t you love the sheet curtain look? |
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| My wardrobe space |
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| The rest of the bedroom. The small door leads to the bathroom |
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| Dennis’ wardrobe space. The door leads to the balcony. Love my new paint color. |
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| This before picture shows the sitting room area and the balcony area outside |
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| A woman has to have her own space. This is where I get “beautiful”. Marching curtains to the other window! |
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| Master bath....I know you all are jealous!! |
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| This is our shower area...and, yes, it is open right into the toilet area. To answer the question I know you all are asking?? Yes, the tissue generally gets wet from the shower water. |
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| Balcony area |
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| Another view of the balcony area |
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| View of the neighborhood through our “bars”. |
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| Another neighborhood view from behind our bars! |
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| OK you have seen the tour of our house...so the next blog will be a tour of our neighborhood! Hope to see you soon! |
