Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

[Thai Dhupp]

Office flooring

Finally squeezed some pictures out of K.Pot!


prep work...





hmmm...lighting not v good in this one but you get an idea...

[Thai Dhupp]

Meanwhile... work progresses with the Office bathroom.

[Thai Dhupp]

'This' got finished too....



no... I don't want to talk about it!

[Thai Dhupp]

LED light strips

We are thinking of fitting these to the inside of the ceiling step to provide a little lighting interest in the rooms.



To create an ambiance like this...





Anyone have experience of LED light strips, or is thinking of doing the same thing?

[Thai Dhupp]

'scuse the crappy pictures in that last post... they were lifted off the computer screen using my telephone

[Norton]

We have plenty of land and only require a 2 bed bungalow .

This may suit you.

https://teakdoor.com/construction-in-...-in-isaan.html

[Thai Dhupp]

This may suit you.

https://teakdoor.com/construction-in-...-in-isaan.html

Definitely a timeless classic!

Seriously though, that design would probably suit a lot of prospective builders on here, Norton..

[Dead Metal]

hey... you have the house to look forward to....

your right TD, look forwards, never look back !

[Norton]

Like your thinking on the comfy overstuffed furniture. Have same myself.

[Thai Dhupp]

Like your thinking on the comfy overstuffed furniture. Have same myself.

Lol... Norton... I am already falling asleep on overstuffed furniture here in Dubai so so its hard to break the habit!

What about the LED lighting though... any experience of that?

[mikenot]

LED light strips

We are thinking of fitting these to the inside of the ceiling step to provide a little lighting interest in the rooms.



To create an ambiance like this...





Anyone have experience of LED light strips, or is thinking of doing the same thing?

I have been looking into them for under kitchen cabinets, ceiling highlights, and in wardrobes. Also some with motion sensors that would go along the bed frame, for those midnight toilet trips. All still just research so far, no experience. And by the way, Philips and EVE make “smart” LED strip lights if you are interested in saying “Hey Google turn on the lights” instead of flicking a switch. The Philips “HUE” range of lighting is looking good .....”hey Google, turn on the outside lights” ......”ok Google, dim the lights to 50%”.
Yes, I am getting lazy in my old age.

[Norton]

What about the LED lighting though... any experience of that?

Not the strips but now all my lighting is LED. The dimable version as all rooms except kitchen have dimmers. Pricey but long lasting. All Phillips. They seem better than EVE.

[Thai Dhupp]

Not the strips but now all my lighting is LED. The dimable version as all rooms except kitchen have dimmers. Pricey but long lasting. All Phillips. They seem better than EVE.

I remember you telling about LED room lighting before - was it a retro fit or was it planned in and done from the day you moved in?

[Thai Dhupp]

I have been looking into them for under kitchen cabinets, ceiling highlights, and in wardrobes. Also some with motion sensors that would go along the bed frame, for those midnight toilet trips. All still just research so far, no experience. And by the way, Philips and EVE make “smart” LED strip lights if you are interested in saying “Hey Google turn on the lights” instead of flicking a switch. The Philips “HUE” range of lighting is looking good .....”hey Google, turn on the outside lights” ......”ok Google, dim the lights to 50%”.
Yes, I am getting lazy in my old age.

voice activation could be a usefl feraqture as could be a motion sensor under the bed for when you got up for the bathroom in the middle of the night.

I did not know you could get dimmable strips

[Norton]

I remember you telling about LED room lighting before - was it a retro fit or was it planned in and done from the day you moved in?

Retofit or specifically replacement of incandesant bulbs. Along with many other things LED not available locally when built house.

[Thai Dhupp]

'feraqture' ?!

WTF is that? 'feature' of course.

I have actually got voice activated control for the lights, other appliances and even the kitchen itself

I modified 'hey Google' to 'hey PJ! - turn the lights down', 'hey PJ! vacuum the living room rug'' and 'hey PJ - make us a cup of coffee!" - seems to work quite well most of the time

[Thai Dhupp]

OK...Main bedroom en-suite

We wanted something a bit different to all the other white-tiled bathrooms.

Here we have gone for a slate grey-green larger tile, with some gold tile detailing to break up the wall.

The window to this bathroom is relatively small, so we will relay on the lighting to provide the ambiance.

That was always the plan btw... this room in its basic form will look a bit dull but its what we will put into the room after its completed that will make it stand out.

Hence i was talking about that gold epoxy shelf...
large mirror over the sinks, splashes of colour from the gold tile, the glass sinks, the bathroom plants and of course the lighting itself should all pull it together.

That's the plan anyway...stick with it while it develops!


heres the boys making a start on the tiling



Sorry its again a bit out of focus - my stand by cameraman has not yet mastered the skill of pressing the button without pressing the whole camera...






There's the worktop that will carry 2 glass sinks and their taps



And that's the space where the bath will go

[Thai Dhupp]

Main en-suite 2


When the sun shines its quite bright in the room...



window light only



That's the bath end stop which will have shelving above



The gold tile reflects the light well. Note the holes cut now for the sink wastes



Of course it is not a monster bathroom - just big enough for 2 - she 'n' me!

[Thai Dhupp]

[QUOTE=Thai Dhupp;3867415]Main en-suite 2


When the sun shines its quite bright in the room...



window light only



That's the bath end stop which will have shelving above



The gold tile reflects the light well. Note the holes cut now for the sink wastes



That's a bucket BTW, not the toilet bowl being misused!

[Thai Dhupp]

I dont know what happened to this but somehow...I can no longer update / edit any posts..

Anyone can help me with that?

as you can see...in that last post i deleted the photos but forgot to delete the texts.. now its stuck there!!

thanks in advance for anyone can fix the issue.

[Thai Dhupp]

Main En-Suite 3


here we tried the bath in the space to make sure it fits....



close up of the tiles... there were many different patterns to choose from, we liked this one as it has some relief.

[Thai Dhupp]

Kitchen floor.

Finally finished the tiling












This before a clean-up

[Thai Dhupp]

Kitchen floor 2












I think...should like nice with some wooden kitchen units...

[Norton]

Thank Princess Joy for the superb job of supplying us with all the great pics.

[Thai Dhupp]

Thank Princess Joy for the superb job of supplying us with all the great pics.

hahaha Norton....was in fact hers mum's sisters husband...if i can translate her right.

They bought a half rai about 1km from us for growing stuff, not building.

he's OK actually but a bit hit or miss with fotografy

ps..did you see my pleading request for assistance in the earlier email?