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A frog and a duck living in a 4rm resale flat
Our minimalist dining area with lots of hidden features!
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- Minimalist
- HDB (Resale)
- ~900 sqft
- 3 br
- Couple Living
So... this is our completely unspectacular and normal looking dining area - we got this dining set off Taobao and complemented it with a super slim hanging bar light (we actually have no idea what to call this kind of light LOL) to match the black line visuals in this part of our house. We have black framed glass panels at our entryway and our kitchen, so we opted for this light to continue that visual flow and create some sort of cohesiveness (again, our ID didn't approve this, it was just Duck practising what she learnt after years working at a creative agency LOL) We also added a new power socket (previous owner didn't have this!) on the wall behind our dining table which is great for steamboat dinners and when Frog has to WFH at the dining table :') The socket is basically hidden by the table and chairs so we got to save on the costs of concealing the socket too - it's protruding out in the most unaesthetic way now but nobody can really tell. 
Our dining table may look ordinary but it's actually... 1. made of sintered stone (aka our absolute favourite material HAHA) so this means it's pretty heat resistant and allows us to put hot pots and bowls on it without worrying about cracks or burns. It's also super easy to clean - we're proud to announce that we have maintained a 100% stain free dining table even after living here for a year. 2. extendable! The table is 1.5m (sits up to 4 pax comfortably like what's shown in the photo) but also extends up to 1.8m when we have guests over. The extension mechanism is super smooth and easy to use, which is an extra benefit :) We got it during one of those Taobao sales for only $600 SGD (including the four chairs!!!) so it was definitely a steal. Shipping was expensive though - the table is pretty heavy because of the stone. 
Our second dining area is actually this area that's somewhere between a bar-counter, kitchen counter and dry pantry. The TLDR version of how this came to be is that Duck really wanted like a breakfast bar to do work and eat food, BUT she also realised she's too short for most bar counters and bar stools so we decided to extend our kitchen counter out to our dry pantry and remove the bottom cabinets to make space for a seating area (which only sits one person LOL) We also put sockets there so it's convenient for us to charge our phones/use our laptops while sitting there. However, since the counter is higher than the usual dining table height and shorter than the usual bar counter height, we couldn't get a normal dining chair for this area OR a normal bar stool. The solution? This stepladder from IKEA! It's the perfect height, allows us to put our feet up on the bottom steps AND also acts as the stepladder we use when getting things from our upper cabinets. *chef's kiss* 
Before we end the post, we also wanted to share one unexpected benefit we've discovered from having our mini-one-pax dining area at the dry pantry, which is... IT'S A JOY TO SIT DOWN AND DO FOOD PREP OMG. Duck likes to perch herself on the stepladder to do more mundane and boring food prep tasks like chopping 5 months worth of minced garlic. She can also do her work here on the laptop while being near to the cooking (gotta keep an eye on the fire always!) and not cluttering up the dining table with her work stuff. So if you're wondering whether you need a breakfast counter in our house when you already have a perfectly good dining table... here's your sign to say YES!
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nemohouseAny tips on maintaining a white table? Always worried that it’ll get stained 😭 and love how spacious it looks!!1 month ago- housethingsgoingCreatorAww thank you! Haha ours is sintered stone so it’s stain resistant - hasn’t stained even though we spilled sauces and soup on it before 😅 maybe the trick is to get white sintered stone instead of white wood if you want a white table? 😅1 month ago
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