Of course the house is not totally WHITE. Whilst the front was a Corbu WHITE house, the back was a rugged grey hollow wall. The contractor asked, 'how do you want me to finish this?' And I just replied, 'Oh, this is very nice. It's done. No need to do anything to it?' I guess, the perception of beauty is quite personal. Everyone who saw the wall said that it would be tough cleaning the 'hollow stones'; it's too rough, are you running out of money to plaster and paint..... But to me, this was the best space of the house, 'the wet kitchen', which I may never even use. To come to think of it, design is about imagination + design should solve problem. Not sure it these ideas did solve anything, but it was my imagination of what a 'house' should be. At least, it made my house quite different from the China-man Classical Column House or the mundane repetitive facades by the developer, or the floral gates, grilles, and ornaments which resembled Art Nouveau-ism.
It will be 2 more weeks to the end of my renovation. Looking forward to a house with a blend of modernity, brutalism and a sense of identity!