islandhippy

We've finally had window grilles installed on all our windows to stop Livvy from taking the quick way out of the flat. It's only really been a worry in the bedrooms where Olive climbs on the beds and can open the windows — in the past we've kept the bedroom doors shut but she can now open the doors too!

We didn't want HDB-style aluminium grilles and couldn't find any old-style wrought iron ones but luckily the landlord's contractor had recently installed wooden safety grilles in some black-and-whites (the old colonial houses) and decided he could do the same here. The grilles only extend a third of the way up the windows but even so Sandy says they make her feel a little claustrophobic.

I think it's a fantastic solution and it looks great. The geometric lines give the room an Art Deco feel; the grilles remind me of railings on an ocean liner (except we seem to be sailing through a jungle).