Fruitful but tiring weekend
We had a very fruitful weekend, but my poor back suffered cos of the amount of walking involved. :'( As the theme of this weekend is "HOME", there was lots of shopping involved. And here we go~
Had a design session with Loyd yesterday and he had already did a basic layout planning based on the floor plan that I gave him. However, as I had not conveyed the requirements (my home was feng shui-ed already) to him, there was a lot of changes to be made.
Initially, we were kinda embarrassed about it as it looked as though we were totally changing the layout that he had in mind, and I was worried that he might take offense at it. Surprisingly, he was very receptive and understanding of the changes we had in mind, and had some very interesting ideas based on the requirements that we have~
We had also passed him the book on country theme that we bought and went through. The book had loads of post-its inside on what we like and don't like. Hope that he can "breathe" the book in and come out with a good design!
Anyway, we are very excited about the 2nd draft of the layout planning~
We also went to the Thomson Plaza that the folks in renotalk forum had recommended and found 2 country theme shops. They were good, but we were kinda overwhelmed at the amount of country stuff that they had. It was like "whoa~~!" We did not get anything this trip, but we were very certain that we will be back!
Next stop was the IFC on Sunday, where we spotted a "Country Style Furnishing" in the website listing!
But prior to that, I went to help my dad clean the ceiling fans in his canteen and it was tough work~ (well, my bro did all the climbing, but I also got help out hor!) Then it was visiting my grandparents and great-grandparents at the church and cemetery for All-Saints Day. It's been more than 8 years since grand dad passed away, and I do still miss him. :-(
After that, I met up with ah mi at Yew Tee station for the shuttle service to IFC, and it was very empty. Waited for quite some time before the shuttle bus moved off, and even so, there was only 4 passengers on the bus nia. The journey was less than 5 mins, before we reached this semi-modern looking building with quite some furnishing shops inside.
Having no idea where to start, we just stumbled into the shop nearest to the entrance, not expecting to find anything. The items in the shop looked modern, so we were kinda losing our interest already. Just as we were about to walk out, we saw this gorgeous white dining table set that will totally fit our country theme. In fact, this is THE very design we had in mind. So I called Loyd up, described the table and sent him a MMS to show him the table and told the person that we will be back.
After that, we walked off in search of the Country Style Furnishing shop that was listed on the website. We went in quite a number of shops before realizing that country style furniture are quite rare in Singapore. There was nothing that interested us, until we finally reached the Country Style shop on the 2nd floor. It was .... nice... not really WOW like the dining table, but... nice.. I think we should be getting something from here, but we will need to bring Loyd there with us for his opinion, as we might be able to get a few more pieces of furniture from here also.
And so we walked off, just wanting to finish looking through the remaining shops as we kinda doubt that we can find anything else there already. I commented to ah mi as we were walking on the 3rd floor that, we don't really see any nice suitable sofas in all these shops hor? And at that moment, there it was, a nice floral sofa sitting at the corner of the shop with spotlight shining on it. (dramatic hor?) So we went in, tried and chatted with the lady boss a bit. Conclusion: Should be getting it but maybe with Loyd when we go together the next time.
And so we are done with the IFC, going out to take the shuttle bus.. but not before we made the first furnishing purchase of our new home.
Presenting....
Future guest take note, please please please don't spill food on the table hor. We will feel heartache one~ :D
And that's all for this entry~ Cya!
Had a design session with Loyd yesterday and he had already did a basic layout planning based on the floor plan that I gave him. However, as I had not conveyed the requirements (my home was feng shui-ed already) to him, there was a lot of changes to be made.
Initially, we were kinda embarrassed about it as it looked as though we were totally changing the layout that he had in mind, and I was worried that he might take offense at it. Surprisingly, he was very receptive and understanding of the changes we had in mind, and had some very interesting ideas based on the requirements that we have~
We had also passed him the book on country theme that we bought and went through. The book had loads of post-its inside on what we like and don't like. Hope that he can "breathe" the book in and come out with a good design!
Anyway, we are very excited about the 2nd draft of the layout planning~We also went to the Thomson Plaza that the folks in renotalk forum had recommended and found 2 country theme shops. They were good, but we were kinda overwhelmed at the amount of country stuff that they had. It was like "whoa~~!" We did not get anything this trip, but we were very certain that we will be back!
Next stop was the IFC on Sunday, where we spotted a "Country Style Furnishing" in the website listing!
But prior to that, I went to help my dad clean the ceiling fans in his canteen and it was tough work~ (well, my bro did all the climbing, but I also got help out hor!) Then it was visiting my grandparents and great-grandparents at the church and cemetery for All-Saints Day. It's been more than 8 years since grand dad passed away, and I do still miss him. :-(
After that, I met up with ah mi at Yew Tee station for the shuttle service to IFC, and it was very empty. Waited for quite some time before the shuttle bus moved off, and even so, there was only 4 passengers on the bus nia. The journey was less than 5 mins, before we reached this semi-modern looking building with quite some furnishing shops inside.
Having no idea where to start, we just stumbled into the shop nearest to the entrance, not expecting to find anything. The items in the shop looked modern, so we were kinda losing our interest already. Just as we were about to walk out, we saw this gorgeous white dining table set that will totally fit our country theme. In fact, this is THE very design we had in mind. So I called Loyd up, described the table and sent him a MMS to show him the table and told the person that we will be back.
After that, we walked off in search of the Country Style Furnishing shop that was listed on the website. We went in quite a number of shops before realizing that country style furniture are quite rare in Singapore. There was nothing that interested us, until we finally reached the Country Style shop on the 2nd floor. It was .... nice... not really WOW like the dining table, but... nice.. I think we should be getting something from here, but we will need to bring Loyd there with us for his opinion, as we might be able to get a few more pieces of furniture from here also.
And so we walked off, just wanting to finish looking through the remaining shops as we kinda doubt that we can find anything else there already. I commented to ah mi as we were walking on the 3rd floor that, we don't really see any nice suitable sofas in all these shops hor? And at that moment, there it was, a nice floral sofa sitting at the corner of the shop with spotlight shining on it. (dramatic hor?) So we went in, tried and chatted with the lady boss a bit. Conclusion: Should be getting it but maybe with Loyd when we go together the next time.
And so we are done with the IFC, going out to take the shuttle bus.. but not before we made the first furnishing purchase of our new home.
Presenting....
Future guest take note, please please please don't spill food on the table hor. We will feel heartache one~ :D
And that's all for this entry~ Cya!
posted by Peter at
9:45 AM
2 Comments:
nice! but don't say i never warn you hor...wooden table very easy to get scratches one. even my glass table also got scratches, i think, within 1st yr of use :P
Well, everything wears out lah.. Just hope that the table will wear out in style and look more country-like~ :D
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