April 2011

May the Lord bless our little Humble Abode with lots of love, grace, laughter and strength!

I am feeling a little guilty these days because work, house and wedding planning have consumed a lot of my free time. It sucks having to work 5 ½ days week and with so little time to do all the planning, I am left with even lesser time to rest. I’ve not been attending CG for the longest time (please forgive me Lord) but I try going to church as much as possible. I am seriously hoping that all these planning can be done up quickly and I can have my regular life back! Yes, even though I’m excited with all these planning but I wish I had 8 days in a week!

We were looking for a barstool for our breakfast counter and our criteria were simple. It must be affordable, lasting and matches our Scandinavian look. When one thinks of Scandinavian, it is either designer (therefore expensive) or Ikea (which is not lasting).

Finding a suitable barstool can be rather frustrating as most of the furniture store carries chrome metal and plastic-ky bar stools. We thought we found the perfect barstool at Lush Lush. It’s sexy, very Scandinavian , made of wood and white leather seat.

The Erik Barstool. But it costs over $300 after discount for one! It is not so perfect after all. Our hunt continues and one would never expect to find anything from this mom and pop store if you pass by it.

369 Joo Chiat Road, Tel 63447000

But we found a solid wood bar stood (from Indonesia) at an affordable price! It is not exactly Scandinavian, but I guess the vintage and timeless look can (hopefully) pass it off! Best of all, it only cost $60 each! Heh.

159 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4

Tel 64582531

His friend introduced this little electrical appliances trading store to him the other day and we were convinced that it is indeed cheaper than the regular electrical stores like Best Denki, Harvey Norman and Courts. We spotted a fridge at the Harvey Norman Expo sales and it was originally over $1k. But at the expo sale it was sold at close to $899 which was a decent discount. At Ever Joint Electrical Trading, it was a straight price of $835 with no need for negotiation or bargaining and so we were sold. The same warranty coverage and exact same model, sold at a price lower than an expo sale. Gosh. Apparently they are quite popular in the various local forums! If you intent to drop by this store be sure to know the exact model number that you are looking for, because their “Showroom” is rather pathetic.

We did a whole lot of stuffs for our house today!

945am Met Daddyat Eunos to take a look at the mosaic tiles sample for our breakfast counter

1030am Went Ang Mo Kio Ever Joint to buy our fridge and ceiling fan.

130pm Went Light Crafts to pick up some lamps for our place.

330pm Went EarthStone to buy mosaic tiles and cart home 4 boxes of tiles

515pm Went to our carpenter’s workshop to take a look at our breakfast counter’s table top and customized mirror

6pm Went Joo Chiat Complex and paid deposit with Jimmy’s Curtain

745pm Went to pick up our barstool from a mom and pop store (which I will introduce later.)