Reno - Change of theme

Still remember the cuckoo clock we got from Switzerland.... hahahha...  We have some ideas of a "woody" and "neutral" color tone for our new place. Have been having this thoughts of a wooden dinning set with bench and at the side of the wall will be this cuckoo clock... And in order to match these, we will have a wooden with cushion sofa, wooden coffee table ....

About 2 yrs back, We saw a module system made of wood and can even customize a tea table and a small pond! Very X...

Last year we saw a package deal at Red Apple (IMM) which consist of sofa, coffee table, dinning set and TV console which is very attractive and matches the theme we wanted. Almost sign the deal but because the sales guy told me he can do drawing (cos the shop provide customization) I wasn't quite convince by his "stick drawing" so we put on hold from placing our order. Back home, I check about Red apple on renotalk and shocking to know how bad their review was... some even call them "rotten apple" Oh gosh! Heng din buy from them.

We went to a few more places like Nova, our favorite Ikea, dilemma over should get those extendable dinning table... I wanted woody feel. By far, my favorite is the the cushioned bench at Lorenzo, got with backing and without backing cost about 300. We have been keeping that in our list of "wanted".

Times passes and though we always wanted a recliner seat but find that its relatively out of budget... and we thought of cutting cost by using our sofa bed which we got from ikea 2 yrs back as wedding bed (at that point of time, we already have the idea of using it as sofa for new place) so have been looking at theme to accommodate the blue sofa

Lately the antenatal class we went keep showing us picture of a preggy sitting so comfortably on a single recliner arm sofa... then they show breastfeeding picture...again is the recliner seat! I have been suffering from backache lately... How I wish I have a recliner seat in my bedroom and on aircon!!!!! Kekeke... Nick say we can buy 1 now but my bedroom bo space le... hmmmm

Just as we are walking around at Compasspoint after one of my prenatal check up, we saw Seahorse has a recliner seat and it is so comfy!!! They everyday also 50% discount one... then it was on further 30%!!!! Nick very tempted to buy... But cant put in my bedroom now... he suggest for new place loh... But I want to enjoy now lei.... soooooo bad..... He was very tempted to buy liao... but sofa wasn't in our budget... and seahorse always on offer one... kekek... so we went off....

The following week, we went to IMM to look at furniture.. cos Nick on school holiday so we thought of settling most of the reno stuff asap... we more or less confirmed or contractor so its time to look for TV console and dinning set... Nothing caught our eyes at IMM... then we went to Celini... Nick was still thinking about the seahorse sofa... Kekeke... So we decided that we shall get the sofa... hmmm its half leather so that mean we got to change our theme to more "modern"...kekke... we went to IFC and saw a "black piano laminate" TV console! Match the sofa....we bargain very hard for the price and end up buying a matching round dinner table also... hahhaha

Just before we placed our order, Nick still ask me "eh any bad remark about this shop "winter international" bo?"... I am unsure lei... we still went ahead and placed our order. I quickly check on renotalk upon reaching home and to my horror! They are sister/brother companies to Red apple... *faint faint... There are both good and bad remarks.... But apparently beside this shop under red apple, La cafe, mode something one also under the same boss as red apple... damm terrible loh, all different names... some even comment that they are out to cheat people. Nick say seems like we cant run from the clutches of red apple! Cos 2 yrs back we din buy from them, now we buy from their sister/brother... We can only hope for the best! We will be receiving our furniture in early Oct... cos they are made in China and take time for shipping.

The following day, we went back to Compasspoint... going to place order on the black recliner sofa and to our horror, the promotion is over!!!!! *faint faint faint! U can imagine the priceless expression on our faces!