Great Singapore Sale 3 Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Sunday, June 08, 2008

We went back to Sungei Kadut today.  Not because we wanted to do any shopping but to accompany a friend who was interested to get the same Simmons bed.  It was fortunate that we went along.

It was a little crowded when we reached there.  There was only one sales person and he was not the same guy who served us two weeks earlier.  My friend was not interested to test other beds as she felt comfortable just lying on the same Arlington Plush that we bought.  Now, the big surprise.

When we asked for the price, it was quoted $700 above our purchased price, after the GSS discount.  Geez!  Her heart almost dropped.   We managed to get the same price, for our friend, after we got him to call his colleague and to check on our record.  My friend was happy!

There are many furniture warehouses in Sungei Kadut.  We visited Mondi Lifestyle, Zen Tradition and Wihardja Furnishing.  We found, and purchased, a daybed for our balcony at a reasonable price at Wihardja.

Balcony:

Balcony - Area for Day Bed

The Day Bed:

Wihardja Day Bed

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Great Singapore Sale 2 Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Wednesday, May 28, 2008

It has been years that we last bought bedding sets.  It surprises me today how the bedding market has changed.  Few years back, as I recall, the highest thread count was not more than 360.  Gosh, the numbers have gone up - now, there is even a 1,000 thread count.  With a higher thread count, it is also a bigger hole in your pocket!

What is Thread Count?:

Thread count is simply the number of threads per square inch of fabric.
These consist of vertical threads (warp) and horizontal threads (weft)
woven together.  Construction refers to how the thread count is
achieved (# of warp and weft yarns, # of picks in the weft, use of 2
ply yarns etc.) To achieve higher thread counts, sometimes 2 ply yarns
are used and sometimes multiple yarns (picks) are inserted into the
weft.

Bedsheet Thread Count Construction

We went to Robinson's sale at Centrepoint but didn't find one that we like.  Basically, the sheets we want should be plain - not solid colours, and with little print as possible.  Therefore, It made our search difficult earlier.  Robinson's has wide range of bedding sets, and mind you, they are not cheap even with good discounts.

We decided to shop at Metro next - worse, not only they have limited stocks, the quality isn't good neither.  Our last chance was to hop to Takashimaya and, thankfully, we found some affordable bedding stuffs at a reasonable price. These are the bedding sets we bought - there's a little design though, at 50% discount:

Bedsheet 03A

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Great Singapore Sale I Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Monday, May 26, 2008

We are looking forward to the Great Singapore Sale [GSS] which starts on 23 May till 20 July.  It is just timely.  It will, definitely, be a good time to get most of our furnishings for the new house at great discounts - it means that we will be able to save some money for some great buys. 

Hopefully, GSS will also give Chiauw better prices, on top of her usual corporate discounts.

We went to International Furniture Centre [www.ifcsingapore.com] at Sungei Kadut Loop yesterday.  It was our first time.  Indeed, the place boasted furniture collections from local and international export manufacturers. 

However, we didn't see much to our likings.  Perhaps, we were scrolling and browsing too fast to take notice of the many things.  Perhaps, it was just too much of the same thing.
There were some good bargains.  In fact, it was good for anyone to go down should they had the time and looking to buy some furniture.

We saw a Mahogany dining table:

Mahogany Dining Table

We are looking for a long, about 2 metres, 'wood' dining table with 3 chairs and a bench.  This will be one that we might consider and we would probably custom-made a glass top.

The only thing that we bought was a King-size Simmons Arlington Plush Non-Flip mattress.  We didn't know that there is Ackerman & Smith shop there.  Ackerman & Smith is an authorised Simmons dealer.

What is Arlington Plush Non-Flip mattress:

It is non-flip Beautyrest mattress uses the 2 inches independent action foam designed to reduce motion transfer and finish with a 1 and three quarters foam and beautyfil fibre and a tack and jump stitch.  There are 1122 innerspring coils for superior support.

Simmons Non-Flip Technology

The Simmons Non-Flip pocket coils:

Comfortability Surface - The tapered 45mm comfortability surface provides more precise contouring to the body.

Stability Base - the broad 64mm stability base provides greater support and stability while you sleep.

Comfort Contour - The spacing between the top of the pocket coils helps to ensure the highest degree of advanced conformability.

A non-flip means never having to flip or turn the mattress again. - A great feature that I like!

We had a good buy.  Comparing to Robinsons and Takashimaya weekend Simmons mattress sale, we managed to haggle for much lower price, plus few throw-in freebies.  We had a 20 percent plus another 15 percent loyalty discounts [a total of $975] with the following freebies:

01.  One Simmons Mattress Protector
02.  Two Napure Ions Memory Foam Pillows
03.  Two bolsters

The good thing is they are able to store the mattress and to deliver it to us in September.

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Good Buys Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Sunday, May 18, 2008

Yesterday, we went to an art gallery warehouse and bought these paintings at a very good bargain.  We are pretty happy with them.

As mentioned in the Company's slogan, "Affordable Art Paintings are what we strive to offer ! Art pieces should never be a luxury commodity for the privileged few but something for all to enjoy. We source directly from painters in the region without going through third party dealers hence keeping our pricing affordable."

Painting A:

This piece will be hunged just behind the bed in MBR.

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Where it should be:

3D Bed n Painting

Painting B:
Will probably be at the MBR entrance, next to the Walk-in Wardrobe.  We also plan to have a big pot of indoor plant here.

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Where it should be:

3D MBR Entrance

Painting C:

At Dining Area, near to Kitchen entrance.

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Where it should be:

3D Kitchen Entrance from Dining

Painting D:

I resonate well with this painting.  It reminds me of a drawing I did
many years ago - It's an Explosion of Joy.  Will be for the Living Room.

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Where it should be:

3D Living Room

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