leonjennawong

Good evening my fellow renotalkers.. sorry not been updating as often because been busy... in fact had to take half-day leave to go for my suit fitting for my wedding photo shoot (on this coming monday; sat and sun planning to drink water only. ).. dropped by The Design Store by Lifestorey with CFO in the late afternoon and saw this fabric sofa going at $2190.. Can customize the legs to a lighter oak colour and there's a wide range of colours to choose from too... CFO thinking of coral pink but I thought that it would be too attention-grabbing... I prefer something less high-profile like a soft grey or light tiffany blue colour fabric... with some eye-catching colour-popping cushions to match! heh heh.. Anyway we are not buying the sofa obviously.. going to consult #CalvinTan before buying such things... must curb our enthusiasm in case we regret buying a loose furniture that doesn't fit into our theme... Speaking of photoshoot... (sorry I digress) i had to buy white dress shoes to match my white suit outfit ma... After buying them and was looking at it at home... I took a picture and sent "wa not bad. even my wedding photoshoot dress shoes are also scandinavian-themed." to numerous people.. (including #CalvinTan) ...who didn't find it very funny at all i think.. hahaha...Anyway. I digress. There are some renotalkers nice enough to tell me that I haven't made it clear the type of scandinavian style I am going for. Thank you for the feedback... Here are some photos that CFO & I have collected over our journey for reference... For everyone to appreciate and hopefully some of the designs inspires some of you, just as it did for us. These are the best photos to illustrate the colour theme and style we are going for... Nice use of sporadic pastel colours to create the homely scandinavian feel... love this. and the coffee table is super unique.. thinking of asking #CalvinTan to make one for me.. wonder how much will the quotation come up to.. Bay window is a must for my scandinavian theme home... you can see how pretty it is.. to have greens against the windows... *dreaming* but don't like the black window frames.. The overall proportion of pastel colours against a majority-white background... Just think that a nice woody flooring will finish the job.. CFO & I agreed that green colours will come from wall planters or plants, something like in this picture (ignore green glass jar on coffee table i don't like hahaha) the window frames are all white which i think will suit me the best... That is why I am planning to do my wood trimmings for my living/dining area window frames.. do you all think i'm too much? or good that I'm detailed in the design that i want? hahaha... anyway bay windows here are awesome once again. Love the light minty blue wall here & how it matches with the soft grey sofa (with oak pencil legs)... Hope the light minty blue wall is not too much and that the elements all come together nicely...

Sent to both of you liao... Happy ren2 ri4 to my Chinese friends!

Yeah.. That is one thing I realised about all these IDs too... Sometimes you just simply cannot click with a particular ID no matter what.. Just clash of personalities and preferences.. Thanks anyway for your kind comments!

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Pls share the contact and cost Pls! Nice house!

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No worries Bro, I actually appreciate the advice that people give me on this forum.. No offence taken and no cold water poured at all... Hahaha.. Actually. I understand where you are coming from because I was also SUPER skeptical when my good friend recommended this #CalvinTan to me.. Same concerns as you.. Workmanship is key and I also started to have doubts when i thought that things were too good to be true. Only one way to dispel any scepticism! Like what I did, I just went down and met #CalvinTan on strong recommendation from my trusted friend.. Because there is no harm just sitting down and chatting with him.. the most waste a couple of hours... haha.. but then the rest happened as you all know... =) currently very happy with his services lor.. Design, quotation, and site-visit wise... Still more to come in my Reno journey like 3d drawing and of cos the actual project itself! Hopefully everything will be shun shun li li!! will post all updates here for everyone to see! Thanks for your advise Bro. Wow that is a lot of money but like you mention below, if want to do, do it one time and make sure it lasts. U planning to have your own blog? Will be interested to see the end result... Pm me ur url! Yeah man. If I could I would go back in time and not opt in for the floor tiles.. That time was young and really didn't have many considerations as to what I wanted for my house... Tot cheaper and more convenient, so just went for it. Wish u all the luck for your Reno too!

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How much for each of the loose furniture that u bought? Nice dining table and chairs!

Hmm? Don't understand you lei... What is the 'something' else? Anyway I did wonder before.. how come his prices are so cheap? I even wondered if the contract comes with some condition that we MUST buy the furniture from #PoshHome or some other condition like that... To lure you in with cheap carpentry & hit you in other ways.. But no lei.. Already verified with #CalvinTan...

Agreed.. And I also don't really trust my own design taste to go to a retail shop and choose sth to fit my theme. There are many cheaper dining tables and furniture out there.. Like at starliving.. Or ikea.. Will pull #CalvinTan down one day to look for cheaper alternatives if needed.. Hopefully he reduce the furniture price so don't need. Heh Heh...

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My flooring I got from #Bilrich directly... So nope you will see that it's not within my quotation that I'm sending out... But #CalvinTan was nice enough to liaise with the #Bilrich sales rep for me & this #MayTng even went all the way down to #PoshHome showroom to show #CalvinTan the actual samples for him to make a recommendation.. As for the furniture I am planning to squeeze this #CalvinTan some more... Hahaha.. Hope I am successful!

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