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Hi elephantandpiggie, yah we love them too =) that's why the wife's cataloging everything. in fact my taobao app on my phone has more stuff that i want to buy, but must control, else later house become junkyard LOL here's the links - tv console - we were actually looking at another shop which is super hot in taobao, but apparently they dont do overseas transhipment, so we bought from another shop. Do take note that our console, the laminate at the top's not glued properly so there's a small 3-5cm part that's slightly bloated - but i guess its heng or suay one lor http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=10590580661 here's the one for the minitable =) http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=35677711844 Hi plummie, wifey will PM you. She's also the public relations head of our joint account hahahahahah

SCANDI - Search, Compare AND Invest (Part 5) CONTINUED… more on our TAOBAO loots! (we found some ourselves, we found some through other RT-er's t blogs. too many to keep track, so thank you if we happened to get them from your blog! ) and of course, we would love to share the love, just like how we have benefitted from others before.. so please feel free to ask for the links! please give the hubby some work to do HAHAHA since he is the one who did the shopping. my role is just to take pictures LOL. i'll be giving my 2-cents worth of rating as well. DISCLAIMER: The ratings expressed here represent my own and not those of my hubby. In addition, my thoughts and opinions change from time to time. The ratings are intended to provide a temporary description of my feeling at a point in time. (HAHAHA) let's talk about… Tables and Tv console! Bedside Table / Mini Coffee Table Rating: 5/5 This three-legged creature could just very well be your next best friend! Let it accompany you while you are relaxing on your sofa by holding your glass of wine. Let it accompany you while you are sleeping on your bed by holding your handphone or other accessories. Let it accompany you today! Coffee Table Rating: 4.5/5 (not bad, but somehow i felt that something about the wood grains is not very nice. maybe it's heng/suay) Here we go ROUND the mulberry bush coffee table, here we go ROUND the coffee table, here we go ROUND the coffee table, early in the morning! Stop going round the bush, grab this coffee table today! You might even consider pairing this up with the product above. Each sold separately. TV Console Rating: 4/5 (looks v complicated to assemble, we got our carpenter to do it for us. if you look closely, a very small part of the laminate was popping up. there are no holes for TV wires - have to drill/cut ourselves. no soft closing. BUT still super love its design!) Unite your love for the TV with this simple yet elegant centrepiece. So elegant that the pure beauty of this TV console* might very well steal your attention away from the TV! *For illustration purposes only. Jar of lavender not included.

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Here you go =) yah i love the tap and the stool too. should get the wife to start showing more pictures haha , but she's having lotsa fun sharing everything with everyone here. Door Stopper - http://http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.9.11.AJshpf&id=25127036239&_u=l28bvci71b9f Kitchen Tap - http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=6210211971 Breakfast Stool - http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.9.57.AJshpf&id=19226059761&_u=l28bvci7aa99 ikea! SKOGSVÅG - its' a lucky find, i dun think they put it up on display and we just walked around the mirror section seeing all the others which were coloured, and then we saw it lying on top of a stack of mirrors =) we saw it at the Alexandra branch but here's the link to the item http://www.ikea.com/sg/en/catalog/products/10289388/ thanks Guniteh - its really hard work - not sure if i will agree to the wife if she wants to do it again, but like i say, just let her do what she wants lololol it will make life easier in future. We used Peeka - i used buy for you for my first time, and then i used ship for you the second time round once i got the hang of buying from taobao. Quite straight forward actually. p.s. wifey will pm you with on the quotation later today - but here's the link for the eames chair - the quality's quite good actually. eames chair - http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=40775257349 hi leafyyue - wifey will pm u later today ba =)

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SCANDI - Search, Compare AND Invest (Part 4) continued… more on our TAOBAO loots! (we found some ourselves, we found some through other RT-er's t blogs. too many to keep track, so thank you if we happened to get them from your blog! ) and of course, we would love to share the love, just like how we have benefitted from others before.. so please feel free to ask for the links! please give the hubby some work to do HAHAHA since he is the one who did the shopping. my role is just to take pictures LOL. i'll be giving my 2-cents worth of rating as well. DISCLAIMER: The ratings expressed here represent my own and not those of my hubby. In addition, my thoughts and opinions change from time to time. The ratings are intended to provide a temporary description of my feeling at a point in time. (HAHAHA) let's talk about… CHAIRS! Coloured Stools Rating: 4/5 (if you look closer, the wood is not perfect. BUT it is still cheaper than singapore, still recommend ) Preparing for your upcoming house warming? for your birthday party? for your next baby shower? Then, this is exactly what you might be looking for! STOOLS! BUT wait! not just any ordinary stool. it is a stackable, coloured stool! save space by stacking them up and say goodbye to boring stools by choosing your own favourite colours! Eames Dining (Anywhere, actually) Chairs Rating: 6/5 (YES! love the quality of it!) Going scandinavian on a budget? Go for these chairs! Comes in a variety of colours and easy to fix! As easy as A-B-C (for the hubby, not me)! Each chair sold separately. Kitchen Breakfast Bar Stools Rating: 5/5 Are you looking for a high stool? This simple, friendly, multi-purpose high stool is your next best friend! You can sit on it at your bar counter, stand on it to reach for things, put things on it as a 'side table'… whatever you can think of, it can do for you! Comes in two different heights! THE FOLLOWING IS AN ADVERTISEMENT (serious, not kidding!) while sitting on the toilet bowl, have you ever looked around for a place to put your handphone? while sitting on the toilet bowl, have you ever wished you have a place to temporarily put your magazine or book. while sitting on the toilet bowl, have you ever wished you have something like this to put your things above your toilet roll? LOOK NO FURTHER! this toilet roll holder comes with a wooden plank, perfect to hold your little items while doing your big business. we are letting go of this toilet paper holder because it didn't fit into our style in the end! if you are going for an industrial look, it is highly recommended! For a set of 2 (brand new!), Price we bought it at: S$28.63 (excluding shipping fee from Taobao) Price we are letting go at: S$25 (WOW!) (we will absorb the shipping fee!) *only meet-up at Sengkang feel free to drop us a message if you are interested!

SCANDI - Search, Compare AND Invest (Part 3) the next few posts will be about our TAOBAO loots! (we found some ourselves, we found some through other RT-er's t blogs. too many to keep track, so thank you if we happened to get them from your blog! ) and of course, we would love to share the love, just like how we have benefitted from others before.. so please feel free to ask for the links! please give the hubby some work to do HAHAHA since he is the one who did the shopping. my role is just to take pictures LOL. i'll be giving my 2-cents worth of rating as well. DISCLAIMER: The ratings expressed here represent my own and not those of my hubby. In addition, my thoughts and opinions change from time to time. The ratings are intended to provide a temporary description of my feeling at a point in time. (HAHAHA) let's talk about all the steel-looking things first heehee. Door-stopper Rating: 5/5 are you sick and tired of using the red/blue/yellow/green piece of rubber at the entrance of your house? here's your one-STOP solution! and a quick guide on how to use it! Disclaimer: Foot model is meant for educational purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Kitchen Tap Rating: 5/5 do you prefer matt to glossy? are you THE dishwasher at home? have you ever tried to scrub dirt from the sides of the sink and wished that things would be easier? if your answers to the above questions are all YES, this matt kitchen sink tap is here to save the day! easily removable to spray water on the sides of the sink! say BYE-BYE to annoying stains at the sides of your sink! Be a happy dishwasher today! Toilet Bidet Rating: 5/5 Looking for a more squarish/rectangular bidet? wait no longer! this simple and sleek bidet brings out the angular lines in your toilet design. Toilet Rain Shower Set Rating: 5/5 take the simple beauty of nature back home with this rain shower set. turn it on, close your eyes, and you will feel like... it's raining. THE FOLLOWING IS AN ADVERTISEMENT (serious, not kidding!) while sitting on the toilet bowl, have you ever looked around for a place to put your handphone? while sitting on the toilet bowl, have you ever wished you have a place to temporarily put your magazine or book. while sitting on the toilet bowl, have you ever wished you have something like this to put your things above your toilet roll? LOOK NO FURTHER! this toilet roll holder comes with a wooden plank, perfect to hold your little items while doing your big business. we are letting go of this toilet paper holder because it didn't fit into our style in the end! if you are going for an industrial look, it is highly recommended! For a set of 2 (brand new!), Price we bought it at: S$28.63 (excluding shipping fee from Taobao) Price we are letting go at: S$25 (WOW!) (we will absorb the shipping fee!) *only meet-up at Sengkang feel free to drop us a message if you are interested!

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SCANDI - Sh*tting & Cleaning, Always Necessary & Damn Important! (Part 4) MBR Toilet Left: Before reno Right: After! Top Left: same thing, we didn't want too many stainless steel things in the toilet, so opted for black/white holders Bottom Left: our shower area Right: our rain shower set from taobao (same as common toilet) Top Left: decided to get rid of the sink that HDB gave because it didn't fit in with our design. got a new sink & tap, placed them on a cabinet + kompacplus top. you might not have noticed it… but i really, really, really love the small tiny knob on the door of the cabinet haha cheap thrill! Bottom Left: same bidet from taobao Right: another mini shelf hehe! as we have a cabinet and a table top here, we chose a mirror that doesn't come with space to put things on ARE YOU SEEING DOUBLE AGAIN? heehee. here's the view of our MBR toilet if you close the door! when it comes to toilet wall tiling, budget is always a constraint! i ever thought of just doing 1 wall or choosing cheaper tiles. but really heng that my hubby insisted that if we want to do, just do. i'm STILL super in love with the honeycomb/hex tiles. after seeing how both toilets have transformed… we really have no regrets

SCANDI - Sh*tting & Cleaning, Always Necessary & Damn Important! (Part 3) our fittings for our toilets are up! lovely to see how everything is slowly coming together! Common Toilet Left: Before reno Right: After Left: Shower area with our lovely rain shower set from taobao! didn't want too many stainless steel holders, so went for a simple metal container for showering things Right: Loving the mini shelf! can put books (heehee) and maybe some nice-smelling stuff muahaha!! the hubby got the bidet from taobao! Left: we re-used our sink given by HDB. looks simple and nice! Right: we will probably be using the MBR toilet more, hence decided not to have a vanity cabinet here. due to a lack of vanity cabinet in this toilet, it also means we have limited storage space. so we got a mirror with some space to place some basic things if we need to ARE YOU SEEING DOUBLE? hahaha after putting everything together, here's our beloved COMMON TOILET! super love the hexagon wall tiles and the HUGE mirror. love the odd-shaped kerb (instead of the usual 'L' shape) too, i think it complements our hexagons!

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lovely progress, CountryGlow! my favourite is still your baby blue kitchen and your kitchen light! super sweet! hmm, as for the toilet, i'm not sure if you want to consider adding country type of cloth "curtains" for the MBR door glass panels! at least can cover the hdb toilet tiles from the outside? heehee. anw just my two cents worth it's pretty amazing… i feel like i witnessed the process of your house and i actually look forward to the next step of your house haha! jiayou! -clownprince's wife

SCANDI - Sounds Crazy AND Impossible… BUT WE DID IT! (Part 5) another story of our wall haha! this time, our walkway wall! Left: before Right: after we got the painters to paint it pastel orange however… i wasn't very happy with the pastel orange. somehow i always wished it was of lighter shade! choosing paint colours has always been very hard for me ): so i brainstormed on how i want to make this wall slightly less orange-y. as usual, i Pinterested and found these half-painted walls very charming in their own ways: and since i didn't really like the orange wall, i decided to take a gamble and paint the top half white! i'm so glad the hubby has no objections hehe and i could do whatever i want with the walls heehee. here's the final outcome: now, i feel much better, even though i still have some reservations about the orange. i keep thinking of shopping mall car parks and void deck walls HAHA. hmmm, hopefully after hanging some frames on the halfway line would look better! IF NOT……… i'll just... paint the orange to another colour someday muahahahaha. haha at this rate, i'm sooo going to drive the hubby up the wall!

SCANDI - Search, Compare AND Invest (Part 2) If you guys haven't noticed yet, ze husband started out with the first post, and hasn't really posted yet. Well the main reason being that ze husband discovered renotalk, ze wife refused to come and share so ze husband resorted to a sneaky first post. Ze wife got hooked onto renotalk and all the pretty houses that fellow RTers had and well the rest is history. So moral of the story, do first talk later LOL. Anyway this is the husband, and after the tiring experience of painting walls in the house, i'm back once again. This time my role is to complement the wife in buying things from taobao. And in keeping with her nature, she wanted to BUY everything on taobao - which would have disastrous results if i allowed that to happened. Good thing is i'm doing all the buying so i control the purchases. Anyway here's our purchases from Taobao, should be arriving anytime soon so we will put up fotos of the items when its here! Hope they turn up nice!

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hello Yelena! thanks for your kind comments! the wall is definitely far from perfect if you take a closer look but definitely has our sweat and tears on it hahaha. and i'm quite sure we are not OCD la haha! i'm actually quite an untidy person lol. but thank you for loving it! oooh! i'm a fan of prints! do you have a picture of your chevron wall? would love to see it! -clownprince's wife

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Hi wandeee, I hope this helps! - clownprince's wife

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SCANDI - Storing Clothes Also Necessary & Damn Important! (Part 2) yay! our tiny little WIW is up! please refer to post #7 for the floor plan! Before & After view from MBR entrance: Before & After view from a corner of the MBR (window side): Before & After view from inside the WIW: More pictures!