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ya i think im confused too...all the posts i posted to country lover's blog has gotten merged over here too. by the way, the lamps in the site u gave me are sooo ex! how much did u get your table lamp and hanging lamp in sing dollars???

which site u mind sharing? and hw much? and do you know the price at pearl lighting? thanks!

u can also put a transparent sheet over the nice country table cloth so tt it wont get dirty, easier to wipe too. i did that for my dining table but only after 2 yrs and it has quite a number of stains already. also looking out for nice ones to replace or might make my own if i really cannot find lol

ur lamp is so cute! I always wanna get such porcelain lamps... but not sure where to get. Where did u get it and hw much?? i wnana get a standing one and maybe a table one

icic. ok tks! what is the size of your desk? im tinking of getting a desk too but cannot find any nice ones out there

ya new hdb flat kitchens are usually small and dark... hopefuly my next house wil have a bigger kitchen so that cooking/baking will be easier! Now i have limited counter space! icic! shall look foward to seeing ur white kitchen materialise! i might wanna try ikea's kitchen next time if its cheaper cos they hv the country look too! i wnana spend more of the $ on other areas of the hse lol

hey how much did u custom the table for? i like such tables...do u hv a pic of the front?

ooh not bad! but hor white for kitchen ar... might be hard to maintain if u cook often which i tink u do cos u have 3 kids right? maybe can consider other colours like sage green or rosewood colour? u can do the white with gold trimmings in the living or rooms... will look very classic in those areas... just my 2 cents worth

oh i guess both of us went a few yrs ago...so now they have improved a lot already. we stay quite far from ubi and no car...so after the first time experience we never went back haha. are you buying furniture from them? must show us leh!

ya lor..budget is always a constraint... there're many things i want too..but cannot lar...unless one day i strike big sweep...then im gonna create my dream country house whahahha :P:P u do wadever is needed first...then slowly add on year by year, just like countrylover and me my shoe cabinet was done 1yr after my reno as i wanted to look ard for a cheaper one...who knows i cannot find one that im satisfied with...and its gonna be in the living room!..and i already done up the living swee swee le so cannot anyhow get 1 ma..and yet i dowan to spend too much on it as its for shoes! LOL. dilemma...so end up custom one again lol...

hihi if their designs are not nice, u design yourself! hehe. that's what i did. i roughly know what i like and don't like, so i browsed the web, magazines etc to show them the designs i want, then ask them to do it. but of cos...if want nice design, have to have the $ lar...(that's why i focused on the main items like the fireplace, display hutch, MBR and kitchen only. the rest of the loose furnitures i bought at a much cheaper price and the 2 common rooms, 1 have only a single bed moved from hubby's house (luckily it has a slight country look ) and the other is a study room, only have a table and chest of drawers from the IFC country shop. I moved another small bookcase (From ikea) from my parent's house cos its quite new. Like that saved a lot of $ lor hehe. Most guests only sit in the living room or go to the kitchen for a drink, so the 2 rooms are not so impt as we also have a limited budget

i replied some parts in the above post lol. yup wainscotting is very ex that's why i gave up too. Hubby said whole stretch of wood for not a small amount of $$! U can do beading like me, or consider doing either top or bottom of the wall with wallpaper, compare the costs. But then with kids around...maybe wallpaper in MBR will be a better idea

hihi ya better dun go IFC for that country shop. i regretted buying from them. all my dresser, side tables, chest of drawers...all grow mould! i had a huge headache. Their quality dropped a lot too since years ago. The handle of my drawer broke after 2 months. Their service is lousy too. Called them about the mould problem and they just kept shifting blame back to me saying my house is humid. If my hse is that serious, how come the furniture in the same hse/room that my ID custom made didn't grow mould?? They cannot answer me and just kept arguing. I went to the shop at Ubi once, their french stuff not a lot (about 5-6 items in the entire shop, the rest are of other themes like oriental, resort, thai etc). Design wise i feel is so so. Not sure if they had improved now. i also love white furniture and flowery stuff! i have a flowery fabric sofa hehe. And flowery curtains My white stuff so far are ok cos i chose off white, not pure white. Have no kids yet so maybe my problems are not here yet!

i think you have to check with forest what is going on, and if u sign with them, have to state in contract that if any of these peeling issues occur, they will have to do smting about it...to safeguard your interests lor. where is your new house? what theme you going for? french? english? shabby?

i bought from the country shop at IFC at sungei kadut, but their quality is very lousy, mine grew mould!! So i would not advise buying from there. Did countrylover say her furniture from forest had paint peeling off? Which post? So your house is undergoing renovation soon? Exciting!

their items even when on sale also very expensive haha. i never bought any of their furnitures except for 1 small vase with flowers i went to ecolink before, not bad too but i think their stuff are quite expensive too. never went to manhanttan before. where is it?

thanks for the compliment. the bed and side tables, dresser are individual pieces from another shop, the rest are custom made from cottage crafts. i would say they are more expensive than normal modern design furnitures, whether bought off the shelf or custom made but still reasonable enough to accept are you renovating your house in this style too?

yup imported furnitures are usually very expensive... so have to make do with local ones that have the country flair hehe. my ceiling height is also not very high but i still want cornices as it completes the look. i love laura ashley stuff too!!

Hi Kitty jems Thanks for the compliments! Actually its my first reno so i didn't have that much experience... and becos of budget and 'the husband' , i didn't get to achieve what i really wanted. but to have these i think cannot complain liao la haha. My wardrobe hor is not that big actually... 2 of the doors open up to the bathroom then 2 is for the husband. so i only have 3 doors lol. my room is also very small, one king size bed , 2 side drawers and a dresser, balance is walking space only. Yup mine was featured in home and deco mag in 09 i tink. can't remember. I don't have wainscoting cos its too ex... doesn't fit in my budget. I would love to have it though!!! I went for the cheaper version...just do the beading as i really wanted something on the wall You are not doing cornices? I think they are quite affordable, u can consider to add them in. Yup i also searched everywhere for inspiration and ideas when i did my reno. Its important! So what is your theme? English? Shabby chic? Mine is not really totally french, cos in Singapore its difficult to achieve french custom made items...usually have to buy imported ones but they are tooo expensive

Living room display hutch. so sad that don't have transfer ware in it yet

Living room curtains with lacey day ones

my fireplace! pls ignore the logs as they are too huge for the fireplace. just for photoshoot only haha. can't see the trimmings well as its taken with shadows. no carvings for my fireplace. classic design

Another pic taken via mobile.. thus the poor quality. Had pillars and beam to separate the living and the dining area. can't see the beam from here though. will post next time when i have chance to snap with a camera

The MBR with romantic pink flowery wallpaper lol

The wardrobe, off white with gold handles and knobs - taken during reno