My Country Home

[slowloris 0]

Gd to hear that we all have the same designer (forestwood)! My kitchen was completed a few days ago n we really like it! No regrets choosing the blum drawers n "sliding basket"!

Edited May 19, 2011 by slowloris

[countrylover 0]

Gd to hear that we all have the same designer (forestwood)! My kitchen was completed a few days ago n we really like it! No regrets choosing the blum drawers n "sliding basket"!

Hey that's fast! You were just sharing with me that day u had just confirmed with Forest. Pls share the photos of your kitchen! I want to see!

Forest is also installing the Blum drawers for our study room. We requested to have our cabinets made in a vintage sage green colour. As this is a special colour, Helen charged us $600 extra. But she gave us quite a good discount overall, so it sorts of evens out.

So has your entire home reno been completed? Looking forward to see how your country home will turn out.

[xiaobudian 0]

Hi Country lover, my quote fr forest are as follow:

Living

Cabinet

Tv console

Dinning

Bench

Door entrance

Shoe cabinet

Kitchen

Showroom white glossy design

Mbr

Bedframe

Wardrobe

Dressing table

Study Rm (common rm)

Cabinet

Study desk

Bedroom (common)

Wardrobe

Kitchen is e most ex. Abt 10k

The rest of the item range from 1k+ all the way to 3k+

I saw IFC shop at level 2. Quality not good.. Simei shop nice but quality as not good. LA quality good but price very ex.

[countrylover 0]

Hi Country lover, my quote fr forest are as follow:

Living

Cabinet

Tv console

Dinning

Bench

Door entrance

Shoe cabinet

Kitchen

Showroom white glossy design

Mbr

Bedframe

Wardrobe

Dressing table

Study Rm (common rm)

Cabinet

Study desk

Bedroom (common)

Wardrobe

Kitchen is e most ex. Abt 10k

The rest of the item range from 1k+ all the way to 3k+

I saw IFC shop at level 2. Quality not good.. Simei shop nice but quality as not good. LA quality good but price very ex.

Thanks for sharing. That's lots of stuff you are doing...must have cost u a bomb. When will you be starting your reno? I will be starting mine around 2nd week of June, as I have requested Helen to get everything done before end June.

Yeah kitchen cabinets usually cost a lot, as there are more doors and drawers. Forest also quoted me abt 7k+ for the study.

Agree that it's very hard to find country-style furniture in Singapore with good quality and at a good price. Do you want to consider custom making from Indonesia? I've custom made a fireplace and mirror 2 years ago....cheap and good workmanship. It's quite a hassle to do the coordination but I feel that it's worth every cent. You can look at my t-blog to see what I've done from Indonesia.

[xiaobudian 0]

What is ur blog? U can upload pic over here? Yes the reno will cost a bomb, considering i nv do anything to e floor etc. I need to add mirror too. Now in the midst of discussion only.. Not so fast.. If i do modern, abt 15-20k.. I aso need advice on curtains. If i buy those lacy curtains, nice? Where can get those country style curtains. Floral type? What u do in ur study? Y 7k?

[countrylover 0]

What is ur blog? U can upload pic over here? Yes the reno will cost a bomb, considering i nv do anything to e floor etc. I need to add mirror too. Now in the midst of discussion only.. Not so fast.. If i do modern, abt 15-20k.. I aso need advice on curtains. If i buy those lacy curtains, nice? Where can get those country style curtains. Floral type? What u do in ur study? Y 7k?

You can view my t-blog at my signature below.

I'm doing a major revamp for my study room to fix cabinets, drawers, tables etc. Actually cost abt $9k+ but we took away some cabinets & asked for discounts to meet our budget.

For curtains, u can try Jimmy Textiles at Tanjong Katong Complex. They have a good collection of country-style fabrics. Prices quite reasonable too. My friend made curtains for her entire home for less than $1k. Last year, I also made new sofa covers from Jimmy Textiles. Cost abt $250 for a 3-seater & two 1-seater. I can PM u the contact if u are interested.

[slowloris 0]

You can view my t-blog at my signature below.

I'm doing a major revamp for my study room to fix cabinets, drawers, tables etc. Actually cost abt $9k+ but we took away some cabinets & asked for discounts to meet our budget.

For curtains, u can try Jimmy Textiles at Tanjong Katong Complex. They have a good collection of country-style fabrics. Prices quite reasonable too. My friend made curtains for her entire home for less than $1k. Last year, I also made new sofa covers from Jimmy Textiles. Cost abt $250 for a 3-seater & two 1-seater. I can PM u the contact if u are interested.

hey hey country lover, sorry was too busy. here is a pic of my kitchen. done up already...

looking forward to see your study room!

slowloris

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[countrylover 0]

hey hey country lover, sorry was too busy. here is a pic of my kitchen. done up already...

looking forward to see your study room!

slowloris

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Wow French blue kitchen! One of my favourite country colours too! Is this the same one in their showroom which you shared earlier? It's very, very well done and suits your country theme very much. Did Forest charge you extra for the colour? They said they need to charge extra $600 - $800 for special colours like French blue and sage green. I was earlier deciding between French blue and sage green but eventually went with sage green, cos it's a very unique and timeless colour.

Has your entire reno been completed? Looking forward to more pics!

[xiaobudian 0]

Wow French blue kitchen! One of my favourite country colours too! Is this the same one in their showroom which you shared earlier? It's very, very well done and suits your country theme very much. Did Forest charge you extra for the colour? They said they need to charge extra $600 - $800 for special colours like French blue and sage green. I was earlier deciding between French blue and sage green but eventually went with sage green, cos it's a very unique and timeless colour.

Has your entire reno been completed? Looking forward to more pics!

[xiaobudian 0]

Hi I saw this design at Forestwood showroom. The blue colour comes in it. Dun need add cost. If i take this design, it is about 8k. Champagne colour is special colour...must add money..

[rayfox 0]

Hi xiaobudian

I've also just confirmed my reno with Forestwood! May I know what are you doing for your home and how much did they quote you? You can PM me.

Yes agree too that Cottage Crafts is taking far too long! Chased them for a few times till I gave up, hence confirmed with Forest since they gave me quite a good discount. Then Cottage finally replied after that with a much higher quote. The person I liaised with is the Manager Helen.

Try IFC at Sungei Kadut. Saw a few shops selling country-style fabric sofas. There is another shop there called Country Style Furniture, where I bought my bedroom set. Quite nice on display but quality is not too good.

Saw this shop online. You may wanna check them out:

http://www.couturefurniture.sg/index.php

this online shop might be the one that is ban from renotalk but now change to another name and website

[xiaobudian 0]

Y is it ban? Is a cheayer? Their showroom os a condo at haig rd..

[xiaobudian 0]

To country lover, i saw ur pic of ur hoise.. Looking towards mine.. But i think still long. E designer is doing up on the drawing.. I need some advice: is it better to do e kitchen until ceiling top? Cottage designer said country style kitchen dun do until ceiling top. Furthermore my kitchen very small. If do already, it will look smaller.. Like a short girl wear long skirt.. How? I scare trap dust.. Is it nicer to have a cabinet on top of e fridge or leave it as it is?

My theme will be french country style.. Will manhanthan furniture match? I saw manhanthan collection website.. Their furniture very nice... Anyone bought fr there?

[countrylover 0]

Hi I saw this design at Forestwood showroom. The blue colour comes in it. Dun need add cost. If i take this design, it is about 8k. Champagne colour is special colour...must add money..

Hmm I asked Helen about the French blue cabinet in the showroom, she said must pay extra leh. Cos it's not a standard colour.

[countrylover 0]

To country lover, i saw ur pic of ur hoise.. Looking towards mine.. But i think still long. E designer is doing up on the drawing.. I need some advice: is it better to do e kitchen until ceiling top? Cottage designer said country style kitchen dun do until ceiling top. Furthermore my kitchen very small. If do already, it will look smaller.. Like a short girl wear long skirt.. How? I scare trap dust.. Is it nicer to have a cabinet on top of e fridge or leave it as it is?

My theme will be french country style.. Will manhanthan furniture match? I saw manhanthan collection website.. Their furniture very nice... Anyone bought fr there?

Actually I would recommend that u do the kitchen cabinets all the way to the top cos it's generally very dusty in Singapore. Unless you have a maid, if not gonna have a hard time with the upkeeping. My kitchen is also very small but I had my cabinets all the way to the top, I think it looks pretty fine.

Actually I have a display area above my fridge but we never use it! It's really up to u....but I feel cos the cabinets gonna be quite high up, you may end up not using them very often. What colour is your kitchen cabinets gonna be?

Where is Manhanthan furniture? Do you have their website?