Simple & Natural - Japan Theme 4 Room

[benetay 14]

Very interesting concept! thanks for sharing. I actually toyed with the idea of Japan theme too but the real Japan home will have decking throughout the house and it cost a lot after quote from ID. So decided to drop the idea.

Also have to overlay the current tiles with wood ones, very expensive so i can now only see others

Cheers~

[myimaginaryhome 0]

Congrats on getting your keys! Something different, can't wait to see your updated pictures

[nirvani 1]

  On 12/24/2014 at 3:45 AM, myimaginaryhome said:

Congrats on getting your keys! Something different, can't wait to see your updated pictures

Thanks! Yes I think industrial/scandi is too common nowadays. And it seems everyone has a craft brick wall in their living room! I will be having just a plain wall in my living, oh dear lol.

[nirvani 1]

Collection of some lights for me to keep in mind. Planning to get all my lights from Taobao. I walked the entire length of Balestier visiting all the lighting shops, and realised that all the lights they display are ripped off from Taobao, only with a super high markup.

[DaddyWinter 10]

eager to see how your home will turn out to be

[benetay 14]

i concur, hope to see the outcome.

[nirvani 1]

Paid deposit on LG Artcool Platinum white color with Best Tech. Yes heard many bad reviews about this company but I signed up anyway due to their competitive pricing and flexibility in allowing me to change to other brand aircon whenever I want, as long as I give advanced notice. They are also using the Yamato denki contiguous piping that doesn't need to be connected with masking tape like traditional armaflex. Masking tape is a point of failure, no matter how thick or good quality the armaflex insulation is. Sounds logical to me.

LG Artcool Platinum White System 4

Should I change to Mitsubishi instead? Sitting on the fence on this one.. If I change I also get a discount as mitsubishi is 200 cheaper than the LG

Edited December 29, 2014 by nirvani

[El LoCo 3]

  On 12/24/2014 at 12:15 AM, nirvani said:

Thanks its good to know! BTW, do you change the water filter and if so, where do you buy it?

[El LoCo 3]

Cant recall abt the water filter but I did do my own bi-weekly cleaning of the nozzle despite it is a self cleaning type.

[mushroom83 0]

looks nice.... i might want to follow your concept... very different..

[nirvani 1]

Bought a home automation controller, a door sensor and a smart plug to test out. Intending to automate my new home, like having the lights come on automatically in the evenings or go off when we go to sleep or go out, knowing when someone opens the door or Windows as security measure, etc. The possibilities are endless! No more slapping your forehead when you forget to swith off the lights when you go on vacation..

Managed to setup a simple scene for my current bedroom. Can't wait to get more sensors and devices when I do my renovation.

[ringogogo 0]

Hi nirvani, I paid deposit with Best Tech too, for Mitsubishi sys4. Was also given flexibility to choose but it's between Electric Starmex or HI. =D Got Yamato insulation as well but I'm thinking if can change to 1/2' instead of 3/8'.

[wmayeo 1]

  On 12/23/2014 at 6:30 AM, nirvani said:

We got most of our stuff from Scanteak. I know teak isn't exactly in line with our theme, but we just couldn't pass up solid wood furniture at those promotional prices. Besides, its really hard to find light oak furniture in Singapore. I came across Hommage Lifestyle and would have gotten the complete set of their Japanese furniture, if I had not already bought all of these! Argh...

Scanteak Flip TV Console

The only piece we bought from Scanteak that isn't solid wood. Should I change this for the Prologue range TV console? We still have some time to decide...

Scanteak Slank Dining Table 150cm

Scanteak Kontour Chair

Bought 2 pieces, comes with free seat cushions.

Scanteak Prologue Duo Bench

Originally intended to get all Prologue range, but after seeing it in person, decided that some of the items like the sofa were too small. If we had a 3 room BTO I would probably buy the range.

In the end, the bench was the only thing from Prologue that we got.

Scanteak Lifestyle Display Unit

Intending to place this in front of the main entrance, since we have no more budget to engage ID to do a customised partition. This was bought on promo price. We'll see what happens.

We also went to Hommage to check out their Japanese oak wood furnitures. Another place which you can consider is Ethnicraft. But all their prices are steep.

Scanteak choice is good, I think it will last generations when furniture are taken care of. We bought Scanteak pieces too.

[nirvani 1]

Hi ringogogo, have you installed your aircon yet? How is it going? How was Best tech service?

I am only going to be starting reno soon.

  On 1/12/2015 at 7:34 AM, ringogogo said:

Hi nirvani, I paid deposit with Best Tech too, for Mitsubishi sys4. Was also given flexibility to choose but it's between Electric Starmex or HI. =D Got Yamato insulation as well but I'm thinking if can change to 1/2' instead of 3/8'.

[nirvani 1]

I went to those places you mentioned as well but the prices were prohibitive.

The Japanese pieces although nice, don't seem to work very well for HDB scale. It looks a bit strange in a HDB, I can't put a finger on it. Also the they are rather pricey..

We didn't like Ethnicraft at all, as the furniture were all so expensive and the surface has that rough unfinished feeling. It might be designer or environmentally friendly, but its not for us.

  On 1/12/2015 at 3:13 PM, wmayeo said:

We also went to Hommage to check out their Japanese oak wood furnitures. Another place which you can consider is Ethnicraft. But all their prices are steep.

Scanteak choice is good, I think it will last generations when furniture are taken care of. We bought Scanteak pieces too.