Where is your favourite place to hunt for furniture?

[DesertWind]

VooVoo:

but good to share where you would go to if you want to buy furniture (if you are not getting it done up by an ID/contractor) - dining table, chairs, sofa, coffee table etc...

Hi VooVoo!

I suggest the following:

(1) For Leather Sofa - go to HTL Warehouse Sale (Hwa Tat Lee), you can look out for their advertisement for weekend warehouse sale or call them to ask when is the next sale. I bought a leather 3 seater sofa for only about SGD700! They produce mainly for export to other countries hence their sofa tends to be pretty bulky and huge. But you can go take a look as I feel their prices are a real bargain compared to other shops in town selling sofas which cost between S$2K to S$3.5K!

(2) For Dining Table - go to Air Division to take a look. They are famous for their dining tables and chairs. Very classy and streamlined. We bought ours with teak wood base and granite top, rectangular 6 seater with 6 matching wood and leather chairs. The whole set costs about S$3-4K but we feel it is extremely worth it as we love the set!

(3) For Beds - go for those posturepedic type. Or buy from Ikea is also comfortable and good! For duvet with down/feathers filling, I think Ikea is really superb value for money.

(4) Coffee tables, side tables and such, depends on what type of materials do you like? Rattan, marble, wood, steel, glass? Go to Furniture Mall at Beach Road you can see a mind-boggling number of shops! Go to Park Mall at Dhoby Gaut for more up-market furnitures.

Happy shopping!
:celebrate:

[VooVoo]

Thank you all…I used to frequent Lifeshop, Barang Barang, XZQT as well…

[VooVoo]

How about lightings? Along Balestier stretch?

[hquek]

For Air division (and all other places), don’t paiseh, ask for better price. They knocked off I think additional 10% off my mum’s sofa (after already 40%). I was speechless but quietly thankful.


For lighting, I go to Singapore Lighting Centre (quite near that 24 hour foodcourt) at balestier. I find their prices good, and also the pieces quite alright (I only like clean lines, simple designs; not the fancy fancy bling bling or the beng beng type). but I do again go to Ikea for the not important lightings (eg storeroom, yard area).

[smurf]

I think they probably earn a lot already lah…

[hquek]

smurf:

I think they probably earn a lot already lah...

I agree but markups have to be high cos it's not a high turnover thing. I do lurve their metally bookshelf, but cannot bring myself to pay that few k for it....

[VooVoo]

Also, first time using ID (no time to reno compared to when we didn't have kids)...any advice? Like, can bargain after getting quotation? :oops:

[smurf]

dun be surprised that the shops are earning even after discounting 80%, because they do sell the things at about 200% more. I was told that some lights selling price around 1k odd, can be discounted to $600 or less. and they still earn. although they are not high turnover thing.


designers goods are definitely more expensive lor...

[hquek]

VooVoo:

Also, first time using ID (no time to reno compared to when we didn't have kids)...any advice? Like, can bargain after getting quotation? :oops:

can. when it comes to reno, bargain! Time and again, even when I stick to my usual contractor, there will be stuff I am :!: . Usually will ask him and he may offer to cut down - sometimes the magnitude scares me.

But remember that price cut may = quality cut. Check with your ID if this/that can be cheaper and how can it be so (using cheaper materials?). my contractor likes to quote us 3M type material, and we may want to change it to normal/cheaper type.

So you have to decide which pain you want to bear. The immediate $$ pain, or the longer term \"I should have done this\" pain.

btw, I find Jalan Besar stretch good to look for sinks and taps. Some even sell Grohe. Although so many years down the road, I probably will not feel the need to go for Grohe taps again - normal cheap ones should suffice in many cases.

[hquek]

smurf:

dun be surprised that the shops are earning even after discounting 80%, because they do sell the things at about 200% more. I was told that some lights selling price around 1k odd, can be discounted to $600 or less. and they still earn. although they are not high turnover thing.


designers goods are definitely more expensive lor...

Agree on all counts. SLC that I go to. The lady can tell me price of this light is $85, after discount is 65. Piang....just say what the end price is can? Sigh....