This may sound complicated or silly....depending on how you see it.
Okay... For the longest of time, H had been looking for a suitable Chinese-style TV cabinet for his "Selfish Room" (more about this later...hehehe). But Chinese-style furniture is quite expensive due to the high import taxes. So, when one of H's colleagues was moving over; H piggybacked on his "Shipment" with some Chinese-style furniture from Malaysia. Errr...we didn't fly to KL to choose the furniture. H just simply "trusted" the furniture vendor's (whom he knows) taste to select some pieces. H just gave some brief requirements and that was it. Because of this "Piggybacking", the furniture were considered 'personal effects' and thus NOT taxed.
The shipment was delivered while I was still on holiday in Malaysia. So the first time I laid eyes on them was when I walked through my front door the day I arrived back home!
TV Cabinet
H's very pleased with this piece. The carpenter that came to drill a hole in the back panel (for the DVD cables) indicated to H that the wood is of a very good quality. Errrr...I'm supposed to get someone to hang up those pictures that are sitting the floor...which I have yet to do. 
Glass Cabinet
Still very empty. Donno what to display in the shelf!
Glass Cabinet
Still very empty. Donno what to display in the shelf!
Pair of Chairs and Table
Black Console Table
Now used as my "Buddha" table
Now used as my "Buddha" table
Black Butterfly Shoe Cabinet
The cabinet is now filled with our shoes, of course.
This came with a matching mirror.
The cabinet is now filled with our shoes, of course.
This came with a matching mirror.
Plain Black Cabinet
H thought this was not a very nice piece. It's plain but I am already putting it to FULL use. It's already filled with my scrapbooking supplies. :-)
H thought this was not a very nice piece. It's plain but I am already putting it to FULL use. It's already filled with my scrapbooking supplies. :-)
8 comments:
waaaaah very nice .. you guys bought lots of furniture hor, so, if move again, need to ship all of them again lar ar ?
This is the 1st time I hear ppl buying furniture w/o going to the shop or c the goods 1st. Luckily the vendor has good taste or knows H's taste. All the items look vy nice.
wah..lucky the furniture guy got good taste..or else..wah piang!
i too like that black cabinet.... cannot see and cannot collect dust!
Misha's Mum - When we move, we'll have to start SELLING stuff lor....
Slavemom - Hahaha...Ya. Kinda silly to trust the vendor. But we've bought stuff from them before. And Thanks for the compliment
Mott - Eh...actually hor, black stuff when collect dust LAGI can see...
i like the shoe cabinet, pairs of chairs and table, and black console table. got anymore or not esp the shoe cabinet, need more storage now that kids have more shoes liao
very nice furnitures, vintage feeling :)
Wen - Well, one can never have enough spaces for our shoes!!!!
Irene - My house is very chinesey and woody. No contemporary furniture here.
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