Friday, February 8, 2008
Living room
The living room is pretty decent sized. One good thing is that the shelter door is in the kitchen instead of in the living room like what I've seen in some units. That really would cramp the design style as you shouldn't place anything to obstruct the door leaving a good chunk of the living room empty. I've seen quite a lot of people spending money for feature walls to hide the door. I'm glad that I'm free of that concern.I insisted, much to the protest of Shuyi, to tear down the study room wall to really widen up the living room as I don't see a need for the study. Tearing down the wall leaves us with a really nice squarish living room. We'll be covering up the area with laminate(in the pale pine shade) and that will be Shuyi's little area.
The wall has fallen!We'll be installing a simple ceiling fan too. As simple as possible, Shuyi insisted. Much like the ones in your classrooms from wayyyy back.
But something like this is kinda cute too huh.The feature wall (the only one in the house) and the TV console is done up.
everything in Shanghai BanbooWe got our doorbell. No need to change battery. Ever!
hope we can hear it when we're inside though...
hope we can hear it when we're inside though...Standard furnishing protocol requires a coffee table. Now coffee tables are really interesting elements in home furnishing. It is like this little table that is not so significant in purpose and size but yet so very expensive (relatively). In fact, the coffee table is the center of gravity for the living room. It is always at the center of everything. Is that why it is priced as such?
I mean... you can get a freaking 2 seater wood and fabric sofa in Ikea for $200+. But the smallest coffee table you'll find amounts to that price. Looking around, you get quotations for small coffee tables ranging from $300 to $900. You crazy people. We could not find any that fits our budget and more importantly, our liking. So, for the longest time, we've been using this as a coffee table.
ghetto
I mean... you can get a freaking 2 seater wood and fabric sofa in Ikea for $200+. But the smallest coffee table you'll find amounts to that price. Looking around, you get quotations for small coffee tables ranging from $300 to $900. You crazy people. We could not find any that fits our budget and more importantly, our liking. So, for the longest time, we've been using this as a coffee table.
ghettoThe ikea cardboard box in which my chair came in. At one point, I was really thinking of modifying it to be a permanent fixture. You can spread putty cement on it and stick small mosaic tiles on it. But you must reinforce the interior, worry about the integrity of the cardboard etc. So it did not happen.
We wanted something simple and rustic but 'simple' & 'rustic' are in short supply locally. My initial idea was an old trunk, Something like this.
OK this is not so old. Kinda LV-ish but you get the idea.
Maybe like this? But this is like retrieved from sunken Spanish ship kinda material. So it is out of the question.
An old luggage perhaps? I did not try really hard but I was kinda surprised that I cannot find a vintage luggage bag at the Thief's Market.
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so klassic
We wanted something simple and rustic but 'simple' & 'rustic' are in short supply locally. My initial idea was an old trunk, Something like this.
OK this is not so old. Kinda LV-ish but you get the idea.
Maybe like this? But this is like retrieved from sunken Spanish ship kinda material. So it is out of the question.An old luggage perhaps? I did not try really hard but I was kinda surprised that I cannot find a vintage luggage bag at the Thief's Market.
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so klassicAnyway, this is what we end up getting.
wooden block. so simple.weelian at 12:24 PM