Monday, August 19, 2013

Tablescapes from Hock Siong

Hock Siong is a large second-hand junk shop in Singapore, which specialises in hotel cast-offs and rejects. I started going there many, many years ago, when I chanced upon it's two line advertisement in the newspaper Classifieds. Nowadays, they are a booming business with features in every news channel and magazine. I chanced upon their Facebook page and discovered the beautiful shoots that they are doing with the old furniture and some table props, a black Celine trapeze bag here and a few brown glass Aesop bottles, against their old warehouse wall. How beautiful and creative are these? I think I fell in love again and again, scrolling through their beautiful colour and textural combinations, what beautiful inspiration for a modern apartment.

















Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Air Conditioning Servicing

And now to a very relevant but none too glamourous part of maintenence. Air-conditioner servicing. The price quotes are fairly reasonable and they can also work out deals where they service the frequently-used aircons quarterly but the not-so-frequently used aircons every 6 months.

CoolValue (Alex): mobile: 97879502 tel: 67850953 $220/year for quarterly servicing of 3 aircons and $280/year for quarterly serving of 4 aircons.


THL: $225/ year for quarterly servicing of 3 aircons

Ann Tat Air Con 90030807/67441937

Cool Serve (apparently very reliable but not cheapest)

Atkiff Air Conditioning Servicing (cheapest but not always reliable)

Sunday, March 31, 2013

New photos, renovation almost complete

A photo drop, because I'm finally abandoning my old Apple iphone before it dies on me. The pictures were taken at all times of day but I think give a good sense of where we're at- progress is slowly but surely being made!