New Furniture
Carly and I headed out on a tour of some warehouses the other day. The parent of a child who was in her class last year knows an interior designer who runs this tour. We had wanted to pick up a few pieces of furniture before leaving Singapore, so this proved to be an excellent opportunity.
Most of the designer / antique / reproduction furniture here comes from China, a lot of it is lacquered, and mostly the wood is really old Elm - often refinished and made into really nice pieces. There are a lot of original antiques as well, most of the stuff we tend to really like are things that have been rebuilt using old wood, or refinished.
Some of the places we went don't have any public access at all, and we were able to get a few pieces at about 1/4-1/3 of the cost that they would retail for down on Orchard.
We picked up a really beautiful cabinet (~90 years old from Northern China) and two end tables that were restored, built out of old Elm, as well as a fantastic coffee table that weighs a ton, made of stone and old Elm wood as well. All of it is nicely lacquered, and we can't wait to bring it back to Canada.
