Now that we have an apartment - at least good hope that we get it - we need a sofa (and a TV....).
Today we explored several shopping malls dedicated to furniture: IMM, The Furniture Mall and Park Mall.
After three hours of scouting in many shops we found two sofas that could do the job with a reasonable price.
We did learn a lot over the time we spent in the shops:
- many of the sofas look the same
- some shops offer customization, i.e. when it's made in Asia (likely China). Some shops don't offer customization, i.e. when the sofas are imported.
- for leather, one should read the fine prints. There are sofas in Italian leather made in Italy that cost a fortune (up to 40 000 S$ !!!!) and there are sofas in Italian leather BUT made in China. The Italian leather is imported to China and then assembled. Like the iPhone: Designed in California, Made in China. Those are much cheaper (5-10 000 S$).
- majority of the sofas are soft which is killing my back and requires extra strength to get back on your feet.
- majority of the sofas have a low back which for the tall people that we are is a problem. I can't imagine buying a sofa with the back stopping half way through my back.
There are still a few other malls we haven't checked out, before we end up at Ikea out of despair :)
Let's see next weekend.
Today we explored several shopping malls dedicated to furniture: IMM, The Furniture Mall and Park Mall.
After three hours of scouting in many shops we found two sofas that could do the job with a reasonable price.
We did learn a lot over the time we spent in the shops:
- many of the sofas look the same
- some shops offer customization, i.e. when it's made in Asia (likely China). Some shops don't offer customization, i.e. when the sofas are imported.
- for leather, one should read the fine prints. There are sofas in Italian leather made in Italy that cost a fortune (up to 40 000 S$ !!!!) and there are sofas in Italian leather BUT made in China. The Italian leather is imported to China and then assembled. Like the iPhone: Designed in California, Made in China. Those are much cheaper (5-10 000 S$).
- majority of the sofas are soft which is killing my back and requires extra strength to get back on your feet.
- majority of the sofas have a low back which for the tall people that we are is a problem. I can't imagine buying a sofa with the back stopping half way through my back.
There are still a few other malls we haven't checked out, before we end up at Ikea out of despair :)
Let's see next weekend.
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