13 January 2010 - Shopping Day

Michael came to fetch us at 11am. We went to the lighting shop first. It is along Geylang road andat the junction of Still Road. Small shop but the owner is very friendly. He takes the initiative to give us advice also. Because of the unique nature of the pitched roof, he wasn't sure about whether ceiling mounted fans will be permissible by HDB. Michael would arrange with him to go for site inspection with his technician. I saw one kerosene lamp light that resembles the old school kerosene lamp. It retails for >$200. I wonder if a real one would cost that much. Probably less than $100. I think it would look cool in my bathroom or balcony.

Next, we went to the tile shop. It is just across the road. Very big shop. Choose until eyes pop out. We decided to go with the following:

Living room, dining room and study: Matte light beige color homogeneous tiles

Kitchen: Medium brown tiles

Toilet downstairs and common toilet upstairs: Beige and brown tiles combo

MBR toilet: Slate feature wall for rainshower and beige wall tiles

We have decided to emulate the cement screed flooring that we saw in Michael's home as it is easy to maintain, not slippery and also economical. We would do this for all three toilets. We would probably use the old style wooden door as seen in Michael's house as well. We all copycat the good stuff. Haha......

After a late lunch at Fei Fei wanton noodles, we went to get our toilet stuff. Michael took us to a shop along Jalan Besar but I requested to go to Genova. We bought about $2,300 of stuff there. Most of the stuff we bought were similar to those used in our existing house.