NEW WEBSITE http://www.furnituresg.com.sg/

http://www.furnituresg.com.sg/
Despite some glitches and hurdles, the website is finally up and running.
i am still in the process of loading more items into the site
currently the items are still very limited as compared to the number of items on my ebay site.
cos it takes quite a bit of time to edit the photos and listing them up.
i am still getting use to the system, it should get better.
please come back to see further update of the products.
it will only get more and more.
i can guarantee that it'll be the biggest and most complete online furniture retail store in singapore.

NEWS update

This few months i have been busy with the upcoming website which will be up within the next few week.
it'll be one of the largest online furniture store in singapore.
in the pipeline i'll be writing on the tracks of the sliding doors cupboards soon.cos there are so many different type of tracks with varying prices also

do stay tuned for more updates soon.

Captions & pricing of Furniture

Previously whenever i scanned the photos and upload onto the picasa album, there are no pricing and no really obvious model number which they can refer to.

Thus today i just started to add captions on the photos and pricing.

I hope that by doing so it would make it easier for my readers and interested buyers to view the dimensions and pricing.

Please bear with me for some of the photo as you will see are still without any descriptions.

Interior of sofa?

Sofa is in a lot of ways similar to a mattress. A lot of times the importance/emphasis is understated, due to the fact that we spend more of our time on a mattress than on a sofa. Usually the emphasis or time spent on choosing a piece of furniture is in direct correlation to the amount of time we spent on this piece of furniture.

Sofa is usually the next most important thing as it’s the other thing that we will have direct body contact with and giving us the comfort which we seek.

Like I mentioned in my previous post, there are different material being used for the interior of a sofa. At times it might be even more complicated than a mattress, which a lot of people are having difficulty in choosing one.

As indicated in the diagram, underneath the seat cushion, there are springs support, however at times there are also sofa with leather belting system, replacing the spring seat springs. A sofa comprises of a wooden structure, then within the seat there are either foam, spring, pocketed spring or polyester or even a combination of all this being laid before the external “wrapping” of the sofa.

One common misconception is the external cover of the sofa matters the most in whether it’s a warm or not so warm. But the most important determining factor is the internal of the sofa. I would like to emphasis on the fact that the softer the sofa the warmer it is. Thus when the interior of the seat or the back is polyester, it will be softer, than it tends to sink in and almost definitely it will be warmer.

Looking at the above one would safely say that a wooden or even a stone sofa tend to be the least warm. Will I have to agree, but a lot of times its not that easy to find a wooden sofa that would blend into our design and there would definitely some compromise on the comfort level.

Thus for those out there who like a softer sofa like me, there is definitely a trade off between the comfort level and how warm the sofa.

A lot of people rush into getting a L-shape sofa just because its something that they never had before and feels that its something different. Though to me its so cliché that I see it like 8 out of 10 new house which I went to. Before deciding on a L-shape you have to see the layout of your house and decide whether it fit into your living room and leaving enough space to watch and not blocking the window. Therefore meaning you would need to decide to L on which side of the sofa. Though some can shift to the left or right whenever you like, but there are some which you need to decide the direction during upon order.

A 3 seater + 2 seater is usually cheaper than 3 + 1 + 1 because of the 2 extra set of armrest and the extra amount of material needed. When deciding on the number of seater you need or whether you like a L-shape sofa or just a 3 seater, please take your measurement 1^st before going to source for your sofa. Else a lot of time the sofa might turn out bigger than you imagine when placed in your home.

Which material is warmer for my sofa?

Been pretty busy lately due to shortage of manpower. Thus you might realise the time lapse since my last post.
Today let’s look at 1 of the most important piece of furniture in the living room. “SOFA !!!”
I always hear people telling me ‘oh leather sofa not so warm right? The pvc sofa warmer right? ’ Well, i can only say it’s true to a certain extent. Why? Whether it’s warm or not, it’s all dependent on your environment and to me both are warm.

You might have the same experience of how come the sofa is so comfortable when i tried it in the showrooms but how come it feels so different when placed in my house? The reason is simple, when you tried it in showrooms you are in an air con environment thus most of the sofa you tried feels quite comfortable and when in your home, most probably, you do not on your air con most of the time right?
In my opinion, all sofa will be warm, its just the difference of how long does it take before you feel the heat or the sweat dripping from your back.
Assuming all condition the same, i.e same sofa, place at same place but with different material, making things easy to understand, you might start to sweat on a pvc sofa in 10 mins, a PU sofa 15mins and a leather sofa 20min and a fabric sofa 25mins. The numbers are just for illustration purpose but if i were to rank their heat dissipitating abilities i would rank them as follows, assuming we are comparing the better grade of the individual material.

1) Fabric (preferable 100% cotton)
2) Genuine leather
3) PU
4) PVC

One most important aspect to take note is that the softer the sofa, which most people consider as more comfortable, it will be warmer. Reason being that when it is softer, our body tend to sink in more at the back and the seat thus not leaving any room for your body to “breath”. That’s also why when we sit on a wooden sofa its more cooling.
Thus whether a sofa is warm or not, its not only dependent on the material of the material covering the sofa but also the material underneath. I’ll touch on this more in my next post. Hopefully i'll have time to touch on how to choose the ideal sofa for your living room.

3 things to do to alleviate the problems of a warm mattress?

“i love this mattress leh, but i heard that memory foam and latex very warm leh, so how???”

All the different materials will have their pros and cons, and not all are made the same. So we must take note of certain things during our search for the ideal mattress, else we can only use “add-ons” to improve the conditions.

After more or less decided on the type of mattress you like, you might want to note the materials that are used to wrap the mattress. Some materials are better is dissipating heat and some are not as efficient. Most commonly used materials are as follows:-

1) Polyester

2) Bamboo fibre

3) Cotton (different variation of cotton)

Careful choice of material of the mattress fabric

Polyester are usually used in the lower end mattress, as they tend to give a less natural feel thus not as comfy as cotton. It’s a less breathable product, when not allowed to breath; your body will feel the heat faster.

Bamboo fibre, the fabric is made from the fibre of bamboo, (yeah i know its obvious), this material is more organic and are eco friendly. To some extent its antibacterial, the fabric is very soft and can be worn directly next to the skin. Bamboo also has many antibacterial qualities, which bamboo fabric is apparently able to retain, even through multiple washings. This helps to reduce bacteria that thrive on clothing and cause unpleasant odours. More importantly, it has insulating properties and will keep the wearer cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

Cotton is one of the most popular and commonly found material, be it in bed sheets or clothing. There are also numerous variation to cotton. Such as combed cotton, egyptian cotton, sateen etc. Combed cotton is an extremely soft version of cotton made by specially treating the cotton fibres before they are spun into yarn thus softer to the feel. Egyptian cotton are the standard in high quality bedding. It is considered the “king of all cottons” due to its luxurious feel and its durability. Egyptian cotton is a very breathable fabric. It also resists piling, as the cotton plants used to make it don’t produce a lot of lint. Even though new sheets may start out a little coarse, they will become softer with each washing. Thus its also one of the not so warm fabric around.

Adding a mattress protector

By adding a layer of mattress protector, it has a few advantages,

1) It will add a layer between your body and the mattress thus cushioning out some heat generated from the mattress materials.

2) At the same time it could also add the soft and comfy feel to your mattress

3) It protects your mattress from stains such as sweat, children peeing, etc.

Bed sheets

Bed sheets are one of the most important and final touch to your prized trophy after that long search for the mattress. Its the one that is in direct contact to your body and by choosing the right fabric material, it could dissipate the heat and make your sleep more comfortable. Most people talk about thread count, but most people ignore or neglect the measurement unit. Thread count refers to the number of tread running vertically and horizontally within per square unit. Most people only look at the number thinking the larger the number the better, WRONG!! Or you can say half correct.

Most importantly you must look at the unit of measurement, is it per 10cm square or per square inch (both unit are pretty common in the market). For example if the number is 300 it could measure better than one that indicates 450. Cos per square inch is about 6.45 square cm, thus having 300 per square inch is better than having 450 per 10cm square which is a larger area. Its like saying having 10 players on a basketball court is being more spacious than having 22 players on a football field?

Tread count also determine how durable the fabric, the softness and how it feels when touched.

The type of commonly found material is as per the mattress, polyester, bamboo fibre, satin, combed cotton, Egyptian cotton, etc.

why my mattress so warm?

“Why is my mattress so warm? When I sleep on it, my back feels so warm…”

A number of you might be saying...“Hey how come you know what am I thinking?” this is because it’s one of question I was asked in this blog which is also one of the most commonly asked question. I had my fair share of experience of sleeping on different mattress over my life. Theory aside, during my childhood days, I slept on the cotton type of mattress, moving on to foam, to bonnell spring later on to pocketed spring with latex and currently I am using one with memory foam topper which I find most comfortable till date.

Just a rule of thumb, the softer the mattress the more conforming to our body it is thus less area being allowed to breath/ventilation, eventually warmer.

However this is only in the hypothetical case of when all else being equal, the springs, the materials of outer layers, the density etc. These info may not be readily available to general consumer which doesn’t make our decision making process any easier.

Memory foam is the warmest I have tried so far, reason as I mentioned in previous post, memory foam reacts to our body temperature and ‘melts’, conforming to our body contour. But to give it credit, it’s also one of the more comfortable mattresses I’ve slept on. “I also like the comfort from memory foam, so how can we make it less warm?”… (I’ll touch on this in my next post). I’ve ever sleep on the mattress and in the middle of the night and the bed sheet is wet, not that I pee but its all sweat. Yucks!!!

Latex no doubt is rubber in nature, it is not breathable, so naturally it’s also warm, and the latex being used in mattress includes little “ventilating” holes to increase the air flow to make it less warm for those sleeping on it. Increasing air flow is just one of the features, but more importantly the size holes also allow manufacturer to vary the firmness of the latex.

“so you mean spring mattress is the least warm?”…that is if you are going to sleep on the spring only and no other material between you and the spring. So obviously this is not going to be comfortable. But yes with spring as the core of the mattress, the tendency is it’ll not be as warm. One word of caution though is to note what are the layers of the outer layer that are being used in this mattress, cos it’ll more or less determine the properties & the “warm level” of the mattress.

I’ve touch on the above 3 core materials of mattress in descending order of how warm you might feel given everything else equal.

The next post I’ll touch on how to alleviate the “warm level” of the mattress.