Archive for June, 2008

JCPenney 4th of July Sale

JCPenney.com.my is having their 4th of July sale which features some houseware at 50% off the normal retail price! Click here to view JCPenney’s houseware offerings.

photo courtesy of JCPenney.com.my
Payment options: Visa or MasterCard
Advantage: Shop from home convenience, well defined return policy,
Beware of: Shipping Costs (it will be factored into your grand total as a separate [...]

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Tips for Storing Wine at Home

Wine is the the new social elixir of Asia and many of us tend to keep a few bottles stowed away in the home for functions or simply to consume when friends and family come over for dinner. Here are a few tips on how to store wine properly at home.

The first thing to know [...]

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

HowTo: Use Trouser Hangers Instead of Frames

Here’s an unconventional method to hang your art prints or blown up photographs, using trouser hangers! Came across this marvelous idea via poppytalk and ladies & gentlemen home. This little idea has apparently even been featured on O at Home.

To implement this great moneysaving idea, you can purchase your trouser hanger (model: BUMERANG) from Ikea [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

(Plant) Life Begins at Sungai Buloh

Want to buy plants? Sungai Buloh is THE place for just that, with plenty of nurseries selling a myriad variety of plants for very reasonable prices. It’s about 10km from the beginning of the LDP highway (at the crossroads to Sri Damansara, Sungai Buloh, Kepong). I found this useful location map [...]

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Pavilion KL Home Fair- Updates

I went, I saw, I left disappointed and empty handed. That’s how I would sum up my experience at the Pavilion Home Fair over the weekend. The fair took up a footprint of about 1k sqft at the concourse area and displayed limited wares from the stores in the Home Precinct [...]

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Footballer’s Cribs on MTV

Got stuck in several traffic jams and it took me almost two whole hours to get back home today. I sung to Jason Mraz and the Click 5 whilst my left foot was getting excessive clutch action. Methinks my next car will definitely be an auto transmission. For now, my zippy little Proton will do [...]

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Pavilion KL Home Fair

The Pavilion KL Home Fair starts today, from 19th - 29th June. I’ve been waiting a while for this and will definitely visit the fair this weekend to see if there’s anything worth getting for the home. It must be said that most, if not all the home stores there are rather pricey but they [...]

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Kirp Wall Shelf

The shelf that resembles the Nike Swoosh. That’s how I would describe the IKEA Kirp Wall Shelf in less than 10 words. This neat little shelf is great for storing CDs, DVDs, and books and has quite a designer feel to it as well. Would look great hung on a narrow piece of wall to [...]

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

HowTo: Make A Great Photo Compilation

Went for a holiday and want to tell the story in pictures? Want to make an artistic photo compilation, have it printed, framed and hung on a wall in your home? I’ve found just the perfect tool. At tabblo.com, you can edit and compile your photos online, save your work and download it in pdf [...]

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Birzi Table Lamp

Product Description (from Luceplan):
Birzì is an ironic and playful light, designed to be “mistreated”, deformed and touched. Made of silicone, this lamp takes on different shapes and sizes according to the user’s whim
Easy to use and to position, it is bump and fall resistant. The different colours – white, orange and green – [...]

Friday, June 13th, 2008