{"id":20077,"date":"2014-03-09T14:20:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T06:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=20077"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:15:37","slug":"the-minton-ideas-and-renovation-23-tables-and-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2014\/03\/09\/the-minton-ideas-and-renovation-23-tables-and-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minton: Ideas and Renovation \u2013 23 \u2013 Tables and Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funny how sometimes our decisions change about things we thought we were sure of. We&#8217;d been intending to get our workroom chairs and barstools at a warehouse called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comfortfurniture.com.sg\/about-us\/\">Comfort Design <\/a>we checked out earlier this year &#8211; Ling found them on the web and liked their designs. Upon a return visit to Comfort Design, we ended up picking up anything but those, and instead the dinner table, matching chairs and stools, and the coffee table. While we really liked the Scandinavian styled ash wood dining table from yesterday&#8217;s visit to More-Less, we just weren&#8217;t ready to risk a situation where we&#8217;d be living in our new home without a proper dinner table.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20078\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040082-comfort-design.jpg\" alt=\"'Paradigm' table in white top with wenge legs, and at S$662. We saw another option we liked - a completely white table with tempered glass top - but we both liked this one more for its color balance against the craftbrick wall just beside it.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040082-comfort-design.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040082-comfort-design-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040082-comfort-design-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Paradigm&#8217; table in white top with wenge legs, and at S$662. Made of medium-density fiberboard. We saw another option we liked &#8211; a completely white table with tempered glass top &#8211; but we both liked this one more for its color balance against the craftbrick wall just beside it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20080\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040088-comfort-design.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Farm chair' in full timber, and cocoa color, and without arm rests. We bought 3 of these at S$89 a piece, and also the 'Mantra armchair' in Wenge at S$277. Yeah; three times as expensive, but I cannot live without my arm rests LOL. \" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040088-comfort-design.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040088-comfort-design-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Farm chair&#8217; in full timber, and cocoa color, and without arm rests. We bought 3 of these at S$89 a piece, and also the &#8216;Mantra armchair&#8217; in Wenge at S$277. Yeah; three times as expensive, but I cannot live without my arm rests LOL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20079\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040084-comfort-design.jpg\" alt=\"'Tang' wooden stool in cocoa finish. We bought two of these and will be additional seating if we have more than four persons at the table.\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040084-comfort-design.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040084-comfort-design-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Tang&#8217; wooden stool in cocoa finish. We bought two of these and will be additional seating if we have more than four persons at the table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20081\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040091-comfort-design.jpg\" alt=\"'Quiche' coffee table with a clear tempered glass top,and at S$277. Took us a very long while to finally see something suitable for the living hall.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040091-comfort-design.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040091-comfort-design-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Quiche&#8217; coffee table with a clear tempered glass top,and at S$277. Took us a very long while to finally see something suitable for the living hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20082\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040096-comfort-design.jpg\" alt=\"The warehouse, a little away from the main road and tucked away amidst rows of workshops in Eunos.\" width=\"320\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040096-comfort-design.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040096-comfort-design-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The warehouse, a little away from the main road and tucked away amidst rows of workshops in Eunos. Renovation work is going on at the upper levels, apparently to further enlarge the showroom floor areas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The warehouse specializes in chairs and tables, and offers three floors of such, and we did see a couple of workroom chairs and barstool possibilities after a couple of hours of exploration till early afternoon. But Peter was too tired by this point (he&#8217;d not napped since morning), so we&#8217;ll have to return for a third visit to see about finding and picking up the remaining items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funny how sometimes our decisions change about things we thought we were sure of. We&#8217;d been intending to get our workroom chairs and barstools at a warehouse called Comfort Design we checked out earlier this year &#8211; Ling found them<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2014\/03\/09\/the-minton-ideas-and-renovation-23-tables-and-chairs\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  The Minton: Ideas and Renovation \u2013 23 \u2013 Tables and Chairs<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526],"tags":[515,337],"class_list":["post-20077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-home","tag-minton","tag-renovation","wpcat-526-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040082-comfort-design.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}