I am excited and afraid, and going a little overboard with price comparison shopping. I had spent a few weekends shopping non stop for ten hours a day, through warehouses, ikea, catalogues, online and offline and four hours online at night. The verdict is that home & decor items ordered online is more affordable in value. With the exception of Ikea and Daiso. Just that, the furniture shipment has to come exactly in time with the moving date. This time, everything will be brand new except my beloved red sofa which is the only piece of furniture that I currently own.
The furniture that I had ordered online are white victorian made from oakwood. They come without assembly, direct from supplier in China. Strangely, very strangely, everything is made in China, including high end European furniture. I was very surprised at the photos and finishing. I will only know if the photos meet the quality I expect once the shipment arrives. It was a great bargain, but translating each piece of furniture to mandarin and having to communicate with the representatives proved to be a rather difficult chore, but we did it successfully and they are now on the way.
I made a resolution to make the best bed in the world in my home. After having slept on the bed of the Grand Hotel Melbourne with my mum when she flew over to attend my graduation ceremony, we both have a similar mission to recreate the same grand bed. It is so famous that the hotel has an order form for the grand bed. But I will attempt to recreate the bed at the fraction of the cost.
To make the best bed in the world, it requires a few items:
- 1000+ thread count sheets
- Australian made quilts and mattress topper
- Comfortable pillows, I prefer down feather and memory foam posture pillows, so I got both
- A great mattress!
I believe a great bed is the ultimate luxury in life as we spend 1/3 of our life sleeping. A great rest = a great day. Too little effort has been placed to this important facet in our homes, except hotels try to research and create that by offering guests options for hard and soft pillows, and as far as to offer bamboo fiber non allergy pillows. Well, I could slowly discover what bed I like over time in my home 😀
I am excited that the new place I am moving to has gym facilities. I am looking forward to holding BBQ parties by the lawn, and being Australian. Yup. I miss whipping up a storm like masterchef. I felt very happy in Melbourne as I could get my friends over and cook, and house parties/bbq/visiting was a regular social activity. At my new place, I am going to do that and cook most of my meals, yup. I have been eating out too much and it isn’t a good thing. I am going to get a blender and make blended veggie soups that I miss so dearly.
I am looking forward to the move so much that I have admittedly been distracted from my writing, which I am trying to get back to but I am stuck at the pivotal point. I had lost weight from shopping ten hours a day over the weekend. My dream victorian home is coming true.
I never believed anyone when they said, “fairytales/dreams don’t exist.” They do exist and it is up to us to create it into our realities and live the fairytale we want it to be.
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