Home Furnishing: The Taobao List
So you’ve already read our Taobao guide and how to buy and ship to Singapore. Now the next question is, “but buy what lehhhhh?”
So to help you, here’s a list of the furnishing/fixtures that we’ve purchased from Taobao:
- Lights
- Furniture
- Accessories
- Kitchen
Lights
For a more detailed write-up of our lighting design process, read this other post.
Recommended Taobao stores:
龙宇家居专营店
三洛旗舰店
竹之韵灯饰 (tripod lights)
玄志家居 (hipster filament LED bulbs)
Items we bought:
Hanging pendant lamp
Ceiling lamp
Wall lamp
Tripod lamp
Filament LED bulbs
Wall lamp
Furniture
3-seater Leather Sofa (which is uncanningly similar to the one at Fanttique.com)
Not as comfortable as it looks as the sponge is very thin and gets flattened immediately upon sitting. But looks good nevertheless. Supposedly 100% real leather.
TV Console
Solid wood for the win. Not as difficult to fix as the dining table.
Dining Chairs (with armrests and without armrest) – these came pre-assembled. Fuss-free and looks great! Supposedly leather too.
Dining Table (2m) and accompanying bench – this was one of our most satisfied purchase, as where else in Singapore can you get a 2m dining table for <$500?
Ladder for towels
Laundry Shelf – useful to put stuff above the washing machine
Book Shelf – looks like a Crate&Barrel one, but it was the most difficult item to fix. Took us 3 tries and 3 hours to fix it as it had to be done in a particular order and it was very flimsy.
Shoe Rack – One of the few items that came pre-assembled. Looks and works perfectly.
Wall Mirror – Yes, the glass didn’t break during shipping and it looks goood!
Clothes and accessories stand – good for your jeans, hats and belts
Bar Stools – we sold these in the end as we didn’t use them.
Bedframe from Castlery
Accessories
Transparent boxes for make-up bottles, brushes etc.
Toilet Accessories from this store: towel racks, mirror, soap holders etc. We wanted black, which is expensive and rare in Singapore’s bathroom shops
Kitchen
Bowls and plates and more bowls
Comments
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Hi.. Dear.
Can you show us how the agents calculated the final shipping to Singapore via volumetric
They calculates per item ??as I planning to use peeka instead
hi, colin,
now i realised the payment side on my website taobao doesnt pop up the enet selection for the payment option even i have select the country:singapore
all the way , i been paying via cc, gosh how much 3% they have earned from me.
Please advise. thanks
Hi Colin n Lizzy! I came upon your blog while searching for a guide and tips for buying house stuff from taobao! I’m got a resale too and wanna save as much as I can. I really like this post as it’s so detailed!
But the links for the furniture have expired 🙁 so you still remember the name of the shops where u got your dining table n tv console? I wanna get solid wood ones and a big table too! TIA!