Just a quick update, we got our sofa set from Avanni yesterday. Simmon was the person who served us. Very friendly and knowledgeable. Not pushy, patient with us too. It was quite surprising he remembered us. When we got there he was serving another customer and his colleague was just starting to assist us. Once he finished with his customer in a short while, he came over and took over from his colleague as he recognised us and even remembered we were there before 3-4 weeks ago looking at sofas!
In the end we decided to get a tan color 3 seater sofa with an ottoman. With the ottoman, we can use it as a 2 seater on the wall on the bomb shelter during times when there are many guests. The ottoman also can be joined to the front of either side of the 3 seater to become an L-shaped sofa. The ottoman is just so useful! The total cost eventually for the 3 seater with ottoman works out to be S$1179. While looking for our coffee table at Avanni, we chanced upon a fabric ottoman with its cushion on top removed.
I remarked that we needed a low table for the relax corner and we looked high and low but never found one the right size nor height. That fabric ottoman without the cushion was just the right height and size. Simmon came up with the idea to put a piece of glass on top of the ottoman so that it can be used as a table; the cushion on top could be put on the platform and serve as a throw cushion.
On other occasions when there was need, the glass top could be removed and we have another ottoman to use. This flexibility was attractive to us, as well as the design and look of it. The glass sticks to the fabric somewhat and it doesn't really move much but still it is moveable and may be a danger to children. So we will have to think of ways to secure the glass and yet for it to be flexible enough to be removed for the table to work as an ottoman and for the fabric cover to be removed and washed from time to time.
Simmon gave us the idea of finding someone to do for us an perspex or acrylic cover which can be bended to conform to the contour of the ottoman and mount the glass on top of it. As they can't do that at the factory, it's a little project that I will have to take up.
Below is our idea for the living room area not done to scale:
In the end we walked out of Avanni with the sofa we wanted and the low table for the relax corner. We decided to look at other places for the coffee table as we didn't find a design we like.
Funny how things work out heh.
