Knowing your Hoe Kee from your Sim Siang Choon

The 2Bears have been preparing to renovate an "original condition" terrace house. It's been fun and a bit of a Singapore travel adventure. Some of the farflung destinations: the Grohe warehouse at Defu Lane, furniture shops in flatted factories in Pasir Panjang, tile shops at Balestier, Kitchen Culture at Alexandra Road, and sink purveyors Hoe Kee at Jalan Besar and SSC at Bukit Timah. We've appointed an interior designer and contractor we shall call the Awesome Twosome and the hacking starts next week. Emails with design ideas are flying back and forth. This weekend's decision is How Many Power Sockets ? The more the merrier, I say.