Sales Sales Sales!

Yep, you've read it. Sense N Bedeck is having our Moving Out Sale! That means up to 70% off all of our display items. WOOHOO! 

In addition, we are also having our Clearance Sale starting from today! With in-stock products going at as low as $1, this is an opportunity not to be missed. Don't believe us? Check out some of photos and see it for yourself! 

Pardon the messiness. We are moving out!

From now till 15 May 2014, bring along your family and drop by our warehouse for a shop-till-your-home-looks-gorgeous-again experience. Extreme makeover SG home edition is now on! Haha. 

PS. In light of our Moving Out Sale, many of our customers seem to be sharing the worry that Sense N Bedeck will be gone forever and so there will be no servicing for any of the products that they have just purchased.

Well, that's not true! We ain't going anywhere, just relocating our warehouse. Our contact details (email address, office telephone and fax numbers) will stay the same, as well as our retail outlet located at IMM Shopping Mall #03-16. 

Our new address will be 5 Kaki Bukit Rd 2, #01-19 & #02/19. We are located inside City Warehouse (Yep, it is the red building directly opposite of Eunos Link Comfort Driving Center).

We are just moving next door, literally. Lol.

So frat not! Your warranty cards are still safe with us. Hope to see you real soon! 

PPS. Do stay tune for the official opening date of our brand new place! Exciting, we know!

"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping." - Bo Derek

Steps to cleaning your ceiling fan blades

Chinese New Year is around the corner and you realised you have neglected your ceiling fan long enough. Dust bunnies and spiderwebs are starting to gather on, in and around your ceiling fan blades and you would really hate your relatives to judge your level of laziness basing on that. So you strap on your cleaning gear, dig out that ladder from the storeroom (which also needs some dusting) and pause... because you don't know the first thing about cleaning ceiling fans.

Well, read on. Because we are here to your rescue!

You will need:
1. 1 x dry cloth
2. 1 x pillowcase
3. 1 x spray bottle
4. Ladder or chair
5. Assistance on standby

Step 1: Switch off your ceiling fan and make sure it has reached a complete stop
Do not attempt to clean your fan blades while they are still in motion, even if they are set to low speed. Moving fan blades can cause serious injury, don't play play.

For better security, please:
1. Switch off the main circuit
2. Keep remote controls out of reach of small children
3. Tape off regulator and wall switch
4. Inform all family members of the fan cleaning


Step 2: Determine the material of your fan blades
Cleaning methods for fan blades vary with the material of the fan blades so pause your mop bucket for a second and find out what type of fan blades is your ceiling fan made of? Is it made of metal, wood or plastic?


Step 3: Cover up your furnitures
Yes, it is gonna get pretty dusty. Make sure all of your furnitures are covered up with cloths or plastic bags before commencing the blade cleaning.


Step 4: Step up!
On a ladder or a chair because your ceiling fan is mounted on well, the ceiling so it should be out of your reach. Do not attempt to clean your fan blades on tiptoes, you wouldn't want to accidentally tug them downwards, that could spoilt the inner mechanism of your fan!


Step 5: Pillowcase goes first
Now that you are firmly planted atop a ladder or a chair (how's the air up there? lol), open up your pillowcase and slip one of the fan blade into it...

Then use one hand to gently support the bottom side of the blade (do not push it upwards) and use your other hand to hold the top side of the blade (do not push it downwards) and slowly pull your pillowcase out.. and ta-daaaah! You now have one dust-free fan blade! 

Repeat this for the rest of your fan blades and you are good for CNY.


Step 6 (Optional): Spray bottle for the stubborn ones
If you have accumulated a family of dust bunnies on your fan blades and they simply refuse to move (even after deploying Step 5), bring on the spray gun! We meant bottle, the spray bottle. Which is that thingy our mothers used to mildly wet our uniforms during ironing session.

If your fan blades are made of plastic (aka ABS material), mix two teaspoons of white vinegar with water into your spray bottle and spray it evenly across your fan blade. A few pumps would do, tryyyy not to spray them till they are dripping wet, your fan blades cannot take that kind of wetness (not dirty-talking here).

If your fan blades are made of metal or wood, a spray bottle of tap water works fine. Spray evenly onto the fan blade and once again, mildly wet would suffice.


Step 7 (Optional): Finish them off (with your dry cloth)
Since the pillowcase holds the dust bunnies from the previous clean, you might want to make use of another piece of dry cloth to wipe the water off the fan blades. Use one hand to support the bottom side of the fan blade to ensure that you will not push it down and damage the fan while wiping.


Step 8: Treat yourself to an ice-cream
You have done it! Your ceiling fan is now squeaky clean and hazard free for yourself and your loved ones. Your big aunt ain't judging you this year!


As for those home owners troubled by your high ceiling, don't frat just yet! Just get yourself a Ceiling Fan Duster (Yes, click on that hyperlink!). It should look something like...

this! This is from Amazon.com. 

If you don't mind the tormenting wait of international shipping, you could buy yours there too! Haha. 

TIP 1: Be gentle 

Fan blades may not look like it, but they are actually really delicate. Try your best to be gentle with them during handling and cleaning to prevent the risk of damaging the blades, the fan's motor or even your ceiling. 

TIP 2: Be diligent

Maintaining a home is tough work, it takes a lot of effort and determination (affirmed by all mothers worldwide) to make your house presentable to guests. After all, you wouldn't know when someone would just pop by for an impromptu visit right? 

So yes, be diligent and clean your ceiling fans at least once a month! (Yea, you heard us)

Haha. This is one long-winded post. Let's end it here then. SEE YA REAL SOOOON! 

"Housework, if you do it right, will kill you." - Erma Bombeck

How to care for your ceiling fans (Part 2)

For those who have missed out on How to Care for your Ceiling Fans (Part 1), please click here. 

Alrighty, picking up from where we last left off, here are a few more tips on keeping your ceiling fans at its best. 

TIP 4: Keep all documents related to your fans

Actually, this applies to all home furnitures. Be it credit card receipts, invoice slips or instruction manuals, (be kiasu a bit and) KEEP THEM ALL. Different companies file and keep track of their business transactions differently, so a warranty card would rarely suffice in tracing purchase details. Retaining all of your documents would help to speed up the servicing process for both you and the service center. 

TIP 5: Read your instruction manual

You might be thinking "Pfft, what do I need my instruction manual for? My contractor installed my fan for me anyway." Well, that is when you are wrong. 

Ceiling fans may all look the same (with their UFO-shaped motor rotating four or five long thin fan blades). But as the different designs for the fans vary, the caring tip for them differ as well. And all of these caring tips will be included in your fan's instruction manual. 

Let's use Rega brand's ceiling fans (Yes, we are promoting our in-house brand a little. Teehee) as a quick example. Rega's 788 series fans are manufactured differently. 788 48" uses laminated wooden fan blades while 28" and 38" ceiling fans are made of ABS (Or more commonly known as acrylic/plastic). This would mean the methods for cleaning the fans are different.  After all, you would not use the same soap to shampoo your hair and wash your face, right? 

And so, that's all for some suggestions to care well for your ceiling fans. If you would like to know the best ways to clean them, click here.

See you real soon!

"Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it." - Evan Esar

How to care for your ceiling fans (Part 1)

S&B Mercury 48" in Black

It is safe to say that Singaporeans do not know how to take care of their ceiling fans. They bought fans with knowledge they have researched online or from word-of-mouth, which usually concluded in them getting popular brands such as KDK, Fanco and Alpha. If all products now are made in China, why do the quality differs between brands? 

Actually, there isn't much difference between brands product quality BUT, we as the consumers (or rather, the owners of our fans) can make a huge difference... Simply by knowing how to take care of our fans. 

TIP 1: Clean your ceiling fans from time to time

No, you can't just do it once every year during spring cleaning session. Choking on dust bunnies aren't really suitable for a joyous festival such as Chinese New Year, ya? 

Without routine cleaning of the fans, dust settles and collects onto the top side of the fan blades and this would wear the fan down over a period of time. The weight of the dust also increases the usage of electricity as fan motor requires more energy to ensure the fan blades are up to its usual speed. Bad news for your electric bills!

Take a bicycle date as an example. A boyfriend decided to fetch his girlfriend with his bicycle out on a romantic date. The ride from his house to hers is a breeze, after all he is only carrying his own weight. Then his girlfriend hops on and suddenly he is thinking it's time to going back to the gym because the additional burden is causing him to exert more energy to pedal his bicycle forward. Well, needless to say what happens next. He signs up for a one-year gym membership... for his girlfriend.  

For step by step instructions to cleaning ceiling fans, click hereeee!


TIP 2: Check for loose screws, nuts and bolts
Many a times, a ceiling fan that was working fine the night before suddenly greets you with a noise that won't go away and although you can't describe the noise exactly, you think it sounds pretty dangerous. Now, before you enter panic mode and arrange for a paid fan-maintenance visit down to your house, check for any loose screws.

Ceiling fans that have been in motion frequently will result in loose screws eventually. It is no surprising matter since the fan blades are constantly in motion. Manufacturers do not screw bolts and nuts overly tight because of the possibility that the warm climate in Singapore might expand the parts in the fans and cause damages/cracks to the fan.


TIP 3: Lubricate the nuts (Not dirty-talking here...), screws and bolts
After checking and you have found no loose screws, don't start to panic just yet. It could be the machine's lubricant running low. At times like this, switch off your ceiling fan and make sure that all blades have reached a complete stop before apply some lubricant (seek assistance from your nearby hardware store). Switch the fan back on and let it run for awhile to ensure that the lubricant has been evenly spread around.

If the noise still persist on, keep calm and give your service center a call. Do not procrastinate! Loose screws, nuts or bolts in the fan should be attended to ASAP.

PS. As advised by HowStuffWorks, if your ceiling fan is newly purchased and installed and is making noise, allow it 24 hours to run for the lubricant applied during the manufacturing to be evenly distributed throughout the fan.


OKIE DOK. Guess we shall end this here today.

Stay tune for Part 2!


"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." - Abigail Adams

Hello!

Sense N Bedeck has been studying. Well, it isn't one of those back-to-school studies but we have been reading up on a lot of reviews on SG's forums (No, we are not stalking you... too much), and we have found out that Singaporeans have little or close to no knowledge on how to take care of their home furnitures. They would have their ceiling fan installed, check to make sure all of the 3-speeds are working fine on the remote control and viola! There is their perfect ceiling fan for the next couple of years until it breaks down and they would start calling in to respective service centres to question the quality of that fan.

No! Dear home owners, that shouldn't be how things work. Our home furnitures are just like our branded purchases (Chanel, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Hermes etc), we buy them at a cost that burns holes right through our wallets, we might even weep secretly for a few days and come to loathe that regretful purchase while at the same time question about the fairness of life but once the realization sets in and we have come to accept them as our properties... We give them all of our attention to ensure their utmost quality. That goes the same for all of your home furnitures.

So, Sense N Bedeck has decided to set up a blog. This blog will routinely be updated on posts that provide advices, tips and instructions to taking care of your house. Try your best to visit regularly. We would suggest your visits to be on weekends when your battery is fully charged because well, some posts might get rather technical (or in ruder terms, boring). BUT we will try to make them short, sweet and easily comprehendible. Enquiries are welcome!

Let's end it here. See you real soon!


"The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading." - David Bailey