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by road.not.taken » Sun, 06 Dec 2009 8:00 am
You can take your US lamps to Lim's at Holland Village and they will convert them for you. There are other lamp people around as well, but Lim's is fairly central. They have a selection of lamps there and shades to buy separately. Mostly chinese ceramic jars converted into lamps. Lovely and not too in-your-face if you know what I mean. The Jungle is cheaper for this kind of thing, but is mostly limited to ceramics. Lim's also sells a nice option, a simple blank teak pedestal ($65 ) with an adjustable shade, you can put any old thing on the pedestal, and voila ~ you have a lamp. In the $200 + price range you can go to Anne Lockett and get beautiful Asian-inspired lamps (think elephants , monkeys, jade, etc...) or head to IKEA for something more contemporary and cheaper.
I would bring a few of your favorites, and buy some cheap ones here to get buy. Then after a year or so, maybe consider buying some nice pieces after you've looked around, have a better idea of how long you'll stay in Singapore and seen how they look in people's homes.