me oso gg for budgeted furniture, but oso gd pricing for gd quality, do not wish to pay cheaper for poor quality & end up easily damaged & need spend more to buy new one...
star furniture is same as vhive if u go toh guan showroom which is juz opposite imm, i do not mean zen which is more high end furnitures...
as for the bookcase, u need to see wat is the wood for the support...usuali is MBF BOARD which is gd enuff for normal shelving, do not go for cheapboard or wat "chimson" board...u muz knock on the board to feel if it is solid...price range so much different, muz b quality difference...
frankly speaking, S&C got a big range of bookcases with same quality as outside and yet much much cheaper as they r somehow wholesale oso...i got aimed a BOSS bookcase (small one W80cm cos my space limit for bookcase) from vhive $399, then another shop $459 wif better appearance, then from S&C, exactly same as the another shop catalogue, they direct quote me $300 for same item & tat did not need wait for shipment cos they said its their direct supplier in sg...
btw, me oso buy more lottery aiming to win so tat can afford the bulk household purchases...hahaha