Project Notes
Foshan to Jakarta: A New-Chinese-Style Home Set Re-Packed in Foshan, Delivered and Assembled in One Afternoon
In short
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A client in Jakarta bought a new-Chinese-style set in Foshan: walnut display cabinets with hexagonal lattice, a tea table with chairs, a leather sofa set, coffee and console tables, sideboards, a round side table and an automatic mahjong table.
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Before shipping, the packaging was upgraded at our Foshan warehouse: every carton-packed piece was re-braced with timber, every upholstered piece caged in a frame.
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Delivered to Jakarta Utara on 3 August 2026. Crates into the garage at 16:44; sideboards, cabinets, tables and chairs assembled and positioned by 18:40 — under two hours — with the client present to check each piece as it came out.
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Sea freight, delivery and assembly were one scope. The client compared the pieces against the order in the room, not against a photo.
New-Chinese-style furniture is mostly solid wood and lattice — heavy, rigid and easy to chip at the corners. It travels well if it is braced, and badly if it is not. This Jakarta client chose the set in Foshan and asked us to take it from the factories to the rooms. The shipping leg was straightforward; the two decisions that mattered were the re-packing before it left and the assembly on arrival. Source Foshan sourced the set in Foshan, re-crated it for export and followed it to the door.
Photographs taken on site by the delivery crew; the clock and location stamps are from the site camera. Client details are withheld. Published by Source Foshan as a project note.
Two kinds of piece, two kinds of crate. Solid-wood cabinets and tables shipped in cartons got an outer timber frame so that a forklift or a stacked neighbour could not crush a corner. The sofas and chairs, wrapped in cloth, were caged in braced frames so that nothing bears on the upholstery. The photos below were taken in Foshan when the re-packing was finished.
- Collection and re-packing
Pieces collected from their factories; packaging upgraded to braced timber; shipment checked against the order.
- Transit and import clearance
Handled as one shipment under one scope: freight, clearance and delivery.
- Crates into the garage
Truck unloaded; crates brought in through the garage and opened there, not in the finished rooms.
- Client check
Dining chairs lined up for the client to inspect; assembly under way in the living rooms.
- Assembled and positioned
Sideboards, display cabinets, tea table, sofa set, console, coffee tables, mahjong table and side table in place.
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- Packaging is decided by the journey, not the factory
A factory packs for its own truck. We re-pack for a container, a port and a Jakarta side street.
- One scope from factory to room
Sea freight, clearance, delivery and assembly quoted and run together, so no leg is anybody else’s problem.
- The client checks the piece, not a photo
Unpacking with the client present means any question — a finish, a lattice, a handle — is answered in the room the same afternoon.
- Assembly in the room
Sideboards and cabinets assembled on site, positioned and levelled; packaging back out through the garage.
Questions buyers ask about shipping furniture to Indonesia
Can furniture bought in Foshan be shipped to Jakarta with delivery and assembly?
Yes. On this project the sea freight, import clearance, delivery to Jakarta Utara and on-site assembly were one scope. The crates arrived at 16:44 on 3 August 2026 and the last piece was positioned by 18:40.
Why was the furniture re-packed in Foshan?
Solid-wood and lattice pieces chip at corners under container handling. Carton-packed cabinets were given an outer timber frame and upholstered pieces were caged in braced frames before loading. See export packing in our QC and shipping guide.
Can I inspect the furniture when it is delivered?
You should, and we plan for it. Pieces are unpacked with the client present so that finish, hardware and dimensions can be checked against the order in the room.
Planning a Foshan order that has to arrive assembled, not just arrive? Tell us the destination, the rooms and roughly how many pieces, and we will scope the buying trip, the packing and the door-to-door leg together — start your project, or read how consolidation and shipping and pre-shipment inspection work.
