Kitchen Quotes

I love decorating my kitchen with quotes, they serve as my daily inspirations and at times, my "kicker" when I'm feeling not so good and I need a little push.

At the moment, they are stacked strategically in one place -above our fridge. Definitely, a place that's hard to miss, and an area of the house that everyone visits at least once.

I am thinking of adding more (or moving some) to our counter tops, I am not sure yet how to go about mounting them without punching a whole to our wall. (Let me know if you have ideas..) And ohh, most of them are DIYs. I am currently addicted to black + silver.

Please excuse my pics, bad lighting..

"Be Curious, Not Judgemental."

Black paper + Silver pen + your favorite quote + a frame = your Own Kitchen Quote

"This House Runs on Love and a Cup of Strong Coffee."

black paper + silver pen + your favorite coffee quote + a tumbler = Personalized Message on a Tumbler

"It's nice to have a friend to talk to all the time

Sharing all your secrets with someone

True and kind"

a ceramic coaster

What is your daily quote?

xoxo

What I Love Most!

I am a frequent visitor of Design Sponge site. If you have done several run through of my page, you would see that it is one of the recommended blogs in my Reading List. My personal favorite among their features is their own version of Sneak Peeks, wherein they would give everyone a more-than-glimpse of someone's inspiring home (yes, the way they feature the house would make you feel the home in it [excuse my patronage. lol]). One thing I love (aside of course from those BEAUTIFUL interiors that they feature) with their Sneak Peeks is every home owner's version of the "What I Love Most.." quote and how they each uniquely illustrate the quote/s.

source: www.designsponge.com

Since being featured on this Sneak Peek category is close to impossible (at the moment! i believe it is possible, but maybe not now. :)), I thought, why not create my own "What I Love Most.." version in the mean time.

version 1. At one point, I used this a FB cover page.

version 2. the printable/ more "framable" version.
Yes, I plan to have this printed, framed and hung in our wall.

What would your "What I Love Most.." look like?

xoxo

Remodeling your bedroom -the peasant way :)

Some say, when you want to remodel or give a certain space in your house a new look, all you have to do is get new accessories for it. I say, those "some" are the socialites! The few who have a few penny (or not few) to spare to acquire new accessories. For most of us middle class who don't normally have a few penny to spare for occasional home remodeling -we do re-arranging!

I had lots and lots of time to spare (read as bored) these past days that it came to a point that I have done all the home chores and I was left there at my room thinking "what is would I do next?".. and well, after a few moments of deep thinking (lol) I thought, "how about a new look for our room?"

So there I was, bored.. Actually, before I started the hard work, I consulted Mr. Google for some tips. Not that this is my first time to re-arrange our room and that it is one big of a task that I needed some real guidance. I just wanted as much as possible, a look that I haven't tried before (I've tried several before). And I wanted to see if there is a better and schematic way of doing it.. Lol! See, I really had a lot of time to spare. :)

Here are some of the tips that I put together out of a few reads from Mr. Google:

De-clutter and organize - Get rid of empty shoe boxes, put those everyday knickknacks where they belong. Re-organize those storage bins so you can put the extra clutter in them. Decluttering and Organizing would help you reclaim those "wanted" spaces.

Stay within your color scheme - Remember that this is just a minor remodeling, a new look while keeping the rest of the big stuffs as is.

Move the bed first - Bed is the focal point of your bedroom. Once you have re-positioned the bed to where you want it to be, you can start arranging the little stuffs (like bedside table) around it.

Change your Beddings and Curtains - Fresh bedding and new curtains will add freshness to the "new" room. But remember to stay within the same color scheme.

Here's the result.. silly me, I didn't take the "before" photo.

Declutter

and Organize

change the bedding and curtains. And, remember to stay within your color scheme.

A small change, at times, would do wonders to your soul (if not to your sleeping habits :)).

xoxo

Dream Home

Dreamhouse. Everyone has one or is @ one.

Through the years of daydreaming of what my ideal house would be (yeah, emphasis on the future tense), I mentally collected several ideas of what the interior of my house would look like. I have compiled in my mind several designs that I would someday materialize in my own 'lil home. These ideas and inspirations are mainly from Interior Design mags, online blog designs and tv-home design shows.

Since they are just in my mind (and perhaps due to age???) that these ideas slip at times and only when I see similar designs or concepts that I again remember, that -oppss, I saw and liked (or loved) this. Trust me, that kind of thought didn't just happened once, or twice. That is why I did this!.. a compilation of those ideas. These ideas are final -as of now. hahaha

soon you would no longer be a dream..

So where do I begin.. One things for sure, I don't want a big house. I prefer it to be cozy,I want it homey but chic, light in colors but at the same time, "male-gender" friendly -read as "should have hubby and my Miguel's touch".. I need to keep a mental note of that. hahaha

This would be one of the framed wall decor.

I love the idea of bringing nature inside the house. Surely there would be lots of plants in pots and maybe flowers in vases. I'm excited for DIY vases, shelving, cabinets, statement framed-decors. Greens, yellows and carnations in combo is so refreshing and goes well with natural light from big windows. Soft and palette colors would definitely dominate.

The Living Room:

The ceiling should be high and I would love a big french windows that would allow natural light to come inside the house. The settee should have high back rest, soft and comfy. There would be lots of plants, pictures and wall decors in different shapes and frames. The walls should be painted clean white, linis-linisan na look with a little playful twist! It should be a living room you would want to spend your afternoons at. It should have a very relaxing and cozy ambiance.

My inspirations:

Cactus by the window.. so melodramatic.
source: kooki.multiply.com

big windows with floor to ceiling curtains
source: www.designsponge.com

I love single wooden chairs and how it makes a small corner of the house look cozy
Source:  www.houseofearnest.com  

The Master Bedroom:

Luxury, for me, does not mean cars or a big house or precious jewels. For me it is a big "marshmallow" (read as: as soft, white and fluffy as a marshmallow) bed, a very spacious restroom and a tub with hot and cold water of course. Just picture that idea of luxury and that's how my master bedroom would look like. And just like the rest of the house, it would have palette colors.

marshmallow bed.
Source: www.google.com (ahahah)

a tub by the window
source: www.designsponge.com

The Kitchen:

I want to think that this is where I would be spending most of my time at home. That's what I want to think but that is not what is happening now. Cooking is an outlet but lately, I just need inspiration so I would lurk in my kitchen more. Maybe a picture of my dream kitchen would do the trick..

The kitchen should be spacious and welcoming to everyone in the house, specially the kids. The kitchen counter should have high chairs that mimics the set up of bars.. it should be a place where everyone would gather and just eat, talk, laugh..

Anyways, these are some of my inspirations:

The kitchen center island should have chalk board wall.
..the kitchen should be friendly to the kids too!
source: www.designsponge.com

lots and lots of shelving to display dinner wares, mugs, spices, and more family pictures.
source: random from google

More inspirations:

L-R: repurposed wine box, symmetrical and sort of symmetrical  home gallery

*whew. I must admit, putting all those stored ideas into writing was such a daunting task. I'm glad I crossed the intimidation and never let the thought of a BIG task get in the way. Finally, I now have this written repository of my future home. I could save the professional fee for an Internal Designer..who would need one when I got it covered! bwahahaha

xoxo

Bahay-bahayan, Platu-platuhan

This post would just be quick.

Finally I have laid my hands on these babies..

Been coveting these 'rainbow' plates from Collage for quite sometime already, and finally, they're mine! Thank you to sponsors who made me sooo happy.

xoxo

All Adorned for Christmas

Planning:
Hubby: I want a Christmas tree for this Chrismas Ma..
Me: SUre!


Preparation and Buying:
Hubby: This one Ma..lets buy this too..
Me: No, I dont like the color.


Hubby: Let's buy this one (red socks and Santa's cap) and hang it in the living room.
Me: no!
Hubby: Let's hang this one in the Christmas tree Ma..
Me: It doesn't go with out theme Pa.
Hubby: *sigh


Actual Decoration:
Hubby: How do you want the Christmas lights to be hung?
Me: Follow the arch..
Hubby: Add more flowers on the tree..
Me: No, our theme is minimilistic.


In summary, he conceptualized it, I executed it. He who conceptualized has no-say on how the implementation was done. However, both parties were happy with the outcome!

Recycled Milk Can ni Migz + an old Candle + a few store-bought
plastic pine leaves with Gold and Blue accent and a poinsenttia

3 ft plastic Pine Tree

Our color scheme is Gold and Red, and again, the theme is minimalistic and modern. We bought our tree in Ayala, Basement 2. They have different sizes and colors, but we chose the traditional Green Tree (it would go best with our Gold and Red theme). All the ornaments were grouped by color too (not by type, like most stores would do) so if you're like me who had a color scheme in mind already, choosing the decors would be a whole lot quicker in Basement 2.

a little more detail

the red Angel

Balls and Leaves, all Gold!

the curtain christmas lights

This is hubby's part -setting up the Christmas lights.It looks so dramatic and makes the duyan more inviting. Totally suitable to emo-emo moments.


I'm glad Christmas and New Year's eve are on weekends. Looking forward to spending the eves under our Christmas light or under our small tree..


xoxo