[Zei on home deco & design] Master bedroom project

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[Zei on Home Deco & Design] Lil' house in the City

I love watching HGTV Design Star on Lifestyle network. Last night's episode of season 6 was cute in all levels. The last three designers took on the tiny house challenge. The task was to design a tiny house, just 86 sq. meters complete with a bedroom, living room, bathroom, kitchen and dining area. Just thinking of how the contestants would take it on made me giddy. Imagine, fitting all the required amenities in such a tiny tiny space. Here's a photo of the tiny house to give you an idea,

Photo from www.tinyhousetalk.com

Photo from www.tinyhousedesign.com

It's really tiny, don't you think? Anyway, to make things more stressful, they were just given 30 minutes to plan and just 2 days to finish everything. I guess that's why they were the last three standing. I just love how the three designers made such quaint and functional living spaces out of the 86 sq meter rectangular box they were given to work wit. It just goes to show that the possibilities are endless when it comes to designing your home, no matter how small or big the obstacles are.

Here's Karl's tiny house from www.charmingdecor.blogspot.com

Here's Mark's take on the tiny house from www.redoitdesigns.wordpress.com

And here's Meg's real life little house on the prairie from www.condo-blues.com

Watching shows like Design Star makes me really want to take my interior decorating (even if it's just for our home for now) to a higher level.

[Zei on Home Deco & Design] Weekend Project!

I just love weekend projects! This weekend's project is the wall art I've had in my home bucket list from my previous post here. Anyway, I wanted to make our plain white wall exciting, but I didn't want to just put up more frames or paintings, so I thought of something that I liked - words and color. So this is what I came up with - some sort of letter puzzle with our names.

This was the plan on paper

Tada! My latest wall art!

I just love it. Rich suggested that we just put the words Faith, Hope and Love in some other part of our house. And I agreed since it might look too busy with all the words. The words are actually with me already, but I haven't decided where to put them. So that's probably gonna be my next simple project. So stay tuned. If you wanna do a similar project, you can order the carton letters from Tod's Country Crafts in SM Megamall. =)

How about you guys, did you have your own weekend project? =) Hope it went as planned and you're happy with the end result. =)

[Zei on Home Deco & Design] Home bucket list

I think the nesting stage hasn't left me even after pregnancy. I always seem to want to do something to prettify our home. So off the top of my head, here are the four things I'd like to do when I find the time and the resources to make it happen.

1) I want to have a yellow accent wall

2) I want to install some sort of wall art to our plain white wall that leads to our bedrooms

3) I want a cooler looking kitchen

4) I want to find a cheap but nice outdoor sitting/dining set for our bare front porch

Seems doable this year, yes? I just need to find time to look at my options and canvass for important pieces. And maybe I'll set aside a weekend to do that wall art thing since I've got something up my sleeve already (will post about it once it materializes).

How about you? Do you have home projects planned for this year?

Photo credits: www.pinterest.com / www.alfresia.co.uk / www.mydiychat.com / www.kitchenisms.com

Wall Calligraphy - CHECK!

The wall calligraphy at Le Creperie that started it all

I love making our home even more beautiful than it already is (love your own). My latest favorite thing in our house is the newly written wall calligraphy in our living room wall inspired by the exact calligraphy I saw at La Creperie in Eastwood. It's a pretty unique focal point and I simply love looking at it. =) Special thanks to Ate Malou, my mom's PA, who made a more-than-great job in doing the calligraphy.

From paper

To our wall

I love how our wall calligraphy gives our house a unique charm plus its zero maintenance since it doesn't catch dust and its very low cost. So for homemakers who want to add a little something new to their home, try it - the possibilities are endless with wall calligraphy.

Happy Weekend everyone!

Kitchen Makeover Dreaming

Just a quick post on another project I have brewing - not in the near future, but someday before I turn 30, I hope. =) I want to redo our kitchen. Why? Well, I think we've done a pretty good job with the rest of our house already for a starter family, but the kitchen has been left behind, maybe because my husband and I aren't cooks or maybe because it's relatively expensive to redo a kitchen. But this will be in the pipeline soon. For now, here's just the look I want to achieve for our kitchen, never mind the SMEG refrigerator since it's kinda the Rolls Royce of retro style refrigerators (thus, costs more than I could ever afford). Lots of whites with bursts of color here and there would make me wanna eat more or maybe pick up a cookbook and start learning a recipe or two.

Photo credits: www.hookedonhouses.net and www.gizmodo.com

Isn't it a lovely sight? Must work hard to earn enough to turn our kitchen into a flurry of yummy colors. Noted.

These chairs are so me!

I like that my blog is a smorgasbord of all things I love and all things that make me happy. Today's happy post is dedicated to these beautiful beautiful chairs - the daphne chair. It's from the furniture collection of Daphne Osena-Paez. Not surprised that these chairs are so pretty - they're the brainchild of one of the most gracious women of television I know of. So here they are. I just wish I could get one for our home. It would be such a lovely accent chair don't you think. I could already imagine it, but I like all the colors so I can't pinpoint which one I absolutely prefer - they're all so pretty. =) Maybe when I have extra money. It's a bit pricey but reasonable for its quality and craftsmanship. You can get your own from Rustan's, and if you do, lucky lucky you. =)

For now, while I'm saving up for it, I could probably improvise by hunting for a wooden vintage chair and paint it a pretty color. Maybe pastel yellow or aquamarine. =)

Photo credit: www.daphne.ph

Those pretty round things

We'll be having guests over in a couple of days and each time there's an upcoming house event, I get new 'what ifs' when it comes to adding some accents for our home. Today's what if is all about those pretty round things - topiaries! Might look for an artificial one this weekend (might not be able to maintain a live one inside the house). Meanwhile, here are some pretty topiaries used as accents for the home. :)

Photos from: www.countryliving.com, www.homedecorators.com and www.squidoo.com

It's almost the weekend! Happy vibes coming my (and your) way!

Wall Decal Love

This isn't a remnant of my nesting phase, I've always loved anything about making a house pretty ever since I could remember. I can watch Clean House, Extreme Home Makeover, Carter Can, Dress My Nest, HGTV Showdown, Tacky House and all other home shows in the TV world all day, if time permits. =)

Today's post is dedicated to one little-home-makeover-paraphernalia-that-can -- Wall Decals. I've always been fascinated by these adhesive beauties ever since I saw it for the first time from the pages of Real Living magazine and I've been a fan ever since. The thing is, the particular decal I've been looking for for our home is still out of stock, but I'm waiting on the wings because I've been in contact with a couple of wall decals sellers such as Nu Dekor Wall Stickers, Sticker Avenue and RefreshFashion.

The nice thing about it is it's fuss free, reusable and quite affordable. It can be used in whatever part of the home that needs sprucing up, from the baby's room, master bedroom, hallway to the living room or kitchen.

Isn't it a wonder... wall. =)

The fruits of my nesting

So as promised, I'll be posting pictures of the fruits of my nesting. I just have 1 more left in my list, which I'll probably do soon - I haven't put up photos along the stairs because I haven't found the right frames, but I know I will. :) So for now, here's our newly refurbished home, ready to welcome more guests and of course, our newest addition.

Loving our new blue green bench MTO from Mandaue Foam with the Bungalow 300 throws from Dimensione. =)

It wasn't part of my list, but we also put up a new drop 'chandelier' for our living area, courtesy of my father dear. =p

In keeping with our burst of color theme to contrast with our mostly black and silver kitchen, I got these colorful Holly stools from Dimensione for our small breakfast nook.

Don't you just love colors? Now I can teach baby about colors, not only through books, but also through our furniture. =) P.S. I'd like to thank my fairy parents for making my mini home makeover a success. Hearts. <3

Must own a couple of these

"To ensure a successful mix, I treat cushions and other accessories as the shoes and handbags of the home. The right shoe can really make an outfit -- and equally, if you have the wrong shoes, you can feel old-fashioned in the smartest of suits." - Nina Campbell

Note to self -- must buy a couple of these cheery Bungalow 300 throw pillows for our home. =p Maybe tonight or this weekend. =p The colors will definitely pop out from our gray sala walls and mostly black furniture. I love it. What's not to love? It's colorful, modern and Filipino-made. Yay!