Scene from a Tagaytay restaurant

Solid wood furniture

In a previous entry, I mentioned the booming woodcraft industry in Sta. Rosa, Laguna -- that stretch that leads to Tagaytay. This photo shows an example of the kind of solid … [Read more...]

Warm colors for the living area

Sheer curtains allow natural light to filter into a room

Unlike blog themes which I can change just about as often as the mood hits me, changing how a house, or sections of a house, looks is not as easy. It costs money (as against … [Read more...]

Furnishing the office / study

Couch with a rattan frame and red upholstery

Last Saturday, we had a party. A joint birthday party -- mine, Buddy's (my brother-in-law) and Buddy's girlfriend, Laura. A family affair, really, but Speedy has a big family … [Read more...]

Solid wood dining table and chairs

Flashback: the magazine page with a photo of the dining chairs I wanted. Thirty days later, the dining set was delivered together with the living room furniture and bar … [Read more...]

Living room furniture

Several weeks ago I posted photos of catalog pages from which our living room and dining room furniture would be patterned. Well, the furniture was finally delivered last … [Read more...]

Custom-made hardwood furniture

Yesterday was order-the-furniture day. We already had "some ideas" about where to buy the furniture but we had not really made up our minds. We had scoured more than a dozen … [Read more...]