Serenity

den bathroom

the family room at dusk

same room come evening time


Happy New Year!!!

Hope you all had a merry Christmas and a happy celebration

Been quiet and just basking in the serenity before the busyness kicks in

Love being busy and active

But nothing beats quiet time at home with the family to rejuvenate and recharge

Am all set for 2012!

Here's to great beginnings!

Good news for my conservative friends :)

the shutters have been installed in the powder room

It's been taking awhile for some stuff to be installed, delivered

These shutters have been made since May but only installed last Friday

I liked the look of bare windows

If you've been to Felix in Peninsula HK

You would know that when you use the restroom

You have the view of HK for you to see

And vice versa, haha

So, on my last party

Some friends got so paranoid

with the bare windows

Finally, the shutters have been installed

It looks very cozy and woodsy

Finally, they can use the powder room with lights on!

I never had a problem with it

Haha

Have a fun Sunday!

Back in Manila

It was a very clear & nice day last Sunday, this was at our roofdeck, we always have visiting birds around

Sunday's my favorite day when we can just relax and hang out

Always lovely to see mountains & the river on a clear day.

It's almost Friday, hope you're keeping warm in this weather.

The Art Has Been Replaced!

our new mirror

the plywood provision

I blogged about this plywood provision months back

It is really very interesting how a lot of people

mistook it as art

Hmm, I should've sold it then, hahaha

Well, today, I covered that art

With something I need

Hard to brush teeth without seeing them

Finally, things are falling into place

I bet this time, this doesn't look like anything else but a mirror

Okay, it can be art in itself

Good might!

My day

my salon (the fan just got cleaned)

snippets of home

Was practically home the whole day

Except to pick up my son from school

Had delivery of shelves for powder room and boxes for the Aboriginal painting

I call the room in the 1st photo, salon or drawing room
I like giving the rooms in our house a unique, special, different name
Originally, it was called the den/guest room
But when we just moved, I literally woke up one morning
and just blurted out to my husband
Am gonna call the den "my salon"
At first, kids and hubby thought "what for?"
But now, that's the name of the room, salon

I called it that 'cause most stuff were souvenirs from Europe
and it's my girly place to decorate



Getting there, might be slowly but will get there...





Good night!

Recycled boxes

Slowly, things are getting delivered and organized.

Had some recycled boxes made for the children's room.

Happy weekend!

Maintaining a home

the ladder for reaching the ledge, still not high enough for the height

the cleaner bravely cleaning

If you know me, you know am a neat freak

It's an innate thing

I've been neat for as long as I can remember

I got it from my dad

My family teases me about it

I remember in grade school, all my Sanrio products

are nicely displayed

Early on, I was into the art of collecting

Back then, a girl of 8

Weird as it may sound,

once I've made my bed

I will not sit or lie on it anymore

I love the fact that it's beautiful

and crease free

So, it's actually fitting that am married to a Swiss

them being clean & super organized

I must say, I think my neatness & orderliness, still a tad above them, haha

My hubby once said, "what Martha Stewart does once a year,

You do everyday!"

Okay, quite exagg but a bit close to the truth

But lately, must be age or just really have my plate full

Been learning how to turn a blind eye with unreachable spots

Our place is 12 meters high, I also don't want to stress my staff to clean such height

But my hubby, in his own kind of neatness

bothers me with his complaints about those unreachable dust spots

Hence today, the cleaner is here to reach the unreachable

while the carpenters are fitting the shutters

and the electrician's fitting the aircon

I have a full house again today

and though I've been wanting to go out

The thought of finishing everything is utmost on my mind

Until the dust settles yet again...

At least I get to blog...

Up there

antique narra table - ours 4 chairs - borrowed (hubby had a small get together) fookien tea plants - bought in garden shop in White Plains Our roofdeck, just like the rest of the house, is still a work in progress But, we're enjoying already the perks of dining outdoors And the cool breeze I would still want to have my vines growing That would take time though Can't wait to wake up to lots and lots of greens! Happy Monday!