Color Idea For Your All-White Rental Unit

by on May 2, 2013, 2 comments

Whether you’re stuck with white walls in your rental unit or just too much of a scaredy cat to dress your walls with colors, here’s a doable and practical idea which popped on me when I saw this image from Freshome.

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Why not add a bright colored “baseboard” on top or your walls including the narrowest corner wall? No need to be afraid of messing up your place with paint splatters not to mention not having enough of a painter’s skill. The solution, colored duct tapes!

I remember seeing some of those in True Value Shangri-La in Mandaluyong. I was tempted to buy the pink one but given the price (around P500, I think, but don’t trust me on this. I just know they’re quite pricey) and the fact that I have no idea where to use it, it’s better to leave it on the shelf.

What do you think?


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No, I Haven’t Given Up Blogging Yet

by on May 1, 2013, 0 comments

coffee-loveWelcome back to  myself! I’m now on my 14th week of pregnancy and am officially done with the exhausting first trimester. Based on my 2-month long inactivity in the online world, you’ll know I’m not just exaggerating when I say I was drained of energy everyday. All I wanted to do was hibernate, even eating was too tiring.

And now, the second trimester seems to look promising. But if I wanted to be really productive all throughout the day, I found out that I need my morning fix of coffee. I’m not caffeine dependent like my husband and I can get by without having a cup. But since we don’t have household help right now, (and I prefer to keep it that way for as long as I can) I need some sort of stimulant to help me finish all the house chores, design works and help Bryce with his assignments.

My schedule is not usually that loaded but there are several projects lined up right now and I am in such a mood to organize, clean and decorate the house (my nesting instinct is already kicking in!)  So, I need another cup of coffee!

My OB-GYNE advises me to give up coffee during the entire pregnancy because caffeine causes low birth weight in infants. Have any of you continued drinking coffee during your pregnancy? I’d really like to know because I’m starting to feel guilty. :)

By the way, the coffee artwork is a free printable that I posted long, long time ago. You can download it here if you wish. :)

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We’re Expecting!!!!

by on March 8, 2013, 7 comments

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For regular readers of my blog, (are there any? haha!) you might be wondering why I went AWOL again, this time for more than two weeks. Well, this is my alibi: we’re pregnant! :) If you went through the early pregnancy phase, you will definitely understand my absence. For the past two weeks, all I wanted to do was sleep and browse the net for random stuff. My brain cells were in hibernation mode too so all my DIY projects were left on hold. I was feeling grumpy and concentrating on a certain thing was quite an impossibility.

And now, I’m feeling much, much better except for the annoying grumbling of tummy a few minutes after eating something. Most food don’t taste good and desserts make me throw up. AND I am ordered my OB-GYNE to take a rest for two weeks since there is a slight subchorionic hemorrhage which I hope would go away soon so I can go running again and finish my swimming lessons. Honestly it is quite tempting not to rest at all since I feel exceptionally fine now but I wouldn’t want to risk losing the baby again (I had a miscarriage early January 2012) especially now that Bryce is really looking forward to having a little sister (yes, he wants a sister.)

So, that’s it! We’re just sharing the happy news with y’all! And yea, expect a lot of pregnancy/mommy related posts from now on. :)

Oooh, wouldn’t it be nice to have a girl? So much cute DIY projects and another room make-over! Yay!!!


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