I am not dreaming. This is for real. Food Stylist's Office is on the cover of Real Living October issue! How can I be so blessed? A few months into this decorating gig and I have my work featured in a magazine, and on the cover no less!
And using my two current favorite colors -turquoise and pink - as their cover accents? Hello? So meant to be. Hahaha. Pardon my weird enthusiasm, it's just that I've known for a month but I have to keep mum so this excitement is just overwhelming. It's so surreal, one minute I'm meeting with a potential client assessing the space, the next minute its gracing a magazine. Fine, I'll shut up and stop my giddily blabber.
Just go grab a copy of Real Living's October issue, I know I will!
Thank you so much to the Real Living team and my client for making this possible. :)
P.S. Dear international readers, this is for Real Living Philippines. But I'll be scanning them, watch out for it.
This day is off to a good start. Design*Sponge featured one of my project- the Food Stylist's Office. This is the very first time I've seen these professionally taken photos, and here's my favorite...
Those magazine covers up on the wall describe this shot real well... yummy yummy yummy I've got love in my tummy! Haha...
I think the new photos are for another feature that will be coming out very soon, and I'll share it with you once it's out. I'm so excited, and I can't hide it! Okay that's too much lyrics reference in one short post.
Check out the feature on Design*Sponge here.
You'll see how lame of a blogger I am by this post. Last Aug 29, Beepinkaholic (from twitter) had a very simple request..
"can you please please feature a room that has pink as the main color? but not a nursery?"
Of course I said yes. I'm a sucker for pink.
About a month later, here I am doing the post. ONE WHOLE MONTH. What have I been doing? And only 5 post up by this time of the month is so pathetic. So here I'm doubling this Pink room post as sort of a pinky promise to all that I'll get this blog moving. Okay? okay.
Lets get to pink. I love pink. I had a pink room, twice. So how do we carry our love of pink to some level of maturity in terms of decorating? Here's how...
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Using pink doesn't necessarily mean you'll make the room look juvenile. Like all colors, it has different shades and tones that would look lovely in an adult's space. Just avoid bubblegummish or baby pinkish pinks, add tons of grown-up furniture and accessories, and you're good to go.
To all pink lovers out there, pink room doesn't end at 13! It actually ends when you get hooked up. Unless your man is man enough to handle the color that depicts the essence girliness. Good luck with that!
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I saw clips of their home via twitter and I asked him if he could send me some photos to share in the blog. I'm so glad he said yes. I really want to feature homes of fellow Filipinos, and hopefully, this is the first of many.
Welcome to their abode....
I love the clean white, with a punch of blue. Their choice of furniture is so streamlined and fresh.
They got this condominium unit really bare. They configured this space and renovated it to suit the needs of a their budding family.
"Our inspiration was Santorini - white, Greek flag blue, and ocean artifacts. We've never been there, but that's exactly the drawing point. We wanted our home to feel like an escape from the outside world. It was a place to feel safe, inspired, and cozy." -Jar
And I really do think it's inspiring! This is a perfect example of designing a room around an artwork. The feel of this space, the colors, and the elements are taken from the painting. It really is the starting point for all that beachy vibe.
The awesomely professionally shot photos courtesy of none other than the unit owner himself. Check out his blog here. Yep, he's a pro photographer. I really hope I can have some of my work shot like this one! And I know awesomely is not a word, I just want to rhyme. I'm unpoetic like that, and I mean that in the most literal kind of way.
*Hey, are you from the Phil too? I want to feature your space. Email me photos at switcheroom (at) gmail (dot) com
I'd feel like I'm working in a gorgeous modern library if I'm lucky to have a space like this. If you have a gazillion books, this is the way to do it. It sets the tone of the whole space and makes it so conducive to learning/working. Go vertical and make the shelves full ceiling height. That chrome ladder is not only useful but also brings some industrial vibe to this room.
If only I have that much books.... or the extra space... haha
