While dreaming about my future home, a place that is only real in my mind, I thought about doing concrete flooring. Not because it's the most amazing choice, but I'm dreaming about a house I can afford to build. Yes, I want to build a house! I can just imagine all the custom stuff I can put in there instead of  updating a cookie cutter townhouse that is insanely expensive. I want a place that is really cost efficient. 

No tile/wood flooring = lesssss cost!

I'm not into the really pristine look, so I won't mind the imperfections a concrete floor might bring. Just worried about the "coldness" of this choice, but you can cozy up the space in other ways. To be honest,  I'm loving this. Whenever I went to showrooms with concrete floors, I'm falling even more in love with it. Haha...

You know my stand, what's yours?

Love it or Hate it?

interior design

With its neutral color, it will pair up well with many hues. Add some wood elements to warm up the space a bit.

naturally modern

When you think of concrete floors, your mind goes directly to industrial design.  But you may take it in another direction. Using traditional and feminine decor and furniture will transcend the industrial and make it glamorous. 

home to decor

Lots of white and punches of colors looks great with these floors too.

idt

Or take its macho character and go with it. Some industrial finishes and sleek vintage wood furniture would be great for a bachelor's pad. 

design attractor

Another thing that I like about it is I think it's so low maintenance. It's used in home depots and garages for a reason right?

inspiralia

Concrete + black + wood + tons of white = lovely

positively beauty

And for those who love it that much, take it up the wall.

jam

I think I'm sold on going this route if ever some miracle money comes my way and I can finally build a house. But if the miracle is so miraculous that I won some sort of millions in lottery, I'm pretty sure I'll be installing wood. :)

So, love it or hate it?

I can finally share the details and sets for this shoot we did a while back. :) We did 5 layouts using their extensive range of furniture and decor. It was fun decorating with a lot of pretty options within arms reach. Feeling ko nag lalaro lng ako promise. I have all my "toys" (as in books, jars, decorative pieces, etc etc!) around and piecing them together to create a set. That is my kind of game. :)

These are behind the scenes and the published catalogue. 

The Vibrant Reading Nook.

All you need is a pop of colorful chair and accessories to bring any room to life.

These two were shot separately but were used to interpret how one key piece (sofa) can by styled differently based on your style and personality.

The Fun Casual Chic

Streamlined Glam

*On the set making sure those shades were straight straight straight!

One sofa, different style. Both feminine, but totally opposite personality.

Femme Glam

Slated Elegance

I really like this seating. Its formal but comfy as well. The neutral color would be great for any room.

Urban Jungle

You won't only see animal prints on the runway, you can find it in home furnishings too. 

Here they are all together. These were shots from my camera. Super excited to see the final outcome so I edited these the moment I got home. Haha

Styling for Crossings Home was a fun experience. Thank you Ms Xandra and Renee for letting me do this shoot. :)

Visit Crossings Home (Quezon Ave, Trinoma and Shangri-la) to see their collection. You can also grab a copy of their 2012 catalogue at their branches, or like their facebook page.

'Til nextime! :)

Oh hello... So the changes I was referring to are my twitter handler, instagram name, and email address.

From switcheroom, they are now elleuydecor. 

I have been thinking about this for a long time, and I finally did it. I had a few people misspell switcheroom a couple of times before, and its really hard to say my email address over the phone.. 

Me: "switcheroom@gmail.com"

Other line: "come again?"

Me: "SWITCHEROOM@GMAIL.COM"

Other line: "switch....? room?"

Me: "S-W-I-T-C-H-E-R-O-O-M"

Other line: "slower please"

Me: "elleuydecor!!!"

Hahahaha.... that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it really does happen. 

And since we're in the story of confused phone conversations, I have another one.

Other line: "Can I get your name please?"

Me: "Elle Uy"

Other line: "ELOY?"

Eloy????? k fine bye. Haha...

Anyways, I will still be checking my old email add, but will be corresponding via the new one. If you've got inquiries, hit me up. elleuydecor@gmail.com

follow me: http://twitter.com/ElleUyDecor

:)

Since that's out of the way, here are a few snapshots from my current projects. These are actually instagram photos, so if you follow me there, these will be all too familiar.

MORE THAN A STARTER HOME

Here are the frames we hang at their living room. 

The custom-made yummy tufted yellow sofa. Envious.

Powder room wallpaper and mirror

TOWNHOME CHARM

Here's the walk-in closet wallpaper. Shimmering. :)

A very affordable glamourous chandelier for the walk-in.

Living room lighting and sheer white curtains.

Custom tufted sofa and orange throw pillows. Love the patterns.

Bedroom light and the black & white stripe curtains. Very dramatic. 

This is from a yet to be posted project. But I just wanted to share this bar table I designed for this house.  The left door opens to a mini-fridge. Wine rack underneath, and that tray in the model can pull-out like drawer for easy access. :) I so love it. 

Those walls are crazy and I'm digging it.  All the simple lines of the furniture and solid black elements toned down the craziness and gave this room a very glam vibe.

Black + gold + stripe + animal print = 

This.

Meredith Heron