tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58319950928343391772024-03-19T12:46:20.094+08:00Decor me Happy by Elle UyThe Pursuit of Happy HomesElle Uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461558715127028664noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-84990919277869915532018-02-21T02:42:00.000+08:002018-02-21T02:49:13.644+08:00Another Makeover + Tips on Small SpacesHello there. It has been a somewhat crazy past month as I have entered a new realm which just means that I created a youtube channel. Haha.. But if you personally know me, you wouldn't believe that I can do something like it. My friends expressed their amazement on how I could actually speak in front of a camera knowing full well that we are all camera shy to the point that we all panicked when we have to do a video message on one of our friend's wedding. We did it, but not incredibly well. HAHA.. so this whole channel is a step, a BIG step, into the unknown. I will further blabber about this as I have a lot to say, but it's now 2:32am so I'll just share the other 2 videos I uploaded.<br />
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First is another project that I did. It's a studio unit, a our goal is to create a hotel-chic looking space where the client can relax in every time she visit Manila.<br />
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The other one is the very first on my Decorating101 series. I wanted to have videos that people can learn from, something that I can share simple tips that would be hopefully helpful to you. So my first topic is SMALL spaces. Living in a small space is a daily reality to many people especially now that a lot are opting to live in high-rises nowadays. So I shared tips on how to visually make your space look bigger, and how to maximize storage in a small space.<br />
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There you go. I've been busy learning how to edit and I'm actually very proud of them coming from a newbie in editing like me. Hope you like them, and if you do, please subscribe! <i>Sige na </i>please... HAHA ( https://www.youtube.com/c/elleuydecor )<br />
<br />elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-10521195977215485312018-01-24T01:47:00.001+08:002018-01-24T01:47:23.994+08:00Project Vintage Industrial: The Big Reveal!How good of a blogger am I that Real Living posted about the reveal of this makeover first? 😂 (view article <a href="https://www.realliving.com.ph/rl-makeovers/an-extreme-makeover-of-a-studio-unit-for-four-a00043-20180123?ref=home_feed_1">here</a>)<br />
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Anyway, I actually posted the video tour of this makeover on youtube.. if you want to skip to that, go straight at the last part of this post. ;)<br />
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The main goal is to give the family proper sleeping spaces, decent kitchen, sleeping area for guests, and lots of storage. They just want a home they'll be happy to come home to. You may see the before photos and floor plan <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2018/01/project-vintage-industrial-studio-unit.html">here</a>.<br />
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Now for the actual reveal....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving the backsplash tile of the we chose for their kitchen. The modern yet somewhat classic pattern is the perfect accent for their home. I paired it with a simple stained cabinet with brass handles, and black counters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The living area has this overhead cabinets and we used their vintage divider as that doors which give the house a vintage vibe. The couch is actually a pull-out bed which extends up to a queen size for their guests.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Added that storage wall for them to hang kitchen items they use frequently, and I framed them to give it a more unified look.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dining table expands so they can accommodate 6 people. It was originally a light pine color, but we have it stained darker to match overall feel of the space.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bedroom is small and tucked in the front part of the unit. Made it white and clean to make it restful, but highlighted the ceiling with this cute wallpaper. </td></tr>
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I really love this project, and I'm happy it gets to be my very first video. So here's the first look at me speaking on cam. HAHA... That's me trying my best-est to act as natural as possible. I will get better eventually. But for now, see the tour of the space and all of my blabber. ;)<br />
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Product sources are also on the video description.<br />
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As you can see, we tweaked the bathroom a bit to make way for the stairs going to the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2016/11/tiny-house-update-third-floor-after-year.html">3rd level addition</a>. The old bathroom was big anyway, so it's not much of a sacrifice. Here's what it looks like before. KEEP IN MIND this was an unused bathroom hence the gross state of it. Hehe..</div>
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Really proud of this bathroom since we pretty much use inexpensive tiles. Originally planning / wanting to install white arabesque tile in the shower (I still love it btw), but price would be 3x what we spent so I happily bought a mariwasa... It's fine, it's decent, it has a subtle texture which looks nice but is a pain to clean. Haha</div>
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Since we need the space for the stairs going up the third level, we closed off the tub area, move the shower on the back wall, and move the toilet in the middle. The old counter was too long anyway, so we have the space for it.</div>
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I don't think I'll ever get tired of these deep jewel green blue wall color. If our third floor isn't a dark navy blue, I would have painted the bedroom this color. I don't know, ironically, a color this dark makes me happy. It's a nice contrast with the white tiles as well.</div>
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The floor tiles is just a ceramic tile with wood texture. Does the job of hiding dirt! Haha.. </div>
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Now this storage unit is another story. It actually deserves another post. We removed the doors of an old bookshelf, and use one of them here. Since it's a glass front, and I don't want to see all <strike>our</strike> MY toiletries, I put a wood insert with this old art we found in Yuseff's house while clearing up. Wall art and storage for the win!</div>
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The glass enclosure we actually got for free. My cousin was doing a major renovation and she's disposing this one so I happily took it off her hands. We built the wall to the right to make it fit just right.</div>
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Before I end this post, lets look at the before and after with the same angle, three years apart. This is not three years in the making by the way, this bathroom has been like this for about two years now. How's that for a delayed reveal? :D</div>
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I'm really happy with how it turned out, it's a decent size with big walk-in shower, love the wall colors and white tiles, the floor tiles is very forgiving with dirt, and we have a cute storage. We also get to put in all our random cheap art to give life to the space.</div>
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So.....there you go, the space where I spend a few minutes of my time before and after bed. Thank you very much.</div>
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elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-5971444388585445242017-10-24T08:39:00.000+08:002017-10-24T08:57:26.592+08:00Three Years Later: Same Rant. Same Advice. Different Life.Once in a while, I will browse through my old posts and relive my thoughts, and smile or cringe on what was once written by yours truly. Most of them I smile and laugh at myself, some gives me a boost and sense of accomplishment, and all sorts of emotions in between. One particular piece gives me all of the above.<br />
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I'm talking about <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2014/05/rant-and-advice-on-being-stuck-and.html">this post</a> where I ranted about feeling stuck. If you have the time, <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2014/05/rant-and-advice-on-being-stuck-and.html">read it</a> and you'll know what I'll be blabbing about in 3.. 2.. 1.<br />
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I can't believe that at that time in May 2014, having our own house was nothing but just a dream. An imaginary scenario that I've been longing for. We <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2014/06/behind-scenes-of-project-dream-home-aka.html">already had plans</a> then but nothing too concrete, but we did it! A few months after writing that, we started on renovating/building the tiny house. And a year later, we were officially in. I love love <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html">our house</a>. We host a lot of family and friends! Most of our inuman with friends are held here. I love hanging out here every night doing anything or doing nothing. But this place is far from done. After living here for two years, the only place that could be considered "done" is the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2016/11/tiny-house-update-third-floor-after-year.html">third floor</a> living / dining area. And I'm planning a whole lot of change to it. That is a story for another post.<br />
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The point of this is three years after the fact, and while this house is now a reality, I still have the same feeling of being stuck. At this point I'm guessing it's me that is the problem. Haha...<br />
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You see, I laid low with <a href="http://www.elleuy.com/">design projects</a> the past few years. I still have them one at a time but not as much as before. There was one time I have 7 simultaneously. Crazy. It's just that with building the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html">tiny house</a>, then planning the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/search/label/%23yuseffandrachelleday?max-results=7">wedding</a>, and then the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2016/12/third-space-studio-cafe-how-it-all-began.html">restaurant</a> right after, there's a lot that went on one after the other. Looking at my "list" from that post, nothing much has changed and it's making me frustrated with myself. Three long years and I'm still here.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">1. Nice comfy room. But I don't wanna spend any more time, effort and money into my existing one, so it's been years of going home to a lousy one.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">In our own house now, and our room if far from what I wanted it to be. It has a bed and a closet and that's it. Haha.. It's fine, but it could be a lot better. Difference is instead of spending most of my time in my bedroom (prior to moving here), we now spend it in our living room which I love.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">2. Functional workspace. But right now that said workspace is in the lousy room which of course means lousy workspace that is so not conducive to any creativity and totally not inspiring.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Ohh this one is hilarious. You see, for years, I've been dreaming on having a workspace of my own. I even had a <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/search/label/HO%20%28Home%20Office%29%20of%20the%20day?max-results=7">"Home Office of the Day"</a> label on this blog. That's how I love to have my own creative space. Now that I have the space for it, our loft office is a junk pile of random stuff. I barely go there. I may still use that loft as a painting studio / indoor garden or something but for day to day work, I find that I want to spend it in our living room together. We just need a small rolling desk that could work with a sofa. :)</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">3. Assistant. I've been thinking of getting an assistant for a while now which would totally make my life so much easier juggling multiple projects. But hey, where would she work? No way it will work on our current house, so it's me and my lonesome for a while now work-wise.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Because I laid low with work, I haven't thought about having an assistant. Now that I'm at it again, this could be something I can do in the future. My messy mind need some help. </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">4. Organization. I have so much junk, and I'm itching to purge and pare down. But then again, I'd do that when I move to my imaginary house.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I'm proud to say that I have pared down a lot when I moved here. I let go of 2 balik bayan boxes full of clothes, shoes, and bags before officially moving to the tiny house. After a year here, I pared down another 2 boxes of my random stuff. It's so freeing to purge, but I have a lot more to go in other areas of our home. I'm set to getting rid of all unwanted stuff!</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">5. Eat healthy / cook. This sounds stupid but let me explain. Our kitchen is quite a problematic space as well, and I share that with a million other people. No place to put my imaginary healthy ingredients. And cockroach. Lots of them. Need I say more? The point is, not inspiring at all.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Nope. Nope. Nothing to say here. We don't cook healthy stuff. Not yet. I've planned on it but not yet happening. I actually bought cauliflower to try the cauliflower rice. Turns out, we don't have a grater and it went to waste since we don't cook much. Now that I bought a grater, we just use it for cheese. Haha </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>6. Travel. I'd love to travel but we're saving up for a house so it's quite a predicament. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">After 3 years, I left the country twice. One is HongKong for a very late honeymoon 2016, and one is the very spontaneous <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2017/04/my-very-out-of-blue-new-york-and-la-trip.html">NY/LA trip</a> last Feb. I enjoyed both thoroughly and it's still a dream of mine. I have gone through my 20s with just a few trips and I feel like I'm wasting my 30s for not doing it. I mean you're only young once. I want to go when I'm strong enough to freaking walk around and explore. My dream is to travel maybe 2 months a year. Work for 10 months. Spend everything on that 2 months. Haha.. </span></div>
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I honestly don't know the point of this post. I guess it's just that after all those years, the feeling of being stuck is still here. Before, it was because we're waiting on a house and can't move forward with whatever I think I wanted at that time. Now that we have a house, it's the fact that we still have a lot of things to do in this house and that one big thing called running a demanding business. Also, we spent most of our savings on the house / wedding / business. But the thing is, there will always be something that might "stop" you from doing whatever you want and that is just called life. I know that I can't let those things hinder me, but I'm wired to be hindered. Haha.. No really, my mind is weirdly wired that when I'm focused on one thing, it's hard for me to focus on another thing. I'm slowly learning on how to do all things at once efficiently. </div>
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I guess rather than a rant, I'm writing this to sort out my thoughts on all these seemingly trivial non-issues that is keeping me from moving forward. Don't get me wrong, I'm aware that I have it easy. I have work that I enjoy and I own my time. Just need to clear my head and plan. </div>
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I'm currently accepting more clients and now back in the game (probably not 7 all at once) but it feels great. As for the others, I need to make concrete plans with deadlines or goals, not just a wish or dream. It's hard to focus especially when we are all busy living the day to day mundane stuff, but I'm just in a point that I don't want the years to go by without much thought. Time does fly so quick. It feels like yesterday when I was in high school and let's just say that I'm waaaay past that point in my life.<br />
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I once felt regret for not travelling in my 20s, but then I realized that I actually did what I wanted back then. I'm not the type of person who thrives in a 9-5, believe me <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/about.html">I tried,</a> it didn't last. I just experimented, worked in whatever job/field I wanted to try, did freelance, did online business, and sometimes bum around. :) Travelling was not on my mind back then since I'm not saving enough, so how can I regret doing what I wanted right? I had fun, I was happy, and that's all anyone could ask for. Now that I have a little more direction, I'll try a different approach. Let's see how this goes. Maybe I'll post again about this in 3 years and say the exact same thing. Haha..<br />
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The one thing that I really learned this past year, and actually apply to how I live is, everyone is different. We all want different things in life. There is no definite goal / direction that is suited for everyone. We do not have to live according to what others think is the "right kind of life." We're the only one who knew what is right for us, what we'll make us content and happy. Let us all just strive for that individuality of not giving a f*ck on how others may perceive us as long as we're not doing anyone harm. Lets just all respect each other and go live the best life for us.<br />
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Oh my gawd that is some heavy advice from someone who pretends she doesn't care ?! Haha... I'm sorry, it's just all in my head and I'm always baffled when I see people so affected with other people's opinion that they can't fully enjoy themselves. We only live once. I love how I ended one of my old post, so I'll do it again just because I want to. <i>Here's a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note, don't worry, be happy. :)</i></div>
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I've been calling our house "The Tiny House" since 3.5 levels sits at only 26.5 sqm lot. Its tiny in a townhouse / apartment standard, but relatively spacious for two people. We're only using 2 levels actually. But there are people living in an actual tiny house that would put our house to shame. Ours is palatial compared to those. Why not feature my favorites right? People everywhere have been doing an amazing job in making these tiny space very homey and inspirational.</div>
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As I was searching for a space to feature, this photo caught my eye and I needed to see the entire space!</div>
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Thankfully, the owners, Brett and Natasha, have a lot of photos of their renovated airstream on their instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tincanhomestead/">@tincanhomestead</a>. I may have spent more than an hour looking at their feed! It's jaw dropping how they managed to make this airsteam their home.</div>
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This is how it used to look like. </div>
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They turned it to this. Plant everywhere!</div>
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Loving how bright it is. It also looks very comfortable, warm, and cozy. That daybed would get a lot of nap times from me if this were ours. Haha</div>
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In most airstream, the bedroom is basically just the bed. And they managed to put a king in there!</div>
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What we lack in our house is outdoor space. And what I would give to have something like this. </div>
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Head on over to their account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tincanhomestead/">@tincanhomestead</a>. They had already sold their airstream and are on to building an A-frame. I'm sure it will be as great!</div>
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elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-30496024769221576512017-04-20T18:08:00.000+08:002017-08-29T23:21:45.432+08:00A Very Out of the Blue New York and LA TripI've been debating if I'll post this here since, well, it's not decor related, but very much "happy" related, so here I am. Visiting NYC has always been a dream of mine. I've been to the US but mostly LA area because that's where my Mom and some relatives lives. The last time I was there was 7 years ago. That information is relevant to the LA part of the trip.<br />
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Anyway, it's just my usual, Oooh I'd like to visit NYC someday. Someday meaning I have no idea when that will be. On the evening of Feb 15, I got a message from a close cousin of mine. "Would you like to go to New York 17-21? I'm free." I know she was in NY for work so I called her to ask "Why? will you be back there on March 17-21?" Well apparently, she was talking about Feb! She got a hotel, and she'll buy the airfare if I can go. Without any hesitation, I said YES lets go! Who am I to say no to that?? The moment I got home, I frantically search online for good offers on airfare that would leave in 30 hours. I need Feb 16 to finish some work and pack, so I left morning of Feb 17. Everything was done in a haze that once I landed and were on an uber from JFK to the hotel, I was thinking to myself.. I can't believe I'm actually here. Its so surreal. And soooo cold. Hahaha...</div>
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Stayed there for 5 days and its not merely enough to explore the city. I just walked and walked, hopped on the subway, and go wherever I want with the help of my handy phone. Yes I may have paid a lot for internet roaming (my phone is blocked to a certain network so I can't get a new sim), but it's so worth it for my peace of mind. Google maps is definitely my friend. It was fun and I'll surely be back. But definitely not during winter. I'd like to explore without constantly shivering. Haha<br />
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I wouldn't bore you with all the selfies I took because that's what facebook friends are for, so here are some photos from the trip.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I love walking around the city and just enjoying all the buildings. Haha.. I know I know. But all the historic structure is so nice to look at. If it was not freezing, I'd probably be out more. After five happy days, I'm off to LA.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">You see, I haven't seen my mom in 7 long years. Since I'm already in the US, I flew to LA to surprise her. She has no idea I'm going. She doesn't even know I went to New York. I was so nervous and excited when I got to her house and knocked on the door. Needless to say, she was more than surprised. She cried for a good 10 minutes. Highlight of the trip. :)</span></div>
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The next few days were spend just bonding with mom. It was a great way to end this very out of the blue vacation. To top it off, the neighbor's dog is the sweetest! I'm super thankful for this unexpected trip.. thank you cousin! thank you mom! thank you dog! Haha</div>
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Three weeks ago, I wrote on my planner "Post blog Third Space" and here I am writing this after all those weeks. I try to cross out my "things to do" as soon as possible. But with this one, I just kept ignoring it.</div>
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I'm kinda dreading it not because I have nothing to say, but because I have a lot to say and I don't even know how to start, what details to share, and how in-depth I could go. But here I am, and I'll just wing it as I write how a newly married couple started a studio cafe. Here we go...</div>
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Owning a diner / cafe was never in our plan. Even in my wildest dreams, it wouldn't be something I would like to someday have. I'm not brave, I don't like taking risk, especially as big as this one. I'm quite happy with our current work situation, and having a business with so much overhead scared me to tell you the truth.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i>I love all the colors / textures we've chosen for the space! The dark teal wall, with all the blacks and woods looks so nice I wanted to do it in our house. Haha.. The arch detail on our back door was a vintage headboard that we just painted matte black.</i></span></td></tr>
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We had <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/search/label/House%20of%20DuoDeco?max-results=12" target="_blank">DuoDeco</a> a while back, and that's my kind of jam. It's just the two of us. We refinished vintage items, made unique decor pieces, sell them by appointment, and go on with our day and work on other things. It was simple. We temporarily shut down Duo Deco to focus on building the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a>. The plan was to relaunch it sometime in the future, in a different space / concept. But that was it. Nothing definite.</div>
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One day, Yuseff saw a space for lease. We were not even looking for one. He just randomly saw it while online. It was a short walk from my family's home, and a few minutes drive from the Tiny House. It's in a great location and really convenient for us. But then again, even if I saw all the positives, I focused on my fears. I don't want to do it. It's a BIG investment for a simple girl like me. But Yuseff is a risk taker. And I'm glad he is. We went to check out the space and meet with the property owner to discuss, and a few weeks after that, we got the space! OH MY.</div>
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It really was a roller coaster ride, and it still is. Our plan before finding this place is to open a furniture / decor store, but this location is great for a diner and it would be a shame not to take that opportunity. Yuseff loves to cook, and both of our families have backgrounds in running a restaurant, so we asked for advice, help, anything we could to learn this thing. My fear turned to confusion, anxiety, then excitement. </div>
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When people ask us what our concept is, the answer is nothing specific really. We just wanted a homey space for people to eat and hang-out with their family and friends. A space where they can play, relax, and enjoy. Hence the name Third Space Studio Cafe. Yuseff is the one who thought of the name, and believe me, we considered a lot and I had made tons of logo for them! Haha.. Here's the thought behind it: your first space is your home, your second space is your school or workplace, your third space is the place where you hang-out, have some fun, and relax. So, welcome to your Third Space! :) Haha.. The food also follow that concept, they are simple, home-cooked style, comfort food. The drinks are milk teas, fruit teas, iced lattes, shakes, and frappes. It's actually very straight forward, nothing complicated. </div>
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I'm getting ahead of myself. Before we even got to finalize the menu, we had a whole lot of things to do, buy, etc! The original plan was to have a cafe where you can buy almost any items you see. You like the chair you're sitting on, buy it. There'll be an option to buy as is, or if you want it refurbished. We're still doing that soon, but for now we're focusing on the operation aspect, which is where all my doubts lie since we're new in this. But with a lot of research, help from our families, tweaking and improving as we go, we are slowly getting the hang of it.</div>
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As for the current furniture and decor pieces we used, they are mostly items we already had. If you've been a reader for a while, you might have read here somewhere that we have hoarding tendencies. Haha.. We love to buy vintage furniture, collect interesting decors, and just store them. We've had most of the pieces here even before we knew we'll have a cafe. Imagine the hoarding, people! Haha.. But it helped a lot. Not having to buy new furniture for a whole cafe, so much savings. Though we already paid for it way before so I guess it's still not savings per se, just a better way to store our stuff? Haha.. But many of these things will be up for sale soon except for some favorites or those with sentimental value, because hello, hoarders = us. </div>
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The design of the space is basically eclectic since it's just all the items we already had. It just so happened that we love vintage so it looks like we have a theme in here. Hehe.. The design and colors were a collaborative effort of both Yuseff and me. We did have a lot of arguments, like how we are when making decisions for the Tiny House. Both of us have a vision, and both of us are stubborn, which I'm not sure is a good combination (HAHA), but as it turns out, our vision is quite the same and we both love how Third Space (and our Tiny House) turned out.</div>
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We also DIYd a lot of things in here because that's what we do. That's our comfort zone, weird but we love to do things ourselves. Though while doing it I'm always thinking what the heck did I got myself into. Which is also what I was thinking while we're in the process of opening up Third Space. Haha.. </div>
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Doubt was at the back of my mind along the process. I was enjoying the challenge, I was enjoying the excitement, but this was really new to us and such a big deal so I can't help but have some fear. What did made me be a bit braver was when Yuseff asked me, "Would it ruin your life if this thing didn't work out?" Umm. No. We will lose (A LOT OF) our savings. But that was it. We can always work to save some more. This is a great experience no matter what the outcome, and I'm sure we'll learn a lot. So that did it. We came in not expecting anything, so we had a little peace of mind going in. </div>
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Having that mindset freed us in a way and help us enjoy the process even more. I don't think anyone who knew us expected us to open up a cafe, it's just something we never talked about. I, myself, didn't see this in our future, much less so early in our married life. But here we are five months in. We still sometimes find ourselves giddy and amused that we had created this thing. While hanging out there, we still look at each other and say "Uy o, may restaurant ka!" and then we'll laugh. We find it funny, not because this isn't serious, but because we actually did it. Two adult-looking children did something big and so out of their comfort zone.</div>
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The last three years of our lives was all life changing, and money spending(?)! haha.. We built the Tiny House, then we had our wedding, right after that, we opened Third Space! This was not the plan, but I'm happy we're here. </div>
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Things I learned: 1) It's okay to be scared but don't let it hinder you from taking risk and jumping at opportunities. 2) Whatever you decide to do, enjoy the process. So whatever the outcome, at least you did have fun. 3) Ask for help.</div>
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There's actually a lot more because everyday is a learning process. The amount of detail that needed attention to run a restaurant whatever the scale is, is a lot especially for first-timers. It's challenging but quite exciting really. This new year, our plan is to have the furniture/decor shop fully operational. I'll keep you updated on that. We already have new pieces lined-up and I'm excited! It's not going to be your usual decor pieces. <i>Abangan</i>... Haha</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><i>If you want to know more about Third Space, or want to be updated on the launch of the furniture shop, like our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thirdspacestudiocafe/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. :)</i></span></div>
elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-3219982390360104942016-11-07T22:46:00.002+08:002017-08-30T00:40:14.754+08:00Tiny House Update: The Third Floor After a Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is a much long overdue update about the Tiny House. I know I would be so annoyed if I followed this story and never got to see what happened. It's like watching a movie and then boom, blackout! You didn't get to see the ending. So here I am posting the ending one year later. But this isn't an ending, it's actually the beginning of all the decorating this house is gonna get. In that one year that we've been here, there's not much decorating besides the stairway <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2016/11/tiny-house-decoration-frame-gallery-for.html" target="_blank">frame gallery</a> and the one above the sofa, which isn't even final. I'll update as we go, but for now, here's our main living space today.</div>
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Before showing you all the update, lets do a little recap so everything will make more sense. On this post <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2014/07/tiny-house-renovation-week-1-plans-for.html" target="_blank">here</a>, I showed the plans for the house. Basically, we did 3 floors plus a loft. First floor right now is a storage area, second floor is our bedroom / dressing area / main bathroom, and third floor is our main living space. </div>
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Some changes we're made to the plans (kitchen/fridge area) but you get the gist, that's where we spend most of our time. At one point, we even sleep there and totally ignored the bedroom, haha. We did the inverted layout (meaning bedroom is in a lower level, living space higher up) since we wanted to take advantage of the high ceilings the loft would give the third floor. It really did make the space looks so much bigger than it really is. </div>
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I threw in a few construction photos just to show you the progress this house made. Look! -- no walls and floors!</div>
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Here's our house today. Much cleaner version of our house that is. :) Love the look of the sofa but it hurts Yuseff's back after prolonged seating so that might be changed sometime in the future. We also had a bench custom made for the window wall since we have a lot of friends and family that come over once in a while. It also serves as one of our "bed" when we did decide to sleep here. Hehe</div>
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The frames behind the sofa will receive an update but I'm still not sure what kind. I'm not 100% satisfied with them but for now, it's okay, and better than none at all. Definitely not all white. Something a little more organic. But I love the photos in there so thats what counts right? The throw pillows we already have, good thing I'm into the mis-matched look. Haha...</div>
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Another construction shot with me in it. I remember this moment and I was all so excited that the house is coming to life!</div>
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Here's the house now at almost the same angle. I love all our windows but it's too difficult to take a decent shot. All you'll see through out this post are glare! Haha.. But I'm not complaining, I love all the light we get in here. Never need to open up a single light during the day. </div>
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Here you can see our tv wall that I still have no idea what to do. It also has our aircon, so I just put an artwork in there to make it a little more finished. But it definitely is not. Haha.. It's a big tv for such a small space and we love it. Movie nights are great. Though movie days are not because, glare. Maybe we'll add roller shades in here someday. But those are expensive so that will be a further someday. The printer is there temporarily until we finish setting up the office. Another someday, but hopefully a little sooner. </div>
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WINDOWS!!! We're not short on those. And the good thing about these windows are the view. We live in the middle of the city but since we're higher up, all we see are trees, which is amazing. I'm hoping that our neighbors never cut those. The coffee table are from Yuseff's grandparent's old home in Masbate. </div>
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The other side of the third floor. This side has the kitchen, dining space, and powder room (behind the black door). </div>
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Dining table was bought from Mandaue foam, but the design is based from Ikea's Norden Gateleg table. I'm not in love with the look, but it's super functional. We can close it up if we need more space, but it's open most of the time. Plus, storage! We'll probably refinish it down the line. Chairs are all vintage that we had collected even before we built the house. The wall beside the table is our future garden wall. I would love to have shelves with tons of plants in there! I think it will be gorgeous. :) </div>
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This is the kitchen that we rarely use. Haha.. We mostly eat at our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thirdspacestudiocafe/" target="_blank">cafe</a>, but we have a few snacks in here. :) I'm planning to fully utilize this sometime soon. We don't have a traditional stove, just an induction cooker that we can keep when not in use. Definitely not a chef's kitchen, but it does the job. </div>
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I didn't bother to style the shelves, nor the counter. Actually, didn't style anything for this photos. I just clean up our crap, and shoot. Hehe.. We have adequate storage for now, but if in the future we need more, we can easily add a pantry under the stairs to the loft (right side of the fridge).</div>
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Here's our view looking up at the loft...</div>
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Here it is today. I'll share more about the loft on a future post. It was supposed to be a shared office so initially it was mostly black with one pale pink wall. But at one point, we decided that Yuseff will get the first floor, and I can use the loft as my office. Which obviously means it should be painted all pink right? Don't worry, it's not a bright or bubblegum pink, just a pale peachy pink. That's what I told Yuseff so I could get my way. Haha</div>
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So that's our space in one year of living here. Once in a while, we'd still stop and stare and feel grateful that we have this, dare I say, beautiful home to call our own. We created it together, which makes it a lot more special going home here every day. It's not perfect, I'd love to have a bigger kitchen (and I'm a terrible cook which is ironic!), or a yard for dogs. I love dogs. But it's perfect for us now, and would hopefully last us a lot of years. It's also great that we're near our families, his family is literally just next door, and mine is a 10-minute drive away. We're clingy that way. Haha.. </div>
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Anyway, I'm closing this post lying here at our sofa, looking around at our now messy space, smiling like a fool. Not relevant, just letting you know... Haha. Are you home now? What do you see? Are you living at your dream home or still dreaming about it? Whatever it is, smile, you have a roof over you head. :)</div>
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I love frame galleries. I really do. I've done a lot of it may it be in our old home, or my clients' spaces. To prove my point, I'll show you some of my favorites:</div>
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Our <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2011/01/diy-frame-gallery-attempt-2-living-room_30.html" target="_blank">old house</a>... </div>
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A very chic <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2011/08/food-stylists-office-big-reveal.html" target="_blank">office</a>...</div>
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An ice cream <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2012/08/project-big-reveal-kreamy-island.html" target="_blank">shop</a>... </div>
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I could go on and on, but that will just be me showing-off my work (HAHA!). The point is I love them so much that my own home will never be complete without one. The one obvious wall to have a gallery is on our stair way. It's just a big blank wall. </div>
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Apparently, I don't have a before photo of that said blank wall. So this construction shot should suffice. Hehe</div>
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I usually don't buy brand new frames for our own use. I just gather old frames and make them work. It's cheap, and by cheap, I mean free. </div>
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We only spent on spray paint for them to be cohesive. This time, I used black because that's the theme of that said wall. Black and white. All the photos are also printed in b/w.</div>
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Here they are starting to install our gallery. We first started with the chalkboard art of our names that we used in our wedding back drop. (You can see the wedding DIY details <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/10/yuseffandrachelleday-diy-details-concept.html" target="_blank">here</a>) I love it so much that it needed to be displayed in our house! HAHA.. I'm just wondering how long that chalk would last.. though it still looks good now which is already more than a year after the wedding. Hopefully it would last much longer!</div>
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Here they are all done. I adore that wall. It's us and our families which makes it a lot more meaningful. When I'm having a stressful day, I just look at them and it usually calms me. :)</div>
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And here's a pulled-back shot showing a preview of the dining area. Next post I'll show you a lot of photos of this floor which is our kitchen, dining, and living space. Major Tiny House update y'all!</div>
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I think a home should have photos of people we love, or even things or places that makes us happy. It's just what makes a house a home, aside from the people living with us of course. What about you? Do you have a wall that calms you? </div>
<br />elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-28662383605423515952016-10-25T18:53:00.000+08:002017-08-30T01:11:01.210+08:00Vignette Styling for All Home x Real Living<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well hello there, I'm here again bringing you another post. It's been years since I've written a back-to-back post. Woohoo I'm back! Haha.. Anyway, I've been arranging photos I took the past months that I could share here and it's harrowing. My desktop, phone gallery, folders are as organized as my head right now, which means it's not. At all. So I'm starting my back to blogging world post with these since it's a fairly recent event which means, I don't need to dig deep for photos. Haha..</div>
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I was invited to style a vignette for the AllHome x Real Living Design Hub event, and I immediately said yes. It's in Quezon City, its a one day event, and I can do the styling in half a day so it's such an easy and fun task that I just can't say no. It's like playing dress-up, home interior style! </div>
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I was assigned this bedroom vignette. Which is fine, but we need to amp up the style so I totally changed the look. </div>
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I'm sure they just put together pieces they have in the store so I'm not here to pick on whoever did this. It's fine. But for the sake of giving advice/tips, I'll tell you why it didn't quite work. The backdrop already have a wooden louver which isn't centered with the headboard. And even if it is, they are both fighting to be the focal point so it's quite confusing. The bookcase is bulky and nothing is visually balancing it on the left side of the bed, so everything looks heavy on one side. All pieces are nice as it is, it's just the composition that's not working here. </div>
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So I removed everything and started from scratch. And by the way, I love the backdrop assigned to me! Brick and wood.. Check!</div>
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You can see the cart full of stuff? I went around the store and "shop." It was fun to shop without spending anything.. I tell you.</div>
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Instead of using a bed with a headboard, I used the wooden louver to act as the headboard for it to be the focal point. I love the simplicity and the warmth it brings to the space.</div>
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I didn't go the normal route of flanking the bed with matching bedside tables because the space has a small footprint and I wanted to maximized it. Besides, it's more fun to experiment, and in real life, people need multi-functional pieces with all the small houses / condo units we all have.</div>
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On the right side I used a ladder desk/shelves which could act as a workspace, storage, and side table. Plus, I get to add a chair, which is a much needed wooden element in the "room." </div>
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The other side of the bed has the standard side table. A hanging bedside lamp was used so it won't take up much need table space. To balance the height of the desk/shelves on the other side, I installed those frames / print.</div>
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I'm not really big on faux plants, but if you can't keep them alive, this would do. Any greenery adds life to any space. Just don't let anyone touch them. Haha.. I'm actually planning to have a plant wall / shelves above our dining table in the Tiny House. Excited!</div>
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For the bed, I just chose a simple white bedding with a small pattern. The bricks itself already has a pattern and I don't want anything to visually compete with each other. A few accent pillows completes the space. It's nothing fancy, just a cozy homey space in the middle of the store. Haha..</div>
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Too bad I forgot to photograph the other vignettes, but everyone did a great job. On the event itself, I thought that I just needed to be present, but no, the stylists were all called on stage and we were asked several questions. Surprise surprise! Being socially awkward and not really good in speaking in front of an audience, I kind of panic internally. But of course I didn't wanna show that so I kept my composure and smiled and answered the best I can. I was fine. I didn't collapse. So I guess that's a start. Hahaha.. </div>
elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-20492344553207044482016-10-24T03:37:00.001+08:002017-08-28T02:50:54.128+08:00So that went fastHello there ladies and gentlemen who still visits this blog. I have a question for you.. WHY??? I haven't posted anything in 9 1/2 months! Haha.. but thank you! Where did the time go? Anyone noticed that time went faster and faster as we grow older? Is it just me? It's a very frightening thought really, one day, you're getting married, then you sleep, wake-up, sleep, wake-up and before you know it, it's been more than a year. You really need to stop and take it all in or you'll be surprised one day, you open your eyes, and you're old and haven't done anything. But, opening your eyes everyday is a blessing regardless, so... I don't know where I'm going with this. Haha.. My point is.. that went fast!<br />
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Anyway, hello. As you've probably noticed, I updated the look of the blog because its 2016 and I haven't updated it in 5 long years. Really. I need to keep up with it being mobile-friendly since lets be honest, we are all on our phones 24/7. It's also my first step to bring this blog to life. I haven't felt the urge to blog the past months, and I want to be excited again. I remember the first few years of blogging, I'm super enthusiastic about posting and updating, and I hope to bring that back. I have a lot to share, hello? <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a> update anyone?<br />
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Speaking of the Tiny House, we are now really living here. WOW. Once in a while, I'll check my post about our plans to build this, how eager I was for it to be done, and now here I am, currently lounging on our couch (which we're planning to replace, another story), typing this thing. I sometimes take this for granted being used to going home here everyday. But when I look back on how we got here, I feel very appreciative of everything. So yes, I'll share the Tiny House with you. I won't make any promises as to when since I suck at keeping my blog promises, but I'll do it sooner or later. Sooner I hope!<br />
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Oh and the one thing that kept us so busy... we opened up a cafe diner! Never thought I'll ever do that but here we are. It's been operational for maybe 3 months already and it was and still is a crazy ride. We still have a lot of plans for it and I'll share some photos soon. You may also visit us -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thirdspacestudiocafe/" target="_blank">Third Space Studio Cafe</a>. A little promotion won't hurt right? Haha...<br />
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Soooo... that's it for now I guess. I just felt like writing this very moment so I did. And it actually felt great. Who knew talking to complete strangers on the internet would feel great? Though if you read my blog, I consider you my friend so technically, you're not a stranger anyway. :) And who am I to judge the internet, that's where I met my husband (naks!!). Yup, I'm one of those people. We met on MIRC chat channel back in 2003. Those were the good ol' days. Haha.. But that's another story for another blog post. It's quite interesting and serendipitous actually, can't believe I haven't shared our story. Someday.<br />
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'Til my next post which hopefully isn't 9 1/2 months from now.<br />
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<br />Elle Uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461558715127028664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-54482122786095186042016-01-03T02:09:00.000+08:002017-08-30T01:12:28.032+08:002015. 2016. and the Tiny House on New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well hello there everyone. And hello there 2016. 2015 had been a major year for us. Two life changing events took place, the completion of the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a>, and the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/09/yuseffandrachelleday-ceremony-shoot-and.html" target="_blank">wedding</a>. Oh, there's the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/05/finally.html" target="_blank">proposal</a>, so let's make that three. It was stressful and awesome all at once. </div>
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We have lots of plans for the new year since this marks the beginning of our new life. It sounds weird to call it new life since we've been together for 11 years, and we're literally together almost every single day since the beginning. When people asked me how's married life? My answer remains the same.. "The same." Haha.. We started building the Tiny House even before getting engaged, so we knew this thing is for keeps. But the new year brings in new motivation and fresh start to actually begin and took action on our dreams. So get it on 2016! </div>
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This is our staircase hall with our wedding and family photos and the signage from our wedding backdrop. I soo love the chalk typography I did, that we decided to display them. I just hope the chalk would last. Haha</div>
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December 2014, I posted the photo on the left. The house was just a shell then, but I was daydreaming on where we'll put our Christmas tree the following year. And here it is, we have a tree! It's still up until now, I'll just give it a little more time in the limelight before we take it down. </div>
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On the 31st, I woke up to a clean and organized house! Yuseff woke up earlier and did all the cleaning just in time for New Year's Eve. :) So I took some photos for souvenir, it doesn't happen that often. Haha... Thank you Yuseff! :)</div>
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Side story. I'm always in awe of fireworks display. I love them. Every year when we celebrate new year, I'm out on the street trying to get a glimpse of the display but all the trees, houses, and buildings block the view. So I was really looking forward to spending this new year on our balcony, and oh boy it's so worth it! Even though we're just on the third floor, we have panoramic view of the fireworks. I was the first one on the balcony, and the last person there. I wanted to see everything. I told Yuseff that the cost of building that balcony is sooooo worth it. Hahaha...</div>
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I'm so excited for whatever this year will bring us. I'm not doing the resolution because it almost always doesn't get done, right?! So let's just all resolve to be positive, happy, and motivated this year. That's what I'll be. Cheers! </div>
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This would be the final installation of our wedding posts. Finally! Haha.. You're probably getting tired of all the photos of our faces, it will be over after this. After all, it's been more than two months already. But I just need to share this last bit since while we're doing the preps, supplier reviews and budget ideas from other people helped me a lot. So here goes...</div>
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<b>OTD Coordinator: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/imbitado.events/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Imbitado Events</a></b></div>
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Rate: 5/5<br />
I don't know how people who doesn't have coordinator do it. Can't imagine stressing about little details on that day. Imbitado's team know what they are doing. All details we've discuss were executed. And they were well prepared, I asked for a gum, a sanitizer, they've got it right in their bag. They just made the day so easy. :) </div>
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<b>Venue: Ayala Hillside Estates</b></div>
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Rate: 4.5/5<br />
They needed sponsorship for use of their venue, thank goodness my aunt is a homeowner since we love the place. It's not a really big village so it's quite private. They have a nice pool and garden area, plus a gazebo. Since it didn't rain (Thank God!), the guests got to hang out in those spaces during cocktail hour. The main venue itself is beautiful, the restrooms are spacious, and there are lots of parking. The only downside is there's no signal! Haha.. so our instagram hashtag raffle didn't get much entry, but I guess it's a good thing as well since no one was focused on their phones. Haha<br />
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<b>Catering: Royalty Catering (0917-8387620)</b></div>
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Rate: 5/5<br />
The owner of Royalty is a good friend of Yuseff's sister. They have been using them for all their kid's birthday celebration so we're no stranger to their food. We knew from the start that we wanted to get them so we're happy we found a venue that doesn't need to have accreditation for everything. The food was great and abundant, everything we discussed were done. Great food and service!</div>
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<b>P/V: <a href="http://theweddingeast.com/" target="_blank">The Wedding East</a></b></div>
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Rate: 4.5/5</div>
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This rating is only based on our communication with them and output during the day. We still didn't have the final edit so I'll update when we get those. I love the photos we got. We provided a hard drive and got our photos that night. Not much editing was needed. they gave us round 4k ++ photos. With that alone I think their fee is worth it already. But the SDE, it's amazing. I love it!! Some of my friends thought that we got a super expensive photo/video team because of the SDE. :) The only reason I didn't give a perfect rating is communication. Text and emails doesn't alway get a response. But I fully understand that their busy, and once the wedding date drew closer, they responded much faster. I still say that I love their work, and their team is great to work with. UPDATE: Already got the final video edit and I love it! What a nice way to look back at our wedding day.<br />
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<b>Host and L/S: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/juizyhost" target="_blank">Joy Catubig</a> / JMI</b></div>
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Rate: 5/5<br />
I've read a lot of forum to helped me in choosing suppliers, especially the host since it's difficult to find sample videos of hosting styles of the emcees. After reading tons of positive reviews, we chose Joy since we wanted a fun vibe for our reception, nothing too formal. She did great! She made us laugh, cry, and sometimes, both at the same time. Haha.. Her voice did command attention, and she sings amazingly well too. We got her package with JMI L/S and they are great too. Clear sound and nice ambiant light all around. We didn't used the venue's main light since they are too bright, so our main source of light the entire night was from their team. It's also a good idea to get a host and L/S that worked well together since they'll be working very closely and both Joy and JMI gave us a fun reception.</div>
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<b>Invitation Printing: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/artisticchic/" target="_blank">Artisticchic</a></b><br />
Rate: 5/5<br />
I did the design for the invitation but I had my friend printed them out. But she also do the designing and she's really great. You should see her own wedding invites, it's too cute! Hehe.. We only got her printing services but she also do a full package. She's also OC with details so that's a good thing.<br />
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<b>Ceiling Design: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eventstyles.kking?fref=ts" target="_blank">Event Styles</a></b><br />
Rate: 5/5<br />
I do not want to tackle all the ceiling design so I asked my friend to do them for us and she did a great job. She really does full event styling so I'm guessing our requirement is quite easy for them. Haha.. Aside from the ceiling, she also did all the drapes for our wall. I just told them that I wanted a bohemian feel and I left it all up to her. So happy with how everything turned out! <br />
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<b>HMU: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/smBeautiful/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Berny Tia</a></b><br />
Rate: 4/5<br />
I knew from the start that I wanted a very light make-up with soft loose waves for my hair. Simple and fresh was the peg. Berny and her team are so professional and so easy to work with. The only reason I didn't gave a perfect score was I find it difficult to manoeuver my hair. Hehehe.. I'm envisioning a soft waves where I can run my hands through my hair, but I think that's not possible. To achieve the wavy look, they need to put in hairsprays or else it will be straight even before the ceremony ended. hehe... I love the look, looks great in photos, and very professional team.<br />
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<b>Projector: <a href="http://www.metrotechrental.com/" target="_blank">Metrotech</a></b><br />
Rate: 4.5/5<br />
I mostly communicated with them through email and they responded fast. Very clear projector, and it's huge. Haha.. I love it. the -.5 was just because the placement of the screen wasn't on an angle, which left one table difficult to view the screen. But I guess they have no choice since we've got a tight space and there's only one option to place the projector. But overall, great service.<br />
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<b>Foodcart: Artsy Cartsy (0917-8081365)</b><br />
Rate: 5/5<br />
We're so glad that we decided to get a foodcart for the cocktail hour. Everyone was fed while waiting for the reception to start. Plus, it's cute, I should know since I designed it. Haha.. The foodcarts were from Yuseff's sister who mostly does children's party, but the carts itself is vintagey and nice that it would fit well for weddings. We got ice cream, fries, and nachos. :)<br />
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<b>Photobooth: I-Personalized (0922-8211357)</b><br />
Rate: 5/5<br />
Again, got this service from my friend. Wow, we've got a lot of supplier friends. Haha.. Anyway, they also does full package, but as for us, we just got the equipment / printing services. We did the backdrop, and layout design ourselves. But they did the backdrop for one of our friend's wedding and it's great too.<br />
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That's mainly our suppliers, since most we DIY'd or bought retail. As for the budget, which is a big concern for most people planning their wedding, we tried to keep it low without sacrificing the experience.<br />
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Venue: 17,500</div>
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Catering for 200 + lechon + extra tables/crew: 119,900</div>
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Entire outfit for both of us / entourage (skirt for girls, vest for boys): 24,360</div>
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Host with upgraded Lights & Sounds: 21,000</div>
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OTD coordinator: 15,000</div>
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Projector: 6,000</div>
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Photo/Video: 40,000</div>
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Hair and Make-up: 6,000</div>
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Invites: 4,200</div>
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Photobooth 5 hours: 5,000</div>
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DIY / Design / backdrops / table clothes / Ceiling / all decor: 44,460</div>
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Chairs trucking: 10,000</div>
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Bouquets and venue flowers: 6500</div>
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Officiator / Documents / Misc: 18,810</div>
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Tips, etc: 6,500</div>
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Wedding rings: 20,000</div>
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So that was our wedding budget. The foodcarts was gifted to us by his sister, and all the alcoholic drinks were bought by my aunt plus a portion of the venue cost. If we paid for everything, our total would still be less than 400k which still isn't bad. It's not the most low-cost wedding, but we feel that our experience is worth more than what we spent. We just sorted out our priorities, and spent less on things not too important for us. When I was dreaming of what our wedding would be like even before he proposed, I always knew that I'd like to keep it on a budget, and I can honestly say that we got our dream wedding without spending so much. Even if I was given millions to spend, this will still be the wedding I'd want. :)<br />
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That's it. Series finale for all this wedding related thing. I can finally move on and share the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a>! Haha.. Speaking of this house, you can check out glimpse of it on our SDE.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.504px;">(You may see the Preps </span><a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/09/yuseffandrachelleday-preps-at-tiny-and.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 21.504px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.504px;"> / Ceremony and Reception </span><a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/09/yuseffandrachelleday-ceremony-shoot-and.html" target="_blank">here</a> / and all the DIY details <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/10/yuseffandrachelleday-diy-details-concept.html" target="_blank">here</a> )</span><br />
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elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-33760574570374939102015-10-13T00:28:00.000+08:002017-08-30T04:12:32.144+08:00YuseffandRachelleDay: DIY, Details, Concept<div>
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Here goes the post that I still have no idea how to write. I wanted to document everything we did for our big day to help future brides (/groom?), and for memories' sake, but oh my it's a lot. How do I categorise it?? So please bear with me as I fumble through this (I'm sure to be a very long) post. haha</div>
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We knew from the start that we wanted a festive laid-back wedding. We didn't want it to be traditional, extravagant, nor formal. It's not us. So everything we did was based on that. We didn't even have a color motif! bwahaha...</div>
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The look of the boys are all vintage inspired, we both love the look. They are in jeans to have that casual vibe. Yuseff loves wearing caps / hats, so they all wore one. </div>
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As for the girls, I wanted bohemian. I love the look! I bought the girls skirts in different colors, and my maid of honor wore her own outfit. I just asked her to wear anything floral-ish. Haha.. Also gave them floral crowns to at least unify the look.</div>
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We didn't want everyone to wear the exact same outfit, so the boys were provided with bow tie and vest, and they wore their own jeans and shirt. For the girls, we just gave them the skirts and asked them to wear any white top. They were asking what kind of top, and I just told them ANY. Haha.. I don't care. I was actually a bit worried that the boys / girls wouldn't match at all. I mean, very muted vintage versus bright colorful florals? </div>
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Thankfully, it all worked out great. :)</div>
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And for us, we knew the look we wanted from the start. He didn't like the matching suit look. We bought his entire outfit off the rack at megamall after we met with P/V. We were just looking on what options was out there, but as it turned out, we found the entire outfit the very same day and we both love it! As for my dress, this wasn't the original plan. I'll share more on my next post, but I so love this dress. Bought it from a department store! ;) I fell in love with it the first time I saw it, but I thought that I already have a dress. When the first plan didn't worked out, I immediately went back for this dress, worried because it looked so tight and it might not fit me, but when I tried it on, it fits perfectly. :) </div>
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As for the venue styling, we stuck with our laid-back concept. Even though we did everything in the exact same space, we wanted to have a different look for the ceremony and reception. We wanted both "event" to be special in their own way. </div>
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For the ceremony, we went with simpler and fresher. Yuseff wanted an arch or something to that effect to "frame" us. This whole look came in organically, it wasn't planned at all. We used items from Yuseff's sister's props stash since she rents out some items for events, and some from our own furniture/decor hoard. I'll explain more later. :) </div>
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Since we wanted to have an actual aisle set-up instead of guests seating on their table for the ceremony, we had all tables set-up except for the two long tables in the middle to make way for rows of chairs to create the aisle.</div>
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Now for the reception look, we knew what we wanted early on. Yuseff suggested the cafe facade look and I fell in love with the idea. Instead of having the typical sofa seats for the couple, we wanted to feel like we're on a date alfresco on some cafe, so this counts as our first date as a married couple. :)</div>
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Once the ceremony was over, and guests went out for the cocktail hour, they set-up the middle tables, and removed the ceremony backdrop to reveal this. For the general feel, I just wanted it to be very bohemian and eclectic. </div>
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So that was the overall concept, but there's a lot of details and DIYs that came with it. Haha.. Here goes.. </div>
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Originally, I'm planning to tackle the ceiling decor as well, but I came to my senses and realized that it would be so much easier to leave it to the pros since 1) The venue has high ceilings and we do not have scaffolding and 2) The allotted set-up time for everything was only 3 hours. So we got my friend's services to decorate our ceiling. She really does event styling so I left it up to her. </div>
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I'm not big on doing drapes since it doesn't suit our concept and I already love the venue's ceiling, so they concentrated the effort in the center. Love the hanging vines look! Very bohemian indeed.</div>
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They also did the trellis outside the venue, and they did a very lovely job. This trellis welcomed the guests and it sets the mood as soon as you step in.</div>
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So here goes the longest part of this post. Yep, the ones above are just introduction. Now you know what I meant when I said this is going to be a very long one. Haha.. </div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">1. Boutonnieres</span></u></b><br />
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At first, I thought we don't need / want one. It's just one of the pretty things that you can do without. But then, with all our non-traditional elements, and laid-back non-matching attires, we decided it would be nice to have one to tie all the boy's look and at least have them look "weddingy." Hehe...<br />
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We bought the faux rose for P10 each at Dapitan Arcade. They only have 2 colors available, hot pink and orange, so obviously, with the boys' vintage look, we went with orange.<br />
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(Please excuse the flaring candle, we misplaced our glue gun so I had to use those instead! Haha)</div>
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The burlap we already have since that's what I used for our flag table numbers, the lace that I laid over the burlap is an old skirt, and the fillers is a dried out babys breath that has been in the house for a month. Haha.. It's not planned, I just find that it's missing something and Yuseff suggested the babys breath and I love the look.</div>
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Now this one is a little more challenging, not with the amount of work, but rather with my thought process. I do not know what I wanted! Haha... Originally, I wanted to wear a floral crown for the ceremony. But I was quite swayed by friends to have a veil since it's the only time you can actually wear a wedding veil right? But I was firm on not having the normal kind since I'm not really comfortable having a fabric over my face, but that's just me hehe.. So I searched and searched for inspiration and found one I love. I wanted a veil at the back and some sort of headband look where the veil is attached. </div>
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This one's what I came up with. Originally this was lace, but upon insistent of many trusted friends, I change it into this soft tulle. The lace is just too busy. Haha.. The flower at the back is originally the floral crown that I'll use, but I gave the wrong measurements so I doesn't fit me. Ordered that and all our other floral crowns from Moonbeam by Polina. :). So i retrofitted the crown and used it as accent for the veil.</div>
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The brass chain is from a vintage necklace and I used it as the headband. Love the overall look. The dress is really simple and the veil makes it a little more bridal. :)</div>
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I knew from the start that I'll be doing the flowers. ALL OF THEM. Haha.. Okay, you might think I'm crazy but I figured, I only have a few entourage, and our centrepieces are just amber bottles with random flowers, so I thought, how hard could it be??</div>
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Well, it's not that difficult, but really time-consuming, and the fact that we need to do this the day before the wedding adds to the challenge. We wanted it to be fresh so the day before is the only option. We went to dangwa and bought randrom flowers, a big box of it. Went there without really knowing what I want. Haha.. For the bouquets, I just wanted the very wild flower look. Then I saw orange roses, the same look as the boutonnieres so I bought a few dozens for all the bouquets and they all matched. It seemed that we planned this all along but no, just a nice coincidence. I have no idea what flowers I wanted until we went to dangwa the day before. Hehe</div>
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The eucalyptus I bought just for my bouquet for it to stand out a little bit more. I was done by around 5:30 pm and my nails looked awful. Haha.. I was planning to go to a nail salon after doing the flowers but its raining really hard, and my brother borrowed our car. So I ended up doing my own nails at 1 am the day of the wedding. Haha...</div>
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Again, we're not going for the traditional invitation, since well.. we're not going for a traditional wedding hehe... I knew that all I wanted was 2 pages, one main invite, and the other for all additional details.</div>
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One very important detail is the design itself. You see, while planning for our venue styling, I designed some mood boards of the cafe backdrop we talked about for the reception. Then when the time came to design the invitation, I thought it would be cute to use our backdrop as its graphic so the invitation and the wedding itself would match. When the invitation was printed, we had no choice but to replicate and push through with our backdrop idea or else the invitation wouldn't make any sense hahaha!</div>
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We had this printed by a very good friend who does invites, and she gave us a huge discount (thank you!), and I just bought the envelopes from National bookstore. I then risked it by doing the addressing of envelopes using marker pen! Haha.. That's one great thing about a laid-back wedding, everything doesn't have to be prim and proper. My hand-writing was far from calligraphy invites, but it will do. hehe.. I added a shadow lining using brass pen to make it a little more festive.</div>
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As I mentioned earlier, Yuseff's sister do provide backdrops/props/foodcarts for events, so we've got some options that we can use. We just bought a handful of vine garland to be used here and the ceremony, and used our old frames as props. Here is it set up on our garage for the trial.</div>
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Here it is being set-up on the venue.</div>
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Now, here it is all done. We wanted to do the backdrop ourselves so we just hired out the cam/printer set-up for the photobooth. We also got my friend for that. </div>
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We added some wooden animal head that we have lying around the house. It just adds a little more playfulness to the set-up.</div>
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Yuseff had been wanting to make a lamp post ever since we got hold of this wrought iron globe-ish cage light. Now that he found an excuse to make them, he actually made two. Haha</div>
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One was placed beside the photobooth, near the entrance, so we used that to put in directional signs as well. The other one, which was painted black, was used for the ceremony and reception backdrop which you'll see later.</div>
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I sometimes enjoy doing chalk art, I did one for my <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/04/happy-lulu-chalkboard-wall.html" target="_blank">dad's restaurant</a>. So obviously, I'll do some for the wedding.. Hehe.. One is for the photobooth backdrop as you've seen on the photos above.</div>
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Then there's the welcome signage. Set this up on the entrance, and since we already got the owl ceramic stool, we used them to decorate and act as bride and groom. Haha.. </div>
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I also did the signage for the reception backdrop and this is my fave out of all I did. Aside from the fact that our name is plastered here, it really completed the backdrop. Plus, it's in a lot of the photos! Haha</div>
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The food carts are from Yuseff's sister that she rents our for kiddie parties. I also designed these carts some time ago, and I do the signs for them even before. But since ours is a wedding, I wanted it to be a little more elegant so instead of using my usual colorful and playful fonts, I made it somewhat a little more vintagey and subdued. </div>
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We have a few games so of course it means we need to provide prizes. We wanted it to be home decor related because that's what we do, so Yuseff designed the lamps and had our workers do them, and I had the throw pillows made. </div>
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Of course, this isn't a DIY, but I'm sure only a few people can say that they used their own chairs for their wedding. :) I'm not really into tiffany chairs, and other options are soo expensive. So we just rented two trucks to haul these chairs and some props to the venue. It worked out great since we love the industrial vintage look! Can't imagine using any other chair. Now why and how we got to own 200 vintage industrial chairs is another story. </div>
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Since I'm going for a bohemian eclectic look, I wanted to use patterned table linen. I think it's cute, plus I get to shop for fabrics! And, I'm sure you're sensing a pattern here, we don't want everything to match. So we chose three different but complimentary pattern, and I just laid it out in the floor plan so the set-up crew would know which pattern to use for which table. Also bought a lace curtain and cut it up to be a runner.</div>
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Here is the floor plan/ guide I provided for the set-up crew. The colors represents the table linen, so everything is balanced out. :)</div>
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Trial set-up at home. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ac4vb-9s_no/VgEZIwurfNI/AAAAAAAAGUQ/wTPPKzO0Qto/s1600/1440142717718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ac4vb-9s_no/VgEZIwurfNI/AAAAAAAAGUQ/wTPPKzO0Qto/s1600/1440142717718.jpg" /></a></div>
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As for the centerpieces, we just bought a lot of amber bottles to be lined up in the center and ask the caterer to provide tealight candles. Plus the flag table numbers I made were put up in the center bottle.</div>
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Here we are arranging all the flowers we bought from dangwa the day before. I made a few arrangement but since I'll be doing the bouquets, I left it up to these boys. :) Yes the same workers who constructed our house were our florist for the day haha.. They did a great job by the way.</div>
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Here they are looking all so pretty. :)</div>
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And with all the candles lit-up. I was actually a little worried on how all these different patterns would look together, but when we did our entrance and I was up at front, I saw everything and I was sooo happy. It's just how we wanted it to be, simple, intimate and cozy. :)</div>
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As I said earlier, this whole set-up came up organically. Yuseff's sister had the white fence way before, so I thought we could use it for the ceremony. But that's the only idea I had then. Then a month before the wedding, his sister had this pergola made for her business, and I asked if we can use it as well. We had the altar table and bench made from our scrap furniture pieces/ materials. We bought leaves garland to decorate and here it is set-up in our garage for trial.</div>
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Now here is the crew setting up the venue for the ceremony.</div>
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All done. My friend lend us her plants to add life to the set-up. The other lamp post is placed on the right side of the stage. You'll also see the reception backdrop peeking behind the white fence. We set those up first so after the ceremony, they can just remove the fence and reveal the other backdrop. </div>
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It's bright, simple, yet a bit playful at the same time. </div>
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Left side. Used this painting I made years before. Actually blogged about it <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2010/12/daisy-me-sexy.html" target="_blank">here</a>. :)</div>
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Since I already had a moodboard for the backdrop, it's quite easy to execute. We just measured the space and came up with the best dimension. Here they are building our "cafe." ;)</div>
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When I saw this, I felt so giddy I can't contain my excitement. It's gorgeous! Hehehe.. The brick wallpaper is yet to be installed on both sides.</div>
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Here they are setting up the area for the reception. When I saw this photo, I'm so relieved that no guest were waiting here. They all went out for cocktails! I was a bit worried that guests would have to sit and watch all this chaos going on, but thankfully they went out, ate, and mingled. </div>
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Oh we also used the area rug I bought for the Tiny House. Thank goodness I bought two so it filled up the space better. The crank table is our coffee table here at the house as well. We wanted to bring as much of our own stuff to personalized the venue.</div>
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It turned our beautifully. It's really more than what we expected. I had envisioned the look in my mind way before the day, but nothing beats seeing it in real life.</div>
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Yuseff insisted on having her mom's banana cupcake and macaroons as our wedding cake since he (and everyone who ever had the privilege of tasting them) loves those. I was quite hesitant at first since I don't want to trouble his mom on making them, but she happily obliged. Thank goodness because I love those too! Haha... </div>
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So we needed to make a cupcake stand. I had the wood stand made, and he had the metal stand made. Since we already had the two, we decided to use both! ;) Here is the sample set-up that we're trying out to see if it will fit the table. You see, the altar table for the ceremony was the cake table for the reception so we have to work with it. It fits!! </div>
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Yuseff decorating the stand. This stand are actually old planters they had lying around, he had them welded together to form this cake-like shape. He didn't want this photo posted because... and I quote <i>"Mukha ako mashadong nag eenjoy!"</i> Bwahaha! But I insisted so here it is... I think this was 3 days before the wedding.</div>
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Love it!!! We also bought cake toppers and spray painted them silver gold.</div>
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Because we don't want the exact same topper, he bought a spiderman and princess topper and placed them side by side for the other stand. Turned out really cute. Weird yes, but cute nonetheless... hehehe...</div>
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Our cake table :)</div>
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We also DIYed some stuff that you can't see in the photos. We showed 3 videos -- growing up/us/friends/family, proposal video, and the SDE. We edited the 2 vids. Not actually us, but we enlisted the help of one of my brother who's taking up multi media art to do those. He stayed with us in the Tiny House for 4 days to finish everything. We art directed but he did all the technical stuff. Thank you brother dear!</div>
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For the music, we put all the music we wanted played in a usb. From ceremony, cocktail hour, to reception. I just put them in different folders and labeled them accordingly so there'll be no confusion. We carefully chose the special songs like the dances, march, etc. But for the cocktail and dinner music, we just played songs in a reggae rendition. It suited the mood.</div>
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As for the games, we did the "guess the movie title" and "chinoy henyo." So we compiled movie clips that Yuseff chose, and we made images of our chinoy henyo words to be shown on the screen for the game. It was fun! I can't wait for the videos.</div>
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Yuseff is an amazing song writer considering he doesn't play any instruments. It's just a hobby that he does once in a while. One song he made a long time ago was for a bridal march. I dreamt of using that song for our wedding. So when the time came, I just had to walk down the aisle to that song. My other 2 brothers are in a band by the way, with their own music studio, so they helped us out and create the music for the song (thank you!). Yuseff then recorded the song, and I refused to hear it before hand. I wanted to hear the final recording for the first time on the aisle. And needless to say, it was wonderful. :)</div>
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Sooooo.... I think that's about it?! Haha... We did a lot for the wedding, but it doesn't feel like much. It's so worth it to go through our big day, seeing all our hard work being enjoyed and appreciated by everyone. We got to personalize it and we got the wedding we dreamt of. It's not just the concept or DIYs that made this day special, it's just the over all vibe, and love we felt through out the day.</div>
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I just wanted to share with you...We had these framed and displayed in our house. Left is our actual invitation, and on the right, I replaced the moodboard with actual photo of us on our reception. Haha... Close enough right? ;)</div>
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Anyway, to those who read all throughout this veeerrrrryyyy looooooonnnnggg post. Thank you! I hope it provided some entertainment (???) and if you're a future bride, then I hope that this gave you some ideas and I wish you happiness on your big day and all the days to come. :) </div>
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My last wedding post will be the supplier reviews, budget, and our SDE. After that, we'll be back to regular programming. Hopefully!! </div>
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<i style="font-size: 13.44px; line-height: 21.504px;">(A little back story, last May 3, we got engaged. See the story <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/05/finally.html" style="border: 0px; color: #b2b2b2; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a>. :) We both agreed to have the wedding on our 11th year anniversary which is September 6, so that would be four months of planning, which is just perfect since we're not keen on having a long engagement. 11 years together is long enough. Haha.. See my initial thoughts and plans on this <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/07/wedding-thoughts-plans-and-suppliers.html" style="border: 0px; color: #b2b2b2; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">post</a>. We don't have a lot of expectations for the wedding, we just wanted it to be meaningful and fun. I'm happy to say that we got the wedding we dreamed of. It's nothing extravagant, it's just festive and sooo us. So without further ado.. here's my thoughts about our day...)</i></div>
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I didn't know what happened during the entourage march, but I saw one video that people actually cheered and clapped when Yuseff walked down the aisle with his mom.. hehehe.. I won't be posting the entire march since well, it's a lot. But we have 5 pairs of bridesmaid/maid of honor and groomsmen/ best man, a ring bearer and my dad.</div>
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Anyway, this is where I got a little pissed. While the car was going around, I saw our cocktail hour venue packed with people because they already opened the food carts! It was supposed to be open only AFTER the ceremony so the guests will have something to eat and do while we have our shoot and flip the venue for the reception. I panicked and tried to call our coordinator, but there's no signal. I learned later on that Yuseff asked to open the foodcarts since there's already a lot of people wandering around. I'm so pissed at that time. HAHAHA... ceremony was about to start and everyone was eating ice cream and drinking beer. hahaha.. I just calmed myself and remember to just let go. I forgot all about it once the curtain to the ceremony opened and I saw everyone and Yuseff. Everything turned out great anyway, the guests are happy and fed, and they still went back for another round after the ceremony. </div>
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I walked down the aisle while the song Yuseff made few years ago was playing. It's a song he did especially for the wedding. :) He recorded it a week before the big day, and I never heard the recorded song until the walk. I knew the song by heart, but with all the music my brothers did, and Yuseff actually singing, it was very special. I remembered Yuseff shed some tears :), and me crying and laughing at the same time. </div>
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We did our post-nup shoot just around the venue. We're not really the photoshoot kind of people, haha, we didn't even bothered to have a pre-nup shoot, so this was fun. We're just whispering stupid remarks a lot of times.. hahaha</div>
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My lace actually got loose so he did laced it up for me. But the photographer missed it so we re-enacted. haha</div>
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After the shoot, they retouched my make-up, and off we went for the reception. They did show our photos avp first, then the entourage entrance.</div>
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For our grand entrance, we settled early on to use the song "We are the Champions." Not the normal grand entrance song, but we always say "champion!" when we accomplish something, so we find it very fitting. Haha... </div>
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Around three days before the wedding, Yuseff had this idea, and he had this NBA trophy/lamp made to carry our rings for the ceremony, and to be used for our grand entrance. Suited our song very well. Haha.. </div>
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Our first dance. Song: One friend. :)</div>
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The kiss.</div>
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Our cupcakes. Yuseff's mom baked his favorite banana cake and macaroons. It's actually everyone's favorite, really really good!</div>
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Us on our "first date"</div>
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The speech and toast by the maid of honor and best man. While my maid of honor gave a funny and light-hearted speech, the best man, Yuseff's brother, have a simple but very touching speech. Don't be fooled by our smiles, tears were shed. Hahaha</div>
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Cheers!</div>
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After the dance, cake, and toasts, we did the photo per table to officially open the buffet. After everyone got their food, we went to the buffet too to get our own. Haha.. They offered to bring us food but we really wanted to do it ourselves. But as they say, you won't be able to eat. I told myself I will eat no matter what, but when you're at the moment, you really have no appetite at all. Maybe it's the emotions? Adrenalin? But we barely touched our plate. Sayang. Haha</div>
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My brothers and cousins played us some songs. I really was looking forward to this. It's great to have them play during the wedding.</div>
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Our impromptu dance while they were singing "Awitin mo at Isasayaw ko"</div>
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After the performance, they played our proposal video. Yuseff said a few words before they showed the Avp. Funny story, while Yuseff was speaking, there's a flying ipis doing his rounds in one corner! HAHAHA.. Some guests didn't notice but I did. Our hosts managed to kill him after a few flights.. It's funny, but if it did flew near us, I'll definitely run. HAHA</div>
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We have two games. One is guess the Movie title which we have 10 winners. And the other one is "Chinoy Henyo." Originally we have 8 pairs do the game, but no one got the answer, although their bits are very entertaining. Haha.. So we got 2 more pairs... The last one, my cousin and his partner, got the answer, buzzer beater. </div>
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The celebration after they won. Haha...</div>
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After the games, our host invited both our families on stage for a prayer and for them to say a little message for us. It was a roller coaster of emotions. One minute we're laughing, then we're crying, and then we're laughing again. It was something special. </div>
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Mother and son dance. Song: I'll be there by Jackson 5.</div>
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Chose that song since I love singing it as a kid, and everyone knew how I love the song back then. Plus, it really has a sweet message. Yes we both cried. Hehe</div>
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Our second dance where Papa pass me off to him. Song: Through the Years. It's so apt since we have been together for 11 years.</div>
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I remember telling him.. <i>"Pinapanood pa din ba nila tayo? Haha.. Weird"</i></div>
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Us giving our message of thanks to our family and friends. Again, don't be fooled by my smile, I did cry. Gawd I cried a lot. Haha.. I just took this chance to thank everyone not just for the day, but for everything they did for us from the beginning.</div>
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After that, we spend time with the people who stayed, got a lot of photos, drank some more, and spend some time at the photobooth. Haha...</div>
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Sooo that was our day. Well that's the short of it. Haha.. This is a photo-full post, but believe me, I have 4000 more. It truly was a special day for us. We went in knowing that everything will not be perfect, and it's not (hello flying ipis! haha), but it's more than what we expected. We just wanted a meaningful, intimate, laid-back and fun day, and we got it. There's a lot of laughter, and I was told that I'm not the only one who's in tears. :) I can't wait to get the raw videos, we got all the raw photos right away and it's fun to see in still frame all that happened that day. What more the vidoes?! Can't wait :)</div>
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Obviously, we love our wedding. It's sooo us and I couldn't ask for more. Now here we are at the Tiny House about to start our lives. We still find it funny calling each other husband and wife. Haha... Anyway, my next post will about all the details, DIY, and styling of ourselves and our venue. I'm not sure how to do the post because we did a LOT. Stay tuned!</div>
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(You may see the Preps <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/09/yuseffandrachelleday-preps-at-tiny-and.html" target="_blank">here</a> / DIY and details <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/10/yuseffandrachelleday-diy-details-concept.html" target="_blank">here</a> / and Supplier's Review, budget, and SDE <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/12/yuseffandrachelleday-suppliers-review.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</div>
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The few days leading to the big day was quite hectic. The original plan is to be done with majority of the details 1 month before the day so we could relax. When that didn't seem feasible, I said to myself, 2 weeks. I'll give us 2 weeks to relax so we should be done by then. HAHA. Who am I kidding? We're still doing something a few hours before the wedding! I'll give more details on the DIY/Styling posts because we tackled a LOT. But it was fun and ultimately satisfying. Anyway, since this post is about the preps and some of our photoshoot, I'll talk about those.</div>
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Early on, we decided to have Yuseff's prep here at the Tiny House. We have fixed and renovated so it's a shame not to use the space. Another bonus is you get to see a preview of the almost done house. Haha</div>
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GROOM'S PREP AT THE TINY HOUSE</h3>
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We set this up the night before.</div>
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Since my brother, one of the groomsmen, didn't get to join them at the Tiny House shoot (He's at my prep venue for our family shoot) they did another round at the venue before the ceremony.</div>
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I knew from the start I wanted a nice house to be my prep venue. I don't want to do it in a hotel since it will just be me for make-up (the girls did their own), and I wanted to have a great backdrop. I asked if I could use my uncle's house for prep and they generously obliged. So thrilled since they have a big beautiful house with a nice garden area. </div>
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My girls...</div>
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I'm happy with our prep location since it really suited our look. The boys have the vintage vibe that totally matches the Tiny house, and bright bohemian for the girls which is perfect to shoot at the garden of the Big house. </div>
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I've been worrying about rain since these days, it comes and goes. You just never know when it will pour. But everything turned out perfectly since it didn't rain the entire time people were outside for the shoot and cocktail hour, the rain came when everyone's inside for dinner and for that we're super grateful. Anyway, there's a lot more to that day, and I'll share those next. I just can't believe it's finally done, those 4 months of preps and then one day, it's over. I can't imagine how I would feel if we have more than a year to prepare. Haha.. </div>
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<i>(Photos from The Wedding East. They are our official P/V, and we got all raw photos the same night. Editing by me, but honestly, there's not much to edit since the raw photos came out great. I'll give proper review on another post.)</i></div>
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You may see the Ceremony/Reception <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/09/yuseffandrachelleday-ceremony-shoot-and.html" target="_blank">here</a> / DIY details <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/10/yuseffandrachelleday-diy-details-concept.html" target="_blank">here</a> / and Supplier's Review, budget, and SDE <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/12/yuseffandrachelleday-suppliers-review.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
<br />elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-59621092740471363532015-08-25T02:29:00.000+08:002015-08-25T11:20:49.613+08:00Hello.<div style="text-align: center;">
I just realized that I haven't touched this blog in 6 weeks. Life does get in the way sometime, but I mean that in a good way. I was thinking on what to post next, about the Tiny house? About the wedding prep? But I do not have a lot of photos to back-up my stories yet. So I'm just dropping in to give some updates...</div>
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The Tiny House is receiving a lot of guests. We've hosted my college and high school friends, my siblings, Bf's friends... Just a couple of nights ago, 16 people were here. I feel such fulfilment knowing that we have a place that's ours, a place where we can have people over, and a place where we can just be ourselves and relax. Before you jump into wild conclusions on how we're done with the space, no we're not. Yes we can accommodate people, but we're faaaar from being done. We just want to use it and enjoy it now, and slowly finish the space. Creating a home takes time. I have so much to share about our progress over here, I'll be back in regular programming after this life-altering event takes place.</div>
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Speaking of, as for the wedding preps, did you know that in two weeks it will be the big day? Where did the four months prep went? I didn't notice. I feel like that I'm forgetting something, and that I'll be forgetting something really important. Is this normal?? Haha... We've booked all suppliers, and we're just finishing up some DIYs and other minor things. I'll be sharing all the details once we've got the official photos. But for now, OHMYGAWD I'm getting married. HAHA... Oh and from my <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/07/wedding-thoughts-plans-and-suppliers.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, a lot of changes took place. Instead of having the ceremony and reception in a different area, we'll be having them in the same room. So our suppliers gotta be good and fast in flipping the space. And as far as my dress, instead of having one made, I bought one. Still not expensive, but I sooo love it. :) The Bf has no idea on what my dress is, he wanted it to be a surprise. So even though I think I've got a thousand of photos of the dress (yes, I'm obsessed), I won't be sharing it until everything's said and done. </div>
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I know, such a tease. Sorry. I'm just hoping and praying that we have a good weather, all our suppliers shows up and deliver, and that it will just be happy day for both of us. I'm not expecting perfect, happy is more than fine for me. :)</div>
elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-49058263505542634982015-07-08T03:33:00.000+08:002017-08-30T03:11:36.312+08:00The 3 Lives of the Tiny House Sofa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The<a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank"> Tiny House</a> is coming along. It's mostly done except for us cleaning up... same old story, blah blah. But the good news is, we already have a sofa. Well, technically, we had that sofa for more than 2 years already, and it was in the Tiny House for more than a month, just wrapped up to keep it clean from all the construction mess.</div>
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No, we didn't buy a new one. Nor had one made. If you've been reading this blog for quite some time, maybe you'll remember this <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2011/05/not-so-diy-ikea-sofa-hack.html" target="_blank">sofa makeover</a> I did for the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2013/01/stylists-home-office-big-reveal.html" target="_blank">Stylist's Home Office</a>?</div>
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It's the Ikea Erktop 2-seater sofa.</div>
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That I had redone into this.</div>
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It was used in this office for a few years. But since they expanded, they had to let it go to make way for work desks. I benefited with that expansion by inheriting the sofa. Just to be clear, I don't go out there asking clients for their old pieces, she's a cousin who gladly gave it to me. Haha...</div>
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I stored it in our old house for the past 2 years. When the Tiny House came along, I knew that I wanted to use it here. It's just the right size, it's spacious for 2 people, and could fit 3 if you're really close with each other, literally and figuratively. </div>
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But we wanted to update it to better fit the look we wanted. We've always wanted a chesterfield sofa, but it's too expensive and we wanted a higher backrest for movie nights. And I wanted to have a tan leather look as stated in this <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2013/05/dreaming-of-brown-leather-sofa.html" target="_blank">dream sofa post</a>. (Oh my gawd, I just re-read that post, and it's so fulfilling to read that that time I posted about my sofa dreams, we still didn't have the Tiny House. We didn't even have an actual plan at all. And now we're here. *Thankful*)</div>
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So that's what we did. A hybrid of the classic chesterfield.</div>
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I love it!! It's so cozy with all the pillows we accumulated (we got more!) and I had fell asleep here a couple of times despite the fact that we didn't have a fan yet. I wanted to have a complete experience so I endured the heat. Haha</div>
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Also had them do stitching on the front just for that little added detail. It's petite, it's comfy, and most importantly, we got it for the cost of reupholstery. Very good deal indeed.</div>
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Maybe you're thinking that we already have a nice place based on the photos above, but just to keep it real, here's what's actually going on around that sofa.</div>
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And I'm not sure how it happened, but it's getting worse. Trying to organize is just making things more chaotic since we are unboxing all out stuff. Haha.. But, it's a house and it's all ours so I'm not complaining.</div>
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While driving home a few minutes ago from the seamstress who'll make me my wedding outfit, I thought I should write a post about all this wedding stuff. So here I am in front of my laptop thinking of what to share. Haha.. I have a lot of thoughts and I'm not sure how to put it into words.</div>
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I'm not the typical girl who wants a grand fairytale wedding. I wanted everything to be simple, intimate, and heartfelt. I don't want a ball gown or big long trains, I wanted a flowy simple lacey bohemian separates. I don't want a veil, I wanted a small pretty floral crown. I don't want a strictly formal event, I wanted the guests to be comfortable, but of course still look nice and polished. I don't want the grand crystals and white ceiling drapes with all the purple / blue / pink mood lighting, I wanted the place to just feel cozy and festive with buntings and fabric patterns. I don't want to spend all our remaining savings on the wedding (we did just <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">built a house</a> and a bought a car), I wanted to spend just the reasonable amount without sacrificing the mood and the food. :) Simply put, I'm not the typical bride. Though I'm not sure what typical is, but from most people I know, I'm not taking the typical route for all this wedding plans.</div>
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People were surprised to learn of our 4-month prep period since most of them prepared for one year or more. I, on the other hand, I don't want to have a long engagement, I don't want the stress and anticipation prolonged, I wanted to be done with it asap. One even asked me if I am pregnant.. HAHA... (I'm not). We just wanted the date to be on our 11th year anniversary. So I think the proposal just came in on the perfect time giving us some time to do prep without having the long engagement.</div>
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To be honest, I've been googling venues even before the proposal. (I'm not the only girl who did this right?!?! HAHA) In my defense, we've been together for 10 years, and I don't want to be caught off-guard just in case. Hehe.. But we didn't end up with any venues we had researched. We'll be doing the ceremony and reception in one venue so I want to take that into consideration. We don't want to spend so much on a place, so it basically cuts our options more than half. I don't want a grand ballroom, or too formal looking space, I just wanted a neutral space we can easily dress up.</div>
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I've called a few venues and most are still available. There is one venue that I thought we'll be having our wedding in, Industriya. It's a resto in Marikina with a separate events venue and I fell in love with the space when I saw the photos, and loved it more when we went there. As a decorator, I'm particular with the look of the space and this venue looks great. BUT, a big BUT. They don't have a proper events personnel, they never call back when they say they will, everything has corkage, even basic L/S. But since I'm blinded with the look of the space, I'm still set on getting them. I searched and searched for reviews, there's a few not so nice one but I'm willing to disregard that. Then, I happen to chance upon photos of a wedding reception held there, and found the instagram account of the bride herself, and as pathetic as it may sound, I left a comment asking for her feedback. And she was so kind to reply in detail. She does not recommend them, I'll just leave it at that. As much as I love love the venue, I don't want to be stressed so I decided to just let it go. More than a month passed and they still hasn't called back. To think I'm already pencil-booked..Haha... But to be fair, they are just new (less than a year), so hopefully they can improve their service so people can truly enjoy and appreciate the beautiful space they created.</div>
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Back to the drawing board. The sister of the bf has a close friend who owns a catering business (Royalty Catering). She's the one who catered to all birthday celebrations of bf's niece and nephews, and we love the food! We wanted to get them since I know that they'll be more hands-on since we know them personally, and the food is great! But since some venues have accredited caterers, we didn't booked them right away. After letting go of Industriya, I wanted to find a venue that's open to any suppliers, doesn't have corkage on everything, and doesn't charge an arm and a leg.</div>
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I thought of village clubhouses --they fit our requirements. I'm only hesitant at first because well... <b>children's party</b>. That's the first thing I think off when you say clubhouse venue. Then I realized, I don't care. Haha.. We're not really big on being concern or affected on what everyone will think of or say. If it's a nice place then I'll get it. Our first option is the greenmeadows clubhouse, it's huge and super nice! (They also don't require sponsorship) Unfortunately, they are already booked on our date. After a lengthy group chat with my friends, one of whom does events styling, I came up to the conclusion that Ayala Hillside Social Hall fits the bill. My friend said that it suits our personality, and theme well. I didn't consider this venue at first because a friend used to live there, and my aunt and her family are currently living there. I feel like I'll be having a wedding at their backyard. Haha.. But it turns out, it's more of a blessing since I got the homeowner's rate since she booked the place for us. :) So, it's settled, we're having our wedding at Ayala Hillside Estate Social Hall. </div>
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We're having 5 pairs. One maid of honor / best man, and 4 bridesmaids / groomsmen. That's it. At first I wanted to have only 3 pairs, but the bf insisted on having more since he has a lot of very close friends. So we compromised at 5. We'll not be having the veils, candles, cord, nor are we having Ninongs or Ninangs. Everyone was shocked about the Ninong/ Ninang thing because its the norm, and as some may say, sayang ang gift. Hehe..But both of us agreed that this is the most comfortable set-up for us. </div>
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We already bought the bf's ensemble at a store that will never be named. Haha.. It's not the typical store you'll buy a wedding attire, but I love the look on him. I'm still not sure about the boys' attire since it's the bf's assignment, we'll probably have them wear khaki or dark jeans, long sleeves and vest. Here's the inspiration for their look.</div>
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I knew from the start that I don't want to spend a ton for something I'll wear once. I even told my friends that 5k (Php) is my max budget. haha..The original plan was to have Yaya Tas, our yaya for 30 years, driver, cook, mananahi all in one, do it. She's a great mananahi and I know that with a little guidance, she can achieve the look I wanted, which is just simple. She already retired, but came back for a visit. But, as all the floods our house experienced, one of the casualties is our sewing machine. It will be much more expensive and more hassle to have it fixed for something so simple and something I'll only use for one time. So, as much as I love for Yaya Tas to sew my outfit, I decided to just have a seamstress do it. I bought fabrics from Tutuban, and brought them to Kamuning earlier. I can't comment on the quality or outcome until next week when I get it. If it turns out great, my total cost would be P3290. Fabric and labor included. :) The bf wanted to spend more on my attire, but I insisted otherwise. My cousin even commented on why am I so practical, how will she raise her future child to be like me?? Haha.. I really don't know why. I know that getting married is once in a lifetime experience, and a lot of people spends on their gown to be their most beautiful, I get that. It's not just who I am. I'll rather buy a fridge, or a nice upholstered bed that I get to enjoy for years to come. And besides, <i>sa nagdadala lang yan</i>. HAHA</div>
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As for the look of the outfit itself, I just wanted to have separates so I can still use them both in the future. I don't want to waste closet space. HAHA... I wanted something lacey and bohemian. I won't share the actual design I had made here not to take the risk of the bf seeing it, but here are some of my pegs and inspiration. It will be a little dressier than this, but that's the feel and look i wanted to achieve, including the messy waves. </div>
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I was once so immersed in reading forums a couple of weeks ago looking for recommended suppliers. I'm not overly obsessed but I wanted to hear what other people had experienced. But I usually just have one or two shortlist and easily decides on which so I can finalized on booking them.</div>
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For hair and make-up, I chose Berny Tia since she does the fresh no make-up look. I just wanted to look fresh and an improved version of myself, nothing like extreme makeover version. Haha.. Emailed a couple of people short-listed, but I find her to have the friendliest response. As for the reviews, they said she's super easy to deal with so I'm sold.</div>
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We got Joy Catubig as host because of all the good reviews on the forum I read. There are others with great reviews as well but we chose her because she seems fun and <i>kalog.</i> We're not keen on having a super formal event, so we wanted someone who could keep the guests entertained. The bf though doesn't want someone too funny ala comedy bar, and those who personally got her as an emcee said she's just entertaining and funny but not "comedy bar" funny, so I was sold. Her lights and sounds partner is JMI, so we got them to make sure that they'll work well together.</div>
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For photo / video, I got my friend's supplier (Wedding East) which is fairly affordable, plus I love the work they did for my friend so I didn't stress myself so much for doing comparative research and such. Haha.. Good price-point, great output, and well-recommended so I'm good with that.</div>
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We got Imbitado events based solely on good reviews. I wanted the day to be as stress-free as possible, and I wanted someone I can really rely on to take care of everything on the day. Hopefully, things will turn out great.</div>
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I'll do the design and have my friend (instagram @artistichic) print them. It will be a simple 2 page layout. She does invitation (her wedding invitation is superb), and I know we're in good hands.</div>
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So far, those are the booked suppliers. I can't give feedbacks yet since most of them I haven't personally met (I'm not doing trial make-up.. hehe), so I'll give review once we're done. Seems like we accomplished a lot but oh my gawd we have so much more to do!! </div>
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We'll be doing a lot of DIY, like the center pieces and the bouquets. I'm planning to go to dangwa a day before the wedding and buy everything. I know I'm crazy. But I'm not planning on doing a very intricate design, just some flowers tied together. That's it. As for the center pieces, we're buying amber bottles and just put random flowers on them. I don't want anything big or grand since the star of the table would be the table cloth. Bought printed fabrics to be put on the tables. We're doing rectangular tables, and have 3 different fabric prints placed alternately. Something like this, but not all floral. :)</div>
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For the ceiling, we'll do buntings and fringe on the chandelier. We'll also have 2 different backdrops, one for the ceremony and the other for the reception. This I'll have our workers do. The perks of having access to construction people. Hehehe... My contractor will also be the one supervising the set-up of styling. I'll be giving/printing out all the instructions and hope and pray that they execute my vision. HAHA.. But I'll have my friend who lives very near check and see the set-up just to be sure. I'll probably do the styling ideas on a separate posts because, wow, this is getting really long! I actually already did a moodboard, but I'm hesitant to post them because to be honest, I'm not really sure if we can pull it off. The moodboards might look so much better than the actual, so I'll probably post the boards once the wedding is done, and adjust them based on the reality. Haha...</div>
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As much as I wanted to be OC on all styling details, or other details in general, I keep reminding myself that that day isn't about the ceiling decor, or the backdrop, or the flowers. It's about us finally getting married. I would love to execute all of my ideas but if we can't, I'm okay with that too. I don't want to be stressed out on minute details that no one would notice anyway. I'm actually far too relaxed considering we're a mere two months away and we still have so much to do. Avps, music, boys outfit, prizes (we're planning to give out home decor related stuff.. hehe), backdrops, buntings, or all decorative detail actually. We only have the printed table clothes since I bought those together with my dress fabric a few days ago. Next week, we'll start on those. The plan is to finish everything in the following month, and just enjoy the last month of prep. Hopefully, the only thing to do on the last month is the rsvp, and the flowers (day before!).</div>
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Oh, and we have to at least make the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a> in decent order since this will be the bf's prep area! Would be nice to have photos of them all dressed up in the 3rd floor. Imagine the tufted sofa with navy walls and bricks as their backdrop! They can even shoot on the roof. hehe... I, on the other hand, will do prep at my uncle's house, which is already soooo nice. Yep, our deciding factor for the prep venues is the interior. </div>
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Obviously, I'm still not comfortable as calling the bf, fiance. I find it weird. HAHA.. We're not the smoochy type, we don't even have a term of endearment. So all this wedding preps seems weird to me actually. Nice weird. I, obviously, do all the planning and booking as most girls do, and just ask for the bf's opinion/feedback/final decision. Oh, I forgot to mention our theme, it's south american/bohemian, whatever that is. We don't have a color motif, we just have a feel or vibe in mind. That's it for now. I'm not expecting a perfect day, nothing will be perfect anyway, I'm just hoping for a heartfelt, fun day, surrounded by people we love, and being beside the man I'll soon call my husband. <i>NAKS!</i></div>
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So you haven't heard anything about the Tiny House for quite some time. Something <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/05/finally.html" target="_blank">came up </a>and I haven't got the chance to share all our progress, which is a LOT!! Our construction officially ended last week. Which means we are done! Well not totally, the workers will come back for one last round of retouches after we clean up and give them a checklist of things to accomplish. But that cleaning up is taking too long since we're not actually starting yet. HAHA... It's ironic how we're so eager to finish the house and now that we're there, it's taking us too long to do our part. In our defence, we have a lot of accumulated stuff gathering layers and layers of dust so it's not just cleaning walls and floors, it's cleaning every single things we have in here plus all parts of the house. Not looking forward to that. Haha.. But we'll do it soon.</div>
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For now, I'll show you the second floor. You haven't seen much of it since it was done on the later part of the renovation. It was the bf's previous room, and now it will be our bedroom area. The whole second floor is our bedroom, which is not a lot of space. It will basically house the bed, a tv, and our dressing area.</div>
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Here's the view going down from the third level... we did a sliding door to save on floor space.</div>
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The view from the door. We visually separated the area in two using an arch. The bf is firm on having an arch anywhere in the house, so we placed it here. We love it!! Since our house is basically a shell, we wanted to add some architectural detail somewhere.</div>
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To the left is my closet area. We reused the closet door which was given to us, and I painted the insides pink! Though I can find a photo for now.. I'll share them once I did the organizing. At first I'm not sure how to fit all my clothes in here since my closet now is double the size of this. But, I realized I don't use more than half my clothes, so I'll purge big time. I want to start clean in this house. I'm excited to do it actually, it feels liberating.</div>
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On the other side of my closet is this space, which will be the closet area of the bf. Obviously the closet isn't here yet and to be honest, I still have no idea what his plans are. He doesn't have so much clothes so he doesn't need a huge closet. But I leave it up to him, my only condition is please not have your stuff out in the open, and no plastic bins and containers. Hehe</div>
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Beyond the arch will be the main bedroom area. It's a small space so the bed will fill the space up easily. This side will have the tv 'cause lets face it, we need it. </div>
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This is where the headboard will be. The door was the pass through to the balcony to the other house. But since we removed the balcony to extend the bedroom area, we closed up this door.</div>
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This is that wall now. We added molding on the walls and ceiling, again, for that architectural detail. We're not really particular in matching all level of the house. We wanted the loft office to be a creative space, the 3rd living space to be vintage industrial, and we wanted to the 2nd level bedroom to be some sort of modern parisian. Our house is schizophrenic. haha</div>
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Inside the bedroom area looking to the other side. The door to the right is our main bathroom. I'll share those to you sometime soon since we're still not final on what to do with the walls. We left it concrete for now for the industrial look, but we're not really sold yet. Stay tuned! </div>
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Ooh and we installed this light fixture. Love the moderness of this against the more traditional moldings and arch.</div>
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So that's basically it for the 2nd level. Of course the floors had been finished, and the doors painted and installed. We can actually move in this floor since most of our stuff are upstairs and downstairs. This space is clutter free and move-in ready! But we haven't bought any appliance yet so there's this aircon hole on the wall. Haha.. But we're here. We're done. After all the waiting and whining, this is it. Now all we have to is suck it up and clean. Haha...</div>
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elle uyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677695675264925444noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831995092834339177.post-16431307092350661492015-05-28T03:51:00.000+08:002017-08-30T03:16:35.045+08:00Finally...<div style="text-align: center;">
That's what most people say when they hear the news. And what news is that you may ask? Well, I'm engaged. :D I never thought I'll ever say that phrase, yes we talk about getting married, we're even <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">building a house</a> together for crying out loud, but I don't know, maybe I'm just not the smoochy type, or I'm not expecting any grand gesture. But it felt so surreal the moment it finally did happen. I was bawling my eyes out! hahaha...</div>
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Disclaimer: If you're looking for house-related subject matter, then just wait for my next post. This is just me sharing that OMG moment, and even for just a day, be a girly girl. Haha</div>
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Okay. Here goes... As you may remember from my <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/04/tiny-house-kitchen-semi-diy-wall-light.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, I mentioned going to Boracay for the labor day weekend. I was with the bf (now fiance..WOW.. haha), friends, brothers, cousins, and the bf's brother and cousin as well. And all their respective partners. Everyone was there actually, people everywhere! But that's not the point.</div>
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On our last night, he suggested we have dinner alone since all the other nights were spent with the group mentioned above. Okay then. He ordered prawns and I ordered pizza. haha.. He was at first hesitant about the pizza and told me we won't be able to finish it. I was all puzzled since he CAN ALWAYS finish food and we can always bring the left-overs with us. We ordered anyway. After eating, he suggested we went to the restroom. Again, puzzled since we're heading to the hotel, why pee now? He told me we might go somewhere else. Okay then.</div>
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But we went to the hotel anyway. I didn't have a clue. AT ALL. I just thought it was just a change of plan since he was on the phone majority of the time, texting / calling.</div>
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As we reached the hotel, he let me went in first since he had to "buy" something. I went in the gate hearing a faint guitar playing. I didn't mind it at all. As I turn the corner, I saw a lot of people and for a split second, I thought they are just other hotel guests. Then I realized I knew everyone of them.</div>
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The guitar was being played by my brother. And everyone I knew in Boracay was there, in front of me, pointing cameras at me. "Oh my God, this is it." I didn't know where to go so I look back and saw the bf right behind me. He hugged me so tight and began singing.</div>
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Yes he made a song, just the day before. I was in tears, and he is too. :) (I learned later on that almost everyone were as well. hehe) After the song, he then delivered the best speech there is. HAHA.. Okay, it's not a speech, it's a very sweet heart-felt message. He'll hate me for using the word "sweet" but it seriously is. </div>
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He then got me a bouquet, got down on one knee, and asked me to marry him. You all knew what I said. </div>
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As it turns out, he didn't plan on doing it there. It was just a very spontaneous decision a few nights before. He just suddenly felt it's the right time. So he presented me with the guitar my brother was playing, with a diamond ring drawn on it and promised to get me a proper ring.</div>
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It was perfect. I had imagined being proposed to, but what did actually happen was so much better. It was sweet, personal, intimate, us surrounded by friends and family. And he did all that carrying a plastic bag of left-over pizzas! Yes, check the photos above, white plastic filled with pizza. Hahaha... Now I knew why he didn't want to order those. :)</div>
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I felt so blessed and loved. So much gratitude to this group of people for helping Yuseff out, and for being there that night. :)</div>
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And thank you so much Yuseff for that amazing night. I never imagine it to happen that way, and it was perfect. :) :) :) Yes, he already gave me the ring a few days after we got back in Manila, in front of both our families. :)</div>
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Okay so I'll stop being a girly-girl now... we then all went out, celebrated, and got drunk. I will, of course, NOT share those photos with you. HAHA...</div>
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So that's the story of our one sweet day. We'll get married on our 11th year anniversary this September. Yes, less than four months of planning! That's why I haven't posted in a while. That is another story. I'll probably do share some of our wedding planning here and let you know of my thoughts. I even did a moodboard for the ceremony and reception! HAHA...</div>
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As for the Tiny House, we're probably a week away from completion. A WEEK!!! I'll be sharing all the progress with you sometime very soon.</div>
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Let's take a break from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/happylulukitchen" target="_blank">Happy Lulu</a> update and go back to the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a>. So we're not pushing with the new target date of Pacquiao-Mayweather fight for finishing the house since we won't be watching it at home, we'll be at Boracay that time. Yep, this oldie is braving the Boracay crowd this Labor day weekend. Oh my gawd I'm excited yet scared. HAHA... I'm a homebody even when I was younger, so crowded place scares me. But I just want to experience that chaos once in my life so goodluck. hehehe...</div>
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Anyway, since we gave up on setting a target date for the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a>, we're not focusing on the house hence it's taking much more longer since we're not on top of purchasing materials etc. Was so busy with helping out at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/happylulukitchen" target="_blank">Happy Lulu</a> the past weeks, but I'm again shifting my priorities to the house, so tomorrow would be bathroom tiles purchasing day! :) We're really really close to completion, they're now finishing the 1st and 2nd level, and final retouch for 3rd level. It's insane how close we are to finally having a house!</div>
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As you can see in my moodboard, we wanted a vintage looking copper wall light. Of course, that won't be easy to find as we needed three. Plus I'm sure it will be expensive if we found three identical light. So we semi-DIYed it. Why "semi" you ask?</div>
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Well, we purchased this wall light from Wilcon for P400. It's cute, it's functional, but it's too short for what we wanted. The bf to the rescue! Haha.. He disassembled the light fixture and used plastic pipe to lengthen the light.</div>
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He then spray painted them copper, and here's our new kitchen task light!</div>
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It gives just the right amount of light that illuminate the shelf AND the counter as well. That's actually the reason why I wanted it longer, I wanted the counters to be lighted too. </div>
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Here's our basically finished kitchen, just imagine food instead of power tools.</div>
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Can't wait to use this space. We're already planning what food we'll store in the fridge, what things to stock up on, etc. But that's just crazy talk 'coz the bf will probably use that counter as a workshop. Haha.. We'll wait and see.</div>
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About a week ago, it's all about <a href="https://www.facebook.com/happylulukitchen" target="_blank">Happy Lulu</a>. If you have no idea what that is, read <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/04/old-house-to-happy-lulu-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Well, I was not informed that they'll be doing a soft opening and I still have so much to do!! The first week was in chaos, for my mind at least. I have to finish the menu design (they're using temporary ones for the first week), banner design, final decorating, and so much more. One of those is this chalkboard wall.</div>
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I know from the start that I wanted a chalkboard wall. I've been practicing my chalk skills on small <a href="https://instagram.com/p/sl-9KJHEV4/?taken-by=elleuydecor" target="_blank">signage for party carts</a>, and I thought, well, that's easy. I'm sure it's not a big deal to tackle one wall.</div>
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We placed it on one wall at the counter area. And since my brother took some photos of me-at-work, well I'm sharing them.</div>
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And here's the finish product taken by my trusty but very old and laggy S3!! Haha</div>
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At first, I have no idea of what to draw in here. Of course the first thing I did was the "Happy Lulu". And I added from there. 19 is in reference to our street number. Since Lulu is actually my dad's nickname, I added the speech bubble with "cheers" since that's the entirety of his speech at my brothers wedding. Hehe... Included the items we have on the menu, and for the corner, I thought it would be cute to have a "shelf".</div>
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Did that logo too.. :) Oh and yeah, that's my dad. Haha.... See you there!</div>
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If you haven't been reading this blog since the beginning, then you probably haven't heard of our family house. That's the reason I started this blog, it badly needed a renovation back then and I decided to document the process, and all the DIYs I did to improve the look of the house. You can read all about it <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/project-house-prettify.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Anyway, that very same house is now <a href="https://www.facebook.com/happylulukitchen" target="_blank">Happy Lulu</a>. What in the world is Happy Lulu? Well it's the resto my Dad and Uncle recently opened here at our very same house. No, they didn't took up the entire space, it's actually a big house, they just took a portion of the front part, as seen in this diagram below...</div>
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Obviously that's not to scale. But that's the gist of it. The main living area is now so tiny but it's fine, we have a resto right here! :) Of course, I presented myself to do the interiors, I can not let them do it by themselves.. Hehehe. The catch is the budget for the decorating / <i>kaartehan</i> part is really small since the renovation / equipments cost them a lot. I can't just purchase or do whatever I want. But I took it as a challenge, that space needs to be cozy, and welcoming. I'm not going for grand or high-end, I wanted it to be comfortable and homey.</div>
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Before I share the decorating part, let me show you the space towards the end of the renovation. I don't have much photo of the process as it's basically just a mess. Hehe.. </div>
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I didn't have any moodboards, or showed them any plans for this. I just spoke with the contractor and instructed him directly on what to do. So basically, I did what I want. Haha.. But of course I didn't went crazy, I would love it if they love the space too. The very big wall in the middle of it all is actually a post, the left part used to be our front yard, and the right part used to be part of our living area. We removed both sides of the wall and kept the post for structural reasons, and even not for that, I love the look of it.</div>
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I went with a very neutral white, black and wood for all the main elements. I was actually hesitant about the black part since you know, chinese. Haha.. But I love black walls, and thank goodness I didn't heard a word about it. But infairness, I didn't do it all out, just the lower portion of the walls. Actually, even before starting the <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House</a>, I have pegs of this type of wall treatment and I was thinking of doing that for our own house. But the bf's not sold on the idea, plus we did had the loft, so half of the living area has high ceiling which will be weird to have two-tone on the walls. I don't know if I'm making sense, but trust, it will be weird. So instead, I use that wall treatment here which I love.</div>
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Anyway, we have existing ceiling beams and upon renovation, had exposed some, so we just kept it and I asked them to keep them / bring them back to wood. They we're even asking me to have ceilings, and I was NO. Haha.. Keep the ceiling as high as possible, embrace the beams as those quirky crooked beams will give the space architecture and personality. </div>
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Since half part of the restaurant was our living room, it of course have windows. Windows to our personal garage. What do we do with it? I don't want to lose the light coming from the window, but our garage is very unsightly. Hehe... So I asked them to build display shelves in that niche and install a smoked glass behind it.</div>
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Oh and the floors. As you can see above, we have two different floors. The weird yellow / black one is original to the house, think 1950s. I used to hate it, but now that I know a little better, I love it! I appreciate the history, and the weirdness of it all. I would love to see this house in it's former glory. Anyway, they wanted to cover it up with new tiles, and I insisted on keeping it. I can understand their apprehension since its old and is already showing wear and tear, as expected. But that's what I love about it. The other side are new since the original flooring there were not great, at all. Just did a stripe pattern because I still wanted a pattern, but something simple that wouldn't compete with the crazy yellow one. :)</div>
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This is the restroom. Chose a simple white tile for the walls. It's classic and clean. But that's not it, I did a little something to make this bathroom special. Small doesn't need to be boring. </div>
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I know it's weird to end a restaurant post with a toilet shot, haha, but that's about it for now. For the next post, I'll show you all the decorating I did. I know, such a tease!</div>
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But if you want to see the decorating for yourself, visit us. See for yourself. Happy Lulu is already open. :) There's some sneak peek at the facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/happylulukitchen">https://www.facebook.com/happylulukitchen</a></div>
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And while you're at it, like the page as well. Haha.. Check out the menu, the food is really amazing, and I'm not just saying that because it's my dad's. They server really great comfort food. Anyway, I'll share part 2 of this post soon.</div>
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I wish I could say the same thing about the house though. It's been clear now for weeks that we won't make the bf's birthday house deadline which is in a week. I'm really hoping that we'll have a house for my birthday... in 4 months! Haha... But for now, our next mental deadline is Pacquiao-Mayweather fight (May 2). We're hoping to have pay-per-view and have friends over. But we all know how our deadline is like, it's just a wish. </div>
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But we're looking at the bright side which is the kitchen. It's almost done! We can now see the light at the end of this very very very long tunnel that we lovingly call The <a href="http://www.switcheroom.com/p/tiny-house-renovation.html" target="_blank">Tiny House Renovation</a>.</div>
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Here's where I left you in the last kitchen <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/03/tiny-house-renovation-kitchen-plans-and.html" target="_blank">update post</a>. The cabinets are in place but that's about it. </div>
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Tada! Tiles!!!</div>
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As cliche as subway tiles is, I love it!! The counters (which is just tile with tile trim, I'll share details in another post), and the shelf are installed. That shelf will house majority of our dinner ware which is not a lot so it will do.</div>
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Next up is painting the cabinets. As I've said in my last <a href="http://www.decormehappy.com/2015/03/tiny-house-renovation-kitchen-plans-and.html" target="_blank">post</a>, we wanted a grayish green color based on our inspiration photo. Here we are trying on different colors, we added a bit more yellow to the right most swatch to achieve a greener hue.</div>
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Tada! Paint!! Haha... </div>
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Here they are with our copper handles. As seen on previous photos, our free cabinet doors already got a nickel finish handles, which are fine. But we wanted copper so one night, after they finished all the painting, we did a painting of our own. Well the bf did. He spray painted all the hardware copper and we installed new ones for the smaller cabinet. I did the measuring and he did the drilling. </div>
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We're actually unsure of the copper color the first night we installed them as they looked too red with the few bulbs we had at that time, but morning came and we love them! It's just the right color. We also spray painted the new handles for the smaller cabinet so they'll all match.</div>
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We had the niche shelves stained the same the same color as our window. We wanted touches of wood here and there to warm up the space. Obviously there's still masking tape around the shelves, but I can already imagine cute cooking condiments bottle placed in there. Also a nice basket that will hold garlic (I love garlic!!), onions, and such. I don't cook so that's the only ingredients I know. Haha... </div>
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I love how the tiles and the cabinet look against all the navy. And speaking of the color, how do you see our cabinets? Greenish gray, or grayish green? The bf and I are debating, he sees it as gray, and I see it more as green. We've had argued about color more than just a few times and I always tease him that he's colorblind. So green? Gray? Black and blue? White and gold? Haha.. And for the record, I see that dress as black and blue, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, google it. Mind-boggling.</div>
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Oh and I totally forgot about the dining table we bought, it has storage! 6 small drawers, which means additional pantry space. Yay! I'll show you when we unpacked it, can't risk having paint dripping all over it so it will stay in plastic until we're totally done with this level. </div>
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So that's our small kitchen, and I absolutely adore it. We're still missing a few details, the three wall lights, and the countertop of the small cabinet. We had a tile breaking incident so we have to buy another one. But overall, I love the direction we went with and I know this little corner will serve as well.</div>
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Next, we're shopping for a fridge, a retro-looking fridge that is, wish us luck!</div>
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