I went back to Divisoria for another fabric hunting trip. I always go there with my trusty notebook with the list of fabrics and quantity needed. Hate it when I forget to measure up beforehand and ends up calculating and recalculating in my head right there in the fabric stall.

In this trip, I purchased fabrics for my curtain faux wall and for the other window in my bedroom. Though I won't be showing that since its a bore, plain canvas (to be painted the same color as my dark wall) and a plain greyish blue fabric, as seen in the mood board.

Here are the fun stuff I bought...

 

They're for my bedding. I've never had a thought out bedding my entire life. Its always been the matching pillow case and bed sheet set with tacky or boring prints. Or just left overs of what's still good to use from really old pillow cases from childhood. I swear I still use a hello kitty pillow case for my "hotdog" -yes, that's what we call our long circular pillows.

So I made sure that this time around, I would at least have a not too matchy, but well thought out bedding. 

It started with this fabric I purchased a while back, which also inspired the whole color scheme for the room.

To see how the fabrics will look together, I wrapped them on my pillows, dust and all, for the sake of my peace of mind. 

This will be the first set of pillow cases:

The lovely coral/turquoise print, a plain turquoise, and the small printed fabric as accent.

And since we live in a country where dryers are not so common (hot weather = hanging clothes to dry), I need another set.

Set numero dos.

The great orange/pink floral print, plain hot pink, and the same small print as accent.

I want the two sets to be equally fun but different, so it'll look "new" every couple of weeks. The bedding will be just white and cream to complement these bright colors, and those plain colored pillow cases (fabrics which I already have from my clothing business before) will have a white border for some added pop.

These fabrics will bring so much fun to this room! Buh-bye hello kitty. I love you but I won't miss you.

Van from Thriftcore had this great idea of a series called Thrifters around the World. I've got the pleasure to be part of it. I guess it's a given since I'm not from where most of you are, and I'll totally be pissed off if she doesn't asked me to contribute! hahaha.. I'm kidding okay? :) But its a lot of fun to be part of this series.

Thanks Van!

Head over Thriftcore to read about Thrifting in the Philippines.

I find this workspace really sweet and playful. I get easily bored working in a really serious 'I-mean-business' looking room, I feel trapped. But this space is so refreshing and fun, and totally doable too! Can we all have a pact to have a great working space since we're all amazing and totally deserves it? :D

So you've noticed something different huh?

Let me take you to the evolution of this blog's header within just the span of less than 5 months.

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3. Present

You see, this blog is pretty much like my room, it changes with my mood! Don't lecture me about branding, I know that stuff. But I want to stick to something that really speaks to me. So please bear with me. :) You might probably like the first two better, since it's cleaner and more streamlined, but I think I like this new one, sort of artsy and unexpected. 'Til my next mood swing strikes, though I'll try to stick to this one much longer!

Anyway, added some new pages too, you can see it up there in the navigation area. 

Project House Prettify is where I document the progress on our so called home makeover.

The Bedroom is dedicated to my room which has undergone a lot of changes.

My DIY Projects is just a simple list of the projects I've done here and there.

Thank you all for sticking with me! :)

UPDATE:
4. Real Present
So I decided to tweak the perspective just a bit, does that count as a change of look? haha

We've all seen tons of black bedrooms around the web, and we may say.. "ooh pretty.."
but do you have the guts to do it in your own room? The room you see everyday, all black all day??

if you know who I can credit for this pic, let me know. :)

It's so dramatic...

living etc

moody...

if you know who I can credit for this pic, let me know. :)

and sexy.

AT

But some just need to have a bright, airy room.

Larry Laslo

Do you vote for  "I love it and I can honestly surely paint my bedroom black.. "  

studio pepe via plastolux

Or "I hate it and I can never have such dark space"

?

You've seen a little sneak peek of the new denim wear for our living room seating here. But that's just a little complement to the real deal -a denim couch. This couch is fine, comfy and has a nice shape, but I hate the color!

Here's the brown on brown sofa:

Of course I wouldn't take any credit for sewing this thing up, our house help, Yaya Tas, made this! She don't have much experience in doing slip covers, her forte is tailoring pants. But I guess if you know how to sew, all you need is a tape measure, some common sense, and a whole lot of patience to whip up something like this.

But I bought the fabrics and "designed" this thing! (--that's my lame attempt on trying to steal the spotlight from our uber talented house help / amazing sewer! haha) 

I love how the throw pillow has all the fun colors of the living room  -blue, lime, and yellow.

I was randomly surfing when I came across this home office, and wow, this girl got some style. I just had to post this as my HO of the day. This is the study/craft room of Joon (blogger /law student -had to include this so my subject will make more sense, haha)  from The Adventures of Ordy and Joon.

This is the first time this series shows 2 room shots, but how could I even choose just one?   Lucky girl for having that space -aesthetically and square foot-ally(?) speaking!

See her post for more amazing pictures of this space, and great storage ideas!