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Mobile Homes.

I’m not really a big fan of reality tv shows except for the local version of Big Brother (PBB) and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition over at Lifestyle Network. My fascination over the latter just became intense recently because I can so relate and I love getting home ideas and inspirations especially now that our [...]

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The Curtain and Blinds Debate

We’re scheduled once again to visit our Little Mansion on Sunday and check how the construction progress has been. My civil engineer Dad who is on vacation from work abroad would also want to adherence and you know being the meticulous and protective father that he is, he just want to check the overall [...]

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House and Lot vs Condo

Before we decided to acquire a house and lot as our first property, we were having thoughts whether to go for one or settle with a condominium unit as a start up. Although a condo unit is a much cheaper option compared to a house and lot, we figured that it’s best for us [...]

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Home Improvement Tools.

Maintaining the house is a 24/7 task. One has to ensure that the house is clean, organized and ideally, decluttered all the time. Decorating it is seemingly the icing of the cake so as to make it more presentable and homey. Due to everyday usage and wear and tear of household stuffs, [...]

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Wind Chimes and Feng Shui

As I blog at this moment, the ongoing discussion once again among my Twittermates are about Chinese talismans and amulets that are believed to bring good luck, fortune and protection. This fascination started a few weeks back in time of the Chinese New Year celebration. Now, everyone seems so interested about Feng Shui [...]

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Outdoor Fire Places.

Outdoor fire place and pits are never really much of a home exterior interest here in my tropical country as far as its purpose of warming during cold nights is concerned. Especially at these times and during these months that it can get so humid and hot even in the evenings. In fact, [...]

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Address Plaques for the Little Mansion

Our future house, which is currently under construction, is a single detached in the farthest end from the common gate of a 6-unit townhouse. The townhouse consists of 2 single detached units and 2 duplex units. There is a common driveway in between and a central gate which also functions as our common [...]

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Summer Soon.

While we may still be experiencing cold nights these past few days, we can not disregard the fact that summer is just around the corner especially that the month of February is about to commence. Even in the northern hemisphere, I think they’re battling the last wave of winter cold already and soon, the [...]

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Glazed Ornaments

Last weekend, we visited the ongoing construction of our Little Mansion somewhere in Batasan. I can’t exactly estimate in figures how far the progress has been but just seeing the structure of the two-storey building in hollow blocks and steels are enough to get me more than excited. In two months time or [...]

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Home Security

Last night at a little past midnight, I woke up hearing some commotion in the street. Turned out the barangay marshalls were hunting down a burglar who raided a neighbor’s house. Our neighbor doesn’t have an installed adt security nor dogs that might have prevented the burglar from intruding.
No one can argue that [...]

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