Saturday, February 11, 2012
Posted by girlie on February 4, 2009
We were are the mall again yesterday to watch Ink Heart. I know, we are a family who loves to watch movies really. It’s like we go the the cinema once or twice a week. It’s a family thing to us, yeah maybe you can call it our family bonding. I wish we had this home theater furniture at home so we don’t need to go out anymore just to watch some movies. We have a theater room, but too bad we don’t have the money yet to set it up.
Posted by girlie on December 30, 2008
If only I can afford it, I’d love to have this tv stand. This is actually the right time to buy a TV stand, since we have one just lying on the floor. We could make use of it and put it in the guest room. But it would really look funny if I put our old television on top of that TV stand. Aha, maybe we could shift and put it instead in the master’s bedroom. Yeah that would be a good idea. I hope Santa hears me and drops the moolah to buy the TV stand on the doorsteps, anyway I’ve been good this year. Teehee!
Posted by girlie on December 5, 2008
To me a sink is a sink. I didn’t know that there are different kinds of sink until I came across these farmhouse sinks. Now it made me wonder, what is a farmhouse sink after all? I started looking for photos, curious to find out what it looked like. Now I know why it’s called a farmhouse sink. It’s a deep utilitarian basin you often find in farmhouses. I consider it vintage, where you can wash big pots and all. Now I know what to call our sink in the kitchen, it’s a modern version of the farmhouse sink.
Posted by girlie on November 27, 2008
I recently visited the new home of a friend. The first thing I noticed was her bar stools. I’ve long wanted to have one, but up to now I’m still in the hunt. Maybe it’s just not on top of our priority right now, thus the delay. But really I want one. You see that picture? That’s the kind of stool that I want so it would go with my dining set. Maybe now is the time to put it in the priority list, I need to sit down when I’m using the phone which is located in the breakfast nook.
Posted by girlie on July 20, 2008
It’s really nice if you have this home theater seating in your own home theaters. Probably you won’t be going to cinemas anymore because you find watching in your own homes more relaxing. It’s like being in a cinema, or even better. With the never ending gas hike, it’s actually better staying at home. It would be a plus though if you are seated in the most comfy chair while watching your favorite movie or soap or game show. Put some popcorn in the microwave, and voila, instant cinema atmosphere! That’s one of my frustrations though, because up until now we have not started setting up our home theater.
Posted by girlie on July 1, 2008
Just what exactly is an unsecured home inprovement loan? It’s a loan you can avail that does not require home equity. You need not submit anything as collateral. So if monetary consideration is stopping you from getting your house fixed, apply for a Home improvement loan now. I know it is the last of our priorities since we can rarely make both ends meet. But when is the time we are going to do it? This is the reason why there are companies who are willing to help by providing Home improvement loans, because the sooner we get it done, the better. Home improvement always increases the value of our homes.
It’s actually very easy to avail of this loan. All it takes is just 5 minutes of your time to finish the application and you do it online. Don’t worry because all information is kept private and confidential. You get your approval in 24-48 hours. I know it’s instant, and best of all its collateral free.
Posted by girlie on June 29, 2008
I was visiting the house of a friend one time and I was drawn to one special corner admiring a beautiful floral arrangement. The flowers looked fresh, something like it was just cut from the garden. When I admire flowers and touch and smell them. And what do you know, when I held it, I got the biggest surprise of my life. It was not fresh but silk flowers. Golly it looked so real, whether from a far of just a foot away. You need to touch it to be able to tell that it’s not fresh after all. The technology has now perfected the art of making silk flowers that looks like fresh flower indeed. Really you cannot tell.
Posted by girlie on June 27, 2008
It’s only now that I am appreciating the hard work of the hubs especially when it comes to the lighting of this house. I actually found him kind over acting when we were at the planning stage of this house. He would mention to me his plans on how he’s gonna fix the lighting. I was like, gosh soo extravagant. But now that everything is done, I am happy that I let him take care of that aspect. Lighting plays a big role on the ambiance of the house.
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These are the kind of bathroom faucets we have at home. What so funny is that when someone uses the bathroom, they would often call for the household help and ask them how the faucets work. If you are not used to these kinds of faucet, you really wouldn’t know how to turn it on. I didn’t grow up with this kind of faucets, the bathroom faucets we used to have were more simple, like you just turn the knob. What I like about the bathroom faucets now is the style. So for your faucet needs, faucet.com it is. As the name suggests, you can find anything and everything about faucets in that website. Whether you go for vintage or something modern, everything is there.
Posted by girlie on June 23, 2008
Two weeks ago, when we visited some of the houses that are being rented, our tenants showed us termite damage in some parts of the house. We were disappointed seeing it. The tenants could have done something about it, but then again that is the problem with them since they don’t own the house. What we expected from them though is to tell us right away if they see something unusual so we can immediately act on it. Now our problem is how to go about it since in some houses the damage is really huge. I’ve been telling the hubs to hire a professional for extermination of these termite colonies. When all this is done already, I might talk to these tenants and educate them on how to inspect for termites.
Posted by girlie on June 19, 2008
Do you have carpets at home? How do you clean them? Do you clean them yourself or do you hire someone to do the cleaning for you, like carpet cleaners perhaps? I know of some who do the cleaning themselves, yet they are not really satisfied. Cleaning the carpet is not an easy job, especially if you do not know the procedure of effective carpet cleaning. Sometimes you end up paying more compared to hiring a professional. The moment you get frustrated that you can’t take out the stain, the more you try harder. Good if you can take it out by trying harder, but sometimes you create additional mess which is really frustrating. It is also very tiring to do the cleaning yourself. Good if you have all the time to do it. What if you hold 2 or 3 jobs, do you think you’ll still have the energy to do the cleaning yourself? Why don’t you just hire quality carpet cleaners? They can do a better job simply because they have the technical know how. They know which products to use for different stains and dirts. They know how to go about all the mess your carpets have. Remember there are a lot of considerations to make when cleaning a carpet. It’s no ordinary job. Yes there are different suggestions you can find out there, but how sure are you that this is effective? Like I’ve said you might end up spending more because of this hit and miss method. There are a lot of homeowners who opt for carpet cleaners nowadays, and almost all of them are satisfied with the services carpet cleaners offer. Don’t stress out yourself when you can hire a carpet cleaner. That is the reason why we have them, they are there to take care of things beyond what we can do.
Posted by girlie on May 19, 2008
Had I known about metal roofing, we could have at least use this when we constructed the house. I read the specifications and it’s really something that we could have installed. Metal roofs are made to last decades. It allows one to save on the energy bill since its insulating properties result to lower heating and cooling costs. It comes in 20 different colors to match whatever color scheme you decide to have for your house. Installing a metal roof will allow you to save because you may never need to replace them.
Posted by girlie on May 8, 2008
I love everything there is at American Home Craft Inc. If only we live in the US, this is where I will get all the stuff I need for the house. I particularly like the cabinets for the kitchen. Their finely crafted cabinet doors are really nice. It comes in a wide variety of finishes. Oh if you need cabinet refacing for your kitchen, they are the company you should get in touch with. They offer a lifetime warranty for cabinet refacing. I actually like everything American Home Craft offers, from cabinets, countertops, windows, entry doors, etc. I’ve always dreamt of having an American type house. I don’t know but I really love how houses in America look like, exterior and interior wise. By the way, you can request for a free in-home estimate if you decide to have your house remodeled.
Posted by girlie on April 30, 2008
I really love checking out this furniture store. You see the picture on the left? That is the type of furniture that I really want. Just a simple one but very elegant. They actually have a lot of choices and sometimes I just really cannot make up my mind. It’s like I want everything that I see in that store. Yes I am still in the look for furniture since I feel like our house is still empty. I can hear the echo of every sound. It proves to show that we need to fill it up.
You need to take a look at their bedroom furniture too. There are some nice pieces that I’d love there. Pieces that you see in home magazines, the ones being featured in bedrooms. I have always admired the arrangement and the kind of furniture featured in magazines. And as much as possible, I try to get some idea from it. Haha, I can’t admit that I copy. I do, but let’s just put it this way, I just get the inspiration from those magazines. Now comes my frustration. We do have something like this living room furniture but it seems like it’s not as beautiful as what I see in the pages of magazines. There is something missing and I think I already know what. The walls are plain. Yep, no painting or whatever hanging in the walls. To compensate, maybe I should add a little more living room furniture like an entertainment center perhaps?
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If you notice, I don’t have anything hanging on walls of our house. I admit that I am quite sad by this. The house would look more beautiful and homey if there are paintings hanging on the walls. I’ve already talked to my husband about it, but until now I still don’t have his go signal to purchase even one painting. There’s this painting I soooo love at Park West Art Gallery. It’s really beautiful and looks like it was custom made for our house. I hope this time when I mention it to hubby I will get his approval. I wonder if my convincing skill still works on him. Ah, maybe more charm is needed to have a thumbs up from him.
Posted by girlie on April 24, 2008
I was not paying much attention to the lighting of a house until we had our house built. It was my husband who took care of the lighting, because if he’d let me to do the lighting, our house wouldn’t be as homey and cozy as it is now. Now I totally see the difference between on how lights are to be positioned. I was laughing at my husband when he was designing the lighting of the house, and it also kept me thinking, why on earth is he spending a lot of time of that when he could just have placed those white lights. Pardon my ignorance, but I have always loved white lights. But with hubby, he taught me how to play with lights in order to give the house more ambiance. He introduced me to fine art lamps by bringing me to lamp stores. I actually admire his taste for different kinds of lamps as he showed me his choices. I couldn’t say no to what he picked because it was really beautiful. He also showed me some lamps similar to these hinkley light fixtures, and I was like wow, it looks so grand, something that you would want to put in your house.
Posted by girlie on April 8, 2008
Having storage beds at home is a good idea. This is one way of making the room clutter free. You can put a lot of stuffs in the drawer, like beddings perhaps, or even clothes. Check out this bedroom furniture that matches the storage bed, golly it’s so pretty. I want to have this kind of furniture in our room. It makes me want to stay in the room to get all the rest that I need. Oh if only I can order all my furniture from this website, our house would look like a showroom, awesome. The hubs especially liked the Home office furniture when I showed him the website. Ah it’s not bad to dream, but it’s better if we can really have it.
Posted by girlie on March 23, 2008
Given the choice, I would rather put sheer Shades on the window in the living room. It’s so nice to look at, all you can see is the light being filtered leaving a soft silhouette. This is how I always like it, just silhouettes coming from the window. I don’t like having a dark living room and I don’t like having bright living room either. So these sheer shades really work well for me. I remember someone suggesting that I should be putting something behind the sheer curtain we have at home, I actually did but I didn’t like the effect. It’s as if I couldn’t breathe, so I had to remove it right there. How about you? Would you go for sheer shades or darkening shades?
Posted by girlie on March 19, 2008
My husband is thinking of changing the tivoli lights we have every Christmas. He wants to put led rope light this time. It’s like he’s going to outline the whole house with led rope lights. I think the idea is awesome and I can’t wait. Actually he already thought of using it last Christmas, but we didn’t have enough time to plan everything. I am excited already because I saw this house with led rope lighting in one of the posh subdivisions and it’s just pretty and eye catching. The beautiful lighting sets it apart from all the other houses. I think it’s the perfect accent lighting to have during the holiday season. Hhhhmmm, what color should we use? If I’m going to ask my daughter, definitely she’ll say violet. Yeah, violet is cool, not a typical Christmas color, but nowadays there are no rules to follow really. As long as you think it would look good, then why not. And another thing, compared to the tivoli lights that we have, led rope lights have much longer life. The led bulbs can last up to 100,000 hours. Isn’t that amazing? And here’s another thing to be considered. Led rope lights generate almost no heat, and it requires less energy too. Woohoo we can save on electricity. Funny how we turn off the tivoli lights after an hour’s use, because of some news we hear that it can cause fire after prolonged use. With led rope lights, we can be assured that it’s safe even on extended hours of use.
Posted by girlie on March 14, 2008
It’s only now I realized the value of having Mini Blinds in our windows. You see we live near the main highway, a very busy one. It gets very dusty, plus the fact that there are diggings everywhere. My helpers are already complaining how dusty our curtains are. They need to wash it every week, and that makes changing the curtains every week too. It’s quite a hard work considering how curtains get heavy when wet. But with the blinds installed it would make work easier for them since they will just wipe off the dusts. Oh well, maybe next time.
Posted by girlie on February 23, 2008
This is the kind of bed linen I go for. I love it’s simple design. I don’t go for loud screaming colors and prints. Seeing it will give me a headache instead of a good night’s rest.
I also love to decorate our bedroom. I put various bedroom accessories to make it more beautiful and inviting. I often flip on pages of bedroom magazines just to get ideas on how to make the bedroom as cozy as possible. Like the ones being featured in home magazines. In my own little way I am able to do that, oh not the “feature” thing, but making our bedrooms look beautiful. There was one who even commented that it looks like one of the rooms in a hotel. Of course I was very happy to hear that, who wouldn’t. And there’s one more thing, I’ve included beautifying the bathroom. I admire houses who have nice bathrooms, and I promised myself that if ever we’re gonna build a house, I will make sure that my bathroom is also pretty. So far, that dream has come true. Little by little I’m filling the bathroom with beautiful bathroom accessories too. I’m about to stop, because if not, it will no longer serve its purpose.
Posted by girlie on February 19, 2008
I’d love to have this faucet at home. It looks good, something victorian and yet very modern, well at least to me. That is just one of the Delta faucets I saw online. Since I really like the design, I thought of sharing it with you. To a few friends who are building their dream house, faucet.com is worth a visit. They have an enormous collection of faucets for your kitchen and bathroom. Check it out now.
Posted by girlie on January 29, 2008
I made sure that I get these bathroom vanities installed in our bathrooms, well at least for me and the kids. True enough N granted it. I don’t know but I have been dreaming of having a really beautiful bathroom, one that looks like the bathrooms found in hotels or bathrooms found in bed and bath magazines. N knows about this, so when we built this house some 2 years back he made sure that I went with him to check on the bathroom section of the home depot. And he made me choose, yay for that.
Posted by girlie on January 8, 2008
When the idea of building another house was shared to me by N some 3 years ago, I got pretty excited. I kept saying to myself, this will be our dream house. I started buying different kinds of magazines, home, bed & bath, kitchen and bedroom. I hovered a lot too, going to different websites to find out what the latest trends are. Even before the architect submitted the architectural design, I had already painted a picture on how the house should look like. I had only one request to my husband when we started building this house. That is to leave me alone in deciding how our kitchen should look like and the bathrooms too. I’ve showed him a few pictures of beautiful kitchens and bathrooms and he found it beautiful too, so he left me to decide on those two. It has long been my dream to have a beautiful bathroom, like the ones I see in the pages of specialty magazines. I saw to it that these type bathroom vanities are what we are going to put. Much as I wanted to put these double bathroom vanities which I saw first over at my friends house, we just couldn’t use it because of the limited space. But instead we used something like these single bathroom vanities. I am proud to say that a lot have admired our bathroom. Some even say that it looks like the bathrooms in some hotels. That’s what I actually had in mind too, that is to have a bathroom similar to the ones at the hotels.
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You’ve been wanting to add one of Agee’s ventless gas fireplaces to your house for a while, but you’re not sure if you’ll be able to find a mantel that will fit around it. I had the same worries until I found out about their custom work. Agee has the best quality custom mantels and fireplace cabinets that can be made to fit any fireplace and any décor. Check them out and I think you’ll be happy that you went to Agee Woodworks.
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