Room Feature: Cosmo Magazine

i woke up at 7am today, which is pretty odd cos i never wake that early! but i have to clean my room/  try my best to make it look decent for a magazine feature :) 

(it would be featured in Cosmo PH's November issue :) 

 

 my room has still a lot of stuff pending (i'm not completely done with it yet!) but a week's notice wasn't enough to manufacture the bench-of-my-dreams, and other furniture i've been sketching in my head for some time now (-.-) i declined the offer at first, but had second thoughts since i realized it wasn't an interior/design magazine anyway, so any flaws can pass for now :)

 excited how the shots are gonna turn out soon :)

 with Ms. Chinggay Labrador of Cosmo Philippines :) 

x0x0

bed weather

no matter how baaad i want to stay at home today, and curl up in my bed... i have.to.go meet the supplier, canvass, and man our booth construction which lasted til 10:30 PM. *blah* i just sipped a glassful of Berocca, hoping to get well, because tom i will be shopping for fabrics/materials in Divisoria! *mixed emotions* i hope the weather gets better tomorrow... and SO MUST I!

 my favorite books so far :)

...added pops of neon colors from candies on top of my storage cabinet to cheer me up everyday :)

xoxo

Then and Now, But not quite Yet. My Room 2

i didn't had new furniture made in my room, nor did i buy anything outside from a store/ flea market
(wanted to try though, but had the busiest schedule this year, ever!)

so what you will see are actually my old furniture repainted and reupholstered. 
didn't know i would be blogging then, so sorry for no before pictures :(

to view how this room looked before,
click here


the chandelier.

this is new. i got this on sale from A&S Lights :)
A friend from high school owns the store, so she gave me more discount :)

the bed.

 

sorry for the gloomy photo,  i took this on the first day of moving in... :)

the divider.

these dividers used to be our old closet's doors... 

i had them repainted and made into screen.

the dresser.

turquoise & vibrant and i love it :)

for the details, i  changed my dresser's drawer pullers to faux crystals (i just saw them at Ortigas Home Depot - in gold base color, i repainted it with white), and extended a wing on both sides of the mirror - had 3 bulbs installed in each, for vanity and makeup purposes :)

and of course my makeup brush holders from used bottles of cheezwiz and all that! :)

 the chest of drawers.

in rusticated white. 

vintage handles are all from Ortigas Home Depot :)

 the desk.

now imagine this used to be Narra tinted in dark brown. i saw these upstairs my house, and nobody's using them... so i claimed it! haha. also changed all handles from this desk.

this is where i first tried the art "rusticating". 

yes, i tried it myself with paint and sandpaper, and asked our helper to finish where i started :)

 
that stool, also, was repainted and reupholstered.

some random knick knacks... i frequently changed the stuff here, depending on my mood.
right now, i just want to see the birdcage. LOL.

I still have some vintage posters waiting to hang, but i'm too lazy to start yet :)

the details.

and just some details that i have been taking from my iphone for some time :)

every time i plan to go shopping, i end up buying things for my room. hence, the birdcage, the lamps, etc.

Then and Now, But not Yet. My Room

it was one of those days in design school when i got so stressed with all our projects, that i thought of 

>> redecorating my room...! (nothing major though... cos if i had my ceilings recessed or change my room entirely, it would just add to my already cluttered brain & bring more damage!) >.<

my flooring, cornice, basebaord, doors, and most furniture are made of Narra & other solid wood. 

My dad almost cried when he saw i repainted them with Duco White! ^.^

TRANSITION

the color scheme i picked was Turquoise & Red  

since my mom gave me a RED oversize tufted headboard, and i didn't want to mix it with anything monochromatic. so i started with that headboard and played with everything else (promise to post clearer pictures soon).