Home Project

Right before Christmas, my sister coaxed me to repaint our room...red! I was not so convinced with the color because I was thinking it might turn out like a 'fast-food' wall. As we grew tired of our orange palette, she thought of painting the walls red. You see, my sister just came back home and she is staying with us. We are practically room mates and so it was like high school once again. Being her persuasive self, she convinced me to step on the ladder and do one wall, and boy that was tough.

I now have a newfound respect to home painters and builders, the job was tough and back breaking. The muscles on my arms were tingling after finishing the entire wall and cabinets. But after seeing the results, I have realized that my sister really has a great vision. The red in our wall made our room kind of more chic and inviting. So after a tough day at school and long working hours as night, I will come to this beautiful room that resulted from both our handiwork.

Way to go sis! way to go ME!
writer, blogger, student, mother and ... home painter! hahahaha! Now I've got a new skill to boot.

My Pending Summer Project

For so many days, I have been complaining about how hot it is and now that a low pressure area is developing into a storm near my location, I tend to look back on the sunny days I used to whine about. Cold rainy days make me realize that the stretch of sunny days is so much better. One thing about sunny 80 degrees days is that it gives me time to plan and re-think about my garden furniture project. Since I have given up planting (‘coz I am better off tending and watering plants than planting), I have decided to re-do our garden set instead. I wanted to invest on few pieces that will make the garden more inviting and more like a retreat in time for the summer season. I want to devote a corner where NJ can play and another corner where I can have my peace and finally finish the paperback I have been holding for 3 months now. With that, I imagine the sunny days, lying outdoors, under a shade, reading a book.

As I looked for design inspiration, I have come across some pictures of the garden settings that complemented the landscape design in Scottsdale AZ. The weather there is kind of similar to my location; clear sunny days, clear starry nights. The furniture were kind of inviting and perfectly designed for sunny weather.
Until this pending storm decides to clear out, I am sticking my hands on some garden work…that is, garden furniture arranging work… Now, I can’t wait to start…