In celebration of International Literacy Day, held every year on Sept. 8, we’re putting the spotlight on books and reading nooks. Whether you’re a certified book-lover or have just started getting into reading, a cozy spot to dive into your latest fiction or non-fiction is a treat like no other.…
Dolce far niente…the sweetness of doing nothing. That’s how it was described in the 2010 film Eat, Pray, Love. Others would define it as pleasant idleness, or as Meriem-Webster puts it, “pleasant relaxation in carefree idleness.” I read somewhere though that Italians hardly use this cliché, but they do practice…
Working or studying outside the home or office? Café. Meeting up with a close friend? Café. Taking a breather from life? Café. Sure, the drinks can get expensive but that also comes with being able to nestle in the cozy, inviting, and deceptively intimate atmosphere unique to coffee shops. There’s…
With the opening of the first-ever IKEA in the Philippines, by now we’re all familiar with Scandinavian interiors. A lot of us have fallen in love with its clean and minimalist aesthetics coupled with functional and practical sensibilities. Boiled down to its core, the Scandinavian interior design style boasts of…
We all are drawn to a place that gives us an easy, breezy vibe, and that is what the coastal interior design style can bring to our homes. Going into the third year of the pandemic, many of us feel stress and anxiety, more so now since the situation has…
2019 was the end of a decade but the start of an age. As we enter a new era, we take to heart all the breakdowns and breakthroughs of the past and come out stronger and wiser – ready to take on the new year with a new set of…
There is a chill in the air that’s making people want to go for hot coffee instead of the usual iced drinks. While we’re still in the midst of the pre-Christmas frenzy, we should stop and smell the steaming pumpkin spice-flavored everything that seems to be cropping up everywhere. Now,…
Rolling pins are not only used for flattening dough in making bread, cakes, cookies and pies. Watch this video tutorial on how to use a rolling pin for stamping a design on your walls. We made two other video tutorials using kitchen tools or scrap cardboard as stamping materials: Making…
Parents, are you interested to make a DIY height stick for your kids? You’ve come to the right place. Watch this video and see how easy it is to paint this giraffe height stick in your kid’s bedroom. Why Have a Height Stick Monitoring a child’s growth is important to…
A home is a sanctuary, a place of rest, rejuvenation, and healing. It is the nest that coddles us, and the springboard from where we fly when it’s time to go out into the world, something which most of us do daily. When we experienced the series of lockdowns in…
