DIY condo painting is something Danica embraced when she moved to Cebu for work, and that’s what you can do too to make a home you really love. Whether you rent your home or own it, you deserve a space that fits your personality. After all, your home is your…
SM Home started with their Christmas preparations early, and came up with four holiday hues: 1) Classic Charm, 2) Contemporary Luxe, 3) Modern Opulence, and 4) Pretty Whimsical. Here are some living room paint ideas from Boysen based on the holiday hue Classic Charm. In keeping with Philippine tradition, Christmas jingles started…
Marrs Green is the world’s favorite color, according to G.F. Smith & Son London Ltd., UK’s leading specialist paper merchant. The World’s Favourite Colour from G . F Smith on Vimeo. From Wallpaper – Submitted by survey participant Annie Marrs, who was inspired by the landscape that surrounds her home in…
We made another DIY instructional video for you, this time having our DIY Diva Danica show you how to paint your old wooden furniture. You can make shortcuts like I did with my furniture where I just painted over the old paint. But this is not the right way. An effective…
It’s not only walls that can use a fresh coat of paint. Sometimes you need to paint your old furniture to match the new colors found on your walls. That’s what Danica, our DIY Diva, thinks so too. Danica feels that her ombre wall deserves furnitures that are not old…
Many of us would love to add a few house plants around our homes, but their pristine appearance and practical qualities will only last if we ensure to care for them properly. Indeed, a house plant that’s been left rotting to death serves only to diminish the appearance of a…
Have you ever considered using a grey palette for your baby room? If not, then keep on reading because you may find it a welcome change from the usual pink or blue. There are those who want to be gender neutral and have chosen yellow, or something safe like white.…
Hellbent on painting her nest with colors that bring her joy and energy, Danica opts for an ombre look and paints one accent wall with different blues to remind her of the Cebu beaches. After a successful visit to a Boysen Mix and Match Station, she prepares the wall and…
A true DIY-Diva like Danica is a go-getter. So after choosing her colors from the Boysen App, she moves on to buy those cans of paints from the Boysen Mix and Match Station, that you can find in select hardware stores, home depots or paint centers. Check which outlet is…
Realm is that Boysen palette that speaks of heaven and stars, a palette that symbolizes dreams and aspirations to be better human beings. There is violet, the color of royalty, majesty, even nobility. It’s intensely deep color is balanced by a pink, the color of compassion and love. Then comes…
There is an empty wall left in my shoebox condo, and I want a mural for my home….maybe. Or should I go for a painting instead? There’s always this ambivalence because I feel that murals are too permanent. Nothing wrong with that if you like permanence. However, I’d think, “What…
There are some things that belong together, like ham and egg, needle and thread, song and dance, hugs and kisses. I’m sure you get my drift. The same is true with colors. There are just those two that belong together, and we’d like to expound about those color pairings one…
If you’ve stared at the ocean or looked down on that vast expanse from an airplane, your eyes will tell you that the sea is not one color but a seething, heaving, breathing mass of different blues. Depending on where you are in the world, how bright the sun is,…
How convenient would it be if there was a Boysen App that you could use in the comfort of your home, so that you could choose the color that you would want to paint your walls with? Episode 2 of DIY Diva is where Danica walks you through how to use…
Meet Danica, our DIY Diva, who has been promoted by her office and assigned to Cebu. New responsibilities, new colleagues, new city, new home. Excited to see her new nest, she opens the door and is underwhelmed! Oops, boring! But she’s a go-getter and creative to boot so she goes…
For a clean and fresh look, light neutrals give your bathroom that appealing ambience, very fitting for a place where you do your bathing rituals. Light neutrals are also safe backdrops for white bath fixtures, chrome or brass fittings and glass, and would give the illusion of space. The purity…
Minimalism is a trend that has yet to influence living spaces. Space is a resource that is sometimes overlooked in sustainable architecture. Life quality decreases as population density increases since pollution levels rise, population goes out of hand, and resources become more expensive. Many of us in the Philippines are…
If you’re the type of person who spends a pretty good amount of time every single day planning (read: plotting) her OOTD, chances are you usually zero in on a single piece of clothing or accessory that would be the icing on your full outfit, in other words, a fashion…
Frank Gehry at a Glance Name: Frank Owen Gehry Date of Birth: February 28, 1929 Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada Design Signature: Deconstructivism – an architectural style with a deliberately chaotic outcome Fluidity – expressed in the use of metallic folds in multiple buildings Asymmetry – his…