Lighting isn’t just a practical choice. It’s so important that every color combination, furniture piece, and pretty much any design element hinges on your room’s lighting. Just as every individual design element plays a role in a room’s overall aesthetic, so too does lighting. How you light your room can…
If I were to choose my favorite palette in the Color Trend 2017, my vote would go to Technology. I love the pastels and the way the colors look, so young, fun, lighthearted, bright but soft. This palette was inspired by the use of digital filters in photography. The internet…
There’s a quote online which says that when life knocks you down, roll over and look up at the stars. When that happens, wouldn’t it be great to have your very own galaxy in the comforts of your own crib? Sleep under your own starry sky by creating a DIY galaxy project using…
Channel the superhero in you with the palette Realm . With paint names Imperial Force, Star Princess, Dune Buggy and Tribute Yellow, you can’t help but think about all those movies about godly beings with super powers that save the world, wherever that world is. The palette is bold and daring, befitting superheroes.…
Your room says a lot about you, and I couldn’t agree more. But when you’re decorating a room from scratch, it can be a huge challenge to stay true to yourself and not alienate yourself from your own space. Believe me—I recently experienced it for myself! Along with my parents,…
Up until I was 21, I lived in my grandparents’ ancestral home. It was a late 50s/60s bungalow with huge, flower-filled gardens and enough space to accommodate four generations under one roof. While I have only a few memories of my grandparents before they passed away, living in the same…
Take a look around: at the tumbler keeping your coffee warm, the chair you’re sitting on, the room you’re in, the screen of this strange device you’ve been staring at the past few seconds. Someone, somewhere out there has either made your life ten times easier or noticeably less enjoyable…
We’ve come up with the Mama palette as a big thank you to all the mothers out there, and we wish all of you a Happy Mother’s Day! We’re letting the colors speak for what we are thankful about. So thank you, Mama, Ina, Nanay, Inang, Mom, Mommy.
Malls are rarely the architectural highlights of a city, but the ones in Tokyo are an exception. Most malls in Tokyo are relatively small and very well designed since they concern themselves more with the quality of the building rather than the size. I visited three malls during my trip…
No, you did not read that wrong; to many around the world, it’s not uncommon for milk and cereal to taste like the color blue, for the word “college” to taste like sausage, or for a person’s name to be the color violet. This unusual pairing of the senses is…
One word: simplicity. For a style so deliberately and compellingly lacking, minimalism never seems to have had any trouble at all calling attention to itself, in a good way. Minimalism says more with less, doing away with unnecessary and distracting details while highlighting only the most essential elements. It can…
The palette Recreate has grays, browns, a bright red and yellow. The inspiration comes from the patterns and textures found in nature, from the smallest cell to the cosmos. This is a sophisticated palette that requires a more discerning eye for colors and their combinations. Nature is never flat, nor…
Those who like playing Internet games, raise your hands! Well, I’m one of them, and sometimes when I finish one, I say to myself, “Duh! Did I really waste time for that?” But I do quickly forgive myself, and charge those dinky games to experience. I see games as a short energy boost…
Have you ever heard of Equinox Phenomenon? Well, I didn’t until I read an advisory from the administration office of a condo here in Makati in the last week of March. The condo residents were told to do the following for health reasons: Monitor your blood pressure. Eat more fruits…
The palette Recharge pulses with energy with its vivid, deep blues, and the brightest orange. In today’s fast-paced world propelled at even higher speeds by technology, a day turns into night and back again at a relentless tempo. More and more people prefer to spend their free time on adventures…
The palette Renew is made of the vibrant colors of green, yellow and a very pale blue. This palette is a celebration of Mother Earth and the sun that gives us life. This is the time of the nature lovers, those who are making inroads in living an alternative lifestyle, as…
Earth Day is a yearly event, celebrated on the 22nd of April. We at Boysen support environmental protection. Happy Earth Day!
Imagine this scenario: You enter a cozy, swanky place and you feel this warm, comfortable feeling envelope you, and you whisper to yourself, “What a nice ambience.” Then you notice that the whole room is swathed in low, yellow light, and the walls are painted white. Easy enough to replicate.…
With thousands of house paint ideas to choose from and many different styles to play with, you’ve finally—painstakingly—decided on a color for the room you’ve been dying to renovate. You’re just about ready to begin and show the world your impeccable taste in color, except you’ve never done any painting…