Imagine dining in a room where you have this warm and intimate ambience, breaking bread with family and friends, or even supping alone. Food tastes even more glorious in such lush surroundings. Tinderbox, a warm grey in the Minimal palette of the Boysen Color Trend 2017, is used by interior…
Who wouldn’t want to have a gorgeous living room where you can hang loose, enjoy family time, or entertain guests? There’s that huge, inviting, grey sofa where you can plonk into after a tiring day and maybe catch some ZZZZZs, or where you can lounge around in comfortable, ratty clothes…
The minute we enter a room, our eyes usually take in and scan anything that’s within our eye level, including what is usually the four corners of a room. However, there is a fifth element in a room that is usually taken for granted. Look up and see a room’s…
Two colors from the Technology palette of Boysen’s Color Trend 2017, the pink Techy Romantic and blue Space Encounter, are used in the walls of this home office vignette. Although these are pastels, these pink and blue colors are not your usual baby hues but modern and edgy. The home…
Someone who identifies herself as part of the Millenial Generation or Gen Y once asked me how I handle my family’s finances, including strategies on saving and/or investing. I look back fondly at a time when I had just started working for a few years, and being in that life…
Most of us have spent the greater part of our lives living in these spaces that, whether we like it or not, we’ve come to call home. Their place in our personal histories is undeniable. Yet our homes have even deeper connection to our identities, much in the same way…
I live in a tiny house. It’s a modest, three-floor living space good enough for a small family. Picture a typical Filipino apartment with an attic and that’s about it. I am not complaining because I love our place. Yes, it is small but my wife and I were able…
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…
Every color has its own temperament. They have the remarkable ability to convey a very specific feeling, mood, and atmosphere. They even have the power to influence emotion and behavior. That’s why choosing colors for your home can be such an important decision. What’s the first thing you want your…
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…
