FROM ME TO ALL OF YOU..

One of my most important learnings this 2009 goes this way " hindsight is always 20/20" Heard it from a Catholic priest. As we look back to the year about to pass, we might find ourselves thinking i could have done that, i shoudn't have said that, I could have, and so goes our coulds and woulds...Hindsight has the advantage of a more complete information and insights from a number of sources which we may not have had the luxury of at the moment we took that decision, that action, those moments of conversations or discussion.

At the end of the day, what matters is we did the best we could with the information on hand and available. This 2010 is another shot we've got at this journey. It is worth our while to be informed, easily accessible technologically; however have time to reflect and study the thousand available information so as to possess the right convictions so that all our 2009 hindsights become 2010 insights; which then become our guiding principles at every twist and turn of life. To my dear bloggers HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

A Step Ahead!!

What can you say about these wooden step stools or step ladders? Don't they look good for indoor use? You can leave them in the library, wardrobe or walk in closets, home office and they seem part of your furniture. Thus you would'nt need to carry them in and out of your room. These are home made ladders which i found in one of my clients' home.

I definitely like them over those steel step stools commercially available. Yes they serve well for utility purposes - in the kitchen, garage or while doing home repairs. However, you'll agree with me, they look ugly inside your beautiful home.

These wooden ladders are a great home idea i recommend!

Chandeliers with an ooomph!

Tagaytay Conference Center chandeliers  VERSUS Normal chandelier installation

I thought it's good to share this with you as it caught my attention that every chandelier and ceiling lamp in Tagaytay Conference Center were installed with a lamp base attached to the ceiling. Chandeliers were not really gorgeous but that detail added such fine taste to them. As compared to the very expensive chandelier in the next pic. Good idea.

Tribute to flip flops!

That's my mom's 89 year old feet on flip flops too!! every cool dude and cool babe and cool granmas!! wear them everywhere - in the malls, in parks, in the beach, even in church ( i don't say I approve this last one)! The once informal super dressed down footwear has been glorified! Back in my time, hahaha! that is supposed to be worn only in the bathroom or when we play hide and seek or any rough street games outdoors (you do remember that right? oh come on) or....


.....or at home which we use to change from street shoes to keep our homes clean.. Oooh real cool!! talking about preventive cleaning programs, apart from, i guess better than or okay supplements walk off mats.. is to have these nowadays glorified home footwear! It's the most natural thing to do in Japan, and in most homes in the Philippines ( we actually remove our shoes and walk barefoot inside the house to keep floors clean and shiny!!). Then just how do you deal with guests? Here's one idea from a client..

Imaginaton and creativity huh! Pretty pairs of flipflops (YES! clean and sanitized too!) on a boat-like wooden container by the door ready for house guests, but quietly, subtly suggested. Then beside it is a nice native cabinet where you can keep your street shoes temporarily. This is very creative, hip, and very clever preventive cleaning system.

Our street footwear carry dust and dirt and sand which you carry inside the house if you don't install some preventive systems - a floor mat (walk off matting) which come i homey designs too unlike the rubber mats you find in the buildings! and these glorious house footwear!