Frannywanny

Paul and I have been extremely busy lately, aside from preparing for the every single detail of our BIG day, we also have to fix up our two future rooms. Back then, I thought renovating a small room is just as easy as waving your magic wand and tadah! you get a pretty, fully furnished room that perfectly matches your taste. What I didn't know that the smaller the space available, the harder it actually is to make everything fit. Given that we only have a room (or make that two) to work with, we sat down and brainstormed on the color scheme, the feel and all the decors that we would like to have in our room. Of course, there's the issue on making everything fit our small budget. Call it lucky or simply perfect timing, Real Living Magazine in partnership with SM Homeworld is proud to launch the 5th book in their Real Home Ideas series called Small Space Solutions . This book shows various small space living options from condominium units to simple townhouses with 101 tips ...

Since Paul and I are starting to plan for our new room, we are now getting into the habit of checking out various home stores to get more ideas on how to decorate our room. First step was to determine our color theme. Taking the advise of my colleague and Real Living Magazine's Editor-in-Chief Rach, we browsed through a handful of home books starting off with our very own Color Book that we launched last year. Finally, Paul and I found THE ONE. We both agreed that our room will make use of neutral colors (beige, brown and white) with a hint of old rose here and there. From there, we began to scour around for decors and items that we will be needing to complete our room. One afternoon, I decided to drop by the Regalong Pambahay Outlet Store which was located just two blocks away from my office. It was also timely that I had to buy a gift for a dear friend's wedding and so I thought visiting this store would be a great idea. Inside, the feel was very Filipiniana/Asi...