Home-Style: 53 Benitez - Rockwell Primaries Pops Up at SM Megamall

It's been ages since I had a Home-Style post.  I miss featuring fine home interiors and design. Well, I got lucky and was able to visit a luxe condo unit just yesterday. This Home-Style post will be slightly different since there is no home owner here, but you can actually see the interiors of the property. My blogger friends and I were invited to view Manila’s first ever 1-bedroom pop-up model unit at SM Megamall by Rockwell Primaries, a subsidiary of Rockwell Land. It was quite a unique experience, being toured right in the middle of a mall, but feeling like you're in an actual condo unit! =)  Scroll down and see what I mean.

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Handcrafted Home Décor and Gifts at Chrysara NEST Manila

I am constantly on the look-out for interesting home accents and décor for my home.  Our house is still a work in progress even after our move five years ago.  We went for modern Asian-inspired accessories and furniture for the interior design.  We like items that are "kid-friendly", not too expensive, good quality, and could make nice conversation pieces. Hopefully, we can decorate and add more accessories around the house next year.  

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Mom-Style: Jackie of Go! Jackie Go

I can't believe I have not posted a Mom-Style for over a year!  Let me make this first Mom-Style of 2013 worthwhile for you as I present this pretty young mom with style and substance.  

We've been following each other's blogs before we met in late 2011 when I invited her to an intimate function.  I can safely say we hit it off instantly, and I'd like to think it was the start of a real friendship on- and offline.  I'm proud to introduce today's Mom-Style mom on the spotlight - Jackie of Go! Jackie Go!

1. Please share with us what your typical day is like?
My schedule is very dependent on my eldest Gabbie’s school.  She started preschool last November 2012, so we are still in the adjusting phase.

My mornings are dedicated to taking care of the needs of my kids:  Feeding, giving them baths, fixing their things & clothes to wear, very much mom-duties.  Afternoons are usually nap time, but it is also the time I do errands and for events or work.

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My Design Pegs from Gus* Modern

Elegant, minimalist, modern, eco-friendly, timeless. That's how I would describe the Gus* Modern Collection of practical, well-designed, industrial-grade furniture.

A few weeks ago, I was invited to visit Gus* @ Design Pod in Greenhills to view their collections, some of which are on sale!

Gus* @ Design Pod along Connecticut Street in Greenhills, San Juan

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Home-Style: Seamless Duplex Remodeling

Freestyle Friday: Special Feature


A duplex house is defined as a dwelling having apartments with separate entrances for two families. This includes two-story houses having a complete apartment on each floor and also side-by-side apartments on a single lot that share a common wall. - Wikipedia


Today's Home-Style feature puts the spotlight on this formerly 150-sqm. duplex unit which was transformed into a 400+ sqm., 2-storey single house with a basement in 2007. The house sits on a 300 sqm. lot, nestled in a quiet village in Quezon City, owned by my co-parents from school. With two young kids and three dogs, this beautifully remodeled home has a generous living space for a growing family, that also accommodates A's and C's many personal hobbies and interests.

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Home-Style: A Splash of Red, Black and White

I'm really glad that there are five Fridays on my birth month. For the regulars here, you know that having five Fridays in a month would make the 4th one as an anything-goes post, thus Freestyle Friday. It's also the best time to launch a new section for the blog -- and this one has been in the works way too long.

Introducing...

HOME-STYLE: a special section where I get to share my love for beautiful interiors and home design.

Home-Style shall feature design inspirations from real homes, with real stories behind the furniture pieces, accessories, theme, or colors that make up a beautiful dwelling for couples and families.

I am thrilled to present my first Home-Style feature today. What makes this extra special is the fact that the couple who resides in this spanking new flat are friends of mine from my previous work, and whom I've helped during their wedding planning days.  Theirs was the last full event I've organized, and now, we've come full circle with this spread on their stylish home.

FRAMES: NYTTJA - IKEA;  PILLOWS:  IKEA and LIFESTOREY;  STOOL: SOLSTA PALLBO - IKEA

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