Favorites Things: At Home

 

• Camp chairs on our deck I can keep if it rains or if it’s winter, but, truth is, I want to keep it from collecting dust.
• Artificial tree to bring the outdoor in
• Historic Boston candle, a gift from Gyneth
• Twigs to liven up a boring corner
• Rattan-base lamp shade
• My files neatly tucked in my Billy bookcase
• Stefan’s clock, a mix of wood and steel
• Remote control holder that is Bali-feel
• Sherwin says the 2 trees in this painting are the two of us, together wherever we may be... eeew!
• Vanilla-scented candles
• Soft cushions
• Teflon pans in pucci and damask prints
• Picture frames of families
• Green-stripes armchair and curtain to match
• Sungka my dining table centerpiece that Mom bought all the way from Manila
• Another vanilla-scented candle for the bathroom

I adhere to the same fashion statement when it comes to my house.  My home is pretty much an extension of myself.  I want people to walk into my home and know who I am, where I have been, what I like and what moves me.  Things don’t have to be expensive to look good.  I’m more of function and style.  Paintings don’t have to be original.  I’d rather it has meaning to me - aside from its decorative purpose - than it is going to be a Picasso or Malang (aside from I cannot afford them).  I have often wanted my home to look like a page from a magazine, but that’s hard to achieve now especially when you have a train track in your living room, or when there are always Stefan’s odds and ends in all other parts of the house.  I still make a conscious effort though to keep the house neat and clutter-free (that’s my obsessive compulsive behavior).  I want my home to be a place where I would love to come home to at the end of the day, or where I could just stay home, sit down and unwind.