Home Design & DIY

Home is in the spaces I dwell.

If you’re staring at your walls wondering what to do with them, or trying to make sense of a newly turned-over condo with zero furniture and way too many ideas, this is where you’ll find help. We talk design, styling, planning, and all the practical (and fun) stuff that makes a space feel like it was made just for you. Because home should reflect who you are, not just what’s trending.

How to clean your bathroom

clean white bathroom with plants

How do you clean your bathroom and keep it germ-free—especially when you have all the members of your household at home 24/7? After discussing what activities one could do while on community quarantine, I had time last week to clean our bathroom. With our caregiver on lockdown in her home town, cleaning and caring for […]

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How to make an interior design mood board

You will probably see interior design mood boards like the one below if you’re a regular pinner (or scanner) of #homeinspo pics on Pinterest like I am: That, my friend is an interior design mood board. It’s a tool that I always use in all my client projects. If you’re creating your own home projects, […]

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How to style your shelves

Well decorated Billy bookshelves behind Ikea bed with blue pillows

If you’ve ever scrolled through tons of photos on Pinterest looking for ways on how to style your shelves, I’m pretty sure you didn’t come out of that search disappointed. Pinterest has LOADS of pretty shelfies. But if you’d pinned like crazy and still don’t know how to style your shelves, then this post is for you. I’ve […]

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Before and after: A characterless condo is turned into a Chinoiserie-chic home

before and after condo renovation

What do you do with an old but recently gutted and renovated condo unit? You’re single, finally moving out of your parents’ home, are excited to decorate your home in your own preferred style—yet need to incorporate hand-me-down stuff from your parents. As in, vintage, Oriental stuff. Large prints and artwork. Vases. Apothecary cabinets. Large […]

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Home office styles you can cop

Looking for home office styles you can cop for your own workspace at home? Last week, I shared a photo of my messy new office on Instagram. For years I was working in a tiny room right next to my kids’ nurseries. It was ideal because it provided a very low overhead for my new […]

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