InsideRhaus

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This blog episode is about our newly renovated house. We've just finished renovating it this year - almost 3 months+ in the making from Jan 8, 2007 to April 14, 2007, but all worth it. This home of ours is rich in color as you can see the pink and yellow green combi used outside. Simula pa lang yan! eh hehe :o) All color hues, tints and combinations were orchestrated by yours truly. It ended up with 18 colors in all for the whole house. You can easily see our house, it's the only one in the subdivision to have this color and a blue letter "M" on the front and back.

Nancy's finished project for 2007

Clockwise from upper-left: 1. Our garage with Charlene our late dog's house. 2&3. Our house views from outside. 4. Close-up of right wing 5. A farther shot from outside 6. Garage ulit! 7. Front foor was installed with this screen to prevent the doors from being wet during heavy rains. 8. Closer view Center: From pathway to front door, medyo nagkamali lang dito at slippery when wet yung nabili kong tiles. Ingat na lang!

Night View of our Home

Clockwise from upper-left: 1&2 View from outside the house, taken after dinner. 3. With Nicole now on the center hehehe 4. This is the rear-right of the house. We didn't paint the firewall. The lower part is the extension of the master's bedroom. 5. This is the "M" symbol of our home, pretty much stands for Martin our surname, Manny my hubby, Maqs my son and Marcelina (yuk) that's my full name. Sabi ng iba stands for "mansion", "maganda", "mayaman"... hay naku... 6. Our front nung wala pa screen. We bought the door from Pateco sa may SM Dasma. 7. Our house has a belt of its own. The belt is comprised of Deco stones tiled together and enclosed with pink concrete moulding. These stones are made from Lahar yung galing pang Mt. Pinatubo so they are very much lighter than the typical hollow block and eats up a lot of water. If you'll use these, you'll need to soak them for a while in water. 8. View from the road, Deco stone is a good accent for the house, as everyone comments. Center: Right-wing taken from the road with the car parked on the garage.

Our Receiving Area

We expanded the receiving area to make room for better furniture/s. Before, we are limited to buying small furniture because of the space. Now, we have more room though this seater is not new coz it will be for rent as we leave for Malaysia. As for the ceiling, this is a new one as this area didn't have a ceiling at all, used to be overlooking from the 2nd floor. The ceiling design is also new and much as I wanted a square concave design, it will end up to be rectangular in shape. We needed to adjust for the existing beams (biga) for the support. The beam running from the door towards the back is a new one as additional support.

My kitchen, though not necessarily my dream kitchen. hehe. Actually, gusto ko sa kitchen may bintana so fresh could come in and out, especially sa may lababo pero sagad ito sa perimeter kaya nakafirewall ito sa labas. Nevertheless, finally napinturahan din ang cabinets and pinalagyan ko na din ng salamin para neat. I also bought a new stainless kitchen sink set sa Waltermart Gen Trias. If I'll have my way on the design, I'd like it to have a center island para mas maganda, gusto ko rin may pantry for storage, hood for the range, etc. Hayaan mo na siyang ganyan at pauupahan lang naman. he he

Our entertainment nook inside the master's bedroom

Zooming in our master's bedroom (below) >>>> Clockwise from upper-left: 1. Bedroom lighting, though it was not originally meant to be here. It didn't fit into the ceiling design of the receiving area so we just exchanged them. This 3-way light has a light blue effect kaya kala mo parang daylight, sobra liwanag sa gabi. I bought it for only 25% of its price sa SM. Mas maganda pa to, promise! It also has 2 halogen bulbs for the "chandelier effect" pag nagpalit na ng color yung lights. 2. Ang aming entertainment area. Caution lang dapat wala sa loob ng kuwarto ang TV, mahirap makatulog. Dapat talaga naka-separate siya. 3. Our bed, PC and Nicole. Yung PC na ito nabenta na. 4. Another view of the room. 5. My favorite sheets and pillow case set 6&7. Our unfinished walk-in cabinet 8. Finished walk-in cabinet Center: Siyempre, ang center ay aking mga kids. Mahilig magbabad sa bedroom coz it's very roomy now compared to before.

My loveydoves, with my favorite sheet

Toilet & Bath

Taken from the receiving room, lumuwag na rin ang haus namin.

Our old dining set, given by Janet, my sister-in-law.

Taken from dining area, wala pa nuong mga curtains!

Dirty kitchen area >>> (Talagang may dirty clothes pa ano) Ewan ko ba bakit "dirty" tawag dun. But I always see to it na kahit tons of work is done on this area malinis at maayos naman itong area na to. Yes, gusto ko malinis ang house.

2nd floor Receiving Area

Stairs going up

Nicole's room

Maqs' room

Laundry Area: Taken a few days before we leave. This steel trusses will make up our roof for the laundry area just outside the dirty kitchen. Di pa siya tapos dito but they were able to finish this before we leave. Clear polycarbonate ang pinaka-bubong nito para malinis tingnan.

Views from outside the house. Tag-ulan na!

Golden coconut, just outside our house.... Mga 10 years na siya dyan.

Haaay! I do agree, there's no place like home. We missed the house since we're out of the country. In due time, I hope we'll be back and settle here again. Hope you enjoyed the tour!