Mi casa es su casa

Last June, my cousin and I started this renovation project for a living room space at my grandmother’s place. We saw its potential and really pushed through with it in spite of the fast-approaching new school year. We opted for a cool but sunny vibe by using yellows and blues for the color palette. We felt that leaning towards modern design would create more conflict with the furniture and stuff there, so we verged into a more traditional aesthetic. A lot of the pre-existing furniture were re-painted, including the sofas (yes, apparently you can paint an upholstery! read all about it on the links below!). The pattern on the yellow walls were made by using 2 hues of yellow, and with the darker shade “stamped” on the base by using a crumpled paper. We felt that going for this would add texture and also exuding a “Mi casa es su casa” vibe as well. Overall, it was a very fun experience. It was our first time to experience a renovation work firsthand (from the cleaning, scrubbing, sanding, prepping, painting, until the very last finishing details– and we sure did learn A LOT of things!), and we enjoyed every bit of it! There were a lot of moments (and by moments, mostly are mistakes) that contributed to our growth as artists. Super fun project– definitely won’t be the last.

Paint Your Upholstery

1) You can use this: (latex paint + fabric medium) 2) Or this: (chalk paint)

I’ll boop your nose– Boop.

Hi, WordPress.

So. I decided that I should have a proper blog site that I should use aside form my tumblr and carbonmade (not that they don’t cater as well, they just have a different focus in terms of blog approach). I’ll soon change up my domain name but until then, I guess this is it for the meantime.

I’m going to be upfront with you: I’m not exactly good at writing deep and well-thought-of blog entries, as I am not a writer. So sorry about that. I do, however, write casually to accompany my illustrations/artworks, which is my main purpose for this blog site. Here, I’m hoping to put up my progress and finished works, share ideas, thoughts, and concepts, as well as a little bit of music here and there. Honestly, I’ve put up and torn down quite a number of blogs of mine. What can I say, I get bored easily (and also my fickle mind up there takes over most of the time– so that blog by my three-years-ago self is bye-bye).

Also: it’s my sister’s birthday! And it’s this blog’s birthday! Can I get two cakes up in ‘ere, sooooonnnn!!!– But seriously though; The 1st of September has always been an eventful date for me since 2009. I don’t know, it just started there, and then since then there was always something happening on September 1st. Also, it’s not because I’m clingy to my sister (nor has my Hogwarts letter arrived).