paint job

as we near the end of July and welcome the month of August, our soon to be new home is also right on schedule in welcoming the soon to be Mr & Mrs Mañalac.

paint job - almost done! home is almost almost ready.

i think we can move in, in 2 weeks time. :)

1st week of July lng, pad looks like this. Thanks to Kuya Roden, it looks more live-able now.

our lavender themed rest room. pardon the pics, di ko alam why mukang light blue ang tiles, lavender talaga sya sa totoong buhay. and no.. the whole house isn't painted lavender, violet or purple! syempre hinde papayag ang rakista kng asawa. i just really wanted a certain corner of the house in a shade of violet. a mark that i live in the place .

Von wouldn't agree with violet walls but he agreed to yellow. Cheery-ness! Our living & dining area at ang labas ng apartment. View from the service area.

Akyat tayo sa aming blue and white na kwarto. No pic of the whole room, dunno kase san aangulo to get the whole view. But the room is so small, not much to take a picture of anyway. :p

And my favorite part of the house... syempre ang kusina!

Our uber cute tiles! Kitchen nook! and counter top! Definitely my favorite place. :)

Buo na ang bahay. Laman nlng ang kulang. Need I say more, what else we need? Lahat! All of the above! We need plenty of household everything! For now, walls and pintura palang ang meron. Soon, in God's grace, we'll furnish the place right in time for my birthday. :)

Super konti nalang. We feel super plenty of emotions all at the same time, I don't even know how to describe what they are.

Isang sigaw lng.. OMGeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Hay!

Day check: 20 days!

PS. Thank you Lord! Sobrang dameng blessings, more to come! Amen.

the making of the pad

part of growing up is getting married and part of getting married is a more complicated and expensive way of living. exactly 47 days from now is the day we've been waiting for for almost 2 yrs. we've had a very long engagement and finally the day is just 47 sleeps away. however, life doesn't stop with the wedding. it just marks the start of a more complicated lifestyle.

if there's one thing i've been very hesitant and excited about that would be living home and starting a new one. ironic, eh?

today, we had another trip to our soon to be apartment so we can decide on the materials to buy. well, if there would be one thing i am very grateful to my husband about it would be his willingness to take responsibility in providing me and our future family a home. luckily, his family have apartments near their place in nova that we can use to start our very own home. construction/decorative work has been started since last month and now that we're nearing the final stretch, we have to start finalizing the details.

the apartment is just small, but is more than enough for us as we start our new life. it measures 3.5x8meters, w/ 2 floors, with the 2nd floor opening up directly to a bedroom.

below are a few pics of the apartment complete with construction mess. =)

doorway to our new home

we're going for cheery yellow walls in the living and kitchen area

kitchen nook

kuya roden, von's cousin who is in charge of the construction, created a small nook for the kitchen as requested by me so i can have place to practice my cooking.

my mini palace

the kitchen will for sure be my little castle that i resolve to maintain clean forever. we have bought semi-granite tiles to use as counter tops and cute mini tiles to line up on parts of the wall. paint will still be yellow and cabinets will be varnished brown. we initially wanted yellow and white (like below) for the kitchen but thought against it knowing that white cabinets will be very hard to maintain.

lovely small kitchen ideas from google

bathroom is also a work in progress, another part of the house that i resolve to keep clean til the end of time.

bathroom

i've chosen white and lavender matching tiles for the bathroom. at least i get a part of the house in a shade of purple. and mind you, choosing tiles is no easy task but definitely fun! =)

bedroom - stairway to heaven

service area - men at work

view from the kitchen

the place will probably look better hopefully by the end of the month. i know its not much but it is more than enough for me. thank you honey for providing a home for me. soon my home address will be 23 marcos ave dona faustina subd nova QC. and soon we'll start w/ the construction of our permanent home. i can't wait!

i'll definitely post how the place will look like before we settle in. =)