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Ways to Save $$$ So You Can Spend on Your Home

Fact- Home renovation and furnishing cost a bomb! Many always start out with grand plans for their new home up until the quote from the contractor comes in. These plans then get stripped down, contractor requotes, stripped down further, requote (well, you get the idea), until the price is right.
This scenario does not apply to [...]

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

HowTo: Make a Polygon Lamp Shade

Polypropylene pendant lights are very popular in contemporary modern day homes. Unfortunately, for anything designer, you’d have to fork out a handsome amount of money to procure it. Despite most local lighting stores constantly putting up banners that sale ‘SALE! Discount up to 70%‘, pendant lights usually cost several hundred dollars even after discount.

Really, these [...]

Monday, October 13th, 2008

What’s New? Our Juicy Little Fad

We’ve recently been given a juicer by our parents. Our fridge has never really been filled up since it’s just the both of us at home and our guests have even commented on how unbelievably empty our fridge is. The only item that seems to be a constant is ice cream in the freezer.

Now, the [...]

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

99 Ways to Make Your Home a Healthier Place

Here’s a good post shared by Kelly from RNcentral.com- 99 Ways to Make Your Home a Healthier Place. Click here to access the article.
Some of the tips in the article may not be entirely applicable to eastern homes (e.g. tips for pools, garages, carbon monoxide detectors) but there are plenty of other tips which have [...]

Monday, August 25th, 2008

HowTo: Move House

Many of us dread the effort required in moving house, especially if you’re moving from your old place to a new one and not just moving out into your own place. I was fortunate to have experience the latter but I do remember moving with my family when I was six, from our small little [...]

Monday, August 4th, 2008

HowTo: Make Bath Bombs

Love to indulge yourself in a longbath every so often? For mood- add music, dim lighting, some candles, perhaps even a glass of wine or champagne (bordering on overindulgence, i know!). For effect- bath bombs!
Bath bomb? What’s a bath bomb? Sounds ‘bahaya’ - I can only associate it with the toilet bombs during my high [...]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Tips for Storing Wine at Home

Wine is the the new social elixir of Asia and many of us tend to keep a few bottles stowed away in the home for functions or simply to consume when friends and family come over for dinner. Here are a few tips on how to store wine properly at home.

The first thing to know [...]

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Footballer’s Cribs on MTV

Got stuck in several traffic jams and it took me almost two whole hours to get back home today. I sung to Jason Mraz and the Click 5 whilst my left foot was getting excessive clutch action. Methinks my next car will definitely be an auto transmission. For now, my zippy little Proton will do [...]

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

HowTo: Clean Water Marks/Stains Out of Surfaces

You try your very best to politely impose upon your guests to use coasters for their drinks. Yet, there’ll be a few who might conveniently forget to obey your orders. Best is to be assertive and walk around to ensure you’ve put a coaster under each and every one of their drinks. Your guests might [...]

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

How’s House

Location: Desa Parkcity
Phase: Nadia Parkhomes
Details: Gated community, Type T3- 3 Storey Parkhomes; Built up- 2,800sqft; Configuration- 4+1 Bedrooms

Facilities within Nadia: Resort-style open and shared gard
ens, swimming pool, sauna, function room, 2x children’s playground, ample visitors parking, car wash bays, shuttle service to Mont Kiara, 1Utama and Ikano Power centre
Facilities within Desa Parkcity: Access to clubhouse [...]

Friday, May 23rd, 2008