Home Planning and Digest

You wake up in the morning by the sound of the alarm clock: Oh no, it’s already 9:00! You are late for work. You toss your comforter to the side, wear your slippers that seem to take on forever (yes, normally when you’re in hurry, this happens), and run to the bathroom door. As you [...]

Granite countertops for the kitchen and the bathroom are priceless: aside from the fact that they are easy to clean (just wipe them and the dirt’s gone), they provide elegance to any part of the house. But of course, if we are talking about granite countertops for the kitchen and the bathroom, we might as [...]

One of the most overlooked aspects of home planning is access to plumbing. Many homes today lack easy and built in access to plumbing, which results in future problems when the pipes need to be repaired. Homes without built in access to plumbing usually suffer from added repair costs because certain parts of the wall [...]

A well planned home is built from bottom up with the customer’s needs built into the plans. Though this is seldom the case, many who do opt for having a hand in de building of their home have more control over the outcome. From the foundations to the walls and every other nuisance of the [...]

Imagine a house with the room walls painted in beige—only beige. Boring isn’t it? Now, what do you have in mind? Color them blue? No, that would be like having the same thing. Red? That color’s too aggressive your guests might not like it. Oh, wallpaper! Well, can be, but wallpapers need a lot maintenance. [...]

If you have a patio at the back of your house and you use it oftentimes for family gatherings, parties or simple get together with friends, then might as well get hold of a nice barbecue pit. If you have been serving them pot roast, fish and chips, fried tuna belly and others, better switch [...]

So you wake up in the morning and you do your morning rituals: brush your teeth, wash your face… and defecate (or poop in today’s language). Since you are still groggy in the morning, as you defecate, you suddenly realize that you forgot something: the good ol’ water dipper! Since you normally place it on [...]

Today’s climate is by far humid in most areas. A lot of people get sick because of the musty air, making their homes uncomfortable to live in. Humid air causes moisture on window sills, wood furnishings, and can even make the person sweat tremendously (illnesses like pneumonia can stem from this). Now, how can you [...]

Have you heard of colloids? These are tiny (very tiny in fact!) particles in the air that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Though some can be seen by turning on a flashlight (you can see little particles floating in the air), millions of it are microscopic and can only be seen using special [...]

Face the fact: electricity costs are rising. There will probably come a time that you won’t be able to keep up with your current lifestyle such as having centralized air conditioning, heater and so on and so forth. There is in fact a solution to your future problem (that is, if you will experience such [...]