Before one of my Aunt build a small store in front of  our house we have a small flower garden in  our porch. We grew orchids in a drift wood and different kind of flowering plants in a pot. My mother also landscape it with the available resources around us like group of stones and soil. But since they build a small store most of the plants are affected and needs to be transferred or removed.

When my Aunt moved and they torn down their store we didn’t  return the plants anymore on their old place, we also didn’t improved the garden anymore. It remains empty as it is and it was not a bad move after all because after few years they built a new store which covered the empty space.

As what I have learned landscaping your garden makes dull areas  pleasing and it is possible to make ordinary homes into spectacular ones and office buildings into warm, livable spaces most of all beautiful landscaping increases the property value of your home.

There are times my sense of smell is very sensitive and on my observation the gym where we work-out needs an air filter aside from using dehumidifier.  They should be particular on the cleanliness of the place because there are times the gym equipment are dusty and sticky.  Different people uses those equipment and they are burning calories and it is understood that they are perspiring so the tendency of  transferring each other disease  is possible.

On the last few months I have seen the gym owner’s spraying anti-bacterial air freshener on the air but that’s not enough especially these past few days I didn’t see them doing it. Air filter can help to remove airborne bacteria from operating room environments and to help prevent postoperative infection, it  is a device composed of fibrous materials which removes solid particulates such as dust, pollen, mold, and bacteria from the air.

If there’s one thing I hate in the morning is stepping  onto ice-cold bathroom tiles that’s why I bought a plastic glass bathroom slippers to help my feet warm every time I went to the bathroom.

I have asked my husband if it is not possible to install heating system in the bathroom to make the temperature warm and then I can just walk barefoot in the morning, he said it is not possible but I have read online radiant-floor heating makes that possible where you can install it in your home with far less trouble and expense than you might expect.

As what I have read an electric radiant system consists of thin heating cables, like the wires in an electric blanket, installed under ceramic tile. Because the cables are so thin they don’t raise the level of the flooring much; this makes them great for remodeling.

They’re installed where warm floors are appreciated: bathrooms, mudrooms, and kitchens. Controlled by their own thermostat, these systems don’t replace your main heating unit — they augment it.

To install an electric radiant floor in an existing room, you’ll need a dedicated 15- to 20-amp GFCI-protected circuit to power the system, and an excuse to lay a new tile floor. If you’re remodeling, it’s a good time to satisfy both requirements.

A bathroom-size warm-floor retrofit will cost $400 to $700 including the cost of the new tile. This system will consume about the same amount of electricity as three 100W lightbulbs.

My cousin has an on going renovation on their home, they’re constructing an extension on their house and redesigning their living room.   Her kids love to watch cartoon show/movies all the time especially on weekend when school is closed, there are times that they fell asleep watching their favorite cartoon show I have suggest to my cousin to buy modern sofa bed which can be converted to bed anytime.

Modern sofa bed is a great solution for small quarters, studio apartments and dorms as contemporary sofa beds can serve you as a couch during the day and be converted in a sleeping place during the night. If you love to host parties, a contemporary sofa bed will greatly increase your hospitality for those who decided to stay overnight. Or maybe you have children, for whom a modern looking sofa bed is a great alternative to a regular bed. Most modern sofa beds feature fashionable design, great durability, high comfort and extreme ease of use. They are also available in a variety of styles, shapes and colors, a contemporary sofa beds will suit any room in your home or office.

We didn’t start yet with our house construction as we don’t have sufficient funds,  earning online these past few days is not good that I can’t send money home.  The other day I passed by at Daiso and found them under-renovation,  I remember seeing some cheap China furniture on the shop. Once they re-open and I have funds I am thinking of buying few of those furniture’s and send them home,  we can either display them in our house or sell them to our relatives who are into cheap items.

[ Tagged In ] Cheap Furniture

My Aunt house was not fully furnished right away, they constructed it little by little when funds allowed them to do so.  The last time I’ve been on their dining room their kitchen cabinets  is still unfinished they are just open cabinet attached on their wall.  As I am browsing online I have found out you can buy kitchen cabinet doors alone and other unfinished kitchen drawers and corbels, I should tell them about this find.

When you also need a complete remodeling in your cabinets and counter tops and your budget is not enough, refacing them will be a nice idea. All you need is to change the doors and not the whole cabinet, it can be as simple as replacing your old cabinet doors and drawer fronts with new ones. Kitchen doors for any kitchen remodeling project is good idea as it will refresh the whole kitchen style and bring freshness to your home.

If there’s one thing I missed on living overseas that is backyard gardening where I can plant and grow vegetables. When I am still in Philippines we have a small garden in our back yard where we plant string beans, eggplant, ladies finger, sweet potato and even squash. I missed those old times like watering our plants, cultivating and of course harvesting them.

Having a backyard garden is not just fun or the family, it also has a lot of benefits like improving our health by eating  fresh vegetables, saving money from groceries and it is also a good exercise to burn calories and can remove stress also.

I have heard about The Essential Garden Guide, it was created to help unlock the secrets of a great backyard garden. This information, originally created for professional and educational purposes, is the result of over 15 years of contributions from renowned agricultural institutions and extensions.

I am now certified garbage picker (lol). Last Thursday when we are on the way to the gym I saw a stuffed toy about 2 feet tall in the garbage area, I didn’t bother to pick it because we are going to the gym and for sure my husband will not be happy if I did it plus it is still daylight other people might see me picking something in the garbage which is so shameful.

The thought of the stuffed toy didn’t pass on my mind the evening went by smoothly. Like I usually do every night I am surfing the internet and cook meals for my husband. I later found out I forgot to bring the food bag when we went to the gym it is already full and it needs to be thrown as I cannot closed the garbage pail anymore, I decided to do it after cooking the last meal so everything will be thrown away.

I went out late at night and the street is empty when I reached the garbage area I saw the stuffed toy it seems nobody is interested to pick it up, I wa;led around and I found one orange plastic bag I took the milk cartoons at the top and I saw stuffed toys underneath. The curious me started to look more inside and every time I took a stuffed toy I can see more stuffed toy. I cannot anymore hold the stuffed toys so I return them in the plastic bag and took the whole bag I left the 2 feet stuffed toy. What’s on my mind is in to see what’s inside the bag in our apartment in any case there’s other recyclable items I can just segregate them. Aside from the stuffed toys bag, I also saw another bag with a lot of plastic toys, I didn’t bother to look at them anymore I run home. I will be embarrass if someone saw digging in the plastic bags.,

When I reached home I excitedly told my husband of my bounty and instead of being amazed with me, waaah he feel disgusted on what I do and he keeps calling me garbage picker. Then he start telling me it feels like there’s bug crawling to him and start scratching and when I asked him if he is really itchy he just keep acting like scratching.

My husband asked me what I am going to do with all the stuffed toys I brought, I told him I am going to wash them and send home to Philippines so I dropped the stuffed toys in the washer and washed them even though they are clean and doesn’t smell. They are too white actually, there’s one toy I can’t washed because it has battery.

I hanged them in our balcony and my husband won’t stop teasing me garbage picker, I just ignore him and he said afterwards maybe you’re not going to have more time with me, all you gonna thinks are your stuffed toys, right there I concluded he is just jealous with my stuffed toys that’s why he won’t stop teasing me especially when I told him I am going to return it seems I dropped something plus there’s more bags with plastic toys there, he didn’t allowed me to do so and told me every stuffed toys I brought if I went back will cost a fine of $9 each.

Anyway I didn’t return anymore I don’t have a courage to do it again, other people might see me hauling something in the garbage.

I wonder why the owner throw them away when they are still looking good and new, to answer my thoughts I just concluded the owner maybe is moving to a new apartment and wouldn’t like to carry more stuff with her or the kid is already grown up and wouldn’t love to play toys anymore. I have counted them tonight and they are exactly 20 stuffed toys.

To whoever who own this, thank you.

Cleaning your bathroom is a very important thing everyone should do, it is one of the dirtiest place inside our home. I usually clean our bathroom weekly and when I do it our whole apartment stinks with bleach even though the bathroom window is open and the ventilation is running. I have noticed that I felt suffocated with the smell of our old bathroom cleaner and I felt my uneasy.

So I am glad when we bought a new bathroom cleaner it does not smell very strong and didn’t smell like bleach, it smells like apple actually. It is very mild and comforting unlike the other brand we are using.

The top of our fridge is becoming messy and dirty these past few days, so my husband thought of buying a small floor cabinet for our kitchen to keep the onions, garlic, potatoes and sweet potatoes in order. We went to one store who sells home appliances to look for one but we didn’t find a smaller one,  we ended buying a stackable tray instead.

We bought three trays but when we arranged them in the kitchen only two are needed so I am planning to use the third  for my things instead.