SieMatic BeauxArts Kitchen Designs now in the Philippines

May 20th, 2008 with 464 views

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The kitchen has always been the favorite spot in my household. Conversations, good food and the bonding of family members and friends are just conducive in the kitchen. I was quite excited to be part of the press launch of the SieMatic BeauxArts Kitchen Designs.

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As I toured the SieMatic BeauxArts, one can immediately see that the kitchen designs for purists, romantics, and pragmatists and for all those whose imagination cannot be stereotyped.

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Philippine School of Interior Design Exhibit

September 21st, 2007 with 4,015 views

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The Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) Advanced Class of 2007 will mount its graduation exhibit dubbed as “Forty, Filipino, and Fabulous” (“F3”) on Sept. 29-Oct. 31, at the Paseo Center, Paseo de Roxas cor. Sedeno st., Salcedo Village, Makati City. Today, I took part of the press preview of all the 19 exhibits. It was a fantastic adventure seeing all the talents of these graduates especially in furniture design.

Would you believe my favorite is the “Bunso” exhibit , booth 6 (see photo above). I just love the aqua blue theme. The use of a non-traditional color scheme and designed with clean lines and geometric palates allows the room to grow together with the little one’s unique personality.

Mounted in cooperation with the Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines (CFIP), ‘’F3’’ will celebrate PSID’s 40th anniversary with an exhibit showcasing Philippine furniture integrated into masterfully-designed and executed interior spaces.

“We welcome this opportunity for cooperation between CFIP and PSID. We’ve worked with a lot of PSID’s faculty and alumni, and we’ve always been impressed with their talent and professionalism,” says Joy Cancio, CFIP vice president for Chamber Development. “With this exhibit, we look forward to the students’ designs as they promote Filipino furniture. We hope this will inspire students to explore furniture design as well.”

‘’We are celebrating the union of CFIP and PSID with a breakthrough interior design exhibit. All 19 booths are carefully planned, researched and executed to promote the ingenuity and creativity of Filipino-designed furniture pieces in fabulous interior settings, and to emphasize the importance of furniture as an indispensable element in creating interiors that work,’’ explains PSID professor Jie Pambid.

PSID is the country’s premiere institution in interior design education, established in 1967 by Engr. Augustine Cancio and Herminia Cancio-Layug, with the curriculum conceptualized by interior designer Edith Oliveros, Arch. Lor Calma and National Artist Napoleon Abueva. Since then, PSID has produced a number of successful practitioners and has been consistent in topping the local board examinations for interior design.

PSID offers Basic and Advanced Interior design courses to around 350-420 students, with a pool of 25-32 professors. The Advanced Course is marked by a major exhibit that serves as the thesis of the graduating batch.

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Window Curtains, Draperies and Roman Shades Design by Ra’Fe

April 22nd, 2007 with 893 views

I think I have mentioned before that my window treatment of previous homes were mere blinds. I never had any idea that window curtains could be so expensive. I could have chosen to buy ready made curtains at department stores. The problem was we had bay windows. Curtains rods needed to be customized. Shopping for a curtain designer was not easy. I wanted to see if they offered quality sewing. At first, I was set on this Korean Curtain designer. But My daughter found Ra’Fe from Real Living Magazine. I was thinking “they are expensive because they got featured in Real Living” but anyway my daughter persisted that we take a look at their design. In the end, we got their services. The fact that the owner herself came to the house is special treatment for me. Call it great customer service. And here is Phase 1 of the the our Window treatment of our new home.

At my writing table down the stairs.