Home Reno - Week 27

No, our home reno is not finished.

The master bathroom is not done yet, but since the reno is long overdue, we decided to move in!

Yes. No kidding.

Since the house is still in mess, here's a glimpse of my bedroom only.

Not bad, eh? 

Yeah the truth is, the other half of my bed  is cluttered with unorganized clothings and other random stuff :p 

Home Reno - Week 23

Lighting galore!

The lamps are mostly installed, yet the contractor haven't provide the light bulbs for the standard downlight *sigh*. The following are lamps designed and provided by me.. Except for the Ikea lamp ofcourse. 

These birdcage lamps are literally made from regular birdcages and light bulbs. The stripey shadow from the cages looks nice, don't you think?

We bought this string spotlight on sale at Ikea a long time ago, while we're still living in Singapore. I love how the light hit the wall surface.. It's a faux concrete wall, btw.

This group of bare light bulbs suspended on black cables is so simple and honest, and that's why it looks nice. The exposed brick wall complements the lamps, together they give strong visual of industrial vibe.

While I'm pleased with the lighting, there are other problems that give me a bad headache.. An aluminum door that's wrongly executed and turned up as a window (doh!), flawed floor tile that has been changed many times and finally fixed but only to be flawed again by the kitchen contractor (double doh!) and many other things that haven't finished while it should have :(

Home Reno - Week 22

Have I told you that my hubby is obsessed of having a Gebyok door for our house's main entrance?

Long story short, the Gebyok door has been installed. What surprises me is the full intricate carving on it, a far cry from my original drawing that has much less carving.

It does look great.. Grand! There goes my concept of having a simple understated facade.

Well, what hubby wants, hubby gets. 

Here's some pictures of the Gebyok.

Home Reno - Week 21

Good morning ;)

The almost finished facade. But I can't say the same for the interior.

Patience.. Inner peace.. 

Home Reno - Week 20

A small part of the facade. The windows haven't been installed yet, but it looks awesome from this angle, don't you think ;)

A glimpse of my dark-metallic bedroom floor. 

Railing on 2nd floor, still not painted yet. Love the industrial look of the faux concrete wall panel and the steel slings.

Last but not least, the unfinished stairs :) 

That's pretty much it.. The rest is still a mess :p 

inaku - Coin Purse

Presenting brand new Coin Purse from inaku ^_^

See the complete collection HERE

Home Reno - Week 18

Slow (yet steady, hopefully) progress.

Wishlist - Au Naturel

The following are some things that are on my wishlist right now. Actually it's a pretty long list, but I thought I'd share just a glimpse to save you from boredom.

The items here are random, but you might notice that they are somewhat have a thing in common. Natural. Raw. Rustic.

 Image source: http://www.missionstonetile.com/

I was torn between having a glossy light colored floor or a dark rustic one. Since my house is quite small and I'd like to make it look more spacious by maximizing light colored surface, I compromised by having the dark floor only in small areas. As for the bronze metallic tile like in the above picture, I was lucky to find similar tile at the nearest Mitra 10 store.. Yay! Those tiles will be covering the master bedroom floor, for the intimate rustic-glam look I'm after.

 Image source: http://www.zalora.co.id/

I'm not in the pink of health these last few weeks, so it's only normal if I took more time (trying) to rest and relax. I hope this detoxifying natural clay mask will help me in doing so. Instant spa, just a click away ;)

 Image source: http://bagatellebali.com/

My Pinterest is full of furniture references that are made of natural reclaimed materials and has raw-industrial feel to it, but they are all made abroad, far from Indonesia where I reside. So I was overjoyed to find the above coffee table is available in Bali! But then I'm thinking about the shipping fee and have a 2nd thought.. hopefully I could find something similar here in Jakarta.

 Image source: http://rusticahardware.com/

I'm picturing this rustic sliding door as the master bathroom door. Hopefully the contractor could find all the right materials and make it come true.

There you go, my wishlist :) 
So what's yours?

Home Reno - Week 16

It's starting to take shape ^_^

Industrial-style Restaurant

Some time ago hubby and I went to a mall and notice this restaurant which has industrial-style written all over its interior design - and just like that, we're smitten by it.

Are we considering to apply this style to our home? Well, it sure fits well with the raw finishing I'm after, not to mention my husband will have excuse to 'display' his car tools, off road & camping gear etc. Yeah right, the next thing we know we'll have an auto service/ warehouse for a home :p

That's why I don't want to get carried away. I put some Industrial accents here and there, yet the overall look will be eclectic. A beautiful mess, at the very least :)