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spacelift: from masculine to feminine
Today, I’m working on an article about “gendered designs”. The premise is that there is a noticeable difference between the design of a male architect/interior designer and the design of a female...
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spacelift: searca residence, los banos
Who says that renovations need to be costly and complicated? In this case, a fresh coat of paint (in the right shade), a better spatial layout, an updated set of furniture and lighting fixtures, and...
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spacelift: from stockroom to home office
I can’t believe that it’s already my 6th year in my graduate course. I breezed through my subjects, finishing all the required units in just three semesters. Why haven’t I graduated??? I haven’t...
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spacelift: major bedroom makeover (part 1)
“Busy” is not enough to describe this week. At least for me, it’s more of a hell week! Unfortunately, my room is also keeping up with the hell week theme with books, magazines and brown envelopes...
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spacelift: major bedroom makeover (part 2)
As I have mentioned in the previous post, an important part of Nina’s bedroom makeover is the conversion of the adjacent bedroom into an integrated walk-in closet (WIC). This allowed her to get rid of...
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spacelift: space makeover
Revamped a chair? Redecorated a room? Renovated a house? Show off your before & after projects while you inspire others to improve and space-lift their homes and offices one furniture/room at a...
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spacelift: ina’s stockroom makeover
I know how difficult it is to put an order to a messy stockroom aka bodega. But I’m sure many of you will agree that it has a lot of potential to be more than just a room that accumulates old,...
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spacelift: small decorating measures
Whenever people ask me what to do to improve their rooms or their house, there are three simple tips that I always point out: 1) de-clutter and simplify (it’s the most difficult because it’s hard to...
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spacelift: the gift of a better home
Finally, here are the complete before-and-after photos of the 7 rehabilitated homes of UPID’s project with Gawad Kalinga-Laura! What I particularly like about the students’ designs is that they were...
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spacelift: project tanglaw
If you ask me, interior design and architecture are both 70% function and 30% aesthetics. Well, that’s just a rough estimate, but you get my point—that designs are based on problems and spatial issues...
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