I never did fully realize how Hubs loved pasta till this evening. Happy he liked my experiment this evening. Thanks to these instant sauce friends.
Spaghetti with bacon tossed in olive oil and kissed with garlic sauce and basil sauce. 🙂
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home interior inspiration board – World Porters edition
We’re currently lounging under this incredibly blue early autumn sky, the landmark towering over us and the wind ruffling our hair. There’s a couple of unknown nationality near us, making out, in plain sight; enjoying just as everyone else is enjoying this perfectly great weather.
We just scoured the 4th floor of the World Porters, still visible from the hill we’re currently on, sipping our coffee, sitting on the grass.
The wife and homemaker part of me got excited as we looked around the whole floor, concocting up home furnishing preferences as we go.
I realize though that I have to at least get started with an inspiration board or at least a collection of a motley of the designs that I liked so that later on, I/we can decide on the final theme of our home. Because currently, there doesn’t seem to be a theme that’s trending when it comes to my preference on home furnishing. Some days I like it rustic. Some days I like it Asian. Some days I like it elegant. Some days I like it modern art deco.
So it’s best to gather them all first and then decide later on when it’s time to decide.
Clocks. I love these quirky ones.
Loved this corner set.
But Hubs says it’s too big for the two of us, for now. This one though is just perfect for the tatami room, for the two of us.
I’m not one for elaborate crystal chandeliers. I prefer these.
Mirrors!
So liked this pretty throw pillow.
As well as this dainty bed cover.
Wall hooks.
These fashionable pots caught hubby’s eye of course.
And and! I just love this center table.
All of these inside a house with bricks of these shades.
Utopia? We dearly hope not.
And oh let’s not forget the carpets.
Fell in love the first time I saw the second carpet above in that I was ecstatic when there was a smaller version of it, on sale at 1980yen! Just perfect by our front door.
Made another purchase as well, in Village Vanguard, located on the 3rd floor. Garbage are collected here on Japan on a certain schedule. For our area, burnables and perishables are on Monday and Friday, PET bottles and glass on Tuesday, etc etc (yes, segregation is the word). Hence we need to store the perishable garbage in a closed compartment to keep the stink from contaminating the house. Problem is, your perishables garbage bin (yes, because of segregation you end up having a number of bins) would be forever stinky and you have to wash it every now and then. But it’s difficult for me to do that. When I saw this, my problem was solved. It has a cover and yet your garbage goes directly to the garbage bag hence there’s no container that’s forever stinky.
Can’t wait to set these up when we get home!!! But first, badminton. 🙂
Watanabe-san and our new umbrella stand
We’ve been forever thinking of buying an umbrella stand. Finally bought one earlier at our neighborhood furniture shop, Watanabe Furniture. Only at 1980yen.
Watanabe Furniture is our friendly neighborhood furniture shop that sells affordable made-to-order furnitures. You can also buy their displays at cheaper cost than the made-to-order one.
We bought most of our furnitures there last March and May in that we’re already somewhat friends with the kind gentleman owner. And he was pretty generous with his discounts to us! Our bed frames were originally at almost 50k but we ended up paying only around 20k yen. We were so baffled at how can this be possible yet we don’t want to be so rude as to refuse Watanabe-san’s generosity. Hence we can only but thank him profusely.
It’s been a while since we were in the shop hence we exchanged “o genki desu kas” earlier when we made our purchase. And with a big smile, he gave us this whilst saying “omiyage” which means “pasalubong” in Filipino. Once again, Watanabe-san had been generous to us.
It was only at home though when we noticed what it was made of and where it came from. It was a capiz-made trinket from Philippines.
No wonder he had such a big smile when he gave it to us. Too bad we didn’t notice it when we were still in his shop. We could have had talked about his trip to Philippines (he knows I’m from Philippines). Anyways, we can talk about it next time we drop by his store. Thank you Watanabe-san! 🙂
storage boxes!
Finally, after months of watching out for the right kind of storage box, I found the one I was looking for this afternoon in basement 1 of Colette Mare. Perfect to house our wedding-related stuff and stationeries including the greeting cards and money cards given us as well as the receipts of all the payments we did.
I would have wanted a light colored one so it would lend light on the storage room. But then if you need to store something for a long time, might as well store it in a box that wouldn’t get dirty easily.
It has a cloth lining hence our beloved stuff are protected.
Love the way the strings of the lining are tied at the back.
Bigger one is at 1030 yen whilst the smaller one is at 620 yen.
Ja, time to clean up!
stationeries and fixtures
No, this is not our living room setup. Wish it was! Love the lampshade and the elegant rug. This is one of the three couches located in the cinema floor in Colette mare, right in front of a row of restaurants. But it’s free to dream, eh? 🙂
Now this probably is one of my favorite office supplies. Why so? They can keep intact something that is falling apart. It can salvage those papers that are threatening to break loose from its binder rings. These vinyl reinforcements are the office supplies representatives of hope – nothing is too hopeless that can’t be salvaged. Which reminds me, erasable pens and markers are hope-givers too! (yeah I know, I might have taken things too seriously).
books, anyone?
Books yet to be scanned. Scanning started last saturday. And this is just about 1/4 of Hubs’ collection. Whew! And to think that back in highschool I thought I was a bookworm!
