Ask Me Anything

Hello there my blogger friends.

So are you having design problems with your house? Can't decide which color to paint on your bedroom wall or whether to install wall paper on your toddler's play area? Does your kitchen look cluttered all the time? Is your living space pet friendly? I bet that there is that one spot in your house that you would really like to make-over.

As a special treat to all my blogger friends on this special day, I'll let you ask me anything related to architecture or interior design and I'll answer it through this blog. You may send me the photos of your rooms  and I will answer back with my professional tips and helpful designs! Leave your questions on the comment box or through my email address at arch.reena@gmail.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

Much love,

Architect Reena

Shabby Chic Bedroom

I renovated my bedroom late last year which I used to share with my younger sister. It was a small room for two single-sized beds so our beds had been obscurely arranged ever since we were kids. One was placed perpendicular to the other which we know is bad feng shui. But that is not why I renovated the bedroom. My sister got married and I finally had the bedroom to myself which gave me more freedom to impose my own design ideas. :)

I have always liked shabby chic designs since college days. I always watch out for Rachel Aswell's television shows, the shabby chic tv guru. There is something really charming and comfortable about this design which makes it perfect for my ideal bedroom.

Because this was my first shabby chic project, I had to turn to the internet for more inspirations. My research proved to be very useful. Below are just some of the bedroom designs I really, really liked:

 Like many other designs, this shabby chic blog features a white monochromatic bedroom using light veneers on the walls, white ceilings and natural looking carpet on the floor.

Shabby chic designs usually use white and pastel colors and distressed furnishings just like in the bedroom featured in tumbler site. 

This blog attests that floral prints are a staple in any shabby chic design.  

My bedroom has been completely renovated but it still lacks some of the small details that will make it a true-blue shabby chic model. I will blog about the outcome of my bedroom in the succeeding posts.

My Online Coffee Table Book

One of my hobbies as an architect is browsing through books and magazines for design ideas. My habit is to bookmark each idea with post-its and sometimes even write some notes on these pieces of paper. It's not actually as tedious as it sounds. In fact it's something I enjoy doing.

However, the books especially the hard bound architectural books are becoming too expensive already. That's why I've turned to the internet for inspiration. But I still would like to be able to leave notes on each design I encounter, thus the creation of this blog!

As my personal online coffee table book, this is going to be a repository of all design ideas for that dream house that I would like to build one day. I hope this blog will not only be useful to me. I hope this also becomes a source of inspiration to all those who plan to build their own designer homes.

- Architect Reena