Vintage, antique furniture finds in Bacolod
There’s a story in every piece of furniture, especially antiques, said Bacolod-based collector Ging Cuaycong.
There’s a story in every piece of furniture, especially antiques, said Bacolod-based collector Ging Cuaycong.
Sometimes it takes a little background beauty to bring out the best in something. Just as paintings need the right frames, some fixtures need to be mounted on interesting bases such as these pieces of carved architectural wooden ledges .
Ask visionary Italian architect and designer Guilio Cappellini where design is heading, and his reply is anything but earthshaking: “There is no real trend. The direction is freedom. End consumers want a home that reflects their identity. Today, their house is a fusion of different designers and elements, produced by different companies. My company mixes different designers with their approaches, but there is a thread that connects these ideas.”
Designer Milo Naval’s new OMO Furniture showroom is a study in contrast between the industrial look and the organic.
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When an infectious diseases specialist and his dermatologist wife acquired almost 300 sq m of property in a quiet subdivision, it was primarily because they wanted to be near her brother.
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The Republic of Fritz Hansen has found the Arne Jacobsen of our time.
From the hillside of an exclusive development in Batangas, one property stands out in the row of Mediterranean-style houses. Rather than a massive villa that recalls opulent lifestyles in the Riviera, this glass box of a house looks out toward an unbroken view of the South China Sea. If you have nothing but the horizon before you, surely you wouldn’t want to mar the vista with concrete walls?
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