Tip: Home Remedy: Make an Aspirin mask

Picture Credit of pietroizzo

I don’t take aspirin for headaches or pains - it isn’t common here in Malaysia where paracetamol is usually more popular. That said, I learnt of a useful tip of using aspirin as a facial mask and here is my recipe for the aspirin mask. Continue Reading >> Tip: Home Remedy: Make an Aspirin mask

Feng Shui recommends that you light up dark areas

I recently bought a long side table for the corridor in my house. It is quite a long corridor at the entrance, and used to look terribly empty until my table came in. Now, I need something to put on the table! My first thought was to find table lamps that would fit the area. Not only does it add character to the house decor, it will also add some lighting to that space.

Feng Shui dictates that houses should not have dark corridors or areas, as it is not good for the chi. Lamps are recommended as being one of the best ways to light up darker parts of the home, while maintaining a sense of aesthetics.

I don’t practice feng shui on a serious basis, but I adopt the policy that if it feels and looks good, then it must be good feng shui. I don’t really have the time or patience to calculate coordinates and locations. If I were to follow feng shui principles, then even lamps and lampshades must placed according to the sector the lamps are placed in. Sometimes, it just becomes too absurd or looks out of place.

So, my personal philosophy is to find some lamps that I like to look at, and which fit with my present house decor. Presently its a mix between contemporary and traditional. I think it fits however, which is what matters most. The problem is in finding a table lamp that fits the look. I never thought it would be difficult, but it is! Really nice ones are expensive and the cheaper ones are in a word - ugly. So, the search goes on. Maybe something like that in the picture above would do nicely.

Got a fancy bathroom vanity?

Looking at these, I thought they were some fancy chest of drawers in a Victorian bedroom somewhere. Or even maybe a television amoire. But nope. These are bathroom vanities! Gosh! Fancy stuff eh? I can’t imagine it in my little bathroom though. It would fill up the whole space and the wood would probably fade from exposure to the tropical sun streaming in through my window. But its nice to dream nonetheless eh?

Teak furniture for cheap

I picked up some lovely looking teak furniture at a store that was closing down. I got a 3 piece table and chair set and a hallway console table for only about RM699. They had imported lots of teak furniture from Indonesia and enjoyed good business, but because they had some problems with their landlord, they were forced to close their store and move out. Pity really because they had some nice pieces at really good prices. The problem I had was in transporting the furniture back home. It did not fit into our cars, quite obviously but fortunately, we managed to borrow a truck with a truck rack and strap everything in securely to be taken back to my place. Now to find a space to put it all in …