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| Deck with the rope railing design |
To continue my blog on the cottage renovation, I want to share some
photos of the furniture and accents that I personally designed. I got all my
inspiration from Pinterest. This site has so many great ideas and photo collection from
professional designers to do-it-yourself (DIY) homemakers. I am also fortunate enough
to have a carpenter that can follow instructions and really do a superb job that makes my concept into a reality. I have a thing for old wood so most of my furnitures are recycled and refurbished. Creating beautiful things from a scrap is happiness. That is why I love every piece that I put in my farmhouse.
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So, let me first show you the interior accents and furnitures.
Attic wood spindles made of Narra. These are surplus from my parents' house during the construction of our home almost 30 years ago (right).
And to give it a more coastal look, I used Manila hemp stranded rope as a railing design (below). Manila hemp is a hard fiber obtained from the abaca, a plant of the banana family.
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| Attic with the rope railing design |
Since Pinterest's awakened my craftiness, I decided to make a headboard and a sofa from scrap and old woods. The headboard is a recycled wood from our elf trucks’ flooring. These
old wood have been sitting in our storage room for a while... I got lucky to
salvage these gorgeous pieces. I also found a chunk of wood in our storage, I used it as a temporary bedside platform. The wood used for the pallet-like designed sofa were scrap from the deck's flooring. This pallet sofa is a multi-purpose piece of artwork - it can be used as a bed, a books/magazine shelf, a table, or a shoe rack...how cool is that?! hehe
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| Pretty headboard awaits for some art paint... |
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| Pallet sofa |
The 8-seater dining table and the entry tables are all made from recycled wood. The materials for tabletop were from the wood planks used in the pond gate before and old wood spindles again used for its table legs.
Likewise, recycled materials were used for the wine and glass shelf. It is made from a combination of truck and deck's flooring scrap. This one also awaits some art paint.
A nice vintage touch of a 1950's wood storage chest from my Grandma Adelfa adds up to the beach-inspired interior decoration. I am using it as a storage and a table at the same time.
For the exterior accent, a cottage cannot be complete without these pieces - a hammock and a swing bed. The swing bed is one of my favorites. It is also made from the trucks’ flooring and from an old staircase handle. The round center table is an old Narra wood that was once used as a target shooting board by my father. The hammock is a gift from my Mom, it is made of rattan material.
Okay, I hope everyone has a hammock or any lounge chair where you can enjoy a nice weekend.
Just a peek of what I am doing now for the cottage...I am inspired on working on the landscape. Wish me luck in creating a lovely garden. ;)
Just a peek of what I am doing now for the cottage...I am inspired on working on the landscape. Wish me luck in creating a lovely garden. ;)
P.S.
Coastal-inspired decor frames, shells, stuff toys and nets were from my friends (Marian, Mayleine, Zarina) and my sister, Chona. Thank you for being thoughtful...I will always treasure them.
