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This collection of home accessories and art pieces caught my eye at Tatung's Garden Café. I'm not crazy about how they're all put together (there's no unifying theme that I can see), but I do like the inlaid chest and the framed matchbooks, individually. ... 0 Published 20 days ago in
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Some people take pride in the huge gardens or expansive rooftop decks they have at home. Alan Hill of Detroit, Michigan? He lives in an abandoned automobile factory. And he's every bit as happy with his h... 0 Published 48 days ago in
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Ensuring its residents are always physically fit, this 3 Way House includes a rock climbing wall in its courtyard that can be used to access its multiple floors and a rooftop patio. More » ... 0 Published 67 days ago in
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A pair of hands on driftwood welcome guests to Tatung's Garden Café. 0 Published 78 days ago in
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The workshop of sculptor Carlito Ortega (see yesterday's post) is open to his extensive garden, and so is the study beside it. 0 Published 79 days ago in
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We recently discovered yet another lovely restaurant near our house: Tatung's Garden Café. Chef Myke Sarthou converted the ground floor of their house in Sikatuna Village into a warm, intimate, and quite romantic setting for diners to enjoy his delectable... 0 Published 94 days ago in
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At Resurrection Furniture and Found Objects Gallery (see yesterday's post), reused and recycled objects are not only found in the pieces that they sell. Everything at No. 10 Alabama Street is old, refurbished, recycled or repurposed. I couldn't help but n... 0 Published 97 days ago in
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The driveway of yesterday's 10-A Alabama Street, New Manila, Quezon City. 0 Published 99 days ago in
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At 10-A Alabama Street, New Manila, Quezon City. 0 Published 100 days ago in
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Follow us to the home, garden, and workshop of master potter Ugu Bigyan, whose art is inspired by the leaves and roots of plants which abound in his spacious garden, where one can sit or lounge, or take a siesta on bamboo, surrounded by bamboo; and, if y... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Patis Tito Garden Café is located in the City of San Pablo in the province of Laguna, about 85 kilometers away from Manila. Featuring Filipino cuisine in an al fresco garden setting, the main dining room is one large covered patio with coconut tree trunk ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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It is not unusual to find religious tiles on the walls of houses in Manila representing the particular devotion of the family living within. This tile shows a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate of Mary. 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The stars are brightly shining,It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth.~John Sullivan DwightMay your homes shine with the light of the Star of Bethlehem and your hearts be filled with the joy that the birth of our Savior brings.Christmas BlessingsExie... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Modern, upper-middle class houses in Quezon City typically stand on 200 to 300 square meter lots with hardly any room for a garden. 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Tam-awan Village in Baguio City is a replica of small Igorot village for people who have not and cannot travel into the interior of the Cordillera mountains. Some of the huts in Tam-awan Village are not reconstructions though. A few are original Ifugao an... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Go-to real estate hub Trulia has expanded its offerings to include heat maps of the parts of town you try to avoid after dark. It's remarkable how much better—or worse—it can make you feel ab... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Welcome to Casa San Pablo, a garden resort in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna, where our office had its annual R&R last Friday. Before WWII, it was a 7-hectare coconut plantation owned by the Azores-Gomez family. After it was divided among th... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Should you ever need a floor plan of your home, bringing in a professional to do the measurements might be expensive. And time consuming! So MagicPlan wants to replace human work, automatically creating a... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Solaleya's Pearl house takes on the counter-intuitive task of maximizing its energy efficiency by limiting the amount of solar energy it absorbs throughout the year. This tactic allows the structure to de... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Designed by the architecture firm Aires Mateus in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, this has got to be one of the coolest looking places you could ever hope your grandparents would live. I just visited my grandm... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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You say your address is Number 523? Hmm. I still can''t seem to find it. More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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I like minimalism. But Aires Mateus's House In Leiria goes a few notches beyond being merely clutter-free—the Portuguese abode doesn't just have stark interiors but a strikingly featureless white ex... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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I wonder how the neighbors of this house in Sendai, Japan feel—their buildings, from the look of things, seem like normal, unassuming homes. And then someone had to come and build this brooding blac... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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So you failed to win the auction for Cameron Frye's Dad's red Ferrari last year. Now what? Well, if that $1.65 million is burning a hole in your pocket, you could always buy the glassy Ferris Bueller hous... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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From the road, the ancestral house of the Legarda family looks like any of the few 1930s houses in Manila that survived World War II—though better maintained than most—and belies the wealth of history that lies within. The garden in front is planted with ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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As I mentioned at the start of this series about the ancestral home of the Legarda family, the house is now also a fine dining restaurant called La Cocina de Tita Moning. Appetizers are served in the sala (living room) while you wait for your table in the... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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An all-white bedroom in the ancestral home of the Legarda family displays the wedding gown of one of Alejandro and Ramona's daughters. Isn't that train just magnificent? • LEGARDA ANCESTRAL HOUSE #7 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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With my fascination for lamps and lighting fixtures, a lamp was bound to catch my eye in the 1937 home of Alejandro and Ramona Legarda. I just love the young person with a monkey cavorting all over this particular metal chandelier. • LEGARDA ANCESTRAL HOU... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Aside from being an avid photographer, Dr. Alejandro Legarda was also an amateur radio operator and a member of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association. He had a room specially built for his radio equipment on the third level of their house and when he g... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Dr. Alejandro Legarda was an avid amateur photographer. He kept his own dark room in their home and was one of the first members of the Camera Club of the Philippines; he remained a member until his death in 1993. His now-antique cameras and other accoute... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Tiny houses are not uncommon, especially in Tokyo. But Fuyuhito Moriya's three-story pad (which he bravely shares with his mother) is among the most impressive I've ever seen. It sits atop a single parkin... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Alejandro Legarda was an OB Gynecologist and had a clinic in his house. In fact, one of his sons was born in this very clinic. Yes, the skeleton is real; Alejandro used it when he was in medical school. Pardon the title, but I couldn't help it; this clini... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The interiors of the Legarda ancestral house is a perfect example of American colonial era home design in Manila. I will not be the only Manileño to say that it reminds me of my own grandmother's house. What I find absolutely amazing is how everything—fro... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Welcome to the home of Alejandro Legarda and his wife Ramona Hernandez, now a museum and fine dining restaurant called La Cocina de Tita Moning (The Kitchen of Aunt Ramona). Built in 1937, it was one of Manila's first art deco houses. It is located along ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Bilzen is a small, quiet city near the eastern border of Belgium. Its streets are lined with 17th and 18th Century buildings and modest homes. And then there's Bassam El-Okeily's glass-fronted Narrow Hous... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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My goodness, Steve Jobs' new house looks like it'll be a doozy. And it'll have to be, if he wants to keep up with the ivory castles his tech mogul cohorts have built for themselves. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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My favorite white lilies on the dining table… and my husband and best friend back home after two weeks in London. 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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In this episode of Home Makeover: Mansion Edition: Steve Jobs finally, officially, gets to demolish his house to build a new one. There had been some scuttlebutt over Jobs-occupied Jackling House was a historic landmark, but! It seems that ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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"She'll admire you for your car, she'll respect you for your position, but she'll love you for your waterbed." The waterbed undulated to 20 percent of the bed market by 1986. Now, they're gone. What happ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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On show until the end of June at the solar declathlon expo in Barcelona, this Fab Lab house is already making waves due to the fact it can be built in 15 days and house a family of four. More &raq... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The district of Binondo is Manila's Chinatown. It is a densely populated area, with more than twelve thousand people crammed into its .66 square kilometer (.26 square mile) land, according to the 2007 Philippine population census. Despite its narrow, crow... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The small island province of Marinduque, from where we began our Bellarocca trip, has six municipalities and no cities. They are typical of rural Philippine towns, whether they are inland or coastal, from their architecture and available services to the l... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Capitol Hills Golf & Country Club is one of the most popular golf courses in Quezon City. It is located beside three of the richest residential subdivisions on this side of the city: Capitol Hills Subdivision, Ayala Heights and Ayala Hillside Estates.... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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This is a typical section of our village's main road and shows well the wide mix of residents in our barangay. On the left is a big house, probably with no garden at all because the house takes up the entire lot; the house isn't new but it is very well ma... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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"I want a 9 car garage and be able to enjoy viewing one of them in the living room." And so it came to pass, and the people rejoiced. I love it when rich people go bonkers, don't you? More »... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Wayne Coyne, frontman of the acclaimed rock band The Flaming Lips, recently renovated his Oklahoma compound, and the new space gives the group's music a run for its money in terms of psychedelic flair, playful construction, and sheer imagination. The last... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Twenty years ago, Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 was a place where Tokyo's businessmen could get a quick night's sleep after a long day at the office. Today its an apartment building for those left unemployed by the devastating recession. As Japan's jobless r... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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