PSID Exhibit Progress Part One

Made this video last week to show people where I've been hiding these past few weeks :)

Exhibit Progress. Week 3 ++

whew! i can't believe it's almost a month now since the start of construction. we started working in this venue that was originally a warehouse/ storage house and now the progress is unbelievable! anyway, back to our booth...

as i've mentioned before, the theme of our exhibit is Sustainability.

and we're assigned to create a Dining Room that is 60-80% made of Plastic!

i know right?

Plastic?

but here's the progress so far :)

 i'm really happy how the mural has turned out :) it's so refreshing, and the logs i think fits perfectly too. we're trying to create a space that doesn't literally look like "the plastic booth", we want people to stop and guess for a while what our booth theme is.

so we made our design, Earth Friendly - Nature Inspired, to contradict how plastics are perceived as something that is unfriendly to the environment... mmm

 

and having installed these ceiling design made of PVC is actually a breather... YEAH. its THAT crucial you.could.kill.yourself.anytime. :p

 

 

wait for it.... :)

Exhibit Progress. Week 2 ++

what i never hoped for, happened last week -  i got sick :( and i just hate the feeling of being stuck in bed... when you know you have to go out and move your ass, cos if you slack off a little - you'll get piled up with work! but thank God that's the past :) i'm on my better health now, and i have been pretty busy scouting for stuff for this week's styling/ photo shoot (reveal soon), canvassing for exhibit, and looking for future, potential suppliers. and as always, i ended up buying tons of fabric/stuff i don't know where to use yet! *erk*

anyway, construction for our exhibit should be done end of next week *gasp* i know... we're kind of behind! but yeah, i'm having my fingers crossed and still hoping for the best. I honestly, at this point of being too stressed out, wish and want to get this done and over with! expenses are too much! and i just can't wait to not stay in the construction site for hoursss anymore, i want to paaarrtty! lol.

 These giant build-up letters are as LITERAL as they can be.

 being artistic with recycled pvc's

 wait for it... :)

Exhibit Progress. Week 1 ++

While everyone in Manila is engrossed with their long-weekend vacation, we on the other hand, are working - manning construction that is, on a Holiday... don't you just love it? :) *sarcasm*

But it's such a breather to have actually seen progress, like right now, we're painting.

 

 and though i'm really excited about how this booth is gonna turn out, i'm still having mixed emotions since we decided to alter changes and edit our original design (financial & time limit problems :( we don't have that much sponsors, so we're shouldering the cost ourselves *sigh* but oh well, in 2-3 week's time, it'll ll be over. and i'm just way too excited to work and focus on my real-life design projects after this :)

wait for it.... :)

Then and Now, But not quite Yet. My Room 2

i didn't had new furniture made in my room, nor did i buy anything outside from a store/ flea market
(wanted to try though, but had the busiest schedule this year, ever!)

so what you will see are actually my old furniture repainted and reupholstered. 
didn't know i would be blogging then, so sorry for no before pictures :(

to view how this room looked before,
click here


the chandelier.

this is new. i got this on sale from A&S Lights :)
A friend from high school owns the store, so she gave me more discount :)

the bed.

 

sorry for the gloomy photo,  i took this on the first day of moving in... :)

the divider.

these dividers used to be our old closet's doors... 

i had them repainted and made into screen.

the dresser.

turquoise & vibrant and i love it :)

for the details, i  changed my dresser's drawer pullers to faux crystals (i just saw them at Ortigas Home Depot - in gold base color, i repainted it with white), and extended a wing on both sides of the mirror - had 3 bulbs installed in each, for vanity and makeup purposes :)

and of course my makeup brush holders from used bottles of cheezwiz and all that! :)

 the chest of drawers.

in rusticated white. 

vintage handles are all from Ortigas Home Depot :)

 the desk.

now imagine this used to be Narra tinted in dark brown. i saw these upstairs my house, and nobody's using them... so i claimed it! haha. also changed all handles from this desk.

this is where i first tried the art "rusticating". 

yes, i tried it myself with paint and sandpaper, and asked our helper to finish where i started :)

 
that stool, also, was repainted and reupholstered.

some random knick knacks... i frequently changed the stuff here, depending on my mood.
right now, i just want to see the birdcage. LOL.

I still have some vintage posters waiting to hang, but i'm too lazy to start yet :)

the details.

and just some details that i have been taking from my iphone for some time :)

every time i plan to go shopping, i end up buying things for my room. hence, the birdcage, the lamps, etc.

 all the furniture in my room are either repainted or reupholstered. i haven't had anything (new) done yet since i don't want to spend for now, so finishing my room entirely would take up a lot of patience and time :)

my first collection of books from designer i LOOOVVEE :)

generic, metal framed chairs from the hardware store. had them repainted as well. these are the chairs we use when we have styling shoots :) (R) good finds! inexpensive jars from Dapitan. again, i only needed to buy one vase for our  flower arrangement homework, yet ended up buying four!

 (R) repainted mirror frame

i would want to post (clearer pictures) more, but our Exhibit is coming soon! (this October) and we're manning construction in 16hrs shift daily. but i'll come back for more :)

Exhibit Progress. Week 1

Each year, the Philippine School of Interior Design holds an exhibit to showcase the graduating batch's design/ work. And each year has a different theme. For our batch, it's 

Sustainability.

The Challenge.

You have to create a room/ booth where 50%-80% of the material you will use is made up of the one that was assigned to you.

Paper. Stone. Cement. Metal. Glass. Plastic. Rubber. Clay. Bamboo. Wood.

And the room will also be assigned in Random.

Living Room. Dining Room. Kitchen. Bedroom. Bathroom.

 And this box here, will be the Plastic Dining Room.

Excited much? Not really.

Only a few knows of the stress & pressure the students get during these period...

After our finals, we had our thesis.

After thesis, we need to have already presented our booth's design.

That was less than a week.

But i won't bore you with the details :)

In the meantime, just enjoy the pictures,

Week One.

Carpentry Works.

Flooring & Platform

Walls

Ceiling

 

ps. can you imagine staying for 8-12hrs shift here daily? yep... that's our life :)