DIY-ing

I have been doing a bit of DIY for our home lately. As my friend said DIY stuff is not all the time equal to saving money and i guess it's true that's why I only have allotted budget for something i want to do. 

Like this one below. My husband wants me to change the display in our coffee table in the living room. We had candles before but I suggested we moved it to the dining table instead so I made the following.

- Ikea Kulort in purple
- Ikea glass vase
- Ikea plastic flower

                                    

And turned out to this

                                               

Not bad, yeah? 

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As I try to entertain myself because I'm sad and I'm missing my mother,  I stumbled upon this Yahoo article which I think is very useful for everyone who uses bed sheets. All we need to know is the list below - it's kind of a long read but surely informative.

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No matter your relationship status, you never go to bed alone. Nestled within your sheets are countless intruders. For an explanation, we turned to Philip M. Tierno Jr., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University's Langone Medical Center.

How often do most Americans change their sheets?

It varies. Most people have a standard of once a week. But many people go three weeks, a month or more. "Younger people seem to leave their sheets on the bed longer," Dr. Tierno says.

How often should they change their sheets?

Wash sheets and pillowcases once a week, and you'll eliminate that debris that has accumulated in the bed for that week. You'll be safer from breathing in that material.

Debris? How can sheets possibly get that dirty?

Human skin cells become food for dust mites. That is one of the biggest problems associated with bedding. Mites accumulate, along with their feces. But there is also animal hair, dander, fungal mold, fungal spores, bodily secretions and bacteria. Also: dust, lint, fibers, particulates, insect parts, pollen, soil, sand and cosmetics. "One person can perspire as much as a liter in a night—even more if you have a lot of covers," he says. And, of course, people eat in bed as they watch TV.

All this stuff is yucky, but is it a health risk?

It is mainly a threat to respiratory tracts and not an infectious source. If you have allergies or asthma, this matter can exacerbate it. If you don't have an allergy, you could develop one because you're constantly challenged.

Is there an ideal way to wash bedding?

The water should be 130 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, typically the washing machine's hot-water cycle. Then dry using a hot drying cycle. That is germicidal; it actually kills and destroys a lot of vegetative material. It also kills the dust mites. For extra protection, "bleach is excellent. It is probably the cheapest germicide and can be used in a low concentration." Cold water non-bleach bleaches use peroxide, so they're also germicidal.

Once a week, hot water. Then I'm safe?

No. To protect the mattress, I use an impervious outer cover. If you look at a mattress, it collects debris by gravity. All kinds of things collect on it that are absorbed into its core. Without the impervious cover, your mattress is a "zoological and botanical garden," he says. The outer covers are made of pliable, plastic vinyl and are commonly used by people with asthma and allergy symptoms. The covers should also go on pillowcases. "If you put an impervious outer cover over the mattress and mattress pad, your mattress won't harm you."  Source 

As for me we change our sheets once a week, wash it on the washing machine with faucet water. We don't use hot water for washing clothes but we use germicidal liquid detergent to sanitize the sheets and some of our clothes. We also let our pillow stay under the sun for an hour or two during the hottest time of the day, noon. I observe that they smell clean when do. :D

Let's keep clean to stay healthy! Yey!


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GT: Plato addict!

I'm a day late but nevertheless, I still want to join GirlsTalk for November. This week's girltalk is shopping housewares. I <3 it :)

Even while in highschool when going to the mall with friends, my closest buddies Maricel and Iris would say, "I know where Hapi is heading. Sa mga pinggan, kurtina, etc etc!" Haha. I just love beautiful home with beautiful housewares and let me include furnitures, okay? :) Home furnishings. :)

When the time comes when the Lord grants our wish of our own home in Singapore, I will surely love the day when we shop for furniture and household stuff. Just last week actually I thought that I might need to ship a rattan living room sofa if I can't find the classic one in Singapore for our own house. Wishing! I want the classic style, I saw the most comfortable and beautiful white rattan sofa in Bacolod at the famous Cuadra mansion. :) Something like the below but bigger and white. And will add up voile curtains behind. Hehe. It feels and looks cozy. Simple but elegant.

So for housewares I usually buy from Ikea. It's one stop shop, cheaper and practical here, http://www.ikea.com.sg/en/catalogue/index.asp  browse your like! hehe

2 months ago I changed our plates and mugs to Ikea Dinera blue, from apple green before. I also bought new sets of Ikea PANNA place mats, light blue.

Everytime you visit Ikea you think whatever is displayed is needed at home. You will end up buying more than what you planned. Our kitchen wares are bought from different stores as the kitchen appliances. We almost have everything a little home needs, so shopping for these stuff is not all the time as much as I want. :)

 
 

 

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I can't wait til IKEA day

Naku, it's already Thursday and I'm 1 sleep away from Friday. I love Friday because it is the last day of work for the week. Even if it is sometimes busy, it feels like it's not because my body and mind are ready for freedom in the next hours. 

When it is Friday, I am then 1 sleep away for Saturday. For 10 Saturdays, my husband and I will be stage parents to H who is into Weekend school at ACES Montessori. Although I really would love to sleep longer on Saturdays but since her class starts at 9.15AM, we have to wake up early to prepare.

If we don't have other plans on a Saturday, we just normally stay at home and wait for 5PM to prepare ourselves for Barkadahan Kay Kristo Saturday Service at the Salvation Army Changi corp. We used to have this Saturday service at my brother's place who is our pastor.

Sunday is ofcourse church day. We go to Lighthouse Evangelism in Tampines. usually the 11 AM service. After church, we go to IKEA to have lunch and do my stress reliever, shopping. This is my new mall. I really can't wait because I already have lists of things to buy from there. I want to organize all these remaining papers/folders/envelops clutter we have in our room so I am buying storage boxes. The white boxes here I think should work.

And 3 large Samla transparent boxes for our storage room. Our storage room is pretty messy and so aside from the storage boxes, I'm buying from Ikea their cheap but sturdy rack. 2 of them as the other one will be placed in the kitchen.

I'm also running out of scented candles. I particularly buy all the scents of Tindra scented candles.  

Ofcourse, we can't missed the Children's IKEA. I need small storage boxes for Hershey hair accesories. I don't know yet what exactly to buy. I also need something for her books.  I might get a basket for this so we can just place it anywhere in the room and would still look good. She has the Vesla storage boxes in all colors which we use keep her toys together with a cabinet na napulot lang. :)

Yaya shiela who is going home to Bacolod next month is also planning to buy Saxan towels. These towels that comes in different colors are number 1 pasalubong to the Philippines. It only costs 5 Sgd. :)

 I really hope I could buy them all. I want I want!