The Curious Mom

There is plenty of pressure on the amount of urban living space available and that means you will often need to get creative when it comes to making the most of the room size that you have to work with.

Here are some ideas to help you get creative, including why it pays to choose your furniture carefully, suggestions for choosing the right seating, and how your choice of curtains can have a positive impact on your room design.

Choose your furniture to scale

One of the best design secrets that you can use to your advantage when faced with a challenging amount of living space is to carefully select your furniture so that it is in proportion to the size of the room.

It is also a good idea to take your time choosing furniture that is not only to scale but can serve multiple purposes too.

Use wall sconces to save valuable floor space and club chairs or tight back sofas are often good seating options without compromising on comfort.

Choose a focal point

Another great way of making your room appear as spacious and appealing as possible would be to concentrate on highlighting the room’s best features.

If you have an attractive fireplace in the living room, make that the focal point of attention and design the room around it.

As the saying goes "Mother knows best" Hope must seem so lost when you fight a fight against elements that are intangible and unseen. Worse, airborne threats continue to plague every household and consistently have mothers worried for the safety of their family. 

While threats like these can be avoided through many different means, how then can anyone be certain that what they have is the best and the most effective solution in this world of organic, D-I-Y, and back-to-basics methods? There is only one question you should ask yourself, moms: 

Christmas is in the air and with it are the parties and gatherings you’d probably host or attend. And with every Filipino Christmas party tradition, good food and drinks never fail to make their appearance. But sometimes, the abundance of holiday favorites becomes a dilemma before and even after every party or shindig. 

It might be something often overlooked because of all the excitement during these events, but behind the merry celebration, a conscious homemaker will always have these two concerns in mind: the food storage and the potential leftovers.