Sleeping is an important part of anyone’s routine. When I’m not doing my day job or my interior designing side gigs, I make sure that I get at least 8 hours of sleep in order to recharge for the coming day and the tasks to accomplish. Sleeping on unhealthy surfaces, however, even for more than [...]
Frodo may have been small of stature, but he was tasked with the greatest burden of all to carry the ring of evil to Mount Doom and destroy it. Still, can you imagine if Elrond let Frodo Baggins leave Rivendell without the Fellowship of the Ring being formed? He would probably not have made it [...]
If there ever was an original interior design sin that every single human being has committed, it would be of wasting precious space. Such sinful commission may not come from the wanton, intentional, or deliberate desire to commit this sin, but sometimes interior designers such as myself can’t help but shake their heads in disapproval [...]
An unavoidable evil when living with other people is that belongings tend to be everywhere. I usually find a novel or two lying around on the floor, or even a pair of jeans hanging from the armrest of the couch. Living with children would be worse, entailing experiences at night where you’d walk around in [...]
Have you ever experienced waking up with an aching back or a clicking neck? I have, and I did not know why it was happening until my bed got a year older and I thought that I had to buy a new mattress. According to the salesperson, who happens to be a colleague of mine, [...]
As it should be in any office setting, the workplace should have an air of efficiency and professionalism regardless of whether you’re working for a company that manufactures clown costumes or one that is a subsidiary of Enron. However, it doesn’t mean that people should lose their individuality to give way for the corporate mentality. [...]
I like sleeping because it feels good and recharges me for the day I have ahead. I value sleep a lot, that’s why I get the best sleeping implements that money could buy. Apart from plush duvets and orthopedic mattresses, I found out that firm bed frames are important for a comfortable and healthy sleep. [...]
With every space of the house being filled with various objects, it seems almost impossible to have space to store everything. People, thus, were pressured to innovate and considered the space beneath the bed as a suitable storage location. If anything, this is a smart design that can serve as a stand-alone storage space or [...]
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