ShareHave always loved the indulgent feel of Cafe Juanita in Pasig City. Visited its new location (across the old one) last week and was happy to see the same quirky aesthetic translated to the garden setting: Simple layers of plants and outdoor elements (parrots!), put together with lots of love. Tweet
Share…and anyone who’s ever imagined a dream home (that means you, me, and everybody)! Groundbreaking episode of HOME BASE tomorrow, Saturday, April 28, 2012. This is a labor of love that my friends and I have been working hard on, hope you can watch and support! From the team behind National Geographic Channel’s Inside: Malacanang, we bring [...]
ShareI’ve asked permission from a friend if I could post her research on indoor vertical gardens as a guest post here. We had such a lively discussion about them over lunch a month ago– it was great finding a kindred green spirit right in Nuvali itself! Am sure many others out there will resonate with [...]
Share So excited for this! It will be my first time at a CITEM trade show, and what a first time it will be– I’m coming in as an actual buyer and not just an usi or usisera. Thanks again to my trusty friend, Claudine, for the heads up! The fair will run for four days [...]
ShareI’ve always had a soft spot for nooks and crannies. Hidden spaces turned into showcase areas, utility or storage space–whatever the owner fancies–these unexpected “bumps” in a house always felt warm to me, much like how a loved one’s imperfections end up so endearing. We didn’t have an architect for our houses in Tagaytay, and [...]
ShareMy dad is the rah-rah boy for the banggerahan, a window and sink extension common in traditional Pinoy kitchens, and he asked for a banggerahan-inspired window to be installed in our Tagaytay house: It comes in handy for displaying planters, or just for good old ventilation, similar to horizontal ventanillas we saw in Treveia’s green home: [...]
ShareI want these cabinets! One can never have enough storage room so these would definitely have to be everywhere in my house! Also love this hidden door that leads to the bedroom: Images from Dwell.com Tweet
ShareWhen I first read about the Postgreen Homes in Philadelphia on Dwell.com, I got excited because their prototype, the 100K House, looked almost exactly like the dream green home I had in mind for my Avida Settings Nuvali home. When I looked through their other projects, I got even more excited because these people behind Postgreen–the Ludemans–were [...]
Share The goal: to build small, sustainable houses at reasonable prices right in the middle of the city, with easy transit access. Who’s doing it? Postgreen Homes in Philadelphia! Developers Chad Ludeman and his wife Courtney, shown in the picture with their son, built the $100K House (about Php4.2M) in 2009 as their prototype Postgreen [...]
Share Do you know anyone (designer, artist, architect, professor) doing anything related to biomimicry in the Philippines? Would love to learn more about this! In any case, great green ideas from Michael Pawlyn on TED.com! His three big steps forward in the sustainability revolution: radical increases in resource efficiency switch from a linear (i.e. wasteful) way [...]
ShareSaw these potted orchids grouped together in one big vase at Milky Way Cafe: Beautiful. And great idea to group them and elevate on a table! Milky Way Cafe is famous for its halo-halo, and was happy to see it still alive and buzzing after over 50 years of operation. The whole cafe felt like [...]
ShareSharing some design ideas I got from the home and gallery of Dr. Joven Cuanang, the visionary behind Pinto Art Gallery, which I finally got to visit for the Antipolo Earthfest 2011. Only had a few hours to spare that day, but could’ve spent all day and night there– such a recharging place I liked [...]
I am Johanna -- an artist, professional real estate broker and new resident of Nuvali.
Follow my adventures in My Nuvali Home as I find beauty in this new eco-city south of Manila, build my dream green home, and transition towards everyday green living in the Philippines.
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