Creative Mondays
Still enjoying my Creative Mondays. Besides my weekly painting class, I’ve spent a little time this afternoon making a candle decoration from materials found mostly in the studio. Temperature will be staying at around 15 degrees throughout this week, winter is definitely just around the corner. It is forecast that we’ll have a very cold […]
tagged: class, creative-mondays, DIY, oil-painting, project, weather
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DIY
Can’t think of what to get for my friend’s birthday, decided to do a little DIY this afternoon, hopefully she’ll like the little gift I made. I kind of like giving living plants as gifts because they don’t deteriorate over time, and they don’t become outdated like electronic gifts. In contrast, if plants are well […]
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Cork Shelf Doors
Was late for fellowship tonight as I was caught up with finishing installing the last row of shelf doors in my home studio. Took me a while, but glad that one part of my big studio re-modelling project is finally completed.
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Cork Shelf Doors
Was debating what to do this afternoon, took a stroll around goldfish street, then flowers market, and ended up going to an art supplies shop to buy cork boards. Spent most of my day cutting and installing another row of cork shelf doors. Have a lot of ideas in my head on how to refurnish […]
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Cork Shelf Doors
The bball gathering didn’t take place today because we were 1 person short, so I had the whole day all to myself. Decided to indulge myself with some DIY fun. Went out for lunch and then shopped for materials, then I spent the rest of the sweaty afternoon replacing a row of my shelf with […]
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Cleanup
Had been doing a lot of clean up since last week. First was my bedroom, finally cleared up all the cardboard saved from my brother’s home renovation during summer, took a lot of time converting them into “bricks“. Following was my home studio, it was uncomfortably disorganized – cardboard scraps, freelance work, passport renewal forms, […]
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Aquarium
It’s becoming one of my most look-forward-to weekend events now – tending my studio’s aquarium! Spent an entire afternoon today and did a thorough cleaning of the aquarium, removed the algae that carpeted much of the stone wall and sediments, hopefully it won’t come back again. Don’t know why there’s so much nutrients in the […]
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Cleanup
I disliked the roman blinds that was installed in my bedroom, they completely blocked the operable windows and discouraged natural ventilation and daylighting. After 2 years of occasional visual/psychological annoyance, I finally replaced them with rolling screens, they filter (rather than block) strong direct sunlight and leaves the operable windows operable even when they’re lowered. […]
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Turning Point
The 3 kids in the house had finally moved back to their renovated apartment last week, tranquility was once again experienced after ~2 months! Reclaimed my bedroom so I no longer had to sleep in my home studio, it’s nice to be able to physically separate the work and rest area once again. Had kept […]
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Cardboard Bricks
Had a lot of gatherings with family and friends in this CNY holiday, so I didn’t have as much time to work on my DIY projects as I hoped. Nevertheless, I managed to craft some brick-sized (also half-sized) cardboard boxes, this is what I’ll do with all future cardboard collected from excess packaging!
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