Home stuff: Living room deco 101

Assalamu'alaikum

Hi there guys! How are you guys doing? It's school holiday season now and I hope many of you had great times with the kids. As kids, we always look forward to the holidays, me and the sibs...well, who doesn't, right?hehe. Mom and dad would send us back to the village or we say kampung in Malay, to visit our grandparents and cousins. It never bothered us if dad and mom were not around because we get to play day and night with the cuzzies, and eat such lovingly made food by Uwan :) 

I remembered the most epic game that we played was the treasure hunt game. The older cousins would sneak the clues in the most dumbest/weirdest place ever! Haha. They even shove it down a dead banana tree trunk and made us dig it up. Sooo nasty! haha. We bathe in the kolah (small pool in the bathroom used to contained water) and pretended as if we were in a swimming pool. Haven! Hahaha :D Those were the days. I'm old now though *sigh*

Sooo...back to the topic! I have a Pinterest account with sooo many inspiring pins that I adore! You can check them out here. So as I have many free weekends now, I thought I should give some of the easy ones a try :) I have been falling in love with geometric decorations I guess. I recently bought small pillows to put on the couch with chevron lines and previously had bought a small carpet with geometric design..annddd now, I want to try and paint something artsy for the wall *on a canvas, of course* with geometric inspired design too! hehe :D 

I love the geometric pattern on the wall and also the various designed pillows!
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I personally think it complements the yellowish carpet and also the curtains. I am thinking to buy/made another simple pillow but longer in size to put in between. It seems nice to be in odd number, right? But I didn't know what shades of color should I go for. Should I go with blue-ish tone, or grey-ish tone? I think those two would be nice. Or should I go with a lighter shade like white, peach or pink? Hmm...

Looove the combinations of turquoise+red+grey!
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Another thing I would like to add is more sitting spaces. Since I have a small living room, I think buying more bulky sofas is not such a good idea. I want to have a reading nook besides the window but I'm worried though because when it rains water will dissipates through the cements. I don't want that to ruin my pretty nook..cewahh..hahaha v(n_n)v But anyhow, I couldn't erase the idea of having a comfy nook in the living room. Here's some inspiration for you guys to check it out :D 

Love the led lights and the colorful pillows :D
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The plant pots, rattan basket and how simple this looks!
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Simple and functional. The copper bronze tone added umpph to the area :)
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White pillows and natural light
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Another tips I've learned to make a small space looks and feels roomier is by adding mirror in the room. I want to buy these Ikea mirrors since they can be 'glued' to the wall using only double tape but I will try to look for a more cheap version of it if I can though :) Since I only rent this house, I am not allowed to 'punctured' the walls with nails, so tapes are my last resort on trying to hang something on the wall :') These are some of the inspirations I get from Pinterest.

I would omit the lamp and the vase though :)
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The different sizes mirror give different dimensions to the room
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Would be nice to add to the wall facing the windows
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I know it is ambitious to do all of these deco stuff but I think I'm going to start small first, then slowly build my way up :) Moreover I have to think about my budget for this project and also my time allocation for it. Hee :D I would love to start from making the cushion cover myself and a sewing machine would definitely be a good idea to have now! Heheheh I am soo excited and thrilled to see the outcome :) I hope it is not only saying though. I think this will be it for now. I have something on my mind for this weekend project and will be sharing it with you if I really did it. Hihihi I think that is all for now. Thank you for reading! :)


~Husna S

Should I, shouldn't I?

Assalamu'alaikum

Hi guys! How is everyone? I hope no one is catching a cold due to the weather conditions lately. I am good here. Just recovering from cough, but am still having it though it is not as bad as last week :) 

So I have a friend, a new one actually. We were good at first and suddenly I don't know what happened, that person suddenly shows hatred towards me. Not directly though. Like for example, he/she will emails everyone in our group whenever he/she got something good, but not me. I don't know where did it all went wrong. Sometimes I felt like that person was just jealous of me, which I myself is still trying to figure out what is the one thing that I have, that he/she didn't. I am totally clueless ??? 

That person always asked for my help back in the days when we were good. I am glad to help, because we are friends, right? That is what friends should do to each other. And now, out of the blue, that person started to kick me out of his/her life. Started to ignore me whenever he/she feels like so, and talk to me whenever he/she feels like so. I am a little mad, of course; because I didn't like people used me like that. Being kind to me when he/she wanted to ask for a help from me. Friends share their laughs and sorrows together. Not just happy times. So when he/she decided to ignore me, I started wondering, should I do the same to him/her too? 

There are times when I am hurt with what he/she said, but then, as time passes by, I recovered and just let it go. Never would have crossed my mind to like totally ignore him/her. Because true friends just don't quit on each other :( So now, things has elevated to another stage. He/she will not even respond to me in our group. Whenever I ask a question, no respond. But when everyone else is talking, he/she would suddenly appear and continues chit chatting like nothing is wrong. I am sad, seriously. Because I didn't know what I did wrong and made me deserve this. I helped him/her a lot though but never have I asked for any help in return because that is my principal. I just don't like to ask for help. I am so sad because I never thought he/she could be this cruel.

I don't want to hate him/her, because we used to be good to each other. But I don't like the way he/she treated me now, too. What should I do? Should I just pretend like nothing is wrong? Should I just refrain myself from getting mad? Should I just continue to give him/her a helping hand whenever he/she ask for one? Of course deep down inside of me, the devil is suggesting just to get out of the group and forget about him/her. Forget that we have been friends before. Treat him/her back like what he/she did to me. But I can't do that. I am not the kind of person that simply just be mean to someone that I used to be good with. I am in a dilemma. I need opinions and advises. Please help me! :(

Love,

~Husna S