HL Designs: 2015

Baby Diaries

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We just added another nursery to our portfolio and we're just as excited as the new parents to share their bundle of joy! :-)

With parents being true blue ATENEANS, "Ateneo Blue" became the accent color for this predominantly white and gray nursery.

The left wall was covered in custom wallpaper done by Adcons. The rest of the walls were painted in a light gray hue from Dunn Edwards.

This corner is perfect for mom to nurse the baby or lull him to sleep.

As with every project, it's all about the details ...

Gotta love the combination of plains, prints and stripes on arm chair and ottoman this done by Bespoke Cebu.

Customizing wallpaper allows us to specify the exact size of the print, brightness of the colors, and even the sheen on the paper.

The tufting detail on the sides of the crib gives a dreamy touch! Special note: the height of the crib was customized to the mother's height requirements. One of the beauties (advantages) of having Bespoke furniture!

Residential

Mediterranean Homes

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Mediterranean home designs are inspired by Italian, Greek and Spanish styles which will always make you feel like you’re on a European getaway. HL Designs had a great time designing this lovely abode to give our client a feel of a “European vacation hotel” to come home to after along day.

Take a glimpse of HL Designs' recent Mediterranean-inspired works.

Commercial

Hukad - South Town Centre

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It’s always a treat when you get to eat delicious Filipino dishes in a lovely setting! With the help of HL Designs, the 8th company-owned branch of Cebu's very own Golden Cowrie opens in the South.

Beneath those wave-like designs on the ceiling are echo stop boards to reduce the noise inside the restaurant.

The signature puso (hanging rice) lamps hang above the bucket seats. Alternate slits of mirror and Bisazza tiles serve as accents to this wall.

The hand wash area.

Residential

DESIGNING LIVING SPACES AND HOME THEATERS

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LIVING ROOMS

Living spaces can be in all kinds of forms – you can either have them large and spacious or small and cozy, simple and casual, or formal and stately, whichever works for you.

If you love the outdoors, a lanai is the living space fit for you. A lanai is a Hawaiian term for “open-roofed porch or veranda” and is mostly popular in tropical areas.

HOME THEATERS

I think there has always been a market for home theaters. With the advent of specialized contractors now in Cebu who carry top-of-the-line home theater systems—including vibrating seats, padded walls and drop-down projector screens—there has been a trend to really have home theaters professionally done.

When it comes to the color palette, I wouldn’t say there is a universal one for designing home theaters. Color choices usually depend on the client’s taste; if ever the want to resemble a typical movie house, the usual colors would be black, white and red. The burst of colors often come from the movie posters that are hung on the walls.

LIGHTING

What adds to the warmth and comfort of a living space is the lighting. It can either make or break a living space. As a general rule, we normally specify warm lights—the yellow light as opposed to the white one—since these are softer to the eyes, brings out a better color of the room and makes it feel cozier.

Here are some tips you can follow:

1. Mix general, task and ambient lighting in living spaces.

· Desk lamps are examples for task lighting.

· For ambient lighting, you may use cove lights.

· Pin lights are strategically placed at the corners for general lighting.

2. Install dimmers. These can allow you to control the brightness of the lights and set the mood of the room.

3. Choose simple pin lights to compliment a fancy pendant light, drop light, or chandelier to keep the attention on the decorative light.

4. Personally, I prefer to specify round pin lights as these maintain shape through time while the modern-looking square ones tend to misalign.

Whatever living space you fancy, we at HL Designs make it special just for you.

Usually, we design with our client in mind; we get to know their wants, needs and lifestyle to make designing easier and have more appealing results. Their personal touch to our designs always enhances its uniqueness.

Commercial

Playhouse Preschool

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Schools shouldn’t scare children away. Learning is fun, and schools should be able to encourage that. This is why Playhouse Preschool’s interior design is fun and fit for kids – just like a typical playhouse.

HL Designs was dedicated to paint it vibrantly to encourage little ones that school is fun. It could also be used for their lessons in identifying the different colors. The preschoolers would also enjoy naming the different shapes used to accentuate their lovely and lively classroom!

Here's what HL Designs did for Playhouse:

Events

MYOH goes hawaiian for 2015

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HL Designs was incredibly excited for May 7, 2015. It was not just our very first mall event, but it was also our first time to take part in the ever glamorous Make Your Own Havaianas (MYOH) 2015!

With 10 years of MYOH celebration in Cebu, this popular flip-flop brand commissioned us to transform SM City Cebu Northwing into a little Hawaiian island complete with beach chairs, floral scarves, sunhats, white sand, and the ukulele. Most of all, it’s not Hawaiian without the vintage bike, the yellow Volkswagen Beetle and, of course, the Hawaiian collection of Havaianas.

With only a month to do it, our team was very engaged in conceptualizing, designing, sourcing, coordinating and literally weaving things together.

And at last, after pulling on an all-nighter the day before the event, we were ready to say Aloha!