HL Designs: Residential

Chateau de Paz

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Chateau de Paz is our first ever project in Bohol commissioned by a local family-owned real estate developer, the Fortune Group. It is a 2-storey, 5-bedroom, 4.5 bathroom, single-detached house. Three months in the making, a few trips back and forth, and many calls, texts, pictures exchanged over email and Viber later, the house is now open for viewing.

The living room is predominantly black and white with a mix of prints and patterns.

The dining room has two ghost chairs that sit on the ends of the rectangular black glass table to add an element of playfulness to the interiors.

Another bold use of color, royal blue serves as an accent wall in the family room.

Staircase - The landing stairs is lined with potted plants to give the house a touch of green.

The master bedroom is painted boldly in a dark gray color with only white paneled headboard as contrast.

Master Walk-in Closet - a full length mirror at the far end of the wall gives the illusion of space.

Home Office - The home office doubles as the Sales Manager's office who will be assigned in the site. It takes after one of Pantone's color of the year 2016 Serenity.

Boys bedroom - The boys bedroom is kept in neutral gray tones with just a pop of orange on the bolster and a few accessories.

Girls bedroom - The blush-striped accent wall in the girls room makes the room so sweet.

Location: Dauis, Bohol
Project-in-Charge: Idr. Cyril Ocaba

Residential

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.

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.

Residential

BIG THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES

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Every Filipino dreams of one day owning their own house and lot, and size should never stop anyone for aspiring for the finer things in life.

Almiya, an Aboitizland development in Mandaue City, just recently re-launched their model units with an aspiring theme, so HL Designs was commissioned to make two (2) houses with limited space look grand!