YOU’LL enjoy a good read in your log cabin in this Antonio accent chair(TOP). FOR YOUR BEACH GARDEN(Left) Entertaining is a breeze with this six-seater Melika garden set. FUN DINING IN THE COUNTRY(Right) Six-seater Paramount Malaysian rubber wood dining set with tempered glass

IT’S that lovely little—or not so little—space far away from the madding crowd that you call home, where you and your family retreat during long weekends and for the occasional minibreaks when the daily grind just gets a bit much. Now, how about giving your personal refuge a fresh new look? Our Home, the lifestyle store where you can get great items at great prices, shares with us some great decorating ideas that will certainly put your home away from home in a holiday mood.

Ocean view. Life’s a beach, and you’ll get swept away with beach-house furniture from Our Home. Soak in the sun and enjoy afternoon naps with a sleek lounge chair, or watch the ocean from your porch in a wicker dining set in PVC plastic to withstand salty water. Life has never been this good!

Cabin fever. Escape the summer heat and go to your log-cabin hideaway tucked somewhere in the mountains. Cuddle up in Our Home’s cozy accent chair, or sink into a luxurious deep-brown leather sofa set. Rustic home accessories like a shaggy leather rug, wooden bowls, vases and lamps bring you to another time and place.

Country chic. It’s a wonderful break from everyday city living. A wooden six-seater dining set makes for a wonderful tableau for bonding with family and friends. A country bedroom set is a welcome respite after a day spent wandering in your field of summer dreams. A wengue bed frame combined with light and breezy floral-bed linens brings a contemporary look to the typical country bedroom.

The collection is available at all Our Home stores at SM Megamall, SM City Fairview, SM Southmall, V-Mall, The Block at SM City North Edsa and SM Mall of Asia. In the provincial areas, branches are at the SM Supermalls in Cebu Northwing, Bacoor, Sta. Rosa, Baguio, Pampanga, Clark, Lucena, Marilao, Dasmariñas, Batangas, Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro. 

Vivid dialogue pops up across the blogosphere

THE baffled father posted a simple question online. “Any idea what color would be great” for the bedroom of his guitar-playing 13-year-old son? Kate Smith’s answer, posted on her blog at www.colorforyourhome.com, pulled no punches.

‘X-Files’ fans get a taste of the 2008 sequel

YOU must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss—unless, that is, it’s a kiss between paranormal investigators Fox Mulder and Dana Scully projected larger than life on the giant screen of the Cinerama Dome.

Reeling: In praise of the first ‘Japayukis’

THAT we love to sing is proven already by the phenomenon of salesclerks and ladies who may not have it in their mind to thank you but are always ready to sing along with whatever is playing in the department stores.

For your home away from home

IT’S that lovely little—or not so little—space far away from the madding crowd that you call home, where you and your family retreat during long weekends and for the occasional minibreaks when the daily grind just gets a bit much.

Want a taste of the farming lifestyle?

HACIENDA San Benito is the newly developed real farming residential estate in scenic Lipa, Batangas. Just a little over an hour’s ride from the hustle and bustle of Metro Manila, urban families can now fully enjoy the experience of working and living off the land but without actually getting their hands dirty.