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Enterprise A place where you can find great Asian Furnitures that would fit your specific needs in your abode. The stores are located at Mandaluyong: Warehouse 2 Pines Street Cor. Sheridan Sts, Phone (632)746-6839 Fax (632) 687-2849; Alabang: 304 Home Precinct, Commerce cor. Filinvest Ave., Filinvest Corporate City Phone (632)771-1062 & 771-0660. The shops are managed by owners Mohammad Arshad, Lolita Arshad and their daughter Shala Arshad-Remo. The term Oriental where the shops name was derived from is used as an adjective akin to "eastern": for example, the Philippine island Mindoro is divided into two provinces whose titles include the words "oriental" and "occidental" respectively. Traditionally, the Orient referred primarily to the cultures and countries of what are now considered Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia. This particularly included Persia, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Egypt. As awareness of the countries of Eastern Asia grew in Western European and American consciousness in the late 19th century, the term came to refer primarily to China, Japan, and the surrounding nations. Remnants of the older conception of the Orient still exist in the English language in such collocations as "Oriental rug" and "Oriental harem". In popular usage, the Orient is most often used in reference to the countries of East Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia,Singapore, Vietnam, and sometimes the rest of Southeast Asia. The term "Oriental" refers to people, goods and culture from those areas. Asian countries such as India, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka are no longer generally considered by some people to be part of the Orient. Because Asia is the largest continent in the world, the term is sometimes limited to only furniture made or originated from Far East AsiaChina and Japan, which is usually characterized with bamboo, or red color with some Asian characters or symbols on it. However, with globalization nowadays people are more familiar with other parts of Asian culture. Southeast Asian furniture such as Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Javanese, and Balinese furniture are now becoming recognized and appreciated. Other Asian furniture such as South AsianIndian are also becoming more popular as one of the trends in interior decorating. There is also the colonial furniture made for the British during their rule in Asia, which includes furniture mostly from India and Burma (now already antique) and their reproductions. Southeast Asian furniture are usually dark brown in color with a lot of Hindu-influence carving. Some may have Polynesian accents such as those from eastern parts of Indonesia. such as and Orientique is known for having great collections of wooden furnitures like Wooden Almirahs. Wooden Bed, Wooden Book Racks, Wooden Cabinets, Wooden CD - Racks, Wooden Chairs, Wooden Tables, Wooden Wine Racks, Wooden Boxes and more wooden furnitures. "My Dad and I like to go to out of the way places to find very rare pieces. Furthermore, we modify primitive pieces and turn them into new useful fixtures such as making a door into a coffee table or dining table," Shala eagerly stated. Lolita also prided, "Our collections use sustainable natural resources to reflect the current world trends of simplicity, elegance & modern comfort. After undergoing drying & treatment processes, every piece of furniture is hand-made and hand-finished by skilled professionals." INDIAN
WEDDING GAZEBO used for the wedding ceremony for most Indian Weddings. It is made of Burmese Teak wood, over a hundred years old. The whole design is hand-carved by Indian Sculptor even the roof part.  DAYBED made of hand-carved Burmese Teak Wood. Can be used as an accent piece or as the main focal point of a living room. WOODEN CARVED DOOR (leaning on the wall) hand-carved Burmese Teak Wood Door. The design is intricately done with metal works as accent. Hundred year old door from the Palace in Rajasthan, India.  COFFEE TABLE Antique Indian Door Panel converted into a coffee table with beveled glass top; Burmese teak wood.  DINING TABLE (FOR 6) Burmese antique wood door converted into a Dining Table with embossed tiles as accent design.  BOOKSHELF Antique Burmese Teak wood used for storing books and documents from India. They offer its discriminating clientelle ornate wooden pieces procured from all corners of India, China, Indonesia and Pakistan including handmade carpets from Iran, India and Central Asia (namely, the former USSR). ** Take advantage of their SALE this March 2008. 55% OFF in celebration of their 8th year here in the Philippines. Designing with a Budget We love to make our house a home that you love to live on. Some people are scared to design their homes thinking that decorating and renovating can be too costly! If you love decorating and you love a challenge then you'll love the challenge of decorating on a budget. There's nothing quite like fighting your impulses to buy everything you see just so that you keep to your budget, and trying to get everything you need to decorate your house without breaking your budget. It is a losing battle I can tell you that much. Sometimes the desire to buy the amazing things you see in the home improvement stores can be almost overwhelming. There isn't too much that you can do about that except to move on as quickly as possible on to the next item on your list. That said, decorating on a budget can be quite fun if you can manage to loosen up a bit and not drool all over the expensive items. There are many inexpensive items you can buy that will look like their expensive cousins if they're displayed properly. And that's really the challenge of decorating on a budge, the ability to take an inexpensive item and be able to disguise its true worth and make it look like a hundred bucks instead. Then you also have the challenge of actually staying within your budget. That is more of a challenge than anything else as I regularly tend to go overboard. Unfortunately if you're decorating on a budget then the very last that you want to do is to go overboard. If you do spend more than is feasible on one particular piece then you can be sure that everything else on your list is going to get thrown off and no matter how hard you try it will be difficult to get everything back on track. The
only way that you could even justify going way over budget for one
piece of furnishing is if the quality is exceptional and if you're were
thinking of making it the key piece of the room. If that's the case
then you can always get away with something as your other pieces will
necessarily be less expensive. In this case what you need to do is to
highlight this expensive piece and use the other pieces to enhance it. How can we save in re-designing our house? Decorating mistakes can be very expensive and reflect heavily in the
final result of your project and your overall happiness. When
decorating on a budget it is important to remember some important
design concepts to save you time and money by doing it right the first
time. Choosing style, space planning, color schemes, the
use of focal point and visual weight objects, and lighting are all key
elements in all good design. Familiarity with materials and furnishings
is also important to ensure your chosen look will not be outdated
tomorrow and that it will flow with other areas of your home. The proper use of lighting is another important aspect of interior design. From ambient accent lighting to task lighting, proper lighting can be the difference between a professional, polished look and a disappointing result. Smaller rooms can be made to appear larger by placing decorative etched mirrors on one of the walls. This gives the illusion of added space, while adding the decorative touch to the wall. Outdated but stylish calendars make absolutely wonderful framed posters for almost any wall in the home. Instead of tossing out last year's old calendar, save it and clip out the photos you like. Measure the size of the photos and find frames, and arrange them in your rooms. These are great for smaller areas that need a little something to spruce up the walls. |
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