mock up

 

The only thing I learned from my Interior Design 3 prof is the art of cramming. She never discussed anything related to the activities she gave and she gives new plates, scale model or/and mock up every week!! It's a lot of work for us because we also have other major subjects aside from her class. We tried explaining but she doesn't care at all. I hate cramming, I was never good at it but all thanks to her I can be considered pro at it now. LOL. Anyway, this was the mock up for Sunnies Studios that we crammed. HAHAHA! Can't imagine my college life without these two. We're so darn exhausted every week and now we're on to the last project for this term. We're doing another scale model for our finals. Let's go team!

BUSY LIFE = BLESSED LIFE

"This is one of the busiest term ever. I cannot wait for this term to end" - me every term. LOL. But seriously, I only have 4 subjects but the loads of work that I'm carrying is too much. I barely have any free time and I'm already lucky if I get a 6-hour sleep at night. But of course, working out is still a priority, but other than that I don't have other "me" time. It is really true that in college, even if you want to cry because you cannot handle the stress anymore, you must hold back your tears because you don't have time for drama. The struggle is real. Sometimes when I'm on my way to school and I can't hold back my tears anymore, I just let it all out. I'm lowkey sobbing and I think few people have seen me cry in the subway but IDC. I just want to sleep.

Recently some of my highschool friends got their diploma already and some are just gradwaiting. Whenever I open my instagram account and see my friends having a trip to somewhere, I can't help but feel envious because they have so many time to do the things that they want, and here I am struggling to fit all the things I need to do in 24 hours.

Despite being busy and even if from time to time I just want to cry out loud, I must admit that I still enjoy my course. I have no regrets that I'm taking up Interior Design. I was hesitant before to take this course before because I know how time consuming it is, but with every plate and plans that I'm doing, I become more and more hungry to do better and excel in everything I do. I love Interior Design and I must say that I feel blessed that I get to study every aspects of it. I cannot wait to graduate, get a job and share my design with different clients. All of this for our Father above whose presence have never left me. :)

PS: I'll be sharing some of my plates and projects on my next post. see ya! x

Condo Unit Project

I thought I had enough of our midterm last time (which I posted last June) but I was wrong. Now when I think about how much I thought I was worn out from all the plates that were given to us before, I just laugh at it. Should've thank my prof for being nice to us for not giving us the amount of stress that I experienced from our mid term this sem.
Anyway,  I'm officially done with my all my mid term projects/tests. I was exhausted as fuck. No. Exhausted is an understatement. I'm extremely tired almost close enough to being numb. I don't drink coffee because the smell of it makes me dizzy but I had no choice. Didn't get enough sleep for a whole week.. I actually didn't sleep for 3 days. I was awake for 72 hours. Took a nap for 1-2 hours so I'd say I'm awake for 70 hours. But after presenting my design, I've never felt so refreshed after getting my sleep for 16 hours straight. hahaha! I slept at 2 pm and I woke up at 7 am the next day. Still not enough though. I need to finish another elevation for my other class so I need to work my ass off again.

Anyway, since I never posted my plates before since I suck at manual rendering, I wouldn't mind sharing my project now since I used 3DS Max for rendering. Yes, I crammed it. Yes, it is my first time to use photoshop. Yes, it is my first time to use 3ds max. I almost passed out from doing all of this so I'm going to share it. No shame. It's far from perfect but I think I did pretty well considering that it's a first for me.

We were asked to design a condo unit. Of course there's a design challenge but I wouldn't list it anymore. But we were asked to design a minimalist chic (Kelly Hoppen style) interior so I got all my inspiration from the design projects of Kelly Hoppen.

LOL. I wasn't able to finish rendering my ceiling plan and my media cabinet. The closet and the media cabinet should be floor to ceiling. Basically there should be drop ceiling for my lights but since I was running out of time, I wasn't able to finish it anymore. :( 

I know, the lighting sucks. I spent 2 hours figuring out how to fix the sun and my lights but I failed. I used like 20 target lights to substitute my sun. HAHAHAHA!

How I wish we were given enough time so I could've done it better.

At least somehow it turned out the way I wanted it to be. If only I could fix the textures, lights and my dining area it would be better. Anyway, we're moving on with 3DS Max and we'll use Reviit starting next week. Kinda sad that we only get one and a half month to learn it. I want to master 3DS Max so bad. I need a new laptop so I can practice it at home. Apple isn't a good choice for these kind of software since Windows is needed for the software to run. How I wish I could get new laptop for free. LOL. IN MY DREAMS. haha! 

Anyway, please stay tuned for my future posts. Thanks for reading. xx

Finals

I have 3 more days left before this term ends and I'm super excited about it!! It's no joke studying in a school which has a trimestral system. You really need a grip because everything is happening too fast. Everything is in fast phase, you need to catch up and you barely have time to take a break. I feel like we just finished our mid term and now I'm down to my last 3 finals.

In all fairness, our finals is a little bit easier compared to our mid term. I have 2 scale models (group work), 2 plates and presentation, & defense. At least our scale model is in group of three's so the work load is distributed. I can't wait to finish our scale model and my presentations for my plates! We're already done with our first scale model for my History of Interior Design class (above photo) We finished everything in 4 hours!!! hahahahaha! It's in Biedermeier style, and to be honest it looks better than what we expected - considering that we crammed it in 4 hours. And now, we just have to finish our scale model for my Interior Design 1 class. We're doing an industrial interior and we realized that it was such a wrong move. Everything should be detailed, from the ceiling to the furniture. I'm hoping that we can finish it tomorrow since we're the first group to present on Tuesday. Wish me luck!! x

JUNE 2016

Here's a quick recap on how this month goes for me:
a lot or plate revisions, bedroom floor plan, bedroom reflected ceiling plan, bedroom elevation, bedroom perspective, toilet and bath floor plan, T&B reflected ceiling plan, T&B elevation, T&B perspective, client contract, concept, 3 living room perspective with required colored scheme, french baroque interior rendering, 4 plates for my history of interior design class, mock job interview + written exam

Just a typical month for an Interior Design student I guess? nothing really special happened, I was SUPER busy with school and it's only our midterm!! This has been the busiest month for me. Well I always do a lot of plates but this month has been incredibly mentally, physically and emotionally draining. I needed to finish 16 plates in a span one week. I was so busy with school I literally forgot to eat the whole day. Pulled an all nighter, I skipped my workout and I missed my best friend's birthday party. It's still fresh in my memory how drained I was while I was doing these plates. I wanted to cry so bad because of stress but I had no time. lol. The 3 living room perspective (upper right photo) that I did was so bad though. I usually finish 1 perspective for at least 10 hours and I finished those 3 plates for 9 hours. HAHAHAHA! No regrets! I didn't care anymore I just need to rest. The confusing thing about being a design student or a designer is that you really need to rest or you won't be able to perform your best but you have no time to rest because it takes 1 whole day just to finish 1 work. So it's either you did an excellent job but you didn't finish all the work, or you finish all the work but it isn't good enough. The struggle is real. :(

I'm just happy our midterm is finally over. And now I just realized that we only have one month left before our finals!! (trimester problem) Can't wait for this term to end!

School update

Hola! We had our midterm week last week and yesterday my profs already uploaded our midterm grades and I'm so happy with the results! If you know me personally, you would know that I wasn't the studious-type of person. I wasn't grade conscious, as long as I pass I'm already satisfied with it. But ever since I started taking up Interior Design, I want to excel on everything that I do - whether it's a minor or a major class. I really love my course even if it's so stressful at times. I'm so interested to learn and I'm always challenged to do and be my best. I could talk for hours about how I'm in love with my course but I'd rather save it for a separate post since I'm so tired right now and I want to sleep right after publishing this post. I got home at 10 pm and I wasn't able to sleep well last night so I'm really drained!

Anyway, before I end this post I would like to share you this book that I'm saving up for. It costs $190+ / 6,000+ php. My professor for my Interior Design Principle class gave me a pdf copy of it but I still like to have a hard copy. I still don't know that standard sizes of furnitures and spaces so I REALLT NEED this book. Why do it have to be so expensive :( If you would like to sponsor me please feel free to email me or comment on this post. lol. haha! As if :P

I have to end it here. bonne nuit!

x,

Klaire

Uni update

I actually forgot that I have a blog and that's my excuse for not posting for quite a long time. hehe! Anyway, 2 weeks from now I'm done with first term. Gosh it was so fast! I feel like we're just floating through time! It's already August (MY BIRTH MONTH!!! YEYY!) and -ber months is approaching again. 4 months went by so fast and to be honest it was a so-so experience. There were times that I don't wanna go to school because of my long breaks in between classes but I'm just so excited to learn everything related to my course. I've fallen in love with interior design more and more everyday and I can't wait to learn more in the future! Although I'm the "beginner" in our class (LOL) it's a challenge for me to do better on my plates. As much as I want to show you all the plates that I've done I don't think it's blog worthy enough. haha! maybe next time I'll show you some of it. I'm still not good at drawing but I think I improved... a little. LOL. I'll do better in the future I'm sure. :)

Anyway, that'll be all for my uni update. See you on my next post! x

New Chapter

I have a really exciting news and I'm too excited I don't know how I should say it. I want to make this a super special post (because it really is!) but I don't have any idea on how I should make this extraordinario so I'm not going to make any fuss anymore I'm going straight to the point.

So.. I'm going to study Interior Design!!! Funny how my last post is about me ranting about Interior inspirations and not taking up a degree in Interior Design, but now I'm really going to study Interior Design. For real! I didn't know that my plans on taking up Interior Design would push through but now that it is going to happen, I'm really glad that I tried applying to it and fortunately, I passed. I know that this is not going to be easy, I'm fully aware of that. My friends and family already warned me enough. I already have my flowchart and the subject are quite intimidating. I'm not good in drawing but I'm really willing to learn. I actually emailed one of my most favorite interior designer and she gave me an advice on what to expect on the field. I'm very nervous because besides on the subjects, I'm also a transferee so I need to be extra sociable so I can have new friends! I'm aware that taking up this course would also mean that I should be ready to all the sleepless nights and stressful plates that is needed to be done on time. I'm expecting for the worse so I won't be too surprised and overwhelmed on all the works that will be given to me. I chose this, so I need to persevere and do my best.

It was hard for me to leave my university because my friends are there and I'm going to miss the campus. My friends and family were actually encouraging me to just stay in my university but it is just hard for me to study the course that isn't my interest. I want to prove them all that I can do this. First time in my life, that I'm really motivated to study hard. haha! But I'm actually aiming for a scholarship because I know that this course is really expensive. My 3 older siblings are also in college so just imagine the tuition fees that my parents are paying. So having a scholarship would rally mean a lot. I can do all things through Christ.

I'm going to update every now and then. I'll really try my best to be active here.

~ "God wouldn't have allowed it unless He had a purpose. Don't just go through it- grow through it."

Inspiration Sets

I'm going to show you some of my inspiration sets that I made through polyvore. As you all know, I'm an interior designer wannabe and I'm not yet taking any degree course in interior design so I don't know the terms of real Interior Designer use to describe a look/design so I'm sorry for that.

First set is a Boho inspired design. matching different pillowcase is probably one of the most fun thing to do because you get to mix and match the color and prints that you want. For me, Bohemian prints are best paired with white and/or gold things. I think paring it with white and/or gold balances the whole look. I love the gold statement of the side table it is perfect. 

I don't know how to describe this design but don't you think this is cute? I want to include these things in my future house. I think I'm obsessed with the fur carpet. Whenever I try making sets, I always want to include a fur carpet or at least a fur rug. lol. The tables, the sofa, the statement chair, and the pillow looks really good together. The designs of the table are really adorable!

I know there's a term to describe this look but I don't know what it is. hehe. If you will look at my interior design tumblr blog, most of the photos that I reblog looks like this. The look is so tumblr-worthy.

Expect more interior design related post! Thanks for reading! :)

Why Interior Design?

If you read my last post, you would know what this post is going to be. But anyway, if you haven't read it yet, I'll be talking about my new plans for college. As I was saying on my last post, the things that I originally planned since I was in high school, unfortunately, didn't go the way I wanted it to be, so I intentionally stopped for 1 term so I can decide what I really want to do with my life. This seems harder than it looks like. I'm not exagerating, but thinking about what I really want to do with my life is really stressful. I'm not one of those lucky people who already knew what they want to be when they grow up since they were still a lil kid. In my case, I seriously don't know where I'm heading. Choosing a college course is like choosing what you want to do for the rest of your life. It would determine what your career will be in the future. It pressures the hell out of me!

So now I'm planning to start all over again. I'm planning to leave my school and transfer. DLSU is my dream university since I was in fourth grade, and just by thinking of leaving the school makes my heart break. But I already decided that career is more important than the school. I'm now planning to take up Interior Design in De La Salle College of St. Benilde. But fyi, I'm not good in drawing. There are no improvements in my drawing since second grade. But I'm trying my best to learn the basics through youtube. The one point, second point and third point perspectives are some of the things that I want to learn before I study Interior Design (if I would pass *fingers crossed*) I actually thought of taking up Interior Design even before I entered college but I didn't know why I didn't pursue it.

Why Interior Design? Well, there are times when I keep myself awake at night because I'm thinking of different designs for a house. I remember the time when I don't wanna sleep because I'm not yet finished visualizing my dream house. There are also times when I walk up in a room or a store, I would visualize what design would make the place better. And I'm always fascinated by different Home Design magazines.Things like that. I have so many different designs on my mind but I can't interpret it through paper and pencil and that is what I'm planning to learn for my next 3 month break.

There is something inside of me that couldn't help but to feel happy and excited whenever I look at different home or architectural designs. These are some of the collage that I made even before I plan to pursue Interior Design.

I also created a blog to get some Interior Design inspiration. You can check it out at intspo.tumblr.com