Melaka's architectural wonders Manila Bulletin
It was our Malaysia-based architect girl Manolet Garcia who came up with this idea of a road trip to check out two Malaysian UNESCO Heritage sites, Melaka and Penang. Our travel to Penang has been chronicled in the previous issue of the Manila Bulletin’s Home & Garden section. Now we looked progressive to beholding the architectural wonders that awaited us in Melaka. Yet we never realized this would be an exercise of perseverance!
Starting out at the Singapore bus terminal, our celebration of three brushed up on the history of the city. It is interesting how Southeast Asian countries that have a colonial past could be similar yet conflicting in how they integrate colonial influences into their culture. Melaka, legend has it, was named by the Sumatran Prince Parameswara after the Melaka tree under which he rested old to founding Malacca. With a population today of close to 800,000 composed of half Malays, Chinese and Peranakans, Melaka grew into a hub with traders from India, the Waist East, and China coming with their wares.
Secondhand Inspiration: Add Personality with Vintage Furnishings Express from The Washington Post
WHEN DALE DENTON , 53, bought a vacation internal at Maryland's Deep Creek Lake, she didn't have a huge budget for redecorating. That's one reason she contacted Yuppie Decor , a Shirlington-based trade that's open by appointment only, to score some items for her new getaway."They've got an eye," she says of owners Aaron and Shannon Hase , who puff new life into old furnishings via bold paint jobs and fabrics. Denton purchased two chairs from them she would have never looked at twice in their basic state.
"They had some chairs I would refer to as a 1970s Mediterranean nightmare," says Denton, who manages the Julia Gray showroom at the Washington Map Center. "In their original life, they were probably done in, I'm guessing, a really buttery cream color, and they probably had some cheesy gold ornamentation on them. Yuppie Decor took those chairs and made them stark white. Suddenly, something that was completely unattractive became attractive, and the exaggerated develop in white became architectural almost in its look."
Offered will be a stupendous array of fine architectural antiques (to include a large selection of bars and mantels), vintage lighting, rare and deathless vehicles, and more »
Part 2 Antiques Auction from distinct consignor. Contents from landmark Wickford RI Antique Shop that has been closed for a decade.
This is well-grounded one of the secrets revealed by Dr. Maria Vlazaki, the head of the local Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, during her speech at
