Forbes Park Residential --- Makati City
Wednesday, 7:10 PM
January 29 2012
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Devour (n) To destroy, consume, or waste
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Andrew and Dana’s or should I say Mr and Mrs. Concepcion new home was on Cambridge Street, North Forbes, Makati
Dana let me in on their humble house and let me toured around it, which is a reflection of the Andrew and Dana’s good taste and the architect’s creative genius.
The house is predominantly of glass and wood even as its façade is of solid stone.
It isn’t an opulent house — it is a well-crafted house. Oozing with a tropical resort feel, it is a sanctuary in the city.
The façade doesn’t tell the entire story of the house, as every step you take in it is like a chapter unfolding. The high-ceilinged main living room is like a glass-encased pavilion with a dome of local narra tiles.
It overlooks the multi-tiered garden. Beige Italian stone slabs cut to the size of plywood planks blanket the living room floor.
The dining room has glass walls on two sides, and it overlooks the infinity pool, which is surrounded by a recreation area with beige travertine tiles.
The recreation area includes a bar and a billiards room, all of which have accordion-type glass doors.
The house also had a personal gym, sauna and spa installed. In the spa room is a one-ton marble bathtub carved from a single slab of stone from Indonesia. It comfortably can accommodate only one person.
Even the bathrooms in the house have a view, either of plants or of water features.
The guest bathroom near the living room has a sink and wash basin made of onyx, while the other bathrooms have Italian granite for their sink. Instead of tiles and marble, the bathroom floors are of Indonesian teak, which isn’t slippery when wet. All the bathrooms have this very Asian feel.
The master bedroom is just the type of place where a weary boxer can retreat from the blows and punches of the world at the end of the day.
For the lady of the house, it is just the place where she can keep an eye on her precious kingdom. Of glass walls, the room has a view of virtually the entire house, the garden, the recreation area. Sixteen-inch-wide narra planks add that warm and cozy feel to the room.
The main kitchen is on the first floor, and the “dirty” kitchen, in the basement. There is a “dumb waiter” that connects both kitchens and the second floor family room, just in case the family prefers to have dinner upstairs.
I heard the door creaked and I automatically turned to Dana
“Babe? I’m home!” Shouted by someone in the living room
“I think it’s Andrew” She excitedly laid the adobo on the dining table and welcomed Andrew with a sweet hug accompanied by a kiss
Just then, My eyes caught Andrew’s stares. A mixture of shock and equally surprise look came across his cult-face
“Cynt?” He said and freed himself from Dana’s embrace. He smiled at me then turn his direction to his wife
“I forgot to tell you babe. I invited Cynthia for dinner tonight and have you heard?”--- Dana grabbed my left hand and showed my ring-ed finger to Andrew, who’s expression turned sour for a sec but immediately disperse that expression and pulled a smile, a kind of smile that didn’t reach his eyes
“She’s going to get married next month, Drew and she said we’re so invited”
Andrew remained quiet and glance at me with the expression hard to read upon. He just nodded at Dana as loosens up his tie
“Aakyat lang muna ako at magpapalit, I’ll be down in few minutes” He kissed Dana’s forehead which is something I shouldn’t be surprise with
But the thing here is … He was looking at me when he did it
BINABASA MO ANG
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