How NOT To Install An Elba Range Hood

Not long ago, I installed an ELBA Range Hood. This one, we got (I think) from Anson’s near Landmark. Yep, the new sprawling home appliance and furniture building.

Anyways, i went to hell and back installing the range hood, and just herewith, to help you do this better, this is my article as to how NOT to install this mother.

1. DONT read the manual. Yep, be lazy like me and assume you’ll be able to figure it out, on fly.
2. Blame the condo-contractor for putting up one solid, hard to penetrate/drill concrete walls, just for inside walls.
3. Invite family members for a sleep-over and give them one good morning of extra judicial wall drilling noise.
4. Buy a short aluminum duct. So that, at the end of the day, you will still not be able to use its duct option. After a half day work, you will still use the charcoal/filter option and not the full exhaust.
5. Don’t prepare the vacuum cleaner or a trusty broom. Yes, make a mess of the kitchen.
6. Curse the freakin contractor no end for not having the cabinets provisioned and ready for this range hood. No effing holes for the ducts. I drilled 4 freakin panels, all 4 inches in diameter. I grind a portion of the cabinet just to make way for the hood. Whooooo!
7. Again, during times of trouble in the installation, skip the manual and go on “BAHALA NA” mode.
8. Midway thru the 3 hours of drilling, screwing and thinking, eat cheapo-chicaron and be dehydrated even more.

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Flowers & Plants Inside Your Home

Are there flowers in your home right now?

If none, I recommended getting a bunch.

Thinking Feng-Shui-ish, flowers can your spirits, make a room brighter and energize your home. No only that, having flowers is a beautiful way to greet your visitors… some flowers can give refreshing scent… and don’t forget that flowers easily add physical beauty to a room.

So, why not get a bundle of three, a bouquet, a vase of freshly picked roses or heck, even the whole enchilada, a whole potted plant with blooming flowers. A big time bonus, these plants give off oxygen into the air. WOW FREE CLEAN OXYGEN.

And, in no time of course, these flowers should dry up. By then, their service aint done. You could collect dried flowers and leaves and use these as potpourri. Still great display… why not dump this dried flowers onto a bowl of water and put floating candles too. (others tough prefer not have “dead” leaves & flowers inside their homes to do away with the geagative energy)

In the Philippines, roses are the fave, no question. Other option is Sampaguita, beaded necklace Sampaguita can be place on altars. Feng-shui says, its great to have wooden plants inside your home, you know, those little bamboo type plants. BTW, wood represents growth & wealth.

Problem is, flowers aint cheap in Metro Manila. You can buy flowers from mall or the nearest market. But the cheapest way to get flowers in Metro Manila is at Dangwa (I think it’s Sampaloc), Quiapo too. The easiest way albeit more expensive, is via online flower shops that operate in the Philippines. Another wise option if living in Metro is get a flower-bearing-plant that can survive the indoors, the metro-heat and metro-pollution. By the way, growing this plant is another challenge and fun stuff on its own.

In rural and sub-urban areas areas, getting flower bundle is easier and cheaper, local palengke has flower stalls. And growing plants/flowers there is easier as well. Easily, so you can grow like roses with no problems at all. Again, growing plants on its own, will give you pleasure and a stress-relieving exercise as well.

Be it in your office, kitchen, dining room, living room, or bedroom, use the power of flower all the time.

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Kita-Kits Our Shelf Kits? Useful & Beautiful

One of Leoque’s quick selling items is our solid wood, no-bracket needed, shelf kit. And why not? See samples below, the panels are easy to install…  easily complement any home design… and easy on the eye.

Below pic is from Ms. Joy and she perfectly used the shelves for books and files…

This photo below is from a house-for-rent over at Laguna. The rich dark wenge finish of the shelves and the maroon-red wall is a match made in heaven…

Next down, we supplied this to Ramos family, and their photo frames found home. Beautiful picture onto the beautiful shelves…

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Leoque TV Rack Rocks

We said, our TV Racks can take all types of TVs and not only LCD TVs or Flat Screen TV. And that is the truth. Like in this buyer’s case, the tv rack landed inside the bedroom to take the bedroom TV or second TV.

Our valued buyer was able to load the TV, dvd player and component music player and then SOME MORE.  Neatly stacked are books, CDs, DVDs and other collectibles. Truly, another fine example of good buy but more importantly, better application by our buyer.

Again, thanks to Ms. Joy for the picture feed.

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Joy to the Table

Easy does it! Our buyer Ms. Joy bought this stainless center table for only P5500 and look how it added beauty to her living room. For that P5500 or so, rather than buying a tiny little cranky laminated wood center table, she chose this piece, and really a wonderful choice. Our delight is 3x times magnified in purchases like this because (1) we made a sale, (2) buyer is happy and (3) the resulting placement or use of our product  is perfect. Thanks to Ms. Joy for allowing us to post these pictures.

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