Now what do we have here?
As I am rummaging through my old backup files, I saw these plans that I drafted way back in 2008. It's our supposed-to be humble apartment in the Philippines. A simple dream.
Shown is small 1-bedroom unit with attached kitchen and bath (bath plans not included).
One will enter from the kitchen which is equipped with an oven and custom built-ins. There is also a small breakfast table for two. Improvements: Glass-enclosed wall cabinets and open shelves will be a good addition to this design. And a drop-leaf table will be a better option to accommodate more diners.
The door on the top (second photo) leads to the Main Bedroom which has a seating area, a dresser which also works as a console table, a built-in closet, a study, a queen-size bed and a wall-mounted flat screen TV on the wall. Improvements: For this, I think a two-seater sofa bed would be a wiser choice or two armchairs would be a classier option for the seating area. Additional decorative lighting such as table lamps and sconces will complete the whole setting, as a floor lamp will be a luxury to the already limited floor space available. But if it can still fit, why not?
Now the for random thought:
All these plans did not materialize. Nothing of this came true. A shattered dream, I may say. But God has given Jane and I so much more. So much more, that in the past we dare not imagine.
What's funny is how we plan our lives, how we try to envision our destiny and how we practically limit ourselves by what we have at the moment. Not knowing that God has a better future in store for us.
We have been through life's ups-and-downs but God is faithful. We will still encounter life's greatest trials but what's comforting is that these too shall pass. And by faith, I declare that the best is yet to come.
The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps. ~ Proverbs 16:9 ESV
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