Dapitan is THE Destination!

photos courtesy of waypoints.ph

I have been so frustrated since last night when something just went wrong with my cellphone I couldn't transfer the pictures from my recent "room facelift" project. I was supposed to write three articles (with photos - many photos!) about my trip to a furniture/crafts flea market in the city; the sort of before-and-after status of my room improvement project; and my not-so-successful cloth stenciling attempt.

Until I am able to upload my own pictures, I guess I'd be grateful to showcase the ones posted by other bloggers about the Dapitan flea market. It's at the corner of Kanlaon and Dapitan Streets in Quezon City (Metro Manila, Philippines). An entire block occupied by numerous stalls, it is definitely a delight for the home decoration aficionados. The merchandise can be generally classified as "native" but very diverse that they range from rattan, wood, china, shells, glass, metal, and other materials. I believe many of the products here are export overruns but they're in such good shape you'd hardly notice that.

I was particularly looking for a cheap rattan bean bag base (and top it with a throw pillow) and a vintage slender brass lamp. Unfortunately there wasn't any (or there wasn't anything cheap enough) but I was glad I found a pretty rattan-bamboo magazine holder for only Php 100 (~$2).

There was so much to buy you'd really get confused. As my payday is still more than a week from now, I had to focus on just what I needed and set the panic buyer that we have in all of us aside. Afterall there'd always be a nice buy and I could just go back anytime.



photos courtesy of visitpinas.com

I promise, next time you'll see something more personal from me once my photos are uploaded.