Quarantine Made Me Do It

Guy renovates ordinary room into a hotel-like accommodation

While many Filipinos have turned to baking, gardening, or exercis-ing to keep themselves occupied amid the quarantine, Nelo Coloma opted to work on a project he had been wanting to do for a while— renovating his room.

The goal? Transform his room into a space similar to a hotel room.

“Every time I enter hotel rooms, I’m always amazed. I’ve always dreamed of having a room like that,” he tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle. “Because I also work as a teacher and as an event photographer, I told myself that after a long day, I deserve to rest in a comfy room.”

Achieving that dream room had taken Nelo around ₱50,000, a few helping hands here and there, as well as all the time he had while in quarantine. For the most part, though, the renovation had been his own doing. “It’s just a DIY project.”

Nelo, in a now-viral Facebook post, shared how he went about with the project through before, during, and after photos.