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You can have everything, in your home you ever dreamed of, but if you don’t take the time to display the objects within it with care and consideration, it will never look right.Start by clearing every surface-mantel, walls and tablestops. Now start again and try to avoid repeating the same arrangements you had previously.Avoid too ...

Feng Shui can be a design tool of Interior Design providing methods to change your surroundings, to create harmony and balance in your living and working environment. To ensure proper balance of Chi (energy), each home must contain the five elements of fire, earth, metal, water and wood, which can be added through such things ...

  Staging is the visual aspect of a property to increase its value. Create a first attractive impression to buyers is a great marketing tool. Anyone that is putting a home on the market for rent or sale can benefit from a home staging consultation.  When potential buyers see an uncluttered and maintained home, they ...

Consider the important difference between storage and clutter. Storage is neat, tidy, clean and accessible. Items being stored should be classified as being valuable, useful or treasured.If you don’t love something, or need it, then it has to be re-defined as clutter. Clutter includes the things which you are not using; the unwanted gifts you ...

Even if your space is tight, you don’t want to sacrifice style for utility. How can spaces be multi-functional and beautiful?Tips:Colors: use lighter hues like icy blues, pale green, white and cream, butter yellow, pale lilac, the color palette is huge. Everyone has his own favorite color. What’s your favorite? If you love color, introduce ...

Yellow is the happiest color of the spectrum. On the color wheel, the opposite of yellow is violet, and mixing yellow with purple or blue works well .Orange is an exhibitionist, the hottest color in the spectrum, it can be an intense and challenging color to work with, but the results can bring a carnival. ...

“Color belongs to our being: maybe each one of us has his own”. Le CorbusierColor is a universal language, it stimulates the emotions, shapes, cultures and forms the background of our world. Everybody’s life is enriched by color, which both energizes and lifts the spirit. Color can be a tremendous enhancement when you love it, ...

  Simplicity means less is more. Keep clutter to a minimum. Don’t go over the top. A few objects on a tabletop are fine, but too many are distracting.  Suitability means considering how appropriate things are for their use. If you are upholstering a sofa, use a fabric that is strong enough for the job, ...

  Orange is a very hot and volatile color, which evokes vastly different responses around the world. In the Netherlands. Orange summons a national pride; in Asia it is a holy color used only for Buddhist monks robes; and in the US our immediate reaction is Halloween! Only recently has this brighter, more spectral aspect ...

  Beyond the pleasing effects of their aroma, the oils from flowers, fruits, grasses, leaves, roots, and wood resins can enhance our physical and emotional well-being, according to some researchers. Holistic healers often use aromatherapy to ease ailments such as anxiety, depression, and breathing problems. The plant oils may be inhaled, massaged into the skin, ...

  Dealing with general contractors can be easy if you found a reliable contractor.When you plan to renovate your house, you have to know whom you are dealing with, always ask for references and try to see the complete work of the general contractor you have selected.  People that are happy with their general contractor ...

  Side tables are more akin to tabletops than cabinets. However, think about what the eye will see from a sitting position: side tables are higher than tables so it is the profile of different forms that is important. Try to avoid having objects of the same scale or texture here- You need to play ...

   A piece of furniture on which you can display a group of objects or a collection of some kind makes an excellent focal point within a room, particularly if there is no fireplace or architectural feature. If your budget will allow, have a cabinet custom-made for the space. The advantage is not only that ...

  Shelves are a design essential because they not only make it easier to keep a home neat, but create a natural display area within a room., although it is possible to buy all sorts of ready-to-assemble shelving systems or have them custom-made to the space.The most elegant variety are floating shelves, that appear to ...

  A canopy bed is a four-poster bed with a canopy of fabric overhead. Alternately, the canopy can be hung from the ceiling.Historically in Europe canopy beds have been a status symbol and were made using the most expensive fabrics available-silk, damasks and brocades with gold and silver threads. They were very elaborate with heavy ...

  Select your fixturesThe bathroom is the place where we retreat ritually for bathing, pampering and relaxing. Make all bathrooms beautiful, whether you’re looking for ideas for a new bath or just refreshing your current one, we just give you creative inspiration, and simple, practical advice for large or small bathroom.  Create a comfortable, casual ...

The dining room table is the main piece of furniture in your dining room, the surface that holds your food, dinnerware, and decorations. The shapes and sizes, and materials you place on and around it create a specific energy. Place your dining room table in the middle of the room to allow people to walk ...

  Daybeds are narrow beds that, placed lengthwise against the wall, also function as sofas. They have headboards and footboards of equal height that double as arms for the sofa, and bolsters and pillows to lean against. In the French Empire style of the nineteenth century, daybeds were particularly in vogue. A well-known modern version ...

  When it comes to floor coverings you have many options. Common choices include carpet, wood, vinyl, laminate, tiles, bamboo and cork. Flooring are made for both decorative and practical reasons. Following are some information about the most common flooring choices:  Ceramic Floor Tiles  Ceramic floor tiles have been around for thousands of years and ...

  The floor is the foundation for any room scheme and has a profound effect on its atmosphere, as well as appearance. The floor is also the most used and abused surface in any house; battered by feet, scraped by furniture, and requiring regular vacuuming, brushing, mopping, or sweeping.  When deciding what to do with ...