Articles Tagged ‘wall’

Nursery convertible into an adult

Many times we think is a problem in buying a child's bedroom, especially baby, especially when we think we can really only be used for a short time, the ideal in this regard are probably evolutionary rooms, made up with furniture can gradually be adapted to our needs and transformed to be used in diverse applications. In the picture above we see what appears to be a normal room that could correspond to a young or an adult, a classically designed bed and storage units in dark wood, apparently giving the appearance of a bedroom as normal and even fairly traditional, but if you look at the pieces in detail, we realize that some of them are multifunctional. In particular, the bed is a convertible crib and furniture container, with a small accessory to coat the surface becomes a comfortable changing in the image below we can see the room become a perfect bedroom chair, so we with a proposal for two in one bedroom that can be used interchangeably for baby, child or adult. The propo...

Textured paint

The option of painting textures is cheaper and easier, and can be done without professionals. Just paint a base color and strong brush or roller to the first coating, and the next day, proceed to apply the second layer with the textured roll of your choice. The types of texture are thousands: stone, corrugated, leather, prints and more. You can even cut sponges textured and applying the second coat with them. Rustic walls Build a wall to give it texture or her through the actual shape is far more complicated and requires professionals. You can use materials such as brick, stone, cement and plaster to obtain different textures. The brick walls and polished stone are quite used, although the latter tend to suffer with the passage of time. The main disadvantage of this type of wall is its difficulty to clean and maintain. The actual texture builds up enough dust and dirt, causing complications. The choice of texture must be in keeping with the furniture and curtains, thus creat...

Shoji panels to separate spaces

The need for separate spaces alternative to traditional doors, is normal in the interior of our days, due to the small size of the flats and the taste for open spaces and natural lighting invading every room of the house, together with the need to preserve privacy in certain places, the use of room dividers and versatile light is becoming more widespread. Also in the current trends in decoration, oriental style is one of those with a greater number of fans around the world for its simplicity, its purity in the shapes and colors and their ability to convey serenity and comfort to help. Among the characteristic elements of oriental decoration when separate areas in addition to the Japanese panel are also used to dress windows, shoji panels are elegant, versatile and very useful. The traditional shoji panel is composed solely of a grid and a paper placed on the opposite side, one of the spaces separating the grid and is visible across the paper and the shadow of that, you can use...

Garden decorating ideas

Decorate a garden can be a fairly simple task. It is an area of the house that demands attention and deserves to look cute and friendly. We saw earlier how to decorate the house with flowers. This will give you some ideas to beautify the garden: The sources are widely used decorative element. Should match the style of the garden and be sized according to it so that it does not become the sole focus. The sound of water is very pleasant at the time of recreation and relaxation. There are sources of many types: type bowl, stand, and wall or on slopes. The pots are quite common elements but very decorative. We give them our hand-painted style and located in different parts of the garden to give you a very happy and personal touch. The birdhouses and bird baths are a resource for easy application. You can buy or make at home with a wooden or ceramic bowl. It's very nice to get in garden birds visit and see how they feed and build nests. The statues seem an extravagance, but look g...

“Top ten” of decorative painting techniques

In addition to the traditional way of applying paint with a brush or roller, giving the wall a smooth finish, there are multiple ways to apply textures on the wall, alone or in combination can get to give a unique look at the ranch. Also important is the choice of color, we can choose one, two or more colors, keeping within the same tones, the lighter shades reflect light and dark colors absorb, we can play with both to create different environments and enlarge the space. But of course it is essential to choose the technique of applying paint, which will provide the desired finish, gloss, satin, matte or decorative textures. There are many techniques that can be used to paint the walls, since only give color to many different decorative finishes. Both color and the decorative technique renew the environment drastically. Here we present this "top ten" with the most innovative techniques to see which one you decide: * Gouache painting takes a lot of water, yields a translucent pai...