Articles Tagged ‘windows’

How to improve the decoration in small spaces

Some people choose a small home because it looks beautiful, as well as easier and more practical. Earlier we mentioned you some tips to make a small space appear larger in an attractive manner. Here I bring you some more tips. * Transparent Materials: When using transparent materials, everything will be back further. For example, for a small bathroom, it is best to set aside the opaque glass of the shower and replaced by a transparent and frameless. You can also use a glass table wood base. * Reflective surfaces: You might not look like a wall of mirrors, but you have to admit that always makes the room look larger. Put a large mirror on the wall or a mirror up against the wall. The space and light will reflect and give a more open space. * Believe it, bigger is better: Use large, simple pieces of furniture or accessories instead of several small pieces that will make the space look narrow. With the open space and large blocks of color, the room seems to be more calm and welcomin...

Bespoke furniture around a window

Whether we are the ones we design our home as if we acquired an existing, circumstances may arise that if this has several exterior walls, in the same room has windows facing in different directions, that may have advantages and disadvantages for a side the advantage of increasing the clarity and daylight hours, on the other hand the disadvantage of having less space for the placement of furniture. And often we are resigned to not furnish or decorate the walls with windows, it seems that the window glass itself all the space and not have to be like, if a room has multiple windows are not necessarily those dimensions large excess, so it is possible to incorporate low furniture, or as modular compositions. It is a living room with windows on each wall, the decision to furnish this space to take passes through the windows and light for front seating location or front so that the sofa we have all the light possible and place storage units, mainly on the side shelves. The main idea ...

Decorate a room with sloping ceilings

The attic rooms are not only ideal as a shelter for teens, adults also tend to like us enjoy the romance and the warm atmosphere, which corresponds to this type of space, so the penthouses with attic rooms well-lit, often very demanded by young people when buying a home in which to install your home. But not all benefits, since obviously the drop ceilings in certain areas of the rooms and especially in the living conditions the distribution of space and decoration, when choosing and placing furniture, you must have special care measures in areas where the roof falls, we locate base units or floor elements to tap into that space comfortably. Another determining factor in this type of room are the lighting, we use the enormous task lighting for reading or more areas for activities that require plenty of light but need a good system of control of it, to avoid overheating stays excessive and unwanted light at certain times of day. It can also happen that the stay includes a large...

The inner garden

The interior garden is one of the most ancient Mediterranean architecture, once many of the houses were built around a courtyard or open space. With the intention of having a light source, ventilation and a pleasant view from the interior rooms. The interior garden gives the house an extension of the exterior, bringing it to the privacy of enclosed space. Ideal for meditation. In some cases it is not entirely open, but it takes advantage of a skylight, a dead space as it is under the steps of an open staircase and light, to put a couple of half-shade plants. In other cases when the house does not have enough space to the facades, is used to provide ventilation to a room, or cross ventilation, if it has windows in any other of the facades. Also a space to grow as a TV room with sliding glass doors, creating an interior space of the garden breakfast. These spaces are extremely practical when the weather is not advisable to leave the garden, so it brings a bit of greenery and nature...

Choosing the right curtains

The curtains are an essential complement to any decor. They are a necessary element to control the entry of light in times of strong sunshine. Some secrets when selecting and placing create truly wonderful in their environment. Scale of colors and transparencies Create your curtains with a first thin cloth with some light penetration, and a second thicker and opaque fabric. Try out their environments various intensities of light during the day, or completely darken a sunny, if you want. The curtains are much more elegant tones uncolored, because these accessories are printed in dangerous and difficult to combine. Under this proposal, the darker the shade should be opaque. As for colors, you can play with degradations of the same color or contrasting colors such as beige with dark brown or wine, white and black, orange and cream, among others. Details that delight To the top of the curtain, the preferred pleated valances are more opaque fabric shade. It tends to reinforce the ...