Category: Home Improvement

Personalising your bedroom’s design theme and upgrading your furniture is a great way to infuse new life into your bedroom and give it a makeover. Although it might seem a daunting task, it needn’t be at great expense or a huge chore to give your bedroom a little boost. In fact with a little imagination and foresight it can be a simple and highly enjoyable activity.

Start with the small things; your lighting, choice of bed clothes and any ornaments you might have scattered around. By coordinating the features immediately visible upon entering the room so that they match and complement one another, you can transform your bedroom from a chamber of chaos to a soothing and uplifting space that’s entirely your own.

Next you might want to focus on the more prominent design elements, such as the carpet, your choice of furniture and the wall décor. If your carpet … Read the rest

Material

Usually, two types of materials are used for making electric wires: Aluminum and copper. If you need them for home wiring, we suggest that you always opt for copper quality. Aside from this, you should go for wires with multiple strands rather than single-strand wires. The important thing is that the wire should have a quality mark called ISI. Secondly, you should look for the electrolytic grade. It is recommended that you buy copper wires with an electrolytic grade of 99.97%.

Size of the wire

Usually the most common size of the wires is between 1 sq mm and 4 sq mm. For AC points, the recommended size is 4 or 6 sq mm. For light points, the commonly used size is 1.5 sq mm and so on. It’s very important to go for the right size or you may be wasting your money on unnecessarily thick wires.

Insulation

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First thing when buying a corner sofa is to decide on the room where it is going to be located and things will start to fall into place. You will understand what is the ideal size for the respective space and in case you have troubles visualizing, there are furniture companies that can make a virtual presentation of how your room will look like with your brand new sofa installed.Keep in mind that some companies can also provide custom made solution to your home space.

Along with patterns, the color palette is another important factor to consider. The texture of the fabric must also be taken into account, since it can contribute to the overall feeling of the room and it can add warmth or bring a cool air to the whole space, depending on the effect you’re looking after.

The elegant Fleming model that originates in UK, with its … Read the rest

Choose the right time and place

Some experts recommend laying the door flat on a pair of trestles for decorating. This has some advantages: it’s easier to avoid drips when working on a horizontal surface; with no frame, you can reach every part of the top and bottom edges; and painting the hardware cut-outs is simpler because you won’t have to fit the hinges and handles until afterwards.

On the other hand, doors are heavy, difficult to manoeuvre and take up a lot of space. The trestles might leave contact marks behind; and you will have to wait several hours for the first side to dry before you can paint the second one.

In practice, most home owners prefer to decorate the door in the frame. Wait for a warm day (at least 10°C) with no wind, to avoid dust being blown on to the wet paint. Don’t work in … Read the rest

It wasn’t always this way, the original ottoman was nothing more than a simple bench piled high with cushions, an inexpensive yet robust alternative to the Sofa. Yet from humble beginnings, ottomans were reworked by French furniture designers and codified into a series of practical, versatile home accessories which double as storage, seating or side tables. Inherently versatile and immaculately styled, the original ottomans made waves in the world of interiors and were immediately adopted by the fashion-conscious public at the time.

Over the years, the original innovations have become part and parcel of what we know as the modern day ottoman. In this respect it truly is a modern classic of the design world, because the very nature of the product has been defined by the original innovations upon the heritage piece. Over the years a number of manufacturers have sought to build upon these designs, adjusting size and … Read the rest