Pendants

Wonderful cut glass pendants are perfectly fit into classic interiors

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau was the art trend of the turn of 19th-20th centuries. Its name was Tiffany Style in the USA, Stile Floreale in Italy, Jugendstil in Germany, Modernismo in Spain, first Modern Style then also Art Nouveau in England. It was called Szecesszió in Hungary and Austria. Its main features are organic shapes, floral and animal motifs, asymmetry, multi-color and scrolling shapes. It used decorating elements in a big amount and had an effect on all fields of life, not only on arts. It brought the oncoming of content and form, namely form was created by starting from the function.
Applied arts worked closely with architecture and interior design. Glass art added to interior design with decorating doors and windows and making household objects (e.g. lamps, vases). L.C. Tiffany and R. Lalique are its outstanding representatives, for example. Textile makers designed and made upholstery fabrics and wallpapers (e.g. W. Morris). Zsolnay created eosin glazing in the field of ceramics. Ceramics were started to use not only indoors but for outer covering of houses also (e.g. Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest). In addition to jewelry, the goldsmiths also made furniture fittings and ornaments. Painters retreated off the noise of the town and founded colonies of artists and worked there (e.g. E. Munch, A. Mucha). Reinforced ferro-concrete appeared in architecture. Unique interiors came to the fore. Metal art appeared on public buildings also (e.g. subway exit of H. Guimard in Paris).
Some original pieces of furniture or accessories are available today also. For example, Tiffany lamps are still produced.
Ask for help of an interior designer for creating an Art Nouveau style home.

Color pairs 28.

Sep8

Color pairs: pink-red

Poster wallpaper

Sep6

The fashionable custom-made poster wallpaper is looking good in a classic interior too, if the right picture is chosen for it

Making faux pumpkins

Sep4

Autumn is here again and it’s time for autumn decoration of which pumpkin is the most frequent element. It can be purchased in various shapes, sizes and colors but its disadvantage is getting rotten after a while, so it can’t be stored for the next year. However, pumpkin shaped decoration can be made DIY by using creatively the materials around, this way creating durable and eco-friendly decoration.
Let’s collect the corks of vine bottles. Choose the pieces in the same size and paint them in orange (maybe in other color if it fits better for the interior). Glue them to each other by their long sides as giving round shape front wise. Let’s start with a row of three, then put four on top of it, five on that row, and so on and so on, at last decrease the number of the corks in one row again for getting the round shape. Glue a stem made of branch and string on the top.
Old knitted pullovers in proper colors can be saved from throwing out. Turn it over, cut off the sleeves, sew the holes and the bottom of it. Turn it over again and fill it through the neck hole with wad or spared fabrics for getting a round shape. Sew it tight at the end and stick a fabric covered branch in it as a stem. If leaves are made also, the seam on the top can be covered more easily.
Have a bigger log cut into 2-3 cm thick slices. Paint the cut surfaces in orange. Fix a branch and cirri made of wire on the top of each pieces. Leaning to the wall, it will be a showy pile of pumpkins.
Lids of jars should be holed on their brims in two places, 2 cm from each other. Paint them in the desired color. String them on a thin wire for being them around and twine the ends of the wire. Glue a branch (cinnamon twig is good also), raffia and dried leaves on the top.
The simplest way of making faux pumpkins is buying orange yarn balls in a haberdashery shop in several hues and types. Only a stem and faux-leaves have to be tucked in it and the faux-pumpkin is ready.
Ask for help of an interior designer for further creative decoration ideas.

Mobile cords

Aug18

Methodize our mobile gadgets and their cords

Chair backs

Aug16

Classic style chair back shapes: shield, lyre, balloon

Bath-Room

Aug14

Bathroom. Even its name has the word: room. But it isn’t treated this way in everyday life. This room has tile flooring, to be as sterile as possible. It is less often used than the other parts of our home, so it is a bit neglected. Although we pay attention to quality sanitary and faucets, but not to giving a mood for it like e.g. in the case of the living room. However, it is easy to reach the feeling of a real room with some simple tricks.
Put fabrics on the windows. It could be a curtain, coffee curtain, roman blind etc., depending on the capabilities. Fabrics always create the feel of coziness.
Avoid using plastic at any kind of accessories (soap dish, litter bin, toilet brush etc.). Let’s choose quality materials instead of it, e.g. glass, metal, ceramic or wood.
Place a chair in there, it could be an armchair also, depending on the size of the bathroom. It’s better if at least the seat is upholstered. This will suggest luxury. The bathrobe can be thrown on it and the towel can be made ready.
Storages should be fit to the style, not only to the function. The doors of the cabinets can be decorated with moldings. The back of the cabinet that can be seen through the glass of the doors can be also painted or wallpapered. The consumer goods used here should be removed from their shop packages and put into decorative boxes or glasses, this way they can be stored on open shelves also.
Don’t tile the walls throughout! It is completely useless beside that it is more expensive. Tile only the parts of the walls near the tub, inside the shower and the backsplash at the basin. The other parts of the walls should be only painted – this gives more freedom in using colors too. Wallpaper can be chosen also but don’t forget to mention at the shop, that it will be applied in a wet room, this way they can recommend the proper type. Many companies offer wooden or laminated floor coverings dedicated to wet rooms. This provides more warmth to the room.
It is important that the accessories shall strengthen the mood mentioned above, so we have to choose the lamps, mirrors, handles, towel racks etc. carefully. Hang pictures on the walls fitting for the style also!
In Hungary, most of the bathrooms are small, therefore only the bathtub/shower, basin and washing machine can be placed in them. Sometimes, even the toilet is not separated, what’s more, without windows. However, room-like mood can be created here also. Ask for help of an interior designer for evolving.