Paint palette 1.

Appetizing colors 🙂

Garden statue

One of the most impressive garden focal points is a well placed statue

Bedding

Bedding and its cover are important parts of the bedroom considering both the comfort and decoration. That’s why the quality, the color, the pattern is essential.
When we choose the pillow and the duvet, we have to decide what kind of filling we prefer. If we are allergic to feather, don’t need to forget softness and warmth. There are many kinds of antiallergenic fillings, for example cotton, wool, bamboo, linen and foam. Pillows filled with seeds (spelt, sour cherry, millet) are more and more popular.
Pay attention, that the chosen pillow should hold our head and neck perfectly, especially in the case of spine diseases. There are hard, semi-hard and soft versions, their ergonomic form helps to keep a healthy posture during sleeping. Somebody likes big pillows, others like small ones and somebody uses both – consider this before shopping.
It’s practical to buy two duvets, one for warm and one for cold weather. The quilting keeps the light filling at its place. If we prefer eiderdown, take care of regular airing and refreshing of the filling in a couple of years (removing shattered feather and refilling fresh ones).
Cushions are important decoration objects. Pile up pillows on both sides. Cushions can be put on the top of them after covering the bed with bedspread or before, held by them. Finish the line with a bolster or a smaller cushion. Bedspread doesn’t have to cover the whole bed. If it ends at the edge of the duvet, fold back the duvet, this way it gives additional color for the scene and the covers of the pillows also can be seen. In case of a double bed, the beddings are the same in most of the cases, but we don’t have to keep this cliché. If the beddings have different patterns, but in the same colors, the view will be richer.
Main bedroom is used every day, therefore making the bed is a daily routine. But we could amuse our guests with a hotel-room-like guest bedroom. Ask for help of an interior designer for planning.

Color pairs 7.

Sep18

Color pairs: brown-blue

Trunks

Sep16

Old trunks are reborn as coffee tables

Silverware

Sep14

In old times, silver tableware, serving dishes, candle holders and decoration objects couldn’t be missing from the household of the nobles. Nowadays many people still own some inherited pieces which are taken out from the dresser only at special events. The silver’s cold, subtile shine (compared to gold) provides more sophisticated, luxurious atmosphere to the table or our complete home.
Frequent usage keeps clean the silver objects, but after a longer storage they might become black. Various chemicals can be bought for cleaning silver (e.g. Sydol) but we can solve the problem with homemade practices also. The combination of kitchen foil-cooking soda-salt-warm water is the most common method. As far as possible, do not scrub the surface, rather soak the object in the liquid. Don’t put them into the dishwasher!
We can look after the authenticity of the inherited silverware by the hallmark. Most of the silver objects were signed, referring to the year, company and place of production, commonly in a less visible part, e.g. inner side of the foot.
Alfenide was a prevalent material in Hungary which was used instead of silver because its production was much cheaper. This is an alloy of nickel, copper and zinc which gives a well-workable material – then the end product was coated with silver. In this case scouring powder shouldn’t be used for cleaning because it scrubs the surface.
Ask for advice of a professional for buying antique silverware or evaluating your own collection. An interior designer can help you with arranging decoratively the silver ornaments and planning a really festive table set.

Knitted accessories

Sep12

Accessories made of knitted materials are perfect autumn decorations

Door keys

Sep9

You got a wantless key for your brand new door or wardrobe? Made a qualitative copy matching for classic style instead of it.

House preparation for autumn

Sep7

Autumn is here. Cold, rainy and foggy days are coming. It’s worth already to prepare the family house to this season. Many outdoor tasks are waiting for the owners.
Check more frequently the rain pipes. Continuously falling color leaves can plug them easily when they are watered into it from the roof also.
Not all types of fallen leaves are good for the soil, grass and flowers. Leaf-litter should always be raked on dry days that won’t cause problems after rain. It can be gathered in compost, if there is any, but put it out in a special sack, garbage collectors take it away too.
The last nice, sunny days should be used for tiding the flower beds. Cut the old flower heads, weed it and mow the lawn. Let’s walk down the garden pathway and check if any of the tiles is broken. These should be replaced before the frosts because cold and moisture will worsen their condition. Pull out weeds grown between the tiles. Pebbly or gravel path should be filled up if necessary.
In the case of a garden lake or a fountain, the falling leaves can cause more tasks. Water should be continuously cleaned, even if there is no fish in it avoiding staling. Fountain must be dewatered before the first frost. It’s practical to cover them with foil in winter.
Animal keepers have to pay attention to their pets and domestic animals. Hutches and stables should be filled with warm litter. Haphazard cracks on the walls should be repaired to keep the cold outside. A thick, old blanket or carpet can be put in the dog house. Let’s buy feeders for birds or renew the old ones.
Mat at the front door can be complemented with a mud-scraper which helps keeping the hall clean in wet weather also. If there is a stair leading from the garden and/or the street to the door, let’s ascertain that it is non-skidding in rainy weather also. If the old jagged slabs are too dingy, they should be replaced for safety.
Let’s enjoy the warm colors of autumn and the decoration opportunities offered by berried branches after outdoor tasks.