Barn doors inside

Oct28

Nowadays beloved solution to use old barn doors as interior partitioners

Color pairs 8.

Oct9

Color pairs: grey-red

Useful accessories 5.

Oct7

Useful accessories in the kitchen

Brick wall inside

Aug26

The bare brick wall perfectly fits to classic styles

Seaside…

Jul23

Some seaside dreaming…

Natural textiles

Jun29

When choosing fabrics, besides their colors and patterns, the material should be considered as well. They have to be chosen by the desired function (upholstery, carpet, curtain, decorating fabric). The fabrics made of natural fibers have two groups: animal and floral origin.
Fabrics woven of sheep wool yarn are sturdy, warm, thick and a bit spiky. They can be cleaned only on low temperature and shouldn’t be put to direct sunshine. They are easily colorable, their pattern are commonly woven.
One long silk thread can be gained by unrolling the pod of the silkworm which can be woven to silk fabric. Its coloring is a more complicated procedure. The threads are more knotty in some parts of it, this way a special pattern is formed, typical only to silk. It is light, soft to touch, with high tensile strength and relatively chemical resistant also.
Cashmere wool is made of the soft hair of cashmere goat which is selected by hand first. It is a specially soft, warm but light material.
Further animals which provide natural fibers: vicuna, lama, alpaca, angora rabbit, spider (silk).
Cotton belongs to floral fibers. Cotton thread is made of the fiber covering the seeds of the cotton-plant and this is woven to a fabric. It is easy to bleach and color. Sunlight might quickly damage it. It is cleanable on mid temperature. It can be patterned by weaving, printing and painting.
Linen is made of fibers of flax plant during a long processing. A bit rigid, light beige fabric is given. It is hard to iron, cleanable on high temperature and it is easy to color. It is frequently mixed with cotton for better handling.
Other plants give fibers for making strong fabrics also. For example: see grass (sisal), hemp, jute, coconut.
Ask for help of an interior designer for choosing the proper fabrics.

Belfast sink

Jun19

Belfast or butler’s sink: comfortable, elegant, fit to every style

Backsplash

May18

Implementation of a backsplash surface behind the kitchen desk is an important part of design. The regular heavy duty, greasy dirts and moisture require proper solutions.
Because of the above reasons, kitchen usually has a bottom to desktop height tile cover. This can be also a good solution, but not the only one. Tile is comfortable since easy to clean and hygienic, but it’s enough to restrict it to the area that has the most heavy duty: behind the sink, oven or the the desk between the upper and lower cupboards. Other parts of the wall can be painted or even covered by wallpaper (keep in mind the good ventilation of the room).
An other solution can be the wooden cover coated with washable paint or multi layer lacquer. Grooved wood panelling fits well to several styles, can be coloured according to the needs. Feel free to use it instead of tiles!
Of course, there are washable wall paints too. This doesn’t mean high-gloss surface in all cases seen in old canteens. Non-glossy and satin versions are also produced in all colours of the rainbow, they can be used practically anywhere in the kitchen.
More spectacular solution is using a mirror. It can be antiqued, coloured or simple. We can use the wire-grid versions too, the result will be interesting and unique.
Metallic ceiling tiles give elegant and a little bit masculine look to the kitchen. Natural stone covers can be also applied, but first they have to be impregnated right after bonding to avoid absorbing moisture and dust.
For finding the back splash surface fitting best to your kitchen, ask for help from an interior designer.