Paint palette 18.

Green paint palettes ispired by plants

Victorian eggs

Victorian style Easter eggs

Natural egg dyes

Easter is coming soon, it’s time for painting eggs. Let’s use natural dyes instead of artificial paints available in shops. Several vegetables and fruits contain easy dissolving and intensive pigments.
Add water and the required natural pain in a cooking pot. Boil it for 30 minutes then remove it from the heat. Add salt and 20% vinegar. When it is room-temperature, put boiled eggs in it. It’s practical to choose eggs with white shell, hues will be much clearer. The intensity of the color can be a bit affected by the time the eggs soaking in the coloring water. If they are ready, take them out and let them dry on a grill. The process above has to be done every time a new color is desired.
Since natural dyes are more unpredictable than chemicals, prepare ourselves that we won’t get exactly the expected result. Colors of the eggs in the same dying are not always similar also. Here are some natural dying materials and the effect colors, without limitation:
Spinach, parsley – light green
Coffee – light brown
Peel of onion – light orange
Red cabbage – light blue
Blueberry – blue
Beetroot, peel of red onion – soft pink
Saffron, turmeric, carrot – yellow
Red vine – light purple
Colors achieved this way are less intensive than those by artificial paints to which we might be accustomed. These pastel shades will look good in interiors with almost any style.

Edible decoration 4.

Apr12

Edible decorations for Easter

Pot rack

Apr10

DIY hanging pot racks in the name of recycling

Feng Shui – health

Apr8

If we are often ill or recognize negative changes in our feelings or our mood, it’s worth to examine our home and wardrobe from the aspect of Feng Shui.
The effects that the five elements have on us may have impact on health life area also. Overdosing an element is just as bad as the lack of it. The basic essence of Feng Shui is making and keeping balance. For example, the lack of water element can cause lightheadedness and excessive presence of it can cause emotional insecurity. Naturally every color is originated to one of the elements, so using too much of them or on the contrary, lack of them can cause health symptoms. For example, the lack of red may cause skin dryness, too much of it may cause impatience or fury. We can treat the shortage with the colors, shapes, materials of the element or with the proper element of the Feng Shui’s productive cycle. We can balance the overdosing (if there is no possibility to remove a part of it) with the proper element of Feng Shui’s exhaustive or destructive cycle. For example, in the case of lack of metal we could help with black-and-white patterns and can hold in it with the help of fire and water elements. Since the life areas of the Bagua map are connected with one of the elements, the partial or whole lack of them can reveal themselves this way also.
Jin and Jang have influence on our life too. Commonly everybody has features of both of them. However, if it is out of balance somehow, this could have negative health effects. For example, excessive Jin might cause moist skin, depression, excessive Jang might result in stress, constipation. Therefore, pay attention to clothing also (colors, patterns, fabrics).
It’s worthy to pay attention to other things which affect to our health also, out of the theme of Feng Shui. This is the quantity of swallet, geomagnetic radiation and electro smog. Have them measured if possible, especially if we are tense for a long time (without obvious reason), sleep badly, frequently have pain in a part of our body when wake up. The latter can be caused by visible beams going through above that part of the body. It’s worth to look after these before purchasing a new property.
There was about long-term effects. Ask for help of an interior designer who has massive bases in the area for space analysis of your home.

Cherry tree

Apr3

Cherry tree blossom feast (sakura) has begun in Japan. The light pink flowers could inspire the furnishing of a room

Feng Shui – children

Apr1

When we configure the rooms of our children, usually we don’t think it over from the aspect of Feng Shui. However, we can help the children a lot in their growth, their well-being, learning etc., if we consciously do to this on purpose. The 7th life area of Bagua map is connected to Creativeness/Children.
As usual, it is still true: the certain space has to be defined for the personality of whom lives there. A room of a child is multifunctional: this is the place for learning (home office), for sleeping (bedroom) and for relaxation (game-room) also. At the same time, the size of it is small compared to these, so we have to pay attention to how we furnish it.
Usually the wishes of children matter when choosing colors. But it’s worth to figure out why that certain color is liked. It’s not the same if he/she saw it somewhere else and this is why it is wished or he/she desires this color indeed. The latter tells so much about. Physiological effects of colors prevail in the children room also, it’s worth to harmonize this with the habitus of the child. For example, the energizing effect of red can be good for a shy, retreating child, but it is not a clever choice in the case of a hyperactive child. Yellow color helps concentration and learning, which can be useful especially before exams.
It frequently happens that two children share one room which is solved by the parents with a bunk bed. The upper part should be given to the more extrovert child. If one of the parents raises child(ren) alone, put the missing parent’s photo in the children room (only if the child has no negative memories attached to it!). If it is not possible, we can use Feng Shui symbols instead of it. For example, a picture of a lion in the case of a missing father, a moon shaped object in the case of a missing mother.
If a baby has been desired for a long time, some changes maybe help. Let’s examine our way of life: Are we always in a hurry? Are there programs after programs and we hardly have time for ourselves? Are we always working overtime, sometimes doing it even at the weekend? If so, it’s time to slow down and prepare for the role of a mother. We have to create the space for what we desire, so look at the future nursery: if it is a lumber room right now then clean it and make a real room of it, even if not the crib will be there temporarily. The mother marks of the kitchen should be examined also for its helping role.
Ask for help of an interior designer who has massive bases in the area for creating the room of the children.