Color pairs: blue-grey
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Archive | June 2017
Two-tone kitchen cabinets
Two-tone kitchen cabinets are spectacular and elegant if we keep colors harmonious in the room
Black flowers
Black color is more and more popular in interior design. Many people bravely paint the walls black or use black wallpaper and buy bigger furniture. If we don’t like to accent this color so much, we can use it on accessories (cushions, vases, candles, picture frames etc.) or on easy changeable smaller pieces of furniture or carpets. Cut or potted flowers always bring nature to the interiors. Where black is the dominant color and the color palette is monochrome, it’s harder to choose plants because bright colors are very different from the concept.
In this case, „black” flowers are perfect, which are less familiar and harder to purchase. Although black is in their name, actually none of them is black, but a very deep hue of claret and purple which seems to be black compared to other plants.
Queen of Night tulip – became famous by the novel of Alexander Dumas – is a plain petal species which looks good in a bigger bunch. There are black ones among so-called parrot tulips, their petals are scalloped.
Black calla lily is much more common and can be bought in several flower shops. It is durable, looks good in a big bunch or just one flower itself.
Black Mamba petunia is not a cut flower but it can be perfectly used instead of green plants in black interiors. It blooms richly and long, in addition to, it’s easy to care. Petals are plushy to touch.
More species of pansies have black flowers (e.g. Atlas, Sorbet Black Delight, Black Beauty). It feels good in balcony pots and hung baskets also. Its blooming time is long. It will be marvelous in pots fitting to the interior.
Black Mondo Grass is a perfect choice for those who want more neutral sight. It has pale pink flowers in summer which turn to bluish black berries later. It can be bred in containers.
There are a lot more species which can be called black (iris, bleeding glory-blower, cornflower etc.). Ask for help of an interior designer for choosing species fitting for your home.
Paint palette 13.
Color palettes from the garden
Painted wooden floor
Old wooden floor creativly renewed by painting will be the focal point of the room
Kitchen sockets
There is a growing demand for invisible sockets on the countertop when designing a new kitchen. Enjoying the fabulous tiles and popular glass backsplash are the main aspect. They look much better if the unity is not broken by plugs, even if they harmonize in color.
Using sunken plugs into the countertop is a common solution. Its lid perfectly slicks to the countertop when not in use, and can be released with a single press, then just close it after using. The space for sinking, should be considered while creating the lower cabinet. It can be purchased with round and rectangular intersection, in several colors and with several number of plugs.
Sockets can be put on the bottom of the upper cabinets also. They will be invisible from the front. These can be even sunk into the cabinet in the case of custom made furniture, this way harmony will be more perfect.
There are much more possibilities in the case of a custom made kitchen cabinet. Plugs can be hidden in a drawer also, just like in many hotel bathrooms. The disadvantage: the drawer remains pulled out while the socket is in use, that can block our moving. More space saving solution is making a faux-drawer front which has to be fold down to reach the built-in sockets in the lower cabinet. The door will be looked as a part of the furniture while out of use. This is a good solution in the case of a kitchen island also.
Although corner socket is visible at the edge of the countertop and the wall, but at least it can be glued to its place without cutting the backsplash. It will partly slick to the sight choosing it in a proper color.
Ask for help of an interior designer for planning your kitchen.
Castle Hotel Puchner
Castle Hotel Puchner in Bikal through the eyes of the guest (2010)
Outdoor furniture indoor
We can boldly use garden furniture indoor
Moving
Moving is an exciting event, the promise of a new life, at the same time it is a stressful period in people’s life. We can reduce the inconvenience of it if we begin to prepare for it in time.
Many unnecessary things can be piled in one’s home without regular sorting. It’s worth to get rid of them before moving, since not only the number of boxes can be reduced this way, but they haven’t to be treated in the new home also. The task should be started far before moving in steps, even room by room. Prepare three big sacks or boxes and sort the unnecessary objects by groups: for sale, for donation and trash. Announce the sale of furniture, decorating objects etc. in time, even with the term of the real taken time. It has a little chance that everything will be immediately sold, that’s why we have to be prescient. Charity services are happy to get any kind of clothes if they are not sleazy or toys and story-books. The broken, useless objects can be recycled. We can get rid of bigger pieces (furniture, carpet etc.) at the yearly garbage. If this is not relevant presently, these have to be taken away which needs organization and has costs.
Don’t let boxing for the last time also. We always have more stuff than we think. Those which won’t be used until moving (books, decorating objects, winter clothes in summer, Christmas ornaments etc.) can be boxed already. Have time to pack them in a clean condition, because this way they only have to be put on their place in the new home. Boxes always should be labeled! It will be much easier if these will have put in that room where they will be opened and we don’t have to seek what we need first in the new place. Stick the boxes carefully, for not to fall apart during moving and objects in them not to be dusty until it.
Moving company has to be booked as soon as we know the moving date. Commonly they are time-workers. We shall rather pay for one or two hours more than the hurry causes harm to our stuff. Wrapping of furniture and big household appliances is the task of the moving company’s employees, wrapping properly every other things is our responsibility.
Ask for advice your friends or even your interior designer before moving to pay attention to what and what kind of mistakes has to be avoided during this period.
Summer decor
DIY decoration ideas for summer
