Archive | April 2019

Provence style

Provence style has a continuous popularity since years all over the world. Maybe it captures people with its calming effect.
It contains the essence of French country style. Houses were commonly built of freestone, they became the integral part of nature with their unplastered walls. There are shutters on windows, since the interiors have to be protected from strong sunshine. This makes the heavy curtains unnecessary, commonly only cotton voile curtains are on the windows. Frequently French doors are on the ground floor instead of windows. The patio has an outdoor room function. Since the weather is nicely warm, most of the meals are kept here also. The table is placed in the shadow of a pergola or a bigger tree.
The thick walls protect the house from extreme warming-up. Doors and windows are remained open, this way the cool breeze can blow through the inner rooms also. Walls have light painting. The floor is terracotta or stone paved in the community spaces and bathrooms, there are old wooden floor in the bedrooms. The mood is given by the shabby elegance of wooden furniture and old household objects. It is an important fact, that all of these are original pieces which served generations, so they weren’t made by paint-and-wear technique. They descend in the family or are flee market finds. They can be put on their place after a careful cleaning. Wrought iron accessories and small furniture are common also. These are frequently light colored (off-white, cream, green). The most significant furniture items in the kitchen are the sideboard cabinet, the huge solid wood table and the stone fireplace. Everything was made by hand all over the house from natural local materials. The domination of neutral colors is broken by muted shades (blues, greens, pinks and purples). Nature shows itself in the decoration also. Lavender is the first in the row of flowers, but wildflowers are beloved decorating elements as well.
Ask for help of an interior designer for creating Provence mood in your home.

Services

Apr26

Classic Interiors:
– interior design
– interior design advisory
– home staging
– Feng Shui based interior design and advisory
– color- and style advisory
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Paint palette 18.

Apr24

Green paint palettes ispired by plants

Victorian eggs

Apr17

Victorian style Easter eggs

Natural egg dyes

Apr15

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.