Home Decor

Rustic Elegance: A Simple Guide to Decorating a Farmhouse Dining Room

With packed schedules and fast-paced technology that constantly competes for our attention, the modern world can get overwhelming. While looking for ways to escape the daily stress of our busy, high-tech lives, many try to decorate their interiors in a sort of rustic, farmhouse style as a way to bring their homes back to a much simpler time. Read More →

A Simple Guide to Understanding How Electric Roller Blinds Operate

Although dynamic and generally stressful, nothing can beat the benefits of today’s world. From the possibility of surfing the net whenever and wherever you want to the invention of tumble dryer, air conditioner and what not, everything is simplified and modernised. In light of that, once again, manufacturers have surpassed themselves when it comes to inventing new things, this time with electric blinds.

Can you imagine creating a romantic mood without even leaving the bed? Or darkening the room when putting your little one to sleep without getting up from the rocker? Well, nowadays all these things are enabled thanks to the use of remote-controlled motorised roller blinds. These types of blinds are a fantastic addition to any space as they can provide the needed level of privacy while being extremely stylish and appealing. Read More →

A Simple Guide to Decorating With Homewares

Can you say your home feels yours unless it’s filled with items that best speak of you? I highly doubt it! This is the secret to making a home homely and even if you can’t exactly afford to go for a grand uplift, you could pull it off by filling the gaps with homewares as they’re the accessories that add the finishing touch same way jewellery does with our outfits.

Considering there are many options of contemporary accessories home decor can be whatever you want it to be but you can’t just buy based on an impulse, you have to put some thought into it to decide what it is you need to best reflect your personality.

Of course you’d also have to use your budget to help narrow down your choices but it shouldn’t be the only factor. For instance, think first how certain pieces affect the cosiness of your interior; do they add to it or do they make for a mess?

Cushions are a great way to increase the comfort as are rugs and while it’s okay to match or mix and match try to avoid too much mixing and matching because you could get visual clutter and imbalance instead of harmonious ambiance; in other words, overstyling is a no no and it’s best to stick to carefully choosing the colours and patterns.

When you have bare walls and want to fill them with some liveliness you don’t have to resort to accent walls with wallpapers and go through all the trouble and extra expenses of installing them as there are contemporary accessories home decor could do well with like artworks and the stylish and functional wall clocks that steal the attention with their design and craftsmanship like the Nomon clocks.

One way of making the choosing easier for you is finding out what the current trends are, like biophilia, inviting more of nature at home, the tendency to decorate with dusty pink, and anything handmade from furniture to cloths to show off your skills and further personalise the place, but you don’t have to stick to trends exclusively or at all if they don’t represent you best.

One last aspect: Do you have enough brightness in your home? When you don’t have enough light it’s easy to get a dark gloomy outcome that messes with your mood so even if you don’t have as many windows as you want you could always use bright colours and mirrors placed to reflect the natural light from windows to do the trick.

A Simple Guide to the Different Types of Tableware

Who says that tableware is boring?! Nowadays, manufacturers have surpassed themselves when it comes to creating tableware which means that today’s models can be everything but boring. With the huge choice of table ware, now you can make every meal a special occasion. But before making any rash decision, there are some important things you should know in order to make the right choice.

As we all know, tableware or also known as dishware is used for dining purposes and serving food, and it includes a variety of items like all kinds of plates, bowls, glassware, cutlery, etc. Table or place setting is the term used for the dishes, whereas glassware and cutlery used for both formal and informal dining. The setting and arrangement of the table, as well as the table decoration, mainly depend on the occasion, so with this comes the need for the different types of table ware. They are available in a range of materials, out of which tableware made of ceramic materials is the most commonly used form. Read More →

A Simple Guide to Why Prefabrication is the Future of Cabins

Lifestyles aside, having a place where we can relax in nature is something we all need. Having a chance to get away from the everyday city hustle and chaos is something we all crave from time to time, and the easiest and quickest way to have that is by investing in a prefab cabin. Read More →

Say Goodbye to Tripping: Restore Order With These Shoe Storage Solutions

If you have a large family, you understand just how easily your entire house can be turned into a never-ending chaos if even for just one day everyone decided to leave their shoes wherever they pleased. Even if that’s not on purpose, chances are your little ones don’t really pay much attention to all your requests to keep their things organized. I know mine don’t. Walk in the door and there are the shoes that your kids took off when they came from school and were ‘too tired’ to properly place; walk into the kitchen and you will probably step on someone’s indoor slippers; head into your bedroom and oops – there are the heels that you wore last night. It is indeed a never-ending shoe-story. Read More →

A Simple Guide to the Best Flooring Options for Large and Busy Families

Families with children and pets in their home should be quite cautious and picky when buying flooring for their house. For these families, choosing a flooring material that is safe, durable, and easy to maintain is essential in order to make daily living and cleaning easier. Fortunately, with the plethora of flooring options available today, you don’t need to sacrifice quality and aesthetics for the sake of convenience. Here are some great options of durable floors you might want to consider. Read More →

A Simple Guide to Home Decor That’s All but a Bore

Some people have the wonderful talent of being able to create items people would love to look at, often even to the extend of wanting to have them in their home. Other people, on the other hand, have a different type of talent which has to do with being able to arrange some of those items in an aesthetically pleasing way.

Decorative items have a very prominent role, even though they might be the last thing homeowners thinks about, meaning in order to be able to decorate, you first need to have everything else ready. But these items have the power to add a lot of character to a space, without spending too much money. That being said, let’s talk about three specific homewares that when used together can both complement each other and add a lovely oomph to a living room. Read More →

A Simple Guide to What Makes Fly Screens Useful

Summertime in Australia and the living is easy…and a little bit busy chasing bugs and so many other flying, crawling and buzzing “delights”. You just want to open a window to let some fresh air in, but that’s not all that gets in, is it? Insects can be a real problem during the warmer months and in order to avoid those annoying little creatures, we avoid opening a window either at night while sleeping or during the day when one desperately needs a bit of fresh breeze. Read More →