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Hello friends, today we leave you with this image to a curious centerpiece with lights and rope. It’s so easy and simple you can do it in minutes. The end result is curious different, attractive and most economical! If you have bulbs at home, they are melted are you waiting for? You can create this fantastic centerpiece to decorate any of your surfaces.

You do not need to be a special event just to give a different touch to your home, to provide a different detail that will not go unnoticed. With a bit of string and these bulbs we will achieve this very special centerpiece and striking. As we can see just need some dry sticks, scissors rustic rope and one or more bulbs. Read the rest of this entry »

The decor’s most successful environments of home or office, is not complete until you take the decorating with plants. Today it is very difficult to plant and maintain the necessary care that plants require, due to lack of space and the lack of care while preventing plants that require more care. That does not imply that we should deprive the decoration of the natural element that will make it more attractive and healthy, take options such as decorating with potted.

No need to overdo the decor, natural detail as a regular size pot in a corner or a small pot or bonsai on a coffee table or side print the naturally you expect from decorating with potted plants. It is best to choose leaves green, all sorts of plants that do not require direct sunlight to survive with nothing more than a little water every day and do not require either pruned too early but just once a month or every two months. Read the rest of this entry »

The garage is one of those places in the house to which we pay little attention rather as far as decor is concerned, is that ‘to get the car’, we do not need much. However, knowing how to organize this space may find it of great value not only for the things of the car but also to get new space organized storage. Who says parking implies only a place where one is home to his car and where there are tools scattered everywhere, the oil that stains the walls. This idea is gone. A garage can be a decoration, like all other parts of the house. For maintaining security in our garage we should fitting good garage door.

In general there is a tendency to think that a garage is a garage tidy, a concept that must change radically. Start by draining and put walls and floor, as any other corner of the house it should also be a place nice and clean where we feel at ease. Although until now was the perfect place to store all that we did not use ‘case’, we must get rid of everything that is no longer necessary and probably never will no longer use. Read the rest of this entry »

The tropical woods have been popular in all over the world because of its strength and ease of purchase and install yourself. From some years now it has become fashionable in decorating magazines, hotels uploaded stars and in installations of terraces, chic bars and homes, the installation of tropical soils outside gardens and terraces.

Wood is particularly resistant to harsh weather and humidity, as well as wood decay and trot children and crowds of people, due to its extraordinary hardness and resistance. Read the rest of this entry »

Hanging baskets, allow better use the terrace or balcony full of flowers without wasting space. The terrace or balcony can be filled flowers without wasting space, thanks to hanging baskets that let you enjoy many floral combinations. However we must keep in mind that this type of culture requires a different care we provide to the pots and containers.

First, due to the small amount of substrate that supports them, this must be a specially adapted to this crop if you do not want to spend all day with the watering can in hand. This special mix for hanging baskets, is mainly composed of peat moss that retains moisture better than any other type of substrate.

Similarly, you should add fertilizer every two weeks to go granules slowly providing nutrients to the substrate. Thus the flowering will be spectacular and will be able to enjoy it all summer. Read the rest of this entry »

Among the many ideas that we have been giving you in recent months on decoration, there is always something to be able to save a little money by changing some aspects to give your home a different look. The advices we are giving you now are to be able to decorate the doors of the room and change so much of the decor of any room.

Decorate and renovate the cabinet doors do not need very expensive and long procedure. So take note of a couple of ideas for you are as new and original: Read the rest of this entry »

A good way to give a different look to the outside of your home without spending money on new paint or various decorative details, is bringing outdoor plants outside the windows that give the details of nature, color and exclusivity to your home. And get a good mix of colors and flowering plants, is easier than you think.

In most cases when it comes to decorating, exterior and interior either, you may know that the more simple, it provides much more elegance to what you do and of course this is no different when it comes to plants and flowers outside your windows. So you are recommended putting green and abundant plants, mixed with those flowers have a bright color, like cherry red. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes you may feel that your yard is deserted and colorless, although some species that you planted in it, especially if it is surrounded by high walls and large.

To avoid such gaps you are suggested to try to combine the colors of the walls with the colors of the flowering of your plants.

If your wall is white, you must always choose strong and contrasting colors, it is striking as the red, yellow or green very bright, if the place has little shade, you can build giant pots of zinnias, geraniums, marigolds, asparagus pendant or green ivy. On the contrary if the spaces are too dark, you can place mixed with ferns and nasturtiums, and poppies. Read the rest of this entry »

The combinations of textures and genres of outdoor fabrics such as those used for awnings are part of a wide range.

What is important in these cases is to know the kind of environment you want to achieve and you’ll use it.

There are screen for all types of awnings, whether for internal or external, micro-perforated fabrics, which in some cases you should allow the passage of rays of sunlight, and avoid the greenhouse effect, very common in supermarkets fashion, especially those that are all glazed. Read the rest of this entry »

In addition to the aesthetic value they may have, and trim strips are pieces with an important feature: plug damage, conceal errors and smooth finishes. Also forgotten corners decorate and enhance the design of certain parts like the roof, the walls or doors.

With the trim and ribbons is easy to change the image of our house at an affordable price. Add a touch of class and elegance wherever they settle. The elements are of aesthetic value optically able to balance the proportions of your home. Still considered the classic elements provide sophisticated atmosphere.

As needed and decoration to reign in your home, you’ll find on the market companies specializing in different types of moldings. The materials used are plaster, plaster, wood and even stone. The more frames used are the frieze, the bar, table, the edging, the corniche, the jamb, the baseboard, the baseboard and trim and glass tables. Read the rest of this entry »