Category / INTERIOR DESIGN

by Aman Sharma

Re-decorating your home.

Everyone loves a new home. The aura of it, beautiful bright wall and the new furniture pieces. It is almost everyone’s desire to maintain their house like new forever. We try our best to keep upgrading with best that we can do. During the regular routine life we don’t get enough time to fully create the house we really want. While we are in this quarantine period why not utilize the time and decor our homes that we dream off and that too without stepping out of the house. This will have two benefits specifically one is- your urge to go out will end and you will help the country to fight against this covid-19 virus and secondly by the time you finish decorating your home you will eventually love your place and will want to stay in. In this article I will share some ideas to re-decor your home with already available things. Check the ideas below-

Play with curtains-

We can give our home a makeover by just placing curtains differently from usual. Earlier window used to be smaller than door but today they can be as large as doors, so this also demands in change of the patterns of hanging curtains. Here are some ideas that you can try-

1- Using various colors– Pop colors schemes are trending today. Red, orange, blue, pink colors can be used. If your wall colors are white or cream shade than you can go with these curtain colors. Either you can play with all colors or just choose two colors to shade.

2- Hang from one side– This design can be used if you want window to be visible all the time. Just hang both curtains on the same rod on one above other. Now, take the front curtain and hang it in the middle of bar with a holder and leave the rest of it either hanging or tie it on the other end. The curtain that was behind let it hang but tie it from the middle.

3- Make a new shape– You can also give a new shape of your own. For example- you can use 4 curtains in total. Hang two curtains straight and hang two at the bar above the hanging curtain, like in classical movies. Either you can hang two curtains and roll them one over. It will create a unique design from top to bottom. Else create a zig-zag formation.

The next one is related mainly to all women out there. These are few ideas that can be used to keep your jewellery. Making a jewellery box from waste. Below are few of the ideas.

1- Earring holder– If you have an aluminum sheet at home, it can be used as your new earing holder. Various earrings can be hanged at a time. It will also help to prevent losing them and will also look beautiful.

2- Jewellery frame– Have an old frame that you were thinking to throw, well maybe this is right time to use it again. Paint the frame of your favorite color and apply a paper in the Centre.  Let it dry and then apply pins or nail over it to hang the jewellery.

3- Jewellery hanger– There are always a lot of hanger in the home. If you have a hanger that is bent down or not usable you can still use it. Cover it with color paper or paint it. Hang the jewellery once it get dry.

4- Jewellery crockery– Old crockery can also be used to put jewellery in it. Bowls or other crockery can be painted with various styles (Check google to find various designs) and can be placed on your dressing table.

Another thing that can be done is painting or decorating the walls. The best place to do this is your bedroom or the living room. You can totally convert either bedroom or living room into an art gallery. Try painting different designs, it does not matter if you are a good artist or not. Try using some abstract patterns or any other of your choice and fill you walls with it. Let the artist in you come out. To make it more fun add your family members to it and let them play with their creativity.

Bohemian theme based living room
  1. If you are good with stitching you can create some art on fabric and hang in your home.
  2. Have colorful fabrics? Hang them in living room along with some frames.
  3. Clear the cutter and manage the furniture pieces.
  4. Make your bedroom/Living room colorful. Bohemian theme is very trendy these days and also loved my many.
  5. Try maintaining your garden.

These were some of the ideas that we can use to give our home a new look even without stepping out of the house. Apart from this, clean and manage your home as much as possible. Maintain the store room. You can also pick a place in your home to arrange cozy sitting to spend some quality time your family. You can also design mirrors, for that please read my blog- Mirror re-décor. You can also find various interior topics in my blog feed that might help you. I really loved these ideas and also have tried some of them in my home too. If you have other ideas please feel free to share them in our comment section below.

Please stay in your home people. Stay in. Stay safe.

Thank you

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by Aman Sharma

Living room according to vastu.

Living room is a place where you spend most of the family time together. Cherish memories with loved ones. This is the place where your guest are entertained once they enter your house. So it is very essential to make your living room according to vastu to have positive vibes in your house. Below are preferred location for a living room in the house.

 In a North facing site: The Living room can be in the North (brings health and wealth to the family), North-East.
In a West facing site: The Living room can be in the North-West (good location, but guests feel restless and leave early).
In a South facing site: One can have a South-East Living room but if there is no other choice, opt for the  South-West (guests feel at home and stay on for a long time). 
In an East facing site: The Living room can be in the East, otherwise in the North-East corner.

But for any of the reasons if your drawing room is not in the right direction you can still do some small things to keep positive energy around you in your happy place.

  • Colour of walls and décor must be positive.

Wall colours of the living must be light or pale like Light blue, green, peach etc. Avoid using black, brown or dark blue. Heavy furniture and décor more than required creates a hindrance in the way of having a positive vibe in the house, try to be a minimal or use things according to requirement only. Battlefield weapons, Animal skins, dry land painting or sad statues are not considered good, avoid them.

  • Place an aquarium

Fish aquarium not only gives you happiness but it is also believed that it protects your family from any upcoming dangers. Aquarium also keeps a steady flow of positive energy and money in the home. Aquarium can be place in east, north east or north.

  • For paintings

Paintings have become an essential part of décor. But paintings also are related with energy in the house. Putting a painting of horses running inwards on south wall is considered good. It results in making you a popular personality and gain fame. One thing to keep in mind while purchasing painting is that the face of horses must be happy, not in aggression. To have more positive energy you can hang the painting of sunrise on east wall.

  • Furniture

Heavy sofa and furniture should be placed on south and west side of the room, while small furniture items can be placed on east and north side. Wooden furniture is best for having positive energy around you. Broken furniture should not be placed in the room, it is believed that they bring sadness in the house and also results in the increase amount of bad/negative vibes.

  • Indoor planters

Plants are the best way to keep a positive atmosphere around you. Money plant or other indoor plants can be placed in east or north direction. They are believed to create a harmonious atmosphere, but only if they are chosen correctly for a specific location. Dry plants, thorny or bonsai are believed to have a negative impact in the house. Plants not only keep a good vibe but also a number of benefits to your health also.

  • What else to take care off –
  • Sofa should not be placed under the beam. Beam is considered as thing to separate and might result in the sourness of your relations. But for any reason if you can’t move you’re sitting anywhere than hang a flute or wind chimes.
  • The light in the room must not be too bright and hit directly into eyes of your guests or yourself.
  • Don’t build a toilet in drawing room or if you have one than don’t use it.
  • Electrical equipment must be placed in the south direction. While A.C. must be in west direction.

These were the few vastu tips that can be used in your drawing room to have a circulation of positive energy around you. Thank you for reading. You can ask your questions or leave a suggestion in the comment box below.

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by Aman Sharma

Indoor plants

There were times when plants were considered to be kept in the garden only. Some time back people used to make a small garden in their homes/apartments. But this concept has now changed and plants are considered as important part of the regular household items. It doesn’t matter whether you live in a skyscraper or an apartment, indoor plants have become a part of the new age homes. They make your place look beautiful and in addition they have numerous benefits which you might not get even if you try to pay for them. Below I will tell you some types of indoor plants for your house and how to take care of them.

Spread nature’s comeliness indoors.

If you buy plants from nursery, than look for its benefits more than its beauty. Also keep in mind the place where you will keep this plant. Plant will grow obviously, keep the plant in a space where it can grow to its normal size freely.

Things to take care of while buying plants.

Always pay attention while purchasing or choosing the plants. Look at leaves that they are not teared, the soil of the plant must be wet and soft. Do not buy if it’s hard and dry. If you are buying plant to put in a big place, buy a single plant that will grow big instead of buying too many small plants.

Indoor plants for your Home. For Lobby- Lobby is the open space of home. It has the highest of temperature and brightest of sun. To make this area look beautiful you can place the big plants along with wall or stands. Some of the plants that can be used are ficus benjamina, Philodendron etc these have various colour leaves which make them look more beautiful. Long plants will make your lobby more beautiful. If you have a small lobby than you can place small plants such as coleus, aglaonema on stands or hang them on walls. They take less space and also look good on walls. Various types of hanging baskets are available in market or you can also customise one with different types of ropes, wires and stones.

ficus benjamina

Plants for drawing room.

If you have light colour on the walls, place plants that have big and more leaves. Wide and colourful plants can contrast with bright colour walls. Ficus elastica, ficus benjamina, elegance etc are some of the plants which can be kept in your drawing room. You can also put some plants on your center table like agnoloma, schefflera plant etc. These are colourful and only take a minimum space. If your stairs are passing through drawing room you can also use money plant.

agnoloma

Plants for the room which have ample light.

If you have a room that receive ample light and has a moderate temperature, than you can use different plants to décor the place. Some big plants like Monstera plant, Define bakia plant, Reflexa variegata plant etc can be used. They can also be accompanied by small plants such as fern, ribbon grass etc. You can also add flower plants to make them look more colourful.

Define bakia plant

So this were the plants that you can use inside to cheer up your mood, freshen up the air and brighten the house. But the next and most important that raises is How to take care of them? Well, below is the answer to that-

1- Water them when the top soil is totally dry, don’t water them too often.

2- Put a plastic sheet under the pot so it don’t leave any stains on your floor or furniture.

3- Keep cleaning the big or wide leaves with soft cloth or cotton from time to time.

4- If your plant is growing only from one side that means it is only getting sunlight from one side. Keep rotating it or put it in a position that the plant gets sunlight on every angle.

Apart from this plants there are some other plants such as ZZ plant, Snake plant and peace Lilly etc. that can be placed in your house and are perfect for your bedrooms, kitchen and bathrooms.  

I hope you guys liked this and I will be glad if you can write your reviews in the comment section below.

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by Aman Sharma

Design trends which are popular….but not useful.

1- Open shelves- This is really popular concept which is being used in our homes today.  This design looks very good and stylish in the pictures but it might not be the right choice for you. Open units are much better than open shelves. Open shelves shall not be given in the area where you work manually most of the time like the chopping or mixing area in kitchen because if you mistakenly touch anything than chances are every other thing on the shelf might also fall down. This can also result in damaging of the expensive glasses which are mostly put on these shelves. Open units/cabinets are a far better option because they provide more space and ease of use. But if you have an open shelf than put a bar (1/2 inch thick wooden or steel) in front of it, so when you want to take out something other things don’t fall down.

2-Cool colors- Cool colors are trending, but do you know the color of the walls also plays a key role in controlling the room temperature. If you live in a place which is less hot than cool colors can depress you. You can keep aside the white and grey if you are bored from them. Try using Red, Orange or Yellow these bright colors are suitable for any weather and will also enlighten the space if painted correctly.

3-Corner couch- The use of ‘L’ shaped or the corner couches has increased in the recent times. People tend to buy this just because everyone is loving them, but will it really look nice at your place? Rethink about it. The ‘L’ shape or corner couch only look good when they are placed at a corner of the house and not in the center of your living or drawing room. This will only result in filling of the space. If possible try to opt for long and simple couches which are more comfortable while sitting. Keep this bigger furniture items at a distance of few inches from the wall. This bigger couches will be perfect when you have a group of friends or family at your place.

4-Plain white wall- Light color walls have been in trend since the beginning of the design era. White, Ivory or Grey these color walls can be found in every house or commercial place. This might suit you if you are minimalist. But if you want a cozy space than you will get bore of this easily in few days and will start decorating the walls with paintings or any other hanging items, and slowly-slowly the wall will convert into an art gallery. But if you really want that ‘Scandinavian’ look than you can invest in a big and bright piece of art for your wall. This can result in converting of your plain dull wall to an accent wall.

5- Long Curtains- Curtains are the energy boosters for any interior. Floor length curtains are trending today. The main reason for choosing floor length curtain is they make an illusion of more space in the homes. Well if they have a pro than it also has a con at the same time, Floor length curtains may stuck in your feet while walking close to them. They also touch the floor so they get really dirty after a short of period time. Either you need to keep floor very clean or keep washing them again and again. But if you can’t manage it try keeping curtains a few inch high from the floor.

6- Exposed wearing- Exposed wiring trend has increased overtime, Now in bedrooms or work spaces people are preferring for exposed wiring than the switch boards in the wall. There various types of switch and sockets available in the market which are being used. These are not safe firstly and secondly if you are providing exposed wiring, there must be proper ventilation in the room. However you should never be giving exposed wiring in kitchen and bathrooms.

7- Vintage look- Vintage look is still inn. But most people today confuse the vintage look with the short term trend. If you have the furniture or any other items which have a history than these are always special. Don’t buy poor quality and cheap items in the name of vintage piece because these are only temporary and get out of style soon.

8- Stone tiles- So this one is a point that I notice during my recent visit to a house. Various types of tiles made up of stone are really in trend these days. These are being excessively used in bathrooms, kitchen, living rooms etc. But using them too much in a continuity may result in a dull interior and your place might look like a Stone Age museum. Use various types of tiles and textures over different areas. If you don’t want various textures try some different colors at-least.

9- Kitchen appliance display- No matter how expensive your microwave or oven is, it can’t stand up to its cost until it is placed at a right place. Appliances put on a kitchen counter only consumes space and make your kitchen look like a restaurant kitchen. Modular kitchens has removed this burden form the counters as there are so many options for storage including a tall unit specially designed for your micro and oven.

These were some the latest interior trends which if not used properly or according to your place might become a blunder for you rather than being decorative or making your easier than before. I hope you all liked above mentioned points and it might help you if you are thinking to renovate your house or a room or any commercial place.

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