Top metal accessories

Monday, May 10th, 2010
Mirror with stumpwork and flat embroidery
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Contemporary metal artwork is designed to be functional and eye catching, but on the other hand - to give a feeling of the artistic freedom and enhance the individual character of interior.  If you are looking for the appropriate metal accessories for your room, first consider that it should work with the general style of the house or flat.

Folding wall
It is perfect gadget for the bedroom (not only for changing clothes) that lets you to divide the room space in a non-intrusive way, create small private spaces where you won’t be disturbed, cover the personal corners from your guests in an elegant way, and make the unique mood.

This item, made of metal, shaped smoothly, decorated with light tissues, is essential element of inter alia: art deco, cottage, classical and zen interior design. Folding wall is very practical: flexible and completely stable even if you stretch it into a horizontal line. Main advantage of the folding wall is that it can be easily replaced and hidden, dependently of your needs. (more…)

How to make a small room optically wider?

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Sewing Room
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In a small space every single detail is important: pictures on the walls, light, colors etc.
Small room can make us feel uncomfortable and limited. Thus, how to make our room bigger and more pleasant than it really is?
Below we present you couple of tricks which will help you to enhance your room space and make you feel better.

Walls color
If you want to extend your small room paint it with light, fair colors. Pastel colors and ice-blue are ones that can certainly are able to do that. Dark colors absorb light and make the surface visibly smaller, so you shouldn’t consider using them in your room.

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Creating Feng Shui with Mirrors

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Feng shui Luopan compass
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A mirror provides a beautiful reflection in any room and allows light and color to bounce back for the viewer to see. Mirrors also enlarge a small space. If your room seems to be pressing down on you, use large mirrors to make it appear larger than it actually is.

There are several ideas taken from feng shui that can apply to the mirrors in your home. This Chinese philosophy helps to arrange a space so that it provides good luck and positive energy. Whether or not you follow all the ideas of feng shui, these tips will help you if you’re stuck arranging the mirrors in your home.

There are two main purposes of a mirror. It can reflect positive images or deflect negative images. If you have an area of the room that feels dreary, you can place a mirror there to reflect a more pleasant view of an item across the room, or you can place the mirror opposite the dreary spot to metaphorically reflect the bad energy away.

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Choosing Mirrors: Framed or Unframed

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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Mirrors are a popular accessory for the home and the office. When choosing a mirror there are a variety of options, from what shape to what size to get. Another important choice is whether your mirror should have a frame or not. Some mirrors have quite elaborate frames while others have no frame surrounding them at all.

Before comparing mirrors, take another look at the room where the mirror will hang. How complex is the room? Is it full of elaborate designs or does it follow a more minimalistic style and use simple patterns? This will be important to keep in mind when choosing your mirror.

Those who want a simplistic design should look for a smooth mirror with either a simple frame or no frame at all. Square and circular mirrors without frames are very simple and still add light to a room. A square mirror with a square black frame and few details will match a simple style without appearing too boring.

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