Gardening tips watering in winter

The indoor plants come winter require some care to withstand climate changes, so here you have some tips to consider when it comes time to look a little more our beautiful plants.

In winter the plants require interior just under irrigation, do it once every 7 days is fine. If you have them in a heated, always remember to spray the leaves with water every time you water, and if you have the ability to collect rainwater for this step much better.

The amount of water needed varies according to each species, and type of substrate in which the plant is found, usually girls plants must moisten with 250 cubic centimeters of water, in pots half liters medium is required, and in large one liter of water per instead of irrigation.

Ingenious ideas for comfortable, flexible spaces

When building or remodeling is very important to build on the needs of the inhabitants of the house, to create spaces truly versatile, comfortable and keep the freshness of a modern and practical.

Perform multi-country proposals through walls hide cupboards and thus achieving very airy and bright space is an excellent choice to keep in mind, this is very applicable, especially if the housing reform is an old house with many rooms and a generally traditional distribution.

Appreciate the potential of the structures when we purchased a house to reform is essential, then project what we want to truly achieve, and build hardware, lumber, beams, columns etc. From there the kitchen can be glazed, cover libraries and implement real solutions that provide decorative our customer details of convenience and comfort.

Tips for buying a kitchen stove

When replacing your stove there are some points to bear in mind, and buy the one that best suits not only their economic possibilities, but their daily needs, to give you really use this need.

Before purchasing a new furnace, you must set the grids are at least divided into two parts, to make it much easier to clean, great grill always seems to be more problematic when cleaning. You should also watch that it does not have screws, as they usually tend to oxidize and quite difficult to clean your oven, accumulating a lot more dirt.

The upper plate where are the burners must be made in one piece, without seams or aggregates, and that is where they usually gather more dirt. On the other hand make sure the oven door does not make noises when you open or close, if it is too heavy or makes noises corresponding distrust the quality of that product.

Colors for decorating

The curtains we offer many functional options and as we said at one time are responsible for our environment and contribute dress sumptuously in the case of the bedrooms, living rooms or decorate with them.

From the genres that are translucent which are used particularly in the bedrooms, we can provide color on the walls a little heavier, and the range of purples or reds more furious mixed with white and purity that provide curtains provide extremely comfortable environments.

We must always bear in mind the design lines, textures advantage for covering the head of the bed, and use two contrasting colors in rooms that are all the rage at the moment. We can also choose to place panels that give some freedom eastern and delicacy, especially if used on curtains or black OTUs that are very heavy.

The Bagua map of Feng Shui or

Anyone who wants to distribute the spaces of your home according to Feng Shui, even if it were a beginner should know or Bagua energy map, which has its origins based is Ching the sacred book of the mutations, which used for divination, "ba" means eight and 'Gua "means trigram, and would become the ancient mystical representation of all combinations of energy of Yin and Yang.

The bagua is an octagon, but we could simplify a square, which set him on the plane of our home or on a particular room, indicates that 8 of the areas are most conductive to relations between people, marriage, family, fortune, prosperity, fame, wisdom, money, and pleasure.

We should note that in the energy map called Bagua, the quarters are in a different position in the Western compass, south is up, north is down, east to the right, and west to the left, when sitúes the Bagua on the level of your home or any other room, and the door should always be on the bottom.

A truly comfortable bathroom

To gain comfort is necessary to successfully restructure the space, the color of the soil and the delimitation of using the materials play a key role when renovate your bathroom.

This can separate shower toilet by a partition, closed with transparent glass wall that can come equipped with a comfortable area where you can dry off.

The mixture of materials can also help you get that special touch you're looking for in a bathroom all marbled, you can take to avoid overloading sockets made ​​using paint that is in tune of marble, and apply also in parts of the walls you have not covered, you can apply wood floors in the bathroom before or dressing areas, which should varnished with polyurethane to make it much stronger and so this will help better define the zones.

Gardening tips to care for and maintain a Ficus

The ficus is one of the plants most wanted to make decorations and ornaments in the gardens, but is a plant that requires some care. We tell you what they are.

The Ficus pendurata real name, is a kind of very slow growing tree that does not exceed 8 meters high, is a highly sought after plant for interior design, and who like spacious rooms, where they wear the green color dithering of its leaves.

This plant needs to be located in a very light but at the same time not to receive direct sunlight, especially in summer times, to maintain the care of their leaves very bright. To grow it outdoors must procure a protected location, and remember that require a large amount of moisture, so in summer the leaves need to be sprayed at least twice a day, and requires regular watering in hot weather, reducing it winter.

3 tricks; that are useful when decorating

We can do simple reforms to redecorate our home and give you a whole new look, especially if we are tired and not long ago that we carry it.

 In the case of the living room , we could divide it by installing rigid panels suspended wire-braced, because if it is spacious make better use of each of its sectors, being transparent brightness gain, and if we get across the mirrored, further multiplied the space in our environment.

In the case of having a house with ceilings too high , highlighting the low levels through curtains placed by way of sliding panels allow us to visually make the ceiling look lower, and while gain natural light in the top of the windows.

We guessed when it custom decorate a room

There are many form to make a living custom, it is important to consider, what is the use we are going to take to avoid wasting space.

We can make it more current, especially if it has several uses, the best way is to dare to combine furniture styles, materials and finishes, this is the secret of doing well personal, contrasting the sofa with armchairs, a good table at the center table and dining chairs and instead of a large bookstore, a multifunctional furniture where to place the plasma, home theater, DVD and audio equipment, combine all this requires some effort but the results are often surprising.

Decorating with candles for the table

The choice to decorate with candles if you like can be a great chance to decorate your home and giving tables, romantic and delicate touches that bring part of your personality.

For that you can put in the middle of the table, in a container candle large size of those that own several ends and place on all sides around it smaller sails. If a lover of crafts you can make your own candles and give them the tone that blends seamlessly with the rest of your decor.

In this case you can melt bath in a metal pitcher beeswax or paraffin, and gain different molds on the market, before pouring the wax placed the fuse and hold a pencil, so I can keep straight. If you add color like you do at this moment or vegetable dye which is already to make candles, and then let it dry for 24 hours.

Tips for decorating a bathroom with romantic

There are many rooms in the house that often left out when making renovations, and then the whole is as if they belonged to the overall decor of our house, so both the bathroom and the kitchen should not be overlooked, since they are often overlooked.

The romantic style as we have seen several times is based on clear tones, pastels, and the feminine touch to provide flowers being preferred in many rooms, or rooms that provide warmth and distinction, but it can also be applied to a bathroom.

This alone is sufficient to choose colors that combine roses or in that range to each other, as it is essential that they form a delicate composed, and do not overlook all accessories must be detail and delicate pink flowers that enhance personality style of your bathroom.

Special features decorative effects for warm

As mentioned above, currently the main bedroom is often integrated into other environments, or within the same are enclosed spaces for reading, to work and complete relaxation and comfort as for those who prefer an integrated bathroom their rooms.

The secret of success in these cases is to try to achieve harmonious environments that are warm and comfortable at the time of the decision to be used by the inhabitants.

To decorate a room is warm and we can use paper for lining their walls, somehow simple geometric figures can be very useful, and in tones of beige, pale yellow or orange will give us the warmth we're looking for, we can choose to complete bedding with floral motifs, much more so will highlight the warmth, and leave the quadrants of the white room to enhance a cozy atmosphere.

Seats to renew decorative chairs

To embellish the dining area to better choice bright colors that blend with the rest of the decor and get a warm addition to making a comfortable cushions practiquemos our chairs. Here you have some suggestions.

We need:

Printed fabric of your choice, plain fabric, and foam cushions.

We take the foam cushions and took their measures, to be transferred to plain fabric, and stamped, once this is done, cut the fabric and fold flat two strips facing over the rights to make a stitch, we give lap and place it on the corners of one of the fabrics.

Current trends for the living

The way you organize and decorate your room, which is one of the most important home is usually the one that works best for you and your family. But sometimes we forget that this is the place where our guests see, so you should concentrate not only in a décor that works for you, but that expresses your style and your personality as well as that of your family.

There are most people with large houses had a special family room and living room or main room is usually kept immaculate and almost never used. But of course, that's a luxury. In other houses, the lounge also has to accommodate a small home office and sometimes the dining room is also located there, however there is always advice that can be applied to improve this space.

Crafts, how to make decorative jars

At times we have objects that after using what is in their packaging, they can be recycled and provide other functions, it is the case of bottles as well as help to decorate with a little ingenuity, and we can help maintain order with very few materials.

They need to make beautiful decorative bottles:

Glass jars disused water-white paint, water paint lilac, a stencil, sponge, paper tape, and acrylic varnish to protect.

To begin; with the help of a brush to apply over the entire glass jar painting white color to base form so that the rest of the details of painting look much better. Let dry and give other hand.

Feng Shui to increase domestic energy

In today's decor is very common to use Feng Shui tips to make everything in house is in harmony. The Feng Shui you can use to make your home energy work well, orderly, and   making everything in your life also feel benefited. In this post I'll give you some tips of Feng Shui to increase energy.

Objects that have bright features reflect qualities such as glass, mirrors, and any other item that has the ability to reflect, as any metallic shiny object, you can help active energies, especially in those dark places where it is difficult to reach the light.

For example, a mirror over the fireplace helps you create a good focal point in the room. Who is also doing that through its reflection can be a bit cool all the heat energy provided by the fire that is there. You just have to ensure that the mirror reflects something very   beautiful and something cold like a beautiful chandelier that hangs from the glass ceiling.

3 factors polluting our home

Most of the time and usually think that pollution is out of our home, but in any environment without realizing we have these 3 factors that make the fresh air is not present, and breathe toxic elements without realizing it.

Moho is a kind of fungus, that grow in places where high humidity and warm, spread by spores, and producing an odor of confinement needs to be treated especially when there are people in the household allergic to it, and what can be done by a solution of bleach water and properly ventilate the area where it operates. In bathrooms and kitchens must have adequate ventilation, and where it is most often proliferate.

Mirrors and artwork

We know how mirrors can help make a space looks bigger, to help us to manage the energies of certain parts of our home reflects the natural and artificial light to illuminate certain corners that were dark. But they also help give it that touch of art and decoration that we like reflect, redundant, and our tastes.

A tip to make your mirror a piece of art in your home is more to simply pick a spot on a wall where you would normally give a picture and then put a small decorative knob, which is preferably silver to go with the rest . Then you just put your mirror hanging from a metal chain and have a piece worthy of an Art Deco style.

To add a touch a little more romantic and innocent to your decor with a mirror, I recommend you hang a ribbon in a color that goes with your decor, but be sure to knot very well for the mirror does not end up in pieces on the floor. Another idea is to hang your mirror from a metal bar that you can get at any store specializing in decoration.

Chromotherapy to apply the decoration

The cormoterapia handles the principle that the colors have the ability to convey emotions, and stimulate the body according to moods.

The brain in these cases receives color information like external vibration in the body responds with concrete effects, as for the mind. In decoration for applying chromotherapy, we must turn to the palette of primary colors.

Red is a color that creativity, it can be applied in environments where people are likely to feel depressed or listless, stimulates the heart and increases blood circulation.

Advice and recommendations to hang curtains

The great functionality when the curtains have decorating should not be overlooked, as not only enhance any style, but are responsible for regulating the passage of light from outside to inside the house and visually isolate, taking care of our privacy.

Whenever its use, are not missing an element that never at the time of decoration. We leave you some tips and show them off to hang by it own functions.

Curtains with rod, which are usually the most traditional, can be modeled in a variety of textures and genres, to which the distinguished touch enhances it even more so the type of rod, which can be wood, metal or plastic, and is accompanied by rings, often with really decorative designs, making them much more colorful and appealing.

Baby room decoration 2012

When you think about the baby's room decor, one must bear in mind that this decoration differs from that of other environments, because the baby's room should look bright and attractive color but maintain the organization and the space should be wide, this means that although decorated with furniture and ornaments should not be saturated for the comfort and safety of the baby. 

So here are some ideas for you so that you can achieve at home, just apply yourself to make the baby's room in a nice place.

As it has been said security is required and an environment that seems overloaded, excessive use of wall hangings in the baby room decoration, not as good as you might think so, recourse to the use of decoration through drawings on the wall of scenes that are attractive and that will appeal to the baby as it grows and until it become a child of about three years, the environment demands a new style with new drawings.

Beauty of indoor plants with flowers

To add color and beauty to our home, the indoor plants that have flowers are a great way to add color, and a touch of nature into our homes, so here we suggest you consider the following species, which require basic care, but we ensure excellent natural contact with the outside.

Anthurium, is a plant that needs a clay soil and high humidity, to give us their bloom.

Bougainville, the same does not need ample moisture, but if a lot of light to decorate every corner of our house.

Gardening, types of fertilizer for plants

Generally the plants are in a good light, with enough air and water are healthy but often require chemical supplements such as nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus that can be absent on their land.

When watering constantly, or when they are in the rain are losing their booking essential nutrients present in the soil so occasionally it is necessary to fertilize the soil , this operation is usually carried out in autumn and spring seasons when the plant is growing.

The most recommended especially for pots, flower beds and paths is the slow release fertilizer, which can be purchased in small tablets or pills should be buried in the soil and fertilize couple slowly but improving plant growth.

How often should clean your house

To properly maintain your home is necessary to perform certain daily cleaning, especially in environments such as kitchen and bathroom, which require daily care.

If there are smokers in your home, it is important to empty the ashtrays every day to avoid polluting the environment and to maintain order, make the bed, keep the clothes in the closets, and so doing a little every day will prevent the accumulation activities for the weekend or when it has free time, which can take advantage of doing other things.

Everyday pleasures in small bathrooms

The bathroom is a special place in the house, and much more if we integrate in the master bedroom as part of the everyday landscape, so we must bear in mind that both environments should maintain a common language, this is achieved by lacquers and paints clear that in some cases giving environments unified sense of purity, which will help to highlight the structures.

Take advantage of options that allow the landscape, large windows, glass avail ourselves of both windows as part of the furniture give it a touch which embody a very pleasant environment, where natural light will delight and be part of recreating a purely natural feeling.

Felt, a very decorative material

Felt is a noble material that has been used in various designs to decorate with ornaments, pillows, and accessories, which again in modern trends has regained prominence.

Decorative and craft industries allow us to enjoy its varied colors, and smooth texture, combined with yarn, and woven contemporary design, where you can find everything from tablecloths, towels, pillows, carpets, and new accessories like coasters, bowls made ​​with this material, and conjugating with more rustic.

It requires the combination worked with handmade wool strand by strand allowing, to forms figures or shapes with both flat and volume.

Little things to change and renew your bathroom

Renovate the bathroom does not necessarily mean that we must make large investments, changing a few accessories and using the myriad of palettes and materials available on the market we can give light and make it look completely different.

To begin with we can choose a palette, smooth, clear to provide light and thus make it look much larger, then with a beautiful glass vase and flowers of great size, adding a touch of warmth and natural perfumes the air .

We prefer lilies, or any other species to provide color and scent that are to your liking. If you have a large vanity, with a nice top, we can put there by the mirror to get a multiplier effect.

Special touches for your kitchen, dining room or office

Place the chair against the possibility of large glass windows make it look quite modern, and sober, plus it allows us to communicate with other environment, and to integrate in many cases inside the house with a porch, and garden.

The key to success will be as we always say the right choice of materials, since a successful mixture. Therefore, makes optimal results when decorating. In many cases we can choose a table that folds forging contrast to natural wood chairs, and highlight decorative details with forging a good lamp, hanging from the ceiling.

Species of plants for terraces with glass greenhouses

Not all people have the possibility of having a greenhouse at home, but many will, and others have terraces or balconies with beautiful glass enclosures may allow them to grow different species of plants there.

What is important in these cases either a greenhouse, a terrace with glass, is that it can maintain a constant temperature throughout the year, between about 12 and 30 degrees, and there can be grown the most varied species . Among them we dedicate ourselves to orchids, bromeliads, and ferns, which are very decorative.

Tips to care for and maintain the beauty of plants

Maintain the gardens, and our plants is a task that requires some time every day, so to always look nice, and we leave some tips, and so show them off at any time of year.

Some plants tend to lean toward the light leaves, growing crooked, it is therefore desirable to turn the pot 1/4 of a turn each week, that way it will match the growth, and direction of their foliage.

The rain water is very good for growing plants, especially those that are inside, but note that if the plant is growing healthy, and in top condition, because no change of place, to take water rain.

Benefits of different types of air conditioners

The proper choice of air conditioning is you first step toward success in improving the temperature of the rooms in our house, therefore, it is necessary to know all the benefits they provide by their characteristics. We tell you which are, for the present when you make your choice.

Compact Aires: They have good performance, easy to install, and its disadvantage is that you have to break a wall to place it, plus they are much noisy, spend a lot of energy, and are often unsightly.

Split: If either have a good performance, and aesthetics are gaining ground, reach optimal temperatures quickly and not have to break the walls too, the biggest disadvantage is that they are not always properly installed, which limits its performance.

Decoration trends 2012

Here is new decorative trends for the new year 2012. The new season offers innovative trends in terms of design. If you are redecorating your home, do not forget the latest trends and developments in this new year lies ahead for your homes.

Nowadays the ideal is the mixture of different styles, so there will be no particular style to our environments. combine different styles together, give a special touch to our stay, so if you do not know what style decant, you can choose what you like of each.

New trends are composed of several different styles, including classical, minimalism and joined the vanguard. But this year there will be some ethnic aesthetic inclination, especially in small details, textiles, many natural fibers, animal print and animal figurines.

Style in the classroom, materials and upholstery

The fabrics, materials, color, light distribution, in the decoration are an essential part to achieve real environments, and super stylish harmonious.

The first thing to do is choose the color of the materials you will use, not just about painting the walls but also should keep in mind the color of the soil you will use, the finish of the furniture, and all this set is responsible for giving color to your stay.

The light amplitude are conditions at our discretion, bearing in mind that light colors settle the same, especially when small spaces we refer, however if the environment is bright, and spacious decorate this allows you to make bolder choices, but remember that if you're afraid to make a mistake, you should need for neutral colors that are traditional or roasted both walls, upholstery and carpets.

Candles of different sizes to decorate the table

The decoration with candles allows us to be very creative, and the thousand and one possibilities can guess by mixing different sizes.

If you want to highlight a corner or decorating some help, you can choose different types of candles in sizes and thicknesses, but all the same color, and choose a container gently that matches your decor, or any dish that is of contrasting colors to highlight settlement, ending the decoration of it with some natural flower arrangement or dried flowers.