Learn how to maintain your kitchen tiles

September 30, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Home Decor

Got the most attractive and expensive tiles for your kitchen but finding it hard to keep it clean? The kitchen is one of the most frequented rooms in every house. Along with this the oil and spice of the food we cook add on the dirt that accumulates on the tiles of your kitchen. Here are a few tips with which you can keep your kitchen tiles clean-

1. Most often the dirt is removed by rubbing the tiles with a damn cloth. This is achieved only if you are a regular cleaner.

2. Most bacteria and germ that accumulate in between the tiles are not destroyed by just rubbing. You need a good brusher and an effective cleansing solution to get rid of the germs before they turn harmful.

3. Never compromise on the hygiene of the kitchen as the kitchen is where the food for the entire family is cooked. Always reach out to the most impossible and clean it regularly.

Tips to clean your wrought iron furniture

September 19, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Furniture

Wrought iron furniture adds a very different look to your home décor and is also very useful. They are very durable provided you take a little care while cleaning the furniture.

Regular dusting and cleaning is the key to good maintenance. If you are using a hand duster be sure to reach out to the inner corners as well. This might get a bit difficult especially if you have beds or tables with intricate work. In that case, a vacuum cleaner is the best choice to remove dirt and dust from each corner.

Most of the time, a regular dusting is enough to keep wrought iron furniture clean. But to retain their polish and finish, you need to give some extra care. There are various solutions and creams available in the market these days. You should use these to polish your furniture once in a month. These are specially formulated to retain their luster and also to add a protective covering layer.

Give your bedroom a Valentine’s Day look with simple tips

September 10, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Bedroom

Valentine’s Day is always special and it calls for the celebration of love. On that note if you are preparing on how to make your partner feel special, to intensify passion, here are few tips to sprinkle love, warmth passion and spice up your bedroom.

To put up a dreamy romantic ambience a minimal and soft lighting fixture is a must. You can opt for a stylish pendant lamp or a beautiful tiffany lamp as well for a decorative look and ensure a dimmer switch to play with light effects. Avail different innovative designed candles round the corners to conjure up that special romantic feel in the room. Go for dark and alluring curtains to stay aloof from external noises. Bedding plays the most crucial role. Use silk and satin fabrics of pearl, gold or bronze color for comfort and a cozy sexy look.

You can also add on soft velvet comforters and throw heart-shaped pillows. Splash drops of a mild perfume while making the beddings; this will create an aura of its own. After everything, tune into some soft romantic music to revive the blend of togetherness, love and passion. Also chocolates and champagne can enhance the mood of love.

Which is a better pick, steel or wooden kitchen cabinets?

September 03, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Kitchen Design & Ware

You can use either a steel or wooden kitchen cabinet. Stainless steel is durable and it gives a contemporary look when you use it in a kitchen cabinet. Steel cabinets are good because they do not warp or mold. Also you do not need to reface them like other materials. If you want, you can paint the steel cabinets as well.

You can also opt for a wooden kitchen cabinet. You can design the wood cabinets the way you want them. Make sure you use wood of a good quality. You can have many boxes to keep the utensils. Wooden cabinets are also spacious. While cleaning wooden cabinets you need to use a correct method so that you do not damage the wood.

In order to get the best of stainless steel and wood, you can use a cabinet made of both steel and wood. This creates a nice contrast. The doors of your cabinet can be made of steel and the drawers can be made of wood. You can also use steel with a color contrast.

How to pick the right color palette to paint a teenagers room

April 24, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Colors & Paints

A teenager is energetic and charming and one who has just started developing own preferences. So before taking any decision discuss with them what they want. At the same time put in your ideas too.

If you do not want to have a single colour then choose contrasting colours or 2 shades of the same colour. Keep in mind dark colours make a room look smaller. So choosing the colour of your paint is very important. You can also go for a theme like a bright and beautiful garden or an ocean portrayed by wavy blue colour texture with corals on the sea bed in the lower part of the wall. Use stencils for crazy impressions or paint lines and checks on one wall of the room.

The colour of the room must synchronize well with the furniture and atmosphere of the room.

Start working and amazing ideas will keep flocking.

Incorporate Feng Shui in your bedroom décor for inflow of positive energy

April 21, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Feng Shui

If you want to fill your bedroom with positive energy, use the principles of Chinese Feng Shui. The animal templates of Feng Shui, if followed properly will welcome positive energy in your bedroom and bring happiness and prosperity into your lives.

On the right side of your bed place a low table or a low nightstand. Feng Shui says that this signifies that the tiger is low on the ground and this means you are ready to jump into action at every given opportunity. This also means you will act whenever threatened. Taller items like dressers and shelves must be placed on the left side of the bed. This symbolizes the dragon higher above the ground and means that you will have wisdom and also the ability of think.

Never place your bed against a window. The position of doors and windows of the bedroom determine the flow of positive energy and therefore you must not put yourself in the path of that flow.

Give your bathroom the lost desire elegance with vanity lights

April 18, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Bathrooms

Do you want to give your bathroom a touch of elegance? If you do, then lighting the bathroom vanity would be a great idea. Vanity lights will not only brighten your bathroom it will also give a modern look to it. So, its time to jazz up your bathroom with vanity lights!

Coming to the basics of vanity lights, it is important to install vanity lights that will be able to handle high watt bulbs. For a lot of light around the vanity area, get fixtures that can shift down the light. Recessed and track lighting are really good options. For light above the vanity, you can get scones that come in a wide array of designs.

Track lighting is a very popular choice for vanity lighting. This lighting can handle LED bulbs which last longer and save energy. For a cozy, warm feel install lamps on both sides of the bathroom vanity. If you want something different you can place a chandelier on top of the vanity, it will look great.

Ways to accessorize a modern living room

April 14, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Living & Dining Rooms

A living room is probably the most important place in your life. It will invite and entertain your guests, it will let you watch Television, it will give room for your morning coffee and newspaper and it will let you lounge after a hard day’s work. All these make your living room the most important place.

Now, it is always a trouble to accessorize your living room as you have so many options and so little space. But doing a great job with the space you have is what matters the most. The three most important things to use are rugs, greenery and photos.

First of all, rugs are very important for any living room. Be it Arizona or Miami, you need a rug to decorate your place. Having greeneries will give you a pleasant and warm feeling. Finally, placing your family photos will give your living room the identity that it needs.

Ways to clean your bathroom glass shelves

April 11, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Bathrooms

A bathroom will never have the same kind of fresh appeal if it is not spotlessly clean. Your bathroom should look cool, welcoming and most importantly-hygienic. When you handle things like glass, you need to be careful. It is pretty obvious that every material needs to be cleaned in a different way. Many of us have shelves present in the bathroom which are made of glass. Know the right way to keep them clean and sparkling for a long time.

There are special solutions which are made for cleaning glass furniture. These are water soluble materials and are found in all leading stores and malls. Next is the material which you should use to scrub the glass surfaces of these shelves. When it comes to glass, you should use squeegees. Use lukewarm water and then wipe with a soft cotton cloth. These are made of the same material which is used to clean glass windows. Follow these simple rules and keep your shelves sparkling clean.

Choice of material for your kitchen counter

April 09, 2011  //  Posted by: cooldude  //  Category: Kitchen Design & Ware

The kitchen is a very special place in every one’s home. It is important to take some time out and think about the kind of material that will suit your kitchen countertops the best. If you want to give an elegant look to your kitchen then you should go for something which has an ethnic and contemporary look and something that goes well with the walls and the rest of the kitchen.

There are various kinds of materials to be used like marble, stainless steel, ply wood or even stone. You can use one type for each top like the vegetable chopping countertop, bake counter, island counter etc. or if you want your kitchen to adorn a single toned look then you can go for one type of material for all the counters. It’s completely up to you. You can even ask for some help from your interior decorator as well.