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Retro Home: Basic Principles of Retro Decor

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Retro DecorStarting today, every week with special items to update on the retro decor for your home. Do you like the old? Are you a lover of the 50, 60 or 70? Then do not miss the following columns! They give you the best advice for your home decorating retro style.

Let’s start with the main question: what is the retro decor? It is that style of decoration characterized by a return of the designs of the past. It is inspired by the 50s, 60s and 70s and as a result produces an interesting combination between new and old.

The retro decorating style is characterized by the use of bright colors and contrasts. Corduroy, synthetics and geometric shapes such as circles or rectangles are a must if we want to adapt this style to our home.

One of the first question you should ask is, what color should I paint the walls? Let’s see. The retro style is based on combination of brown, ivory and browns. It also uses pastel colors. Mixtures of turquoise and fuchsia (as well as lime green) with classic psychedelic prints. The yellow, mustard, orange, brown are also the colors of this style.

The 50s and 60s were characterized by rounded edges equipment (just a matter of remembering the classic chillers that time). Try to keep your gear (or even your furniture) also have rounded edges. Chromium is one of the material par excellence. Refrigerators, countertops and chairs of this material will give a hint to your home for the past forty or fifty years ago.

At the time of getting all these elements can visit flea markets and antique shops. Through the Internet, of course, we can also get various products of this era.

It is important to clarify that a good retro decor is based on the balance. If we exceed our home we can give a look too cliche or (even worse for my taste, kitsch). The way to achieve truly unique spaces is perfectly join the old with the modern.

Over the next few weeks the retro decor continue to deserve our attention. Next begin to focus on each specific area of the house. At the end of the road we discovered,how to make an interesting retro style to our bedroom, our kitchen, kids bedroom and bath. Interesting, right?

5 Aquarium Fun to Decorate the House

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Aquarium Fun Not everyone likes, but the tanks are a great way to improve the decor of the house. This is probably because we can use it as a piece of furniture, but with style, combining with the rest of the house and also a place to have a small pet.

If you’ve ever gone into a Chinese restaurant, for example, often have large aquariums, at least I stare for several minutes long.

The aquariums bring a touch of tranquility and peace to the environment and will then also five aquariums are fun and original for inspiration.

1. Silverfish Aquarium. We see the beginning of the entry has multiple fish tanks, connected to each other, simulating a kind of molecular structure.

2. Zero Edge Aquarium. Although it comes in various shapes and sizes, is interesting as it looks, because it is placed on top of a platform and it ends more like a table or cabinet of some sort to make things up.

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Carpet Cleaning

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Carpet Cleaning The carpets are usually perfect for home decorating. They are beautiful and we can get to be happy with them. The problem is how to keep them in good condition.

A first piece of advice: do not shake your carpets. This can cause tissues to become loose and damaging the rear of the carpet. Also, keep in mind that it is not advisable to vacuum the fringe. The fact repeatedly do begin to loosen and ultimately, will be damaged.

Also, know that as far as possible not recommended to use shampoo or aerosol into the carpet. When you go to clean sweep or brush the carpet. Then sucks all the dirt stains sure as soon occur. Quick dry or scrapes (depending on what type of dirt in question). Use a dry towel and press on the stain. Do this several times until you have absorbed moisture. If a substance such as sugar or a fatty substance require special cleaning with appropriate cleaning products.