Design Home Art

A smaller home comes with its limitations. These are obviously the amount of room you have to manoeuvre and the space you have. However, that doesn’t mean that they have to be any less loved. Sometimes, if your home is feeling claustrophobic, it just takes some décor tips to open it right up. If you don’t have enough space, perhaps you need to redefine your storage. Or choose different equipment to do the same job as smaller bits. If you have a small home and you desperately want to love it, keep reading. These tips we’ve collected should help you. Add dimension With a small home, especially an apartment, you don’t have the luxury of adding space. A conversion or extension might not be in the books. So the key lies in illusions, in making things look bigger. How you do that depends on depth and natural light. One excellent way to do this in the home is make use of mirrors. Big mirrors add dimension to the home that in turn makes it look bigger. It won’t give you any more space but it ...

One of the key points to running a successful café is to ensure that all of your diners and guests enjoy their experience. From the moment they book, or first walk through the door, to the second they leave, you want to ensure that they enjoy every minute. Not only will this help ensure that you can charge reasonable rates, but it will also help to ensure that you always have full occupancy for your tables and seats. Not only will your diners come back for more but they will be more inclined to share their positive experience. In the modern social media climate, this not only means that they will let friends and family know of their positive experience, but they are likely to leave positive reviews on social media websites. Check ins, and local business reviews, are becoming an integral part of managing a modern business, and this means that you have to pay even more attention to every detail, including choosing the most appropriate, comfortable, and functional furniture options that a...

When it comes to selling your home, it can feel like a lengthy process. The idea is simple. You want to sell your home as quick as possible for as much money as you can. It’s the homeowners dream. But sometimes you can be your own worst enemy when it comes to house sales. So here is a simple guide on how to sell your home fast. Clutter will put potential buyers off. A cluttered home will always put a buyer off. When you are looking for a potential new home, it’s important to be able to envision what the home would be like with your belongings in it. When someone else's clutter is everywhere, that can be difficult to do. Clutter also gives off the impression of a mess. Your home may not be messy at all but that is the perception you could be giving your potential buyers. The best thing to do is declutter your home as much as possible. See it as a head start on packing. You could box it all away and store it ready for moving into your new home. A bit of remodeling could go a long way...

Are you looking to renovate your bathroom this year? If so, then you might be thinking about looking at this year’s bathroom design trends. We’ve had a look through several expert opinions and found that nature and minimalism are the key terms going into 2016. Ignoring the fact that nature and minimalism are always the best key terms in design, here’s a quick guide we hope will inspire you. Introducing wood Wood might seem like an odd element to use in your bathroom. But think about it. All beautiful, modern houses use a lot of wood in the design. Why not use it in the bathroom? And it’s not like wood doesn’t have a history of sanitation. You may link marble and ceramic with being easy to clean, but wood has many hygienic benefits. Did you know that wood has naturally antibacterial properties ? It’s why it’s used so much in kitchens. The best chopping boards are all made of wood because the substance doesn’t harbour as much dangerous bacteria. Nothing adds more colour and depth to a ro...

A happy home environment can work wonders for your general enjoyment in life, and should be a key priority for everyone. Whether you’re living by yourself, with friends or your partner and kids doesn’t matter. You deserve to feel comfortable at all times. If you are feeling underwhelmed by your priority, there are ways to improve the situation. The key is to analyse your options and find the best one for you. Here are three possible answers to your prayers. Move  It might sound a little drastic, but moving is certainly an option worth considering. Perhaps your life situation has changed through a change of job or birth of a child. Or maybe you just need a change of scenery. The exact circumstances are irrelevant. What matters is that you make sure your next property is perfect. One of the best ways to make those dreams come true is to have things built to your specification. Beach house architects can turn those visions into a reality. Let’s face it, any property you buy through t...

As the saying goes, your home is your castle, which is why comfort needs to come first. There are homeowners that plump for style over substance, but style comes a distant second in the comfort stakes. If you can’t sit at home and relax, what is the point of sitting at home? The only problem you may have is transforming your home into a haven. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it is going to take a lot of time and effort. And, if you don’t have the correct information, your home will stay the same as usual. Thankfully, you have come to the right place. Below is a list of ideas that will make your property much more homely than before. All you have to do is follow these simple tips, and you will never be uncomfortable in your house again. Enjoy! All About The Furniture The furniture is the main part of your home. It is in every room from the living room to the kitchen and bathroom, so it needs to be welcoming. The trick is to buy furniture that you like because of the comfort leve...

Our home is our castle. It is the place we go to relax and unwind after a hard day. The place we make memories with our family and loved ones. But our home is always at risk of things going wrong. A lot of the time these problems are unavoidable. If only we had a crystal ball to tell us when they are likely to occur. These pesky problems listed below are the ones that are likely to occur when we least expect it to. Heating system breaking down in the winter. It’s almost guaranteed to happen on the coldest day of the year. Your heating system decides that is the day to break down. If you have a further dose of bad luck, this will happen on a public holiday when it’s difficult to call someone out to fix it. There isn’t much worse than a cold house. Of course, we can’t predict when that is likely to happen. But there are few things we can do to avoid the situation as best we can. Having your heating system regularly checked and serviced is a great place to start. Oh no! There is no hot ...

Summer is just around the corner, which means lots of warm, sunny evenings and hot, sweaty days. One way to get your house ready for the warmer months is to make sure you have the best possible air conditioning system installed. There are a few different systems out on the market to consider. Whichever one you go for will depend on your home and the climate in which you live. So how do you know which is best for you? Use these handy tips to help you decide. Window Units These units will need to be fitted to one of your windows. They are usually a couple of feet wide, but you may be able to find mini systems that can be half the size. The hot air from your rooms will be pumped out through the window. Even though they are very cheap to install, there is one big downside. They can only cool one room at a time. However, you can easily move them from window to window if you want. These are super easy to repair as well. You’ll be able to find plenty of specialized repair man who can carry ou...

When it comes to looking for a new home , you have quite a few options. A lot of people like to shell out for a newer, better place and make a move. Some elect to work on the place they already have, and make modifications. But, perhaps the best way of getting a new home is to build your own from scratch. This really is the best way because it allows you to customise the place and get it exactly how you want it. The major advantages to building your own home are that you have a little more versatility to do what you want and the cost. See, it’s so expensive to buy property these days, and for a lot of people it can never be a reality. However, building your own place can often work out significantly cheaper than buying. This is excellent for first-timers too because you will be able to work on the home and ensure you make a profit in the future. There are a few things you’ll need to know if you want to build your home from scratch, and that’s why you need to look at this list to help y...

Roof Lanterns must be one of the most significant trends in home improvement and interior design to happen in the last few years. It is very easy to understand their appeal and increasing popularity. Roof lanterns give the interior of a modern home a welcome boost of natural light, as well as being a visually appealing new feature, from both outside and inside the building. But because they seem to have had this huge burst in popularity in recent years, it would be easy to only think of them purely as a modern lighting solution. That is however not the case at all, roof lanterns have been a feature of great architecture since the middle ages. Many of the great renaissance churches and cathedrals still impress us today with their beautiful lantern roofs and domes. The eternally beautiful Baptistery in the heart of Florence for example features a wonderfully understated roof lantern in the centre of its breath-taking golden ceiling. And what is the iconic dome in London’s St Paul’s Cath...