With the arrival of the heat, it is habitual that, in terraces and gardens, refuge below awnings and sunshades is taken, these last always being more economic. To have them lasting from a year to another, we need to know how to keep them in good condition. In this article we offer some keys to preserve them in good condition, and thus to be able to enjoy them without setbacks.

Curtains bring happiness to the house and fill it with bright colours if they are chosen stamped. In this article, we explain how to preserve them clean and perfect.

With the spring months, vegetable carpets are again of maximum fashionability. This is our trick to always keep them as new.

With a view toward the new spring-summer season, carpets of straw, ratan, jute or other similar vegetable fibers gain a new peak in decoration.

Mediterranean - This style is often referred to today as Spanish Modern. Furniture style is simply functional to extremely formal. Use colours such as terra cotta, warm yellows and other earth tones with distressed finishes and simple patterns. Blue and gold accents as well as pottery aquatic pieces complete the look of the mediterranean style.

[Artistic work in the image courtesy of Violet Lounge]

In this article we provide a brief description of various home decorating styles, including accessories and colours that traditionally accompany each one of them.

Art Déco – Streamlined, elegant, and geometric style of home furnishings popular in the 20's, 30's, and early 40's. Vibrant colours were predominant, as well as neon, chrome, and inlayed furniture in this style. 


 [Picture in the decoration work of María Eugenia Espejo]

Oriental decoration is in. Within this type of trend, we find the Japanese decoration, with a whole Zen philosophy supporting the style. Characteristic of this style are harmony and balance, simplicity of lines and sobriety.

When it comes to catching and reflecting light in your home, nothing does it better than mirrors. Long used to make public places look bigger, these same tricks can be used in the smaller confines of your home. Mirrors can be used to solve decorating challenges and enhance every room of your home because of their reflective qualities.

Try the following "decorating with mirrors" tips: ...

These days, the number of baby room decorating ideas are practically limitless due to the many different items
available to expecting parents. Therefore, decorating a baby room has more to do with narrowing down your options than coming up with them in the first place. Among the best ways to come up with the right baby room ideas for decorating is to begin with a theme, and then expand from there.

To choose a theme for baby room decorating, start by brainstorming those ideas for decorating baby room that you find most pleasing. Remember that you’ll want it to be something that your baby will find enjoying to first learn and recognize. It should be interesting and fun to look at for the baby, to provide the right amount of stimulation.

In dwellings of reduced size, any effective use of the space available becomes especially important. In the following article, a number of keys to obtain the maximum performance of a reduced number of meters are offered.

A crucial aspect in this type of homes is the search of a tidy and not overloaded presence. In the case of studios, it is fundamental to achieve a visual continuity, where one same style governs the whole of the dwelling.

[ - Picture on the wall of the image by María Eugenia Espejo - ]

The kitchen:

This stay of the house takes at last the prominence that it deserves and is opened to a world of very practical and decorative solutions. The narrow, small kitchen that is kept separated of the remainder of the home is a thing of the past. A world of possibilities exists to combine aesthetics and functionality at this vital point of the house.