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Browsers in your house

March 18th, 2009

Browser is the most traditional way of placing a wide range of various subjects in interior: from ware to a collection of models of ships though it is initially intended for storage of books.
The rack is the set of shelves, which has not only face-to-face door, but also sometimes lateral shelves. The similar design favorably differs from a case, actually a transparency. Besides, all subjects are placed on a rack, it is visible simultaneously, so it is not difficult to find necessary thing: it allows browser to become a good thing for the office - all folders with documents are visible.
Many browsers are equipped with bookshelves and pallets, and it will allow you to store it. Besides, there are mobile browsers. They are good in use.  The modules of browsers are fixed on a wall and they are also very convenient. Wall browsers are very convenient, as you can store your favorite things here.
Besides usual rectangular browsers there are also multi-colored and asymmetric, inclined and even the round browsers. These designs, which have been properly picked up, will become the present highlight of your interior.

Stainless steel tile

February 18th, 2009

Stainless steel has been for a long time used for facing of walls and floor in premises. It is especially functional, if you do not pay too much attention to changeable styles. This material is strong, durable and water-resistant. It becomes especially important in industrial premises. Noble shine of steel attracts many designers.
Soft color reflexes - from fixtures, accessories, draperies - create interesting effects. However, work with stainless steel - as with sheet material -has certain difficulties. Elementary economic calculation forces to reduce thickness of sheet, and it in turn requires additional work: search of comprehensible engineering-design and technological decisions - rigidity edges, skeletons, and substrates, fastening elements.
German firm Hoba Steel has offered the original decision of these problems. Ноba Steel makes unique composite material Spin. the usual ceramic tile serves as a basis , and the thin sheet of high-quality stainless steel is applied as a blanket. Therefore packing technology does not differ from standard tile working mechanism. A lot of formats of tile and invoices of a steel surface allow solving a wide range of functional and creative problems. The factory assortment includes a tile for floor and walls, steps, plus decorative tiles facing with a pattern, made by means of water jet steel method.

Hand made Christmas postcards

December 24th, 2008

You can make your own Christmas postcards of everything - it is necessary to use your imagination. Art of making postcards by the hands refers to card making.
Individual postcard
Materials and tools, necessary for making postcard
- Color cardboard
- Color paper, figures or photos
- Scissors
- Glue or gluing pencil
- Paints or color pencils
- Spangles and other fine ornaments.
Cut out the form for postcard from a color cardboard. The form doesn’t not have to be of traditional (rectangular), it can be square, circle, triangle or oval. Then prepare details, with which you plan to decorate a card. Depending on plot and a way of registration the postcard can be surprise inside, a postcard with insert, a postcard with «paper animation» or it can be in the form of collage. A postcard with a surprise inside should remind a book.
You can make a figure in the form of the packed gift or, for example, fur-trees, and inside of postcard you can arrange the image of the gift (it is desirable that the gift was unusual, it will strengthen the effect of surprise).
The card with «paper animation» reminds comics, in which the characters cut out from a paper (they can be flat or volumetric). And postcard-collage can be made of journal cuttings or photos. It is desirable to use transparent paper glue or glue with spangles.

Christmas interior ideas

December 4th, 2008

1. Sparkling “live” fire create warm and cozy atmosphere. First of all it is a question of fireplace. Now modern fireplaces are produced in various styles - from classics to avant-guard. It can be real open fireplace or artificial - electric one. No matter, what fireplace you will choose, it will bring especial charm to your house. If there is no “live” fireplace, fire will be presented by candles. Candles with warm aroma of spices will be especially useful.
2. Textiles play an important role in creation of coziness. Woolen plaids (the cage is now especially actual) or fur capes will save you from traditional winter colds. Woven covers on chairs, dense curtains and sofa pillows in warm color scale will bring Christmas mood into interior.
3. it is also possible to make winter “interior” for vases, brewing teapot or cups. White or red covers with the white “Scandinavian” patterns look especially charming.
4. It is not necessary to forget about live indoor plants, which traditionally decorate the house in winter - European mistletoe, Canada tea, boxes etc.
5. Warm fur skin on a floor will please you in the cold winter morning. Now there is a huge choice of artificial and natural furs of different forms and coloring, capable to decorate any interior.
6. Transparent crystal and table silver will turn usual dinner table into fairytale! So, indulge yourself! Christmas is coming!

Some tips on French interior

November 21st, 2008

Upholstered furniture is the stylish the centre of the French sitting room. Besides, the more spacious premise is , the more furniture takes place in it. Faultless forms, beauty of the invoice of valuable breeds of a tree, intricate, but not loud decor, furnish by carnations - all it does an interior magnetically attractive.
The special attention is paid to the metal furniture. Openwork, graceful and extremely strong metal furniture takes central position in sitting room or bedroom - it may be steel, brass or nickel. As a decor the combination of metal to a tree, weaving from banana leaves or a water hyacinth is applied. Modern technologies allow offering wide color scale, even with ageing. Separate subjects of such furniture can be used for giving charm to interior.
Color style of sitting room in French style is represented with muffled pastel tones - grey-blue, pistachio, color of baked milk.
Even a locker - quite heavy interior element, decorated by artificial made old panels and “shabby” patterns, - will not look bulky.
Unexpected decisions are also possible. French designers, who have been brought up on the classics, invariably pay attention to modern lines, connecting them with traditionally high quality.
One subject is enough to give novelty and the shocking unpredictability to interior. For example, it may be wide wooden surfaces, inlaid with stone plates or breeds of a tree, differing under the invoice and color from the basic one.
In the French interior bedroom is the first violin in a symphonic orchestra. The Bed-castle, velvet sofa, armchair with soft armrests, three-leaved mirror, local “warm” light - these are the indispensable attributes of French bedroom.
In French interior kitchen or dining room is a special place. French designers recommend big round or oval table, the chairs upholstered with a fabric in color to curtains, tasty smells and wine in crystal wine glass.
color scale is very rich- color of ivory, probably, in a combination to separate subjects of color of chocolate or a dark cherry; pistachio in a combination, for example, with nacreous or silver-grey, are the main accents of shades.

Americans have created virtual ceiling

November 11th, 2008

American company Sky Factory declared about creation of high definition virtual ceilings.
The previous generation of ceilings, which nowadays is issued under trade mark SkyCeilings, represents a set of the fluorescent lamps covered with acryl glass and fixed by means of aluminum frame.
In the new model (which has received the name SkyV) three LCDs of high clearness, which create illusion of practically full immersing in space of clouds, trees and birds, have been already installed.
The company promises to represent SkyV in November-December, 2008. On the market the device should go on sale in the first quarter of 2009.

Boudoir: female interior

November 4th, 2008

The word “boudoir” has come from the French language. It meant a ladies’ sitting room or a room before a bedroom, where the woman could be engaged in cosmetic procedures or welcome visitors. Certainly, at that time such smart apartments were presumed only by rich ladies, but now you can arrange your own world, having managed much more modest means. So, what shall we start with?

Arrangement
Define a place, which you would allocate under the private use. Most likely it will be a bedroom. The classical boudoir interior, as a rule, is arranged in French style (for example a rococo), but you can choose furniture and accessories, following your taste. East motives will be also actual. As a whole it is desirable to make design in light, gentle tones.

Toilet table
The toilet table or pier glass is necessary for you. Without them the boudoir has no right to be called as that. Small table on the bent wooden legs in retro style, probably, even slightly made old will look ideal. It will become the main element of your boudoir and its main accent.

Recamier
Couch-recamier, named in honor of the brilliant mistress of Parisian salon, will help to create necessary atmosphere. It can be a bench with legs, covered with velvet and decorated with small pillows. The tiny coffee table, where it will be convenient to put a coffee cup, will be also required. If there is not enough place it is possible to replace a couch with soft padded stools.

Screen
Mysteriousness to a ladies’ corner will be provided with textile screen. Besides, it is very convenient, when it is necessary to separate intimate zone from the general space.

Light
Light plays important role in general atmosphere. On one hand, during rest it would be desirable to use soft, diffused light, but on another - good fixture for make-up drawing is required. For a boudoir the wall sconce or a floor lamp with a satiny lamp shade will approach. And it is better to place additional illumination above the mirror.

Floor in the bathroom

October 24th, 2008

Floor in the bathroom, first of all, should be below the level of floor in the apartment.
Preparation of a water-proof surface can be named serious challenge. It is necessary to put waterproofing, preliminary having eliminated all to roughness. The “black” floor, prepared for the top covering, should represent flat water-proof bath.
You should be sure that there is no rotting, dampness under the bowl and toilet. Check up quality of couplers of floor. The choice of material for working surface of floor is really rich, and criteria should be the following: the material should not rust, soak through and to be without scratches!
The tile is the best material: strong, water-resistant, heat-resistant, but water and dirt provokes cracks filter in seams between tiles. Plastic is elastic, proof to chemical influence, but it is easy gets scratched and damaged. Vinyl is modern replacement of plastic, free from its lacks. Vinyl coverings are very various on coloring and figure, let out in from 2 up to 4 meters wide. But vinyl needs to be put on concrete floor only after waterproofing.

Boneco Air-O-Swiss

October 20th, 2008

This story has begun in 1971, when company Plaston (the manufacturer of air dampeners Boneco Air-O-Swiss), has first-ever invented such device as dampener of air. During this period all Europe spoke about deterioration of ecological conditions and about environmental contamination. People have started to think about ecology of premises. Dry air can become the reason of many diseases.

The problem of humidity is not felt at once. If it is cold, the person at once runs behind a heater if it is - behind the conditioner, and artful dryness of air is not practically felt, we see only consequences. But these consequences are frequently much more terrible, than from heat or a cold. Why? The matter is that optimum humidity of air for the person makes 40-60 %.

Dry air (when humidity is below 40 %) worsens the general state of health and causes drowsiness, dryness of skin and mucous membranes, and also raises probability of diseases by sharp respiratory infections even at healthy people.

Modern devices, which are called dampeners of air refer, can solve this problem. How to choose the device which will approach you? In fact it would be desirable to be assured, that it will provide your house with fresh, optimum humidified and, it is desirable, cleared air. Such device should work reliably for a long time, thus to not rustle and, certainly, to be safe. Swiss dampeners of air of mark Boneco Air-O-Swiss are considered as the best ones.

Devices of this trade mark have already for many years taken leading positions in the world market of home appliances for processing air and the company lets out practically all types of dampeners.

Stainless steel in modern design decisions

October 17th, 2008

Modern technologies, modern design decisions, huge choice of materials have come in the stead of “calm times”.
High-tech style with deliberate technical devices has generated a new sight at the materials, which were earlier used only in the industrial purposes.
So, for example, application of stainless steel for floor and walls facing has passed from sphere of industrial architecture in the area of private habitation that, first of all, is caused by practicality and functionality of of material.
Italians, being the recognized legislators of interior fashion, have developed tile MAINOX with covering from stainless steel.
The material is represented by three kinds of production that corresponds to various opportunities of tile application.
Mainox panels have the standard size 600х600х29 mm and are applied mainly on the areas of the big quadrature. Mainox Floor from strong PVC basis is represented by a tile of various formats with the general thickness of 6/8 mm: 600х600мм, 300х300мм, 200х200мм, 100х100мм, 100х45мм, 100х25мм. Such tile is ideal for public interiors and inhabited spaces.
Tile Mainox Easy is worth of special attention. Having the standard sizes 600х600х7мм the tile does not demand special stacking and ideally approaches for “temporary” floors with high passableness and dangerous situations: show rooms, shops, exhibition stands.
The tile possesses elastic rubberized basis that allows it to be flexible and high-strength simultaneously. Stacking is made without glue and on any surface. Concern FERRARI used Mainox Easy at arrangement of the demonstration area.
Steel is perfectly combined with other materials: granite, a marble, ceramics, a tree that allows to create unique interiors. The steel tile can be used in sitting room or for creation of working or lunch zone on the kitchen, with its help it is possible to emphasize favorably separate details of interior or to play colors of a tile, having created a steel mosaic from 7 colors.

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