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Classical storage glassware, used for jam, home-made items, cookies and candies, glass jars have often been given other utilities: some in the scientific field, some others in interior decorations and so on. Nevertheless, the use of glass jars for food storage has narrowed significantly with the upheaval of the plastic containers, which are much lighter and less expensive to produce. Glass jars are still used for their high quality of preservation, though neither weight nor production costs are in their favor. Glass has the great property of maintaining the temperature relatively stable, not to mention that it is absolutely neutral in terms of chemical reactions with the content of the jar.

Unlike plastic cans that are unlikely to preserve acidic food items, glass jars work great for the matter. Furthermore, we have to admit that this type of glassware is still part of most households, since one doesn’t usually through the glass jars away, but keeps them to benefit from their utility on other occasions. This is how glass jars entered the world of interior decorations. Depending on the size and the shape of the glass jars, you can actually create some very aesthetic rustic design for your kitchen and garden.

Thus, you may use your imagination and fill some transparent, medium-sized glass jars with colored beans for instance, but on different layers; you can alternate them with some corn or green soy and add some dry corn leaves on top of them. You’ll have colored layers of organic items, creating an amazing aesthetic effect; some people would rather use sand, colored pebbles, and glass beads for the matter. Be creative and you’ll see how fun it can get! Sometimes the shape of the glass jars can drastically contribute to the effect, but this is entirely up to you.

Large glass jars are used for candy storage both in department stores and at home. If you have one such item in the kitchen, kids will be thrilled to pick their favorite dessert from a multitude of colors and flavors. There is the excitement of the search and the joy of turning candy playing into a real game. Glass jars can therefore be used in plenty of ways around the house, even if you choose to store some other product or chemical; all you need to do is to make sure that the storage and the container have no health hazards whatsoever.



By: Muna wa Wanjiru

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One thing you need to decide on when changing the interior of your house is what style you want the theme to be in. Heck there are tons of choices like Southwest, Country, Oriental, and even Medieval. Yes all of those themes have been used before and will surely be used again.

Interior decoration is up to the person who owns the house and who will be living there for however long they own the house. Of course if it’s a couple they will most likely need to compromise on a few of the areas. You know, the husband wants a sports room done all in Nascar, but the wife would rather have something a bit more tame.

This is where you can either decide to hire a person to help you that is an interior designer, or you can go about it all by yourself. For money savings you will want to do all the stuff by yourself. Of course you will have all the stress of what color to paint the walls and if you want to have wall paper or just a border, or if it’s a feminine look or if you want to go for a more masculine look.

There are so many things to decide when taking on an interior decoration project that most people don’t even attempt it. They don’t want to fight with each other, or their tastes don’t match close enough to get a happy medium of what they want their house to look like.

If you have a boy’s room it’s always a great idea to do maybe his favorite sports team’s colors, or maybe even a space look, with a black ceiling and glow in the dark stars, which you can even arrange like the constellations. It really depends though; if your boy is old enough you should allow him some say in the room and what it looks like. After all it is his room, and he will be in there the most.

The same goes for a girl who you might have. If she is old enough, let her have some input into how her room will look. This will free you up for the other rooms of the house too and cut down on the decisions you and your husband will have to decide on. Plus if the kids happen to share a bathroom, why not allow them to decide how to go about decorating it? As long as it’s not some off the wall theme, this will be great for your kids and make them feel like they have contributed to the new interior decoration of the house.

Now it comes to you and your husband’s room. If he doesn’t want anything that is too girly, try to go with a neutral color and designs that will be something you both like. Maybe let him have the living room his style and you get the kitchen. This will allow you both to feel like you have won something! Overall have a blast with the interior decoration and make it look good!



By: Jessica Whittaker

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Home always is one’s top priority and   it reflects one’s personality. So it is our most concerned area, so we should take atmost importance to see that it is well organized and well lit. If you’re lighting is not adequate then how ever you keep tidy and purchase best of furniture, your home will look dull and tasteless.

It has been seen that when it comes to decorate a new house or its improvement top most priority always goes to furniture’s, curtains, sofa sets, pictures and other decorated items and lightings takes the last priority . But it should be other way, because lighting will create or reduce your home beauty. You tend to use your funds towards other items and when lighting comes you have less funds and you tend to compromise with it.

But you must understand that it is the lighting which will brighten your home and add colour to your house and your interior decoration. It is unfortunate that lighting is always neglected.

To understand lighting you must understand some definition like lux, color rendering, flux, energy efficiency, and efficacy.

 Flux: Flux means the light output given by a bare lamp. And the unit is Lumens.

Lux: Lux can be defined as the light output or flux in a particular direction per unit area. Unit of lux is candela.

Color rendering: Color rendering can be defined as the color you get compare to the natural colors that is sun light. In sun light you get the perfect color.

Energy efficiency: Now a day’s energy is most important, energy saved is energy produced. So energy efficiency can be defined as with less energy used or wattages you get maximum light output. That is why you see CFL’s (Compact florescent lamps) T5 lamps in the markets. Because most talked about is energy efficiency.  Day by day cost of electricity is increasing and saving energy has prime importance to all and every country.

Let us take a case study about your drawing room.

Drawing room is the first place where a guest comes or the place you sit with your children and other family members and watch your favorite TV Soaps. So you must understand the importance of it in your life. So you should take most care in putting light. Lighting your drawing room should be seen not only in the angle of science, but also in the angle of an artist. Why I have said this because if you see only in the angle of science , you put formula of lighting designing then you get the numbers of lights required, but your drawing room is place of important ,  so also be seen in the eye of an artist. Lighting will differ according the moods. You may not always required bright light, but some times you may required only a spot light or reading light near your sofa.

 What I intend to say is that lighting should not be seen as put formula and get result? Lighting differs in different times and different moods.

In drawing room one should use diffused lighting, some indirect lighting, some spot lighting with CFL or Miniature halogens (MR16) or a mixture of both. Some table lamps for studying purpose and some general lighting. for all purpose.

Diffused lighting will not give glare to eyes and gives smoothening touch. This is used for general purpose. But you have a party at home or you have got special guests then apart from general lighting you can also light your spot lights or high lighters to high light some of your decorative pictures or statues.  Put indirect lighters ,up lighter to high your ceiling and get indirect lighting.

Suppose you have a dinner or cocktail party then the mood is different , that time you can put indirect lighting one or two spot lights to give an party or leisure ambience or atmosphere .  Suppose you are in romantic mood and sitting with you wife you can create a romantic ambience by putting on jummes and one or two indirect lighting only to create romantic atmosphere.

 You are not in good mood you can use indirect lighters only. Or you want to study then you can have only the table lamp lit for you study.

See why I have said that lighting should not be seen only the angle of science, because lighting will change as per your requirements or moods. Lighting should not be more it will irritate or give glare if lighting is not adequate then it will create dull effect. Lighting also will differ in different places to give different ambience. To give a warmth or welcome effect you can have warm day light. Like 2700 k(Kelvin) lamps , to give cool effect or give assurance  you can have cool day lights 6500k (Kelvin) lamps. See light is a vast subject of its own. LIGHT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.



By: jayanti venkat raman

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The best way to go about decorating today to keep things clear and clean. Less is better in this modern style of decorating.

For years, most people believed that they had to hire a professional interior decorator to decorate their home.

Today, however, people are more involved with the decorating of their homes and prefer to have a lot more to say about it, and have the home reflect their own tastes.

And it is true, you do not need to have a degree in art or design in order to decorate your home. And you do not need to hire an expensive decorator.

If you want to decorate yourself, keep the ideas basic and simple and you can’t go wrong. You do not have to furnish your home with outrageously expensive furniture and materials to make it lovely and comfortable.

The most important concepts when designing the interior of your home is the use and function of each piece, and to make sure that they are pleasing to the eye.

You can do the interior decorating of your home simply and easily if you follow some simple steps to make your home more beautiful and more functional.

1. Clear out. Keep the interior clean and simple by getting rid of anything extraneous. Old items you no longer use or furniture that has outlived its use fullness should be discarded.

2. Make sure the rooms are current. Set aside a room or storage place for all out of season items, such as Christmas decorations in summer or summer items in December.

3. If you have small rooms, you should consider changing any furniture that is large and cumbersome. Nothing makes a room look smaller than large heavy, heavy furniture.

4. In modern design, less is more, so get rid of your knick-knacks and bric-a-brac. Too many pictures, statues and other paraphernalia just say old fashioned.

5. If you have old carpets, you should replace them and if you don’t have carpets (especially in the living room), you should install them.



By: Adam Peters

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Furniture provides a complete look to any house. Home without furniture is of no use. It is beautiful and wide range of furniture which holds back the heart of thousands. Now-a-days there are wide range of furniture products available in the market. Today, furniture is available in a variety of materials with modern look and artistic finish. Gone are the days when wood was important. In the past, in order to design any furniture, a carpenter was called at home and he used to make furniture based on the proposed design. It used to take a long time for imparting furniture design to carpenters. Firstly, design was chosen from the book then shown to carpenter. In that also the result was not much satisfactory.

 

But now things have changed; now people neither have so much time for carpenter nor money to waste. Everyone wants to have good furniture which can give rich look along with modern taste. Due to this, people are now more inclined towards buying imported furniture, the reason being their authentic design, durability and low maintenance. Sleek designs, bright colors and maintenance-free products have edged out the decades old fascination for intricately carved wooden furniture. Imported furniture can be conveniently dismantled and packed in boxes and re-assembled. Everyone wants to have such kind of furniture which requires minimum space; so that, even after keeping furniture there should be enough space to walk around. Imported furniture in this matter requires less space. They are generally made keeping in mind the home construction.

 

People no longer look for longevity of the furniture, what they want is that furniture should be like that it can be changed according with time. It is very difficult to change wooden furniture once they are at home. All want to have their house spick and span. It also requires large amount of money for transportation of wooden furniture. Though these imported furniture are available in compact kits so it is easy to transport, they can easily be carried away anywhere. Such type of furniture is generally light weighted, so it is easy to take proper care of them. This furniture can be used for multiple purposes. Sofa which can be used for sitting during daytime can also be used as bed. There are large varieties of imported furniture available in the market today.

 

Imported furniture brands have given a wide choice to buyers, be it in price, durability or convenience. People are now looking for such type of furniture which requires minimum maintenance, besides being aesthetically appealing. People are now going for sleek and functional type of furniture. Also having such type of furniture gives a classy and royal taste to home owner. Imported furniture is in demand due to its wide range of color along with modern taste. The elegant designs and excellent finish couple with competitive pricing is drawing more and more customers towards imported furniture.



By: Tom Tomer

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