Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Two ideas for self-assembly headboard and have fun usefully!


The medium for a headboard inexpensive and easy to carry
The medium is a material readily available and affordable, highly prized for decoration. We love it for its maneuverability and the ability to customize at will. To make a headboard, so this is the ideal material. Before buying your plate, remember to note the dimensions of the bed. Subsequently prefer a medium of at least 15 millimeters thick for more relief. Some settled in the medium headboard as is, without any cut and height, this in order to visually extend the room and give more majesty to bed. Further, in this case, prefer to give it shape. For cutting the plate, preferably using a table saw. It makes more sense to produce patterns and remaining symmetrical curves on both sides of the bed. To finish, the headboard MDF can be painted, covered with a strip of wallpaper or fabric.
A charming headboard and ultra comfortable with cushions
Nothing like pillows to instantly create a warm and cozy. Bedhead, a collection of cushions provides comfort as well as being trendy. To make your headboard cozy, grab two big cushions or more and build them a cover surmounted by a strip of cloth in which you spend a rod. The latter, which will be installed above the bed, will be fixed so as not to interfere back when adopting the sitting position. The advantage of this headboard is able to provide cover cushions for adornment of the bed, but you can also play on the charm of diversity. Anyway, for the cover, it is advisable to opt for thick fabrics to the example of faux fur or fabric upholstery.

How to build a hut for kids


Cabin Construction child: essential tools and equipment
Aged 8 or 10 years, children will begin to want to lead their lives beyond parental supervision. Partly to satisfy their desire for freedom while allowing them to discover another way to entertain, consider building a shack in your garden for children. The season is ripe for such an achievement. Also, consider building a shack even withstand time and weather. This will allow you to enjoy your children all in satiating your desire for yourself.
For such a realization, you need wooden planks for walls, wood squares long and strong, wooden dishes and resistant to the floor, a large corrugated plate opaque to the roof, the wood needed for the door and windows . You also need the hinges, locks, and nails. For tools, you need a spade, a hammer, pliers, a wood saw, a wood pencil, and a meter carpenter. It is best to build the cabin floor rather than a tree house to ensure the safety of children.
A cabin for children: the construction
Make first a little plan for the cabin of children. As dimensions, we propose a cabin of 300 cm long, 250 cm wide and 200 cm. Once your plan in place, cut the wood As to size. Digging on all four sides to where you want to install the little house. Then sow four wooden squares that will support the construction. Set wood squares vertically joining the pillars for the placement of the floor. Measure the wood, cut and attach to form the floor.
Attach the pillars on the stage for forming the walls of the cabin. Already thinking to the openings for doors and windows. After that, place the corrugated sheet for roofing. Use your skills as a handyman to ensure waterproofing and roof strength. Also make sure the roof is slightly inclined to run the water when it rains. Then do the manufacture of doors and windows. After installation, consider painting the small cabin. Let your children decorate the care of.

control humidity in the bathroom


Excessive moisture: errors not to commit in his presence
If moisture is inevitable in a home, it may happen that the rate is particularly alarming. Symptoms of excessive moisture are easy to spot. Faced with a wallpaper, a plaster or other wall covering or taking off, in the presence of saltpeter, it is imperative to take drastic action. The mistake that some commit most often is to hide the damage caused by moisture without treatment. It is also prohibited to isolate a room with humidity it putting plasterboard over the soiled walls.
Accessible and effective solutions against moisture
To avoid moisture in the bathroom without having to go through big jobs, some gestures to perform daily and routine maintenance may be sufficient. As possible, it is recommended to ventilate the room after each passage in the shower to fresh air. In the case of a bathroom without windows, the solution is to create air currents with the openings of adjacent rooms. Otherwise, the joint maintenance, plumbing and sanitary facilities must be done regularly, especially if one is not in the presence of waterproof materials. Indeed, it may happen that the seal is badly made or there is water leakage.
Install a ventilation system manual or mechanical ventilation
As poor ventilation housing is the main cause of high humidity, install natural ventilation can be a solution. This is to ask louvers; high to evacuate hot air, and low to bring the cold air. One can also opt for mechanical ventilation or CMV, which can take several different forms. The easiest way is installing a ceiling fan in the room who snaps and is adjustable with a button mounted on the wall, otherwise we can go much further with mechanisms that draw air to reject it out of the house

Monday, 18 June 2012

Practical guide on the patio heater


Advantages of patio heater
Long been reserved for professionals and bistro dining, patio heaters are beginning to have success with individuals, especially since their use has been democratized and revised prices. With their modern, ergonomic design, these umbrellas allow everyone to have a good time on the private terrace, veranda or balcony, whatever the season.
A patio heater, either gas or electricity, is the perfect solution to warm your outdoor dining as if you were on the terrace of a cafe. Some models even feature a mister for cooling the air in summer. In all cases, for reasons of safety, always make sure that your umbrella bases are stable and that the dome is placed well in height to prevent burns.
Gas or electricity, how to choose patio heater?
To equip your garden or patio a patio heater, make your choice depending on the space you have, because the models on the market are quite numerous. The gas patio heaters are best suited for open space because of emission of carbon. They are often chosen by restaurants because they can heat a larger area, up to 20m ², and the absence of electrical wire lying on the floor helps prevent accidents.
However, for home use and especially in a little cleared, it is better to use an electric patio heater. Its advantage is that it is less energy than gas and cheaper, between 70 and 230 €. The heat it generates can cover up to 7m, but it is more concentrated and more stable and poses no risk, even for confined spaces. All you have to do is make sure that an outlet is available where you plan to place it.

Decoration: a house closer to nature



A garden inside and out

Rearrange your home by following the footsteps of the landscaper and designer Chantal Guillemain. Submerge it in nature. Install glass walls in every room to give the impression that you live in the garden. Similarly, arrange transoms to illuminate parts of the ground floor. Side garden, plant English roses, bamboo, perennial geraniums, green lanes or a Japanese maple. This composition will create a haven of peace. Have a stool and a lounge chair in the middle of the greenery.

An evening by the fire

Make your living room more comfortable and warm. Adopt furniture and antiques. Then cover the sofa and chairs with a cover of white linen and have cushions above. Hang two suspensions "Akari" Isamu Noguchi signed above the table and the coffee table. Like the flowers in your garden, hang a painting or a flower vine wire on the wall. Near the fireplace, install a chair LCW chair and a rattan garden on a carpet Muji. For a nice evening by the fire!

Lunch at the natural

In the kitchen, cover the furniture of a work plan Combe brown stone for a natural touch. Side of the dining room, create a green cocoon. Install a convent oak table and chairs "Standard" for Vitra among lush roses, valerian and bamboo. At the dinner, light the room with a mottled industrial suspension. Finally, bring color to the table in there with roses in an old jar.

A bedroom and an office in a quiet

If your house has two levels, install a wooden staircase to reach the second level where the bedrooms. In parents' room, create an atmosphere "nature" imprint of simplicity. Adopt sliding doors hidden in the wall. Side Linen, a linen sheet and pillowcases Plaid will do. Side furniture, invisible shelves are welcome. Next light, go for a bedside lamp (Habitat). In office space, arrange shelves (Ikea), and then have the boxes (Muji) and cardboard boxes (Habitat) to host your stationery. On the ground seagrass, have a chair DSW. For lighting, opt for a lamp Jieldé.


Sunday, 17 June 2012

The metal wall decorations, simple design and


Characteristics of metal wall decor
Metal wall decor by means of flat shapes cut from a blade or a metal plate and designed to decorate a wall. They can be hung on any vertical support and wall covering, as we would hang any table. The murals are usually black metal, or with simple effects of rust, respecting the style of shadow. Sometimes, the workshops offer to make some colorful touches.
True works of art, metal decorations are often handmade. Some models are even created unique and in this case, their acquisition is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Moreover, it is possible to order a special creation with the reasons and the size of his choice. It is then enough to get to the sewing shop with his request, accompanied if need a photo or drawing. Obviously, the price is more expensive for a special creation.
A multitude of reasons for a personalized touch
As stickers, wall decorations crafted metal come in all possible grounds and can adapt to any style of decor. Thus, many animals and insects, like the horse, dove, lizards, dolphins, butterflies, cicada and many others, have inspired designers. Moreover, one can decorate his wall with letters, words and even sentences custom.
Among the words all ready found in the shops, there is a choice between "Love", "Hotel", "Lounge", "Good life", which are suitable to his house for his business. Otherwise, it is common for clients to order their first name decoration to hang on their bedroom door. For even more originality, you can opt for ethnic reasons, figurative, abstract or for special compositions. The sets are very popular with the image of Marilyn Monroe, the Eiffel Tower or New York City as a silhouette.

Decorate the interior walls of the house


Coded messages to the roll stack
Brighten an interior wall is not just always great works of painting or on wallpaper. It's more of a breeze, since things do fall within the collage or the installation of simple objects easy to find and inexpensive. A first idea would be putting stickers coded messages on the wall. One trick that appeals to people prone to emotional turmoil. A second idea would be to give an atmosphere of nightclub and an air disco on the wall by applying the gel and silver glittery colorless. And why not hang multiple frames at once colorful and multidimensional on the wall? Nothing like a baroque effect. The flashy colors are preferred in the realization of this idea. And for the Greens, a pan plant can be hung on the wall or a creeper would be ideal. Finally, to effect a somewhat disorderly, the roll stack cardboard custom brush stroke is the trick to put into practice.
Play on the impressions or indulge in an impromptu reading
Giving style to the wall, it is also playing on the trompe l'oeil. For example, to go crazy guests who were invited to the house, there is no better than a wall decorated with stickers and lined canvas for an insured and an optical effect trendy decor. If it's more a feeling of luxury that is desired, the checkered leather placed on the headboard as 5-star hotel is also a wonderful idea. Moreover, these checkerboards have the opportunity to be repositioned. Another trick is to also make a less coarse radiator on the wall by painting it with a dark color, then deposit around nests of sparrows to handmade. For small apartments, play with prospects using stickers sham will be perfect to give a sense of expansion to the room and the wall. Finally, for fans of reading, it is also possible to improvise a library through a single width of wallpaper.