Friday, July 4, 2008

Living Room - Victorian Theme


Victorian Theme

Victorian Theme

In this era of interior designing, decoration and fashion, people more emphasize on their living room as it serves most highlighted part of the house. These days’ people prefer to go with the Victorian theme because of its elegance and sophisticated ambiance. Victorian theme became popular since the period of England’s queen Victoria. Since then the stylish furniture and stylish décor became the symbol of wealth.

The pieces of furniture used for the Victorian theme is made up of wood that have dark shades and colors which give a antique looks to the living room. You can use the old furniture with antique looks. Furniture pieces can be made up of oak wood, rose wood, or rubber wood etc. Furniture used for the Victorian theme is of heavy looks. There is intricate carving you can see in the Victorian furniture. The main consideration in designing the Victorian Theme is the colors which are using for living room because it will serves the outline of the style and design. Usually dark and rich shades are used to make a feeling of warmth and depth in the room. And if you are opting light shades then choose prominent colors to recreate a Victorian ambiance.

If you have a fire place in your living room then renovate that fire place with marble finishing and with paint to give your room the Victorian looks. There is heavy fabric used like velvet, satin, silk etc… for the curtains and furniture.

Although Victorian theme create a soothing, warmth and depth atmosphere in the room but for this theme you have to spend much, because all the stuff use for the Victorian theme is very rich and expensive.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Arabian Theme's Seating System


This is another image of the Arabian Theme. Here you can see the seating system of the Arabian Theme living room. The corner of this room is decorated with a traditional pot; one corner of the wall is decorated with the carpet painting, and also traditional guns are hanged on one side wall which gives an antique look too. Flooring is covered with the wall to wall carpet. Here is the seating in L- shape with the cushions and soft mattresses which looks beautiful and traditional looks to the living room. And it is really very comfortable seating system. There is the low height centre table which is covered with tomb like cover. There is also one advantage of the covered centre table that all the serving eatables are hygienic as they are covered, you can just open the cover and enjoy the breakfast or other confectionary served on the table.

An Image of Arabian Living Room


Here is the image of the Arabian Theme Living Room. Here you can imagine the simplicity of the Arabian Theme. Arabian Theme gives a very soothing and peaceful feeling. You may also feel the comfort of the Arabian Theme. Traditional style curtain and cushions gives the beautiful looks to the living room.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Arabian Themes

Living Room with Arabian Themes


As living room is the heart of the home, it should be presentable and with a full of comfort. Many times people decorate their living room with heavy stuff and spend a lot but they ignore the matter of comfort and convenience. We should keep in mind the various things like –
1- The ambiance of the living room should be presentable.
2- Living room should be well – decorated.
3- The most important is that it should be full of comfort.

These days Arabian Themes for the Living room is becoming popular as it is full of comfort and it has a unique looks. The most important thing is that it is not very expensive too; any one can afford it easily. Here I would like to throw some light on Arabian Theme Living Room -

1- For Arabian Theme, there should be a wall to wall carpet, means flooring should be covered with full carpet.
2- There should be a separate seating for the men and women.
3- There are no big sofas and chairs for seating but there is soft mattress with a cushions and bolsters for the backrest, which give a lot of comfort and there is a good use of space too.
4- There is a low height centre table for serving tea, dates etc.
5- If you want something more then you can put a traditional chandler or traditional lamp.
6- You can also put scented candles for the soothing fragrance or you can use itra as a room freshener.
7- To give a more unique looks you can decorate the corner of the room with a traditional Hukka or with a copper coated vase with fresh flowers.

These tips may help you to decorate your living room with an Arabian theme, which will give your living room a new and perfect looks with a comfort. You can also explore your ideas and do some experiments with your living room.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Theme Garden

Theme Garden

Do you have a hobby to maintain your garden? Would you like to do some experiments with your garden? If yes, then now it’s the time to come up with the better garden hub, a theme, as to put all your plants together and create one overall impression. Here are some ideas to give your garden, a unifying theme.

If you want to give a simple looks to your garden then you can go for the MOON GARDEN THEME – In this you can emphasizes plants with white color flowers, or you can put white or cream colored variegated leaves that can reflect the moon light. You can choose white petunias, baby’s breath, chrysanthemums etc… you can also add some plants which have white textured leaves. You can also do fencing of your garden with white flowered roses and shrubs. This theme will give you a soothing and relaxed feeling.

These days butterfly gardens are also very popular so if you want colorful garden then you can go for the BUTTERFLY THEME – To maintain the butterfly theme you need to place that type of plants where butterfly can lay their eggs. Without caterpillar their will be no butterfly in your garden, so place some plants that can feed the caterpillars like- butterfly bush, lilac, coneflower, and coreopsis and you should also provide borage, clove, milkweed and Spicewood which can help in feeding the caterpillars. Once those caterpillars will become butterfly, then your garden will be full of colorful butterflies.

If you like birds and their humming music then how about the HUMMING BIRDS THEME – for humming birds theme you need to place the plants that can attract the birds, you can also hang a bird house on the branch of the trees. There should be a proper space in the garden for birds; your garden should also locate in the airy and sunny area. And you have to do the proper arrangements to feed them.

Here I share some of the themes for your garden but you can also experiment with your own ideas such as – Rose theme garden, Rock theme garden, or any other theme of your choice.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Theme Furniture

Theme Furniture

Our home is not completed without furniture, so furniture is one of the most important requirements of a home. These days’ people much aware and they pay a lot of attention to the type of furniture they buy as they are not considering it only as an item for seating but a product that can enhance the furnishings of any home. Normally people preferred wooden furniture but some people also like trendy and stylish designs available in PVC, wrought iron, and plastic.
You can also choose any theme for your furniture. Like you can choose Asian theme, Modern theme or Moroccan theme etc… you can also explore your imagination and do experiment with it.
1- Asian theme – Asian theme is one of the fastest rising trends in furniture. This theme is usually referred to furniture from Japan and China. But now it has expanded too many other countries. Asian theme couches are very comfortable but you will not find huge pillows and heavy cousins. In this furniture you will find clean lines and beautiful fabrics which can draw your attention. There are many fabric choices in Asian theme furniture from silk to cotton that is the reason which can make it easy to incorporate a couch or chair into an establish room. The wood used in this furniture is typically made up of rosewood. This is appropriate furniture for any room in your house and it can be fit well with casual or formal homes.
2- Modern theme – This theme will give your home a stylish look. You can chose wrought iron sofa with light color fabric, you can put mirror with wrought iron frame, wrought iron dinning. You can also paint your walls accordingly which will give perfect modern looks to your home.
3- Moroccan theme – People in India are not very much aware about Moroccan theme but gradually it is becoming popular because this furniture is designed in such a manner that it radiate warmth and relax. The specialty of this furniture is soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin. You can also try to capture the rural life of Morocco through the furniture you buy. Morocco furniture can be easily fitted with any theme and it can be perfect for your home whether it is your living room, bed room, kitchen or bathroom.

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