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Sunday, September 19, 2010

First impression Lasts 4 steps to impress.



When some one comes home to you the first feeling they get will be there for a long time.

This is the just natural for us human beings and nothing we can really do to stop it.

But you can improve the feeling people get in just 4 easy steps.

1. Open with a smile, when some enters your home makes sure it is what you want and not some thing that you’re ashamed of.

2. Make room for people to enter, use mirrors and cover your every day items like outdoor clothing and shoes. There is many different and practical design solutions and furniture that can help you with this.

Only keep one jacket and one set of shoes in your entrance per person if you feel need to have them close at hand.

3. Light, when one enters an entrance room in many cases that room have small or no windows so you need to work with lighting.

A living candle can do magic but also some small lights and not just ceiling lamps as that light will only bring a light to the room and not focus on particular areas.

4. Make sure your guests can enter in an easy way and that there is a natural area for them to put there outdoor clothes.

These 4 easy design steps will refurnish your home and make your guest first impression the best possible.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Improve your Home in Minutes 3 Easy Steps


Focus on the three main things that makes our home not look as good as they actually can.

1. Clutter, too much of everything is making your mind confused and it is better to present a calm and focused environment for you to live in and enjoy.

So for example instead of having 10 different candle light, bowls, rugs, paintings, lamps, pillows and more in a room try to move them around between the rooms and find the more similar ones and put them in the same room.

2. Light, make sure you let the natural light in and move big items covering your windows.

By letting the light in to your home you will get a more natural feeling and feel relaxed.

At the same time you will also get the illusion of a more spacious home and a contact with the outside.

When you changed this setting remember to clean the windows, it takes a few minutes but the result will make you so much more at ease.

3. The things you surround yourself with affect the impression you get from other as well as your self. Have a look around your home, what things have you not used for over a year? If you have not used them for more then a year then do you really need them?

Friday, September 17, 2010

5 Steps to the Living Room to Live in


5 steps to the living room to live in, this is the area where you spend most of the time normally except when your a sleep so focus on having the furniture that represent you and that gives you the feeling and affect that you are looking for.

Think about what your purpose is with the living room. Is it a TV area or a place where you spend your time with friends, how many persons stay there normally? When you have thaught this through you have given it a chance to use the furniture that is suitable for your needs.

So let’s break it down for you.

Step 1. Focus on the area; don’t sit down at this time stand in the doorway looking in. Does it give you the feeling you like, is it a TV room then you probably want it to look like one with comfy sofas and a nice sofa table right in front of the TV. But if it is a lounge area then you do not want a big black TV that takes over the room like a thunder cloud.

For a lounge area you want relaxation and soft impressions to ease your mind.