Modern Furniture Design – Home Living Ideas and Furniture Decorating

Probably we do not realize that dust and dirt is everywhere including on the curtain or any other fabrics used in the house. It is better to clean it up periodically. Therefore, it will not cause diseases to the dwellers. When cleaning the house, scattered dust that will stick in cloth fabric. Even worse, on the fan hung up in the ceiling. Every day, dust will be blown and stuck there, if it is left unchecked, can cause respiratory disorders.

Although it is very susceptible to dust, it does not mean we have to wash it as often as possible. You are able to do some easy maintenance once a week. Simply use a vacuum cleaner, duster or cloth. Here is a trick, when cleaning the curtains, starting from the top. Clean carefully folds and grooves as that is where the usual dust accumulates.

Be careful when using a damp cloth. Make sure that you have to suck up dust accumulation. Dust exposed to water will cause stains on the fabric. Therefore, avoid also use a wet cloth in a light-colored curtain. Clean the drapes in the state for easy hanging. Nevertheless, stay alert while vacuuming. Do not get excited and loose cloth crutches.

Finally, make sure you have cleaned both sides of the curtain. Although not visible, behind the curtain also has the potential to collect the dust that is harmful to health. Let us see, after cleaning, curtains look more beautiful and fresh, right? Complete the treatment by washing them several months.

Our collections at home always create new problems, storage. When its number grows, eventually we will be confused to find a place of storage. It is too bad if the collection is damaged or abandoned because it is not stored in a particular place. Especially for the collection of books, we are often confused when it grows in number and there are shelves that do not fit anymore. However, if we are able to store it neatly, the collections will be last longer even we can show them to our children or grandchildren in the future. In addition, the problem is where they should be stored neatly while there is no room left in the house.

Do you have upper storey or attic in the house? Why do not use it as storage for all the books collection. Even it can be a private library of yours. Attic or upper storey, or some called it loft is a space between ceiling and roof with a typical follow the slope of the roof, that is able to use a storage room. Commonly, it is used as storeroom for unused things or furniture, however, we can turn it in to comfortable place to read and store all of your books collection.

As mentioned above, we can turn it as a comfortable place to read. The atmosphere in it is suitable for workspace, as it is located in the top of the house where tend to be more quiet and calm making it suitable for work. A wide carpet or rug with soft and comfortable cushions or put some beanbag in several spots, could be best idea to provide pleasurable private library. To reduce heat in the attic you can create openings in some places for air circulation flowing properly. You can also add insulation such as aluminum foil, glass wool, or polyurethane to reduce heat absorption. If it is still hot, we can install air conditioning.

Natural and artificial light can be used adjusted with the conditions of the room. If it is bright enough, a natural light is the best choice. In addition, put some artificial light to provide light at night. Do not forget to add some light for reading, table lamp or standing lamp is able to provide light while you are reading at night.

Modern minimalist is recent style that most people applied in their houses. This style represents the way of modern life as well effectiveness. Modern minimalist architecture and interior is appropriate applied in small modern living space. In the recent house interior, people tend to adjoin two even three rooms into single room with multiple functions. For example, living room adjoins with dining room and pantry, which is commonly applied in the modern living space today. Colors can be virtual boundaries between those each function. In addition to the aesthetic aspect, colors can be a value added.

Different tone of colors is able to combine in the room adjust with the functions of each area. Probably in the living room area, bright colors in cool tone can be an option. Blue, green probably will soothe the atmosphere. Then warm color such as yellow or brown is applied in the dining room and pantry. This area is a serving and cooking area. Those colors will add your appetite as well. Adjusted the colors with the furniture used especially for wood furniture, which usually finished in warm colors tone also.

Otherwise, be careful to apply warm and bold color in the closed room and less of illumination. The colors will make the room seems so tight and narrow. Natural colors can be great option either for the living room, for instance, brown, beige, even white. White or other light colors will balance the appearance, especially with the warm colors applied in the pantry and dining area. Since white color reflects the light, thus room will look more spacious and bright. Art pieces are perfect for home decoration. Paintings, art photographs or event your children’s masterpieces can be distinctive decorative elements as well would be a memorabilia spot in the house.

Various enormous ideas of the room partition that enable to apply in the house. A lot of furniture item or home decorations can be used as room partition, such as a shelf of books, ornaments, glass limit, until the nylon yarn. Have you ever heard one of Feng shui tips that it is not good a wall blocking the door? The reason is the flow of air circulation into the house becomes not smooth thus potentially disrupt the family’s health. Nevertheless, it makes sense when associated with the use of semi-permanent partition. The fresh air is able to enter the room in sufficient amounts and circulated in the room if we are not using massive partition.

The problem is creating a partition is not always easy as well. A constraint most often arises is the condition of the room that is not suitable to the particular partition. for instance, the size that not adjust to the size of the room. Creating a bookshelf, you need a minimum width of 25cm. Meanwhile, the available space is often inadequate. This problem can be overcome by using glass as a partition. However, we need to consider the safety aspects, particularly if there are small children in your home. The use of tempered glass to reduce the danger, but of course there is a price to pay.

Alternatively, use insulation made of nylon line strands. This kind of partition has been sold at the gallery furniture or accessories. Even in the fabric store, this distinctive home decoration can be found, as well as at stores that sell yarn curtains at a price that does not burn a hole in your pocket. If you want some budget home decor, you can create your own. Buy kilograms or bobbin of nylon yarn, and then cut along the high ceiling. Put it in a line and arrange it one side ends to form a straight line. Do not forget to adjust the color with a flavor and atmosphere of space then see the result.