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Decorate your Home with these Budget-Friendly Ideas

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Transforming a home is easy with few thoughtful interior designing works. But many consider this as a costly affair and thus ignore it due to budget constraints. With the help of some creativity and cost-effective ideas, it is possible to convert your home into one that matches your dreams. Here are a few cost-effective ideas to decorate your home: 1.    Cane furniture A classy yet elegant choice of furniture piece, cane furniture is a budget-friendly alternative for those expensive leather or wooden furniture. You can also use traditional cane pieces to decorate lawns, sit-out areas or balconies for a unique look. 2.    Curtains Using curtains will help add a look of grandeur and make sure that you choose ones that go in sync with the wall colours and furniture shades. Play with colours, patterns and fabrics in order to add a different appeal to your rooms and being an economic option, you can get the best ones with ease. 3.    Greenery Add the much required touch of greenery
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Setting up a landscaped garden at home

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An easy way to stay close to the nature is by setting up a landscaped garden at home. Through the selection of right plants and gardening material you can easily design a fabulous landscaped garden. You may incorporate your favourite elements like a flower bed, fountain, climbers, flower pot, etc. Follow these easy tips to design your own landscaped garden at home:   1. Selection of plants Choose plants for your garden depending on the prevailing weather conditions. For places with humidity it is advised to avoid growing Mediterranean plants and for those dry inland zones, avoid rainforest plants. The best way to start setting up a garden is by growing a small flowerbed and gradually expanding it.  2. Wider berth Establish a wider berth for the garden giving adequate space for plants to flower and grow. While constructing a pathway make sure there's enough space for people to walk also.   3. Patio and desks Ensure that you have enough number of desks in the garden consid
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Location: Kochi, Kerala, India
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Ways to Convert your Unused Space to Study Room

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Having a dedicated space for each member at home is necessary. Be it for children, artists or professionals they need their own space to study or work peacefully. Designing a study room from unused space in bedroom, corners or guest room is a smart way to accommodate everyone’s needs within the available space. Follow these simple tips to convert any unused space at home into a study room: 1.    Colour Use shades that sets an ambience to study, relax and focus like lighter shades of yellow, green and blue. These colours are said to evoke a feeling of peace and calm that helps you achieve daunting tasks of assignments and paperwork effortlessly. 2.    Furniture Choose furniture that are comfortable and ergonomic to accommodate long working hours with maximum comfort. The table size should be able to hold all essential materials. Those with drawers and closed shelves are ideal to store documents and stationery items. 3.    Lighting Select a combination of natural and artifi
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Location: Kochi, Kerala, India
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Must-Have Green Trends for Apartments

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Home décor has seen various developments and the modern version of it is all about incorporating nature-friendly elements to follow green living. Interior designers mostly focus on increasing the greenery at flats and apartments to add freshness and to set a relaxing and calm ambience. Here are the top must-have trends for your apartment: 1.    Indoor plants A popular trend in home décor is using indoor plants to bring greenery to interiors. Indoor plants are a smart option to choose a life that is closer to nature. You can place potted plants, small herbs and climbers on kitchen windowsills or balconies. 2.    Vertical garden One of the most practical option in setting up greenery in flats and apartments in spite of space constraints is installing vertical gardens. By adding a green cover on the wall or a green façade, it employs effective utilisation of space. You can also use discarded bulbs, bottles or small glass vases as substitutes for heavy pots. 3.   
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Location: Kochi, Kerala, India
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Do’s and Don’ts for NRI Investment in Real Estate

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Indian real estate is always regarded as a high investment avenue for NRIs with multiple investment opportunities due to flexible payment schemes, fruitful returns, luxury properties of global standards, etc. NRIs should take optimum advantage of the situation by ensuring to choose the right investment by adhering to all procedures in order to harvest a good deal. Here are a few key areas to be focused by NRIs to make a wise decision regarding investments: 1.    Buying and selling An NRI can buy or sell property in India either by being physically present in the country or by granting Power of Attorney to a trusted member without coming to India. 2.    Home loans NRIs are eligible to avail home loans in India though the procedure and documents would vary according to residing country. Loan tenure ranges from 10 to 15 years while the amount would depend on factors like age, income, education, etc. Setting up NRE (Non-Resident External) account is advised for the purpose of finan
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Tips to reduce power consumption at home

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The rising energy bills are a concern for everyone, especially during summer season when the heat is unbearable which calls for using appliances more. In such situations, effective action should be taken to curb this increase in energy consumption in everyday life. Follow the below-listed tips to control the energy consumption at home: 1. Energy-efficient appliances Invest in energy-efficient appliances to reduce the electricity bills even though it would come at an expensive price tag initially. Buy appliances that has energy efficient rating as per the guidelines of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). Replace incandescent bulbs with CFL or LED to save energy. 2. Proper Insulation Heating and cooling systems add up almost 40 percent of the total electricity bill at home. Through proper insulation of the house, it is easy to ensure the effective working of these systems. Also, ensure that there are no cracks in doors, windows and walls for the entry of hot or cold air fro
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Location: VRA-138, Cheranalloor, Kochi, Kerala 682024, India
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Fascinating Reasons to Choose Apartment Living

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The decision to buy a home comes with so much of confusions and the first one would be whether to choose a stand-alone house or an apartment. Deciding between the two options is critical as this decision lingers upon you for a lifetime. Here are a few key reasons to convince you why to choose apartment living over a house: 1.    24x7 safety Safety is a top priority for everyone and people wouldn’t choose a remote area for their home. Apartments are installed with high-end security systems to give alerts during any mishaps to their residents. Be it the 24x7 security guard service or the electronic security devices, your safety is not an issue and also, there are plenty of neighbours to help you out in emergency cases. 2.    Galore of amenities Buying a house just gives you ownership for a piece of land but does not give you access to swimming pool, gym and much more. Apartment living offers multiple amenities and entertainments of best class quality within its premise. 3.    So
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Location: Industrial Estate, Palluruthy, Kochi, Kerala 682006, India
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