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Decorating is one of the fun part of owning a new house, apartments in Kochi . You do your own research and try to get inspiration for designing from books, magazines and home décor websites. You will come out with what is best for your home and what will make it look beautiful according to you. But here are some facts you need to know when you are about to implement your plan of decorating and looking for inspiration. 1.    Make your own decisions: Don’t let others make decisions about you’re your personal space will look like. You may invite suggestions, but don’t accept it right away. Give it some thoughts and go with your instincts. 2.    Choose the right color: Ensure that you understand the color scheme and choose wisely and what goes with your other things that comes into the rooms. The color of your room and the decorative items has to sync well to give it a perfect look but at the same time don’t force to a single color scheme as i...

The best time to get drenched in the rain is here. Some moody mornings by the windows with a cup of tea is a blissful start for your day. But this can adversely affect you to see your day to be boring and gloomy. The clothes that literally never dries up, muddy footprints on the floors, the dark indoors will set your mood off easily. And it becomes necessary to find ways to light up your mood and not being affected by all that. Here is how you have to get your home monsoon ready. 1. Make your bedroom warm and cozy by choosing the right material, color and style of the bedspread, pillows, cushions and the curtains. 2. Add some candles and fresh fragrances to eliminate the damp smell from your rooms. 3. Use bright colors around the furniture and things kept in the room to make yourself feel livelier inside. 4. Add more greenery in the living space to give a fresh and outdoor feeling. 5. Bring more changes to your windows with curtains and drapes of light material. It...

To welcome positive energy in your room and to energize you, incorporate these useful Vastu tips in the bedroom of your house, flats in Kochi , that  to avoid negative energy.  1.  The direction of the bed should be placed in the south-west direction. North-east or south-east direction of the bed is not good for health. 2.  The bed used in the bedroom should be rectangular or square, circle and oval shapes must be completely avoided. 3.  Your house’s pooja room should not be located in the bedroom. 4.  The ceiling of the bedroom should not be round or curved. 5. All the broken or tampered materials should be removed from the bedroom, especially broken mirrors or glasses. 6.   Avoid using red lights in bedroom. 7.   Keep aromatic candles in the bedroom to bring in spirituality and positive energy. 8.   Keep your bedroom clutter free and neat. 9.  Dark and bright colours like blac...

You are a green lover and love to make an eco-friendly and stylish home, premium flats in Kochi , but you have space limitations. Don’t worry, here we will tell you some simple and interesting tricks to add plants to small space. 1.    Create a shelf near window Create an extension or a floating shelf from the window frame and keep small pots of plants. Here is a hack, to get more depth look escalate the shelve level with your window ledge. 2.    Display plants on the picture ledge These ledges are perfect to keep plants inside your house. It also has a lip that helps the photos from falling off, the same way it can be used for saving you plant pots. 3.    Hang plants Now this is a good trick, hang your planters from unused hooks in home. An extra or unused hook for towel, coats etc are more convenient and readymade. 4.    Use water plants If you are feeling good about indoor plants but not about ...

Bathroom tiles must be long lasting and skid resistance, also at the same time it should look good. So you need to select the tiles for your bathroom very wisely. Here we give you some design tips for selecting best bathroom tiles for your home. 1. Add a focal point Construct a focal point on your bathroom floor with contrasting coloured or patterned tile. The focal point can be made under the shower or at the entry space or wherever you creative mind tells you. 2. Surround on walls Create a backslash on the lower walls of the bathroom to protect the walls from the wear and tear of moisture. 3. Accent wall tile Create an accent wall with checkerboard pattern using tile at places where there is high presence of moist. This could both protect and design the wall. 4. Love the grout Tile grout is a necessary design tool that gives a brand new look to the tiles. 5. Mix up tile patterns Try to arrange the tiles in an unconventional manner and you will be surprised t...

Teens are sophisticated beings who are in the important phase of their life. They are no more interested in flashy cartoons paintings on wall, they call themselves bold and cool individuals. They want their bedroom to express their uniqueness and boldness. So here we bring some interesting tips to design a teenager’s ideal room 1. Boho style Make her room look cool by blending some bohemian designs. Use rattan ottoman furniture, patterned rugs and bright bed covers to decorate the bedroom. 2. Modern Bedrooms with less mess of colours and look simple yet with lots of interesting characters. 3. Room to chill! Make a space to enjoy and chill with their school buddies by creating a seating area with cosy and comfortable sofas. 4. Go neutral If your teenager is not into colours and likes it simple and bold, go for colours like grey, black or white or a combination of these colours. 5. Chic Make the room look fancy and fun with colours, furniture and art works. Me...

Porch is the best place to enjoy outdoors with your family or friends or yourself. Not only porch is used as a place to enjoy and relax, it also adds to the exterior look of the home.So a porch should be designed in a way to make it look interesting and to feel comfortable. Here we bring you the top design ideas for an ideal porch 1.Light and airy Turn your porch into white this summer to make it look neat and comfortable. Paint the walls white and, select white and stylish furniture. 2.Cosy pillows Use pillows of different sizes to make the porch area look cosy and comfortable. 3.Decorate with flowers Use floral design for curtains or pillow covers. Place fresh flowers on the table top. 4.Contrasting look Make the porch look modern and classy by making the walls and floors light in colour and select contrasting bright coloured furniture to match the background. 5.Add plants Make a green porch by bringing in some ornamental plants and some herb plants. Melon...

People get confused when designing their house, flats in Kochi . Some people end up doing more than necessary and some very less. Errors with the interior design happen when you don’t plan well and lack the required knowledge in interior designing.  Don’t worry much, here we will let you know some common mistakes committed while designing your interiors and you could use it to design an error-free home. 1.    Neglected ceiling Don’t stick anything on your ceiling in the name of designing since it will ruin your ceiling texture. Focus more on a single fixture of light or a fancy fan. Don’t use multicolour designing for the ceiling, use white if you are unsure about other designing options. 2.    Over furnishing If you have spacious interiors it not needed to be filled with furniture . Use only those furnitures which fit the room gracefully and must sync with the theme if any. 3.    Misuse of colours Don’t use mo...

Kitchen is the essence of your home, flats in Kochi . There’s no day in our lives where we have never entered the kitchen. The need for food makes kitchen the heart of our home. To make this place look magical and expensive would be everybody’s dream. But people may skip to make it look that great as it may be expensive. But here are some ways by which your kitchen can look expensive in an affordable way. 1.    Use color palette Go off the primary colors and go for a simple and elegant look with muted colors to add the rich accent of the space. 2.    Extensive Lighting Life up the dull and outdated look of your kitchen by fantabulous ways of lighting to give a gorgeous look. 3.    Lustrous hardware Upscale your kitchen space by having sleek and clean hardware in the kitchen. The handles and knobs should be given a consistent look. 4.    Floor it right Vinyl, plywood are some great cost-saving f...

A prospective neighbourhood that you are planning to move into should not only provide all the amenities but also should be safe and secure for your family. These are the important factors that ensure safety and security of a locality. 1.    Low crime rate – Crime rate is the primary aspect that decides whether a locality is safe or not. Information from the authorities and online research will help accumulate the number of crimes that occurred in the locality. 2.  Family friendly – A residential neighbourhood is highly preferred due to the presence of many families nearby. This imparts a notion of safety while also providing an opportunity for interaction. 3.    Sidewalks – The presence of sidewalks in the neighbourhood indicates that walks or errands in the locality will be safe and convenient. 4.    Good schools – Proximity to good schools show that families with children prefer them over other localities ...

Is your old house left vacant in search of a prospective tenant? But, if the property is kept vacant for a longer duration, chances are that it can deteriorate soon. Follow the below tips to maintain your vacant home 1.    Visit frequently – Conduct timely visit to assess the condition the property is in and for taking corrective measures immediately if in case of any damage. 2.    Keep it clean – Maintain the outside and inside of the clean to ward of any unwanted infestation and to prevent any unlawful trespassing by thieves or miscreants. 3.    Install security system – Employ security measures like alarms or surveillance system to keep an eye out on the vacant property. 4.    Save electricity – Unplug all electrical appliances and devices to save electricity and to prevent any fire hazards. 5.    Lighting – Set internal and external lights in timer at day and night timings or ...

Amenities is one among the important aspects that drive up the property value. So, investing in real estate should only be after considering different amenities available in the neighbourhood to ensure good appreciation value. Here are top 5 amenities that should be considered. • Shopping and entertainment – Retail services, shopping malls, commercial stores, cinema halls and other shopping and entertainment options should be available to ensure convenient living. • IT parks and business centres – The presence of IT parks, business centres and economic zones will drive property value by boosting the homes closer to workplace concept. • Healthcare facilities – Hospitals and healthcare facilities nearby are highly valued in anticipation of emergencies. • Educational institutions – Proximity to schools and colleges are encouraging factors for families with children to settle in a particular neighbourhood. • Water bodies – Be it the beach or lake, waterfront properties ...

Most owners of a small home complain that they do not get adequate storage space in their apartment and that even if they try to extend the storage capacity, it would eventually end in cluttering up the space. Following are some useful tips to increase storage in small apartments, flats in Kochi . 1.    Right furniture – Pick the right furniture suitable for a smaller space. Bunk beds, beds with boxes, cupboards with several compartments, tables and side tables with boxes and drawers are the right choice. 2.    Wall shelves – Add required shelves on the walls of the bathrooms and kitchens to arrange necessary things without them cluttering up the floor space. 3.    Mirrors over dressing tables – Put a full-size mirror in the bedroom instead of using up the floor space with a dressing table. The mirror will also help the room look bigger adding a virtual space to it. 4.    Mounting the television – To prev...

Flower decor and greenery in house adds real and faux nature feeling to the place. It brings an outdoor and cool vibe into the house and also helps to refresh the air inside the house. Check out some different ways in which you can decorate your home with greenery. 1 . A glass pillar candle holder with shrubs neatly distributed can add some classic look to the candles lit on any surface. 2 . Your dressing table can be decorated with the use of eucalyptus which has a distinct and clean fragrance. Scatter the eucalyptus branches along the mirror sides, or the brush holders etc. 3 . Bring greenery into your bedroom by dressing your bed frame with beautiful branches of eucalyptus or any such fresh plants. It can also be placed as a table runner. 4 . Your kitchen is another good spot to fill with the greenery. Hanging succulent containers enhancing the window views and can add more life to the environment in the kitchen. 5 . Add copper containers as it has been a t...

Wish to make your living room bigger? Here are some tricks to make your living room look spacious and lighter. 1.Go all white  Paint your walls white and choose white coloured flooring for your living room. Use a white coffee table with glass top. You can bring colour with a gallery wall with art works but with white frames. By doing this your living room will appear bigger and lighter. 2.Opt a big rug Using a large rug will avoid the visually breaking up of floor, and make the room look spacious. 3.Hang curtains higher Hang curtains some inch higher than usual to add height to the room. 4.Place double duty furniture Get creative and use the furniture for more than one purpose. Use the dining table to keep TV or speakers. Add storage facility for your sofas. 5.Add a hammock chair Introduce a hammock chair into the living room, they are not only trendy and stylish but takes less space compared to sofas. Melonwood Homes, one of the top names in building prem...

Wish to make your home,  flats in Kochi  eco-friendly without compromising with the style and elegance?  Here are some tips for a stylish eco-friendly home décor. Be in harmony with nature without being boring. Tips 1.    Use biodegradable carpets for your home. Materials like jute, coconut coir or cotton are considered good alternatives to those non-biodegradable ones. 2.    For furniture, opt for  bamboo  or water hyacinth river grass as materials used in its structure. 3.    Use photo frames made in clay mould or paper mâché. 4.    Dispose plastic pots and replace them with earthen pot or clay pots. 5.    For bed covers use cotton or a naturally dyed bed cover. 6.    Switch to LED bulbs to save energy. For lamps, choose lamps made out of coconut fibre and shell. 7.    Buy paints that have low VOC (Volatile Organic Co...

Does your home have a combined living room and dining room? If yes, you’ve come to the right place. Here we will give you some trendy design ideas for your home but without compromising the homely feel. 1. Rustic chic look Give a rustic chic look to your combined dining and living room by painting the wall in pale colours like grey or white. Stone work on walls will give more effect to the room and some nice wooden pieces of furniture will also do some magic. 2. A space of white White is a colour that never goes wrong and also adds an amount of classiness to the room. Paint your chairs, table and cabinets in white. 3. Perfect lighting It’s nice to have a good amount of lighting when you have a combined room. Hang some bulbs or 2-3 chandeliers or pretty lamps near the seating area. 4. Offbeat colours Give a unique personality to your dual room by painting some fun colours like pink or lilac or teal to the walls and balance this colour with matching furniture. Use chi...