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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.    Green...

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...

The modern real estate has been impacted by the preference on nuclear families rather than joint families. Priorities of prospective home buyers have been redefined based on the property size, neighbourhood, facilities and social infrastructure. Below listed are the key factors to be considered by a nuclear family during home search: 1.    Security Security is considered to be of utmost importance especially in families where parents leave behind their children or elderly back at home for work. Implementing round-the-clock security and surveillance system has become mandatory in residential projects owing to the aforesaid reason. 2.    Space utilization A well-designed residential space that provides optimum utilization of space is considered to be a favourite among nuclear families. Compact and space-efficient living spaces are preferred by nuclear families as it meets their requirements and is also a worthy investment. 3.    Healthy en...

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...

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...

A ceiling is the fundamental part of the house. A ceiling to home don’t just serve the purpose of an overhead covering to rooms but also as an object of inspiration to do art and design. The ceiling now is considered an essential element of home décor. Here are 5 most amazing ceiling design ideas for a beautiful home 1.Glass ceilings With glass ceilings your house will get enough natural light from outdoors and provide a pleasant feel to indoors. Add a floating staircase to make your home look modern with minimalistic decor. 2.Geometric ceiling Design a geometry inspired ceilings to create an elegant decor. 3.Ceiling mural If you are a luxury buff create ceiling inspired from Mural painting surrounding with light coloured or plain white walls. 4.Tiled ceiling Design your ceiling with seamless tiles to create a bold statement look with contemporary appeal. Also tiled ceiling helps to reflect vivid colours from furniture and floor that result in giving a...

Living room is a place where a family gathers to talk and enjoy their together time. It is also a place where the family welcomes their guests. So living room must display elegance without compromising on the comfort part. Consider the below given tips to make your living room both comfortable and elegant. 1.Colour Go for soft pastels like pinks, lavender, light shades of grey or just plain cream paint for your living room walls. Try to minimise using bold colours like black, brown, fiery red and use it in art piece or miniature furniture. 2.Fabrics To invoke feelings of being accepted and cared use very soft and silky fabrics.  3.Patterns Use patterns to make the living room interesting and pleasing. Floral, botanicals and traditional Damask patters make good choices for using in living room. Use curvy and feminine patterns to display elegance . 4.Lighting Use visually balancing lighting in the living room, like using table lambs evenly in...

It’s high time to take your kitchen decor seriously. Its not just a place for cooking but place full of inspiration! Kitchen is the heart of any home, it is an in-house laboratory where you experiment with food, it’s a place where you do what you love, cooking. So why not give this place some love back. Let’s make it cheerful with fun and warm colours. Try these suggested colour schemes 1.Warm neutrals Use mid-range neutrals to colour your kitchen, it helps if you are worried about going wrong with neutral colours. People consider neutral colours to be boring but it need not be with addition of red, yellow or orange. 2.Reds If you want to add fun and spiciness to your kitchen then red is the best option available.Red is good for kitchens and dining rooms since this colour can stimulate hunger. 3.Rich browns Brown shades give an earthly and lively look to your kitchen. It’s called the safe neutral. 4.Toned-down yellows Yellow colour is well known for stimulating hap...

Living room is a room that belongs to everyone in the house. The comfort ability and ambience of this place is very crucial to gather guests and spend some free time. And most importantly this is the space you see first when you enter your home. Anyone would want to create a luxurious living room but cost is what matters.  So here’s how you can make your living room luxurious inexpensively: 1 .Add depth and glam to the room by uses more number of lighting sources and creating a layered lighting concept. 2 .Get sofas that has room for more people and throw pillows casually thrown to give it an effortless luxurious look.  3 .Have full length curtains that touch the floor 4 .Have wall art that is huge in size and not too many small art works 5 .Adding texture and pattern to the room can make the room look expensive 6 .Use metallic or antique look to the decorative items 7 .Use a rug on the main space of the living room covering a larger part of the living...

Edappally is one of the fastest growing suburb on Kochi which is also considered as the entrance to the city of Kochi. Due to its strategic position at the intersection of highways and being an emerging retail centre, the area is considered a prime location for investment in Kochi. Here are the reasons that make Edappally a valuable destination for investment in Kochi.   Junction of highways – The 2 national highways join the Kochi bypass at Edappally.   Kochi Metro – The Kochi Metro station makes the area a prime location by making it accessible from various locations in the city.   Shopping hub – The most happening places in the city like Oberon mall LuLu mall are located at Edappally.   Close proximity to educational institutions – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Government Vocational and Higher Secondary School, Bhavans Elamakkara, etc. are at nearest location from Edappally. Me...

A child's room serves as a space for creative activities and mental growth to take place. Painting the right colour on the wall, setting up of the furniture and decorating the room as per the child's preference are some factors that one should consider while re-modelling the kid's room. We offers a few tips and tricks for best results. There is no other project that will be more exciting than decorating a kid's room. It is very special when you are planning the design with your kid. However, it can be a tricky affair as your child may be too young to really let you know what he/she wants. On the other hand, a growing kid may have so many ideas that you would not even know where to start. To save yourself all that confusion, follow this guide to liven up your child's space . 1. Choose a theme Choose a particular theme and work around it. Before deciding on the décor, you must first select an overall theme you would like to implement. There are ...

Kochi, the emerging city offers a myriad of possibilities that redefines urban life to a next extent which Kerala has never faced before. Being identified as the next destination IT hub, Kochi is witnessing rapid development in all sectors which is also influencing the real estate sector. Here are the top 4 reasons to invest in Kochi. 1.    Cheap land rates – Rental and capital prices are relatively low when compared to other IT hubs like Bangalore, Hyderabad or Chennai 2.    Developed infrastructure – The city has well-developed roads, electricity, network connectivity, educational sector, healthcare, etc. 3.    Favourable policies – Government offers policies like single window clearance, FSI options, benefits for IT developments, to IT boost growth. 4.    Less environmental problems – Kochi has a sustainable environment which supports commercial development when compared to Bangalore or Chennai. ...