Wallpaper Home Decor: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Interior Apartment Decoration

Apartment Decoration Idea

Apartment decoration shows the mindset of the owner. Reflect the sense of beauty through home decoration. Depending on the area of home decoration and also budget. Overall, the trend gradually decorated apartment from time to time. The main reason is budget, as spending a lot of money just after buying an apartment can be difficult sometimes. Let some of the main points discussed for the interior decoration of our apartments:

Luxury Apartment Decoration

1) The important thing to decorate your apartment to paint walls, doors and windows. Paint the walls in general lighting, while the doors and windows are dark. It can make a good match, as furniture and other facilities can not house any color of light. Room walls are always preferred very light, because it is soothing to the eye.
2) Another basic is that the space of an apartment complex designed to fit a small table, sofa and tea for the guests. Dining space should be separate and preferably near the kitchen. Decorations may be used if the wood furniture or other materials.

Apartment Decoration Image

3) The doors and windows must be vigilant good looking curtain wall with paint, doors and windows match.

4) lights mounted to the wall looks classy when its good design and proper lighting play into every corner of the house. Materials used in house building is also an important factor.
5) If the apartment is small, you can space the illusion of a flat mirror for use.
6) many things in the house needs to be hidden from public display. This can save space, keeping windows and sometimes above or within the Court.

Apartment Decoration Photo

Apartment Decoration Picture

Camellias

Camellias are a wonderful spirit-boosting contribution to Southern winter gardens. They don't 'work for a living' - the C. japonica cultivars are far from their native roots, producing flowers that are lovely, but not ecologically functional.

Professor Sargent camellia

But, the old camellias around our house are now in full flower, and the Professor Sargent in front is fabulous.

Magnum Modern Dining Table

modern dining room table

Composed of solid Beech, Maple, Oak, Cherry or Walnut, the Magnum dining room table is offered in widths from 90cm-110cm and can be adjusted in length from 130cm-250cm, made possible by an extremely easy to operate extension mechanism. This flexibility is perfect for a homeowner who enjoys entertaining but appreciates the extra circulation space when the fully extended table is not in use. This sleek and elegant design can be specified with or without a glass top.

Modern Dining Room

They're inside too! After gushing over Pampaexport's great outdoor prods, I happened upon their great indoor furnishings.

Modern Dining Room

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Row covers in a community garden

Beds in the Pearson Community Garden

There's an interesting community garden in our neighborhood in the mountains. It's the Pearson Community Garden, supported by the Bountiful Cities Project, a local non-profit organization.

I've posted photos from this garden before; it's been fascinating to see what they're doing and how the garden changes. I volunteered several times last summer on their regular Wednesday workday, and enjoyed talking with the much younger fellow volunteers, who were keen about learning how to grow vegetables.

But this year, I'm totally impressed (and encouraged) by the success that they've had with simple row covers in protecting winter greens.

This was a hard winter for us in the Carolinas (in the Southeastern U.S.) We had unusually COLD temperatures (for example, in Asheville, NC, lows were in the teens (F°) for weeks on end, and there was MUCH more snow than usual.)

Check out these greens!

These were protected by simple hoops covered with plastic over the winter. They're growing directly in soil. Wow.

Pearson Garden rows and hoop house

Lettuces

Blown Away.

The sun was out again today making our walk at Morte Point a real pleasure. That was after I had washed some of the long sitting room curtains and got them out on the line to dry in the strong wind.

Down by the sea the wind had whipped up the sea into a white froth which was being blown right up onto the cliff.

Little balls of foam were flying up into the air and lying all over the grass.

We had wrapped up like a pair of elderly SAS members with ear muffs, neck warmers pulled up to our noses, Gortex caps and dark glasses to protect our eyes from the sun and wind. It was too windy to stop for our coffee break on this side and going around the Point I clung to the rocks to keep myself from being blown over.

Instead we stopped on the more sheltered side to enjoy some coffee and chestnut cake. Once home it was more housework and yet more school planning. Back to work again tomorrow, oh joy!