Tips to build a new home

Your built-up home is certainly an index of your personality.  Of course, you would build, remodel or even re-structure your home as per your taste.  This taste would surely help divulge the secrets of your life such as the things you like most, your life style, your social circle across the society as a whole and obviously your relation with your family members and loved one. Moreover, you also determine as to where and how you want to live. Probably, before you go to build, remodel or re-structure your home, you virtually go for sketching out a requisite plan for the purpose. Even then, following few tips would also enlighten you to build a new home for you.

Well start that is half done

Make your dream come true by going for a mega start to construct or re-construct your sweet home exclusively. Select a suitable place to construct your home.  The second thing on which you have to concentrate is the material to be used in construction. So, buy a fine quality of material and use it in such a way that it could enable you to transform you life style completely.

Set the target

Pen down all the terms and condition and prepare a detailed list of your achieving the target in constructing home strictly within a time frame besides the details of total cost to be involved in its building. It will surely yield good results and at the same time make you fully satisfied. So, before going to set a target, please ask yourself also whether the target you have set could be achieved without any hindrance and the investment you want to make would be within your budget. 

Give top priority to your budget

If your budget destabilizes in a mid of your construction than you can’t achieve the target to build your sweet home even within the time frame. So, calculate each and everything including cost of land and material, construction charges, taxes, fees, development charges, if any, details of payment to be made for design work and other petty expenses including any contingency which may arise during construction.  After calculating all the expenses, if you consider that you have sufficient money left with you for further investment, then go ahead and build the home of your taste. 

Choose the right place to live

Are you going to purchase a land for building your home or you are in search of an old built house that has to be re-constructed or remodelled elegantly?  In both cases, you have to decide whether you want to settle down near the lush green fields or adjacent to the edge of a mountain or at the sea sore or any place of your choice. You can opt for any place you want across the globe. But make a concrete plan and then go ahead. So, choose the best whatever it is.

Consult experts

Before you make a plan to construct, reconstruct or even remodel your home, arrange a meeting with the expert consultants in the line, positively.  The fruitful consultations would definitely get you rid of all the worries about your construction plan.  You can even invite a designer, architect or a builder who are expert in the field and could give you an expert opinion about genuineness and value of the place and the property for which you are going to invest your hard earned money in due course.

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Nine tips to say “Home is the best”

“East and West, Home is the best.” Of course, it seems to be true when you talk about your home and every time you are contended, irrespective of the fact that congestion prevails within your home or it is not maintained superbly. Even you never tried hard to get it maintained fabulously as per the space available within your sweet home but out of sheer affection, you really want to stay with the prevailing conditions along with your family members. Then you may better to go for the following few tips and feel the presence of joy and happiness within your home all the time.

Recollect your past memories

Recollect your past memories that will certainly remind you of the things which attracted you most at first sight. The charming entrance of your sweet home, the rarest of the rare creations hanging on the walls, the window through which you used to peep outside view of the landscapes in front of your home, the  balcony where you used to sit for reading newspapers and basking in the sun during winter and so on. Remembering these moments, your home will certainly become a source of joy and happiness for you and your family members all the time.

Take a quick round within your home

Taking a quick round and finding anything suitable for deriving pleasure make you merry amazingly.  That could be your morning cup of tea or coffee, your lovely dishes which are waiting for you at a dining table or your closet where your clothes are arranged nicely. It will certainly create positivity within your home. 

It may bring comfort when you go back to home after day’s work

Suppose you are out to somewhere for 10-15 days or come back to your home after day’s work, you would certainly feel relaxed in case your home produces positive energy all the time. Negative energy would influence your mind and heart adversely in spite of the fact that you are residing in a luxurious house with having most modern gadgets and utilities within your home. Luxury would not give you comfort and peace any more.

The people around you make you happy or sad within your home

If you have a rented house and residing next door to your best friend then it will become a matter of pleasure for you as he will be an easy excess in needs. A neighbour with humility would make your life much happy. So, before you buy a house or move to a rented accommodation, make it a point to select such a place as a residence where you could attain peace all the time and no untoward incidents could take place due to the abnormal behaviour of the people around you. So, even a rented accommodation would become the matter of a joy for you.    

Make yourself more caring to your nearest and dearest

Do not ignore valuable advice from your nearest and dearest about the patterns and usage of space within your home.  A true friend would help you to bring elegance within your home spontaneously if you share your ideas with him.  If you invite your friends for dinner or for holding some discussion on a future plan, then every efforts should be made to entertain them nicely.  This will again make you attain unimaginative pleasure within your home.

Bricks alone would not make you happy

You can raise a structure by using bricks but you can’t make a home out of it alone. Your beautifully designed sofa set cannot plant even a leafy green sapling by the side of your entry way.  It’s your kids who will make you merry after they used to jump while laughing on that sofa set repeatedly on your arrival at home. So, home is not a name of rooms or space alone but your family members who love you dearly make it so.

Outside view may transform a house into a home

Your home surroundings make a difference. Nature always has its impact on all the living entities.  If your home is situated at a place from where you could view the mountains and landscapes outside, then you are enough lucky to have such a place to make you merry all the time.

Think positive always

Do not look beyond the dark side of anything you have. Whether they are living things or non-living things around you, always think positive which would certainly make your life tension free.  You will never be the centre of any controversy and lead your life without fear.

Spare sufficient time to your kids and other family members

Although you have so engaged to execute your day’s responsibilities yet you can’t spare time for your kids and other family members to entertain them nicely. But anyhow you must spare some time to play with them, if grown-ups, share discussions but never ignore them. In this way you will be more contended within your sweet home. 

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How to Stick With Outdoor Room

Your outdoor room could serve you better round the year or you may say any time during summer, winter or in rainy season, if you intend to spend some time there with your family members and the guests comfortably.  Naturally outdoor room is like a haven where you could feel the warmth of nature’s elements like drizzling and torrential rain, blazing hot sun, blowing of low or high velocity winds, lush green fields in front of  your dream home that may please you the most. We have brought something special for you. Therefore, kindly go through the same and enjoy differently.

It can be used as outdoor dining hall

Sometime we have to accommodate our guests and even family friends to entertain them taking into consideration their liking or disliking at the cost of your own preferences. In other words, you may say that some of the guests like to sit outside while it is drizzling to attain real happiness and contentment out of it. But on the other side, some people are very sensitive to rain and even the sunshine and avoid to sit outside.  There are various options before you.  You may turn your outdoor room into cooking-cum- dining hall where you comfortably dine with your guests while enjoying chatting.  It may be treated as a playing or recreation room.

Make your outdoor room insect free before you use it

Accumulation of water during rainy season may attract breeding of mosquitoes. Even one bite of insect could land you in trouble.  Therefore, always keep your outdoor insect free all the time only then you may get real pleasure.  You may hang out or get fixed a wall or ceiling fan within the space to prevent the insects enters your room. Secondly, do not get the water accumulated in any nook and corner of your dream home. Be very careful about the up keeping of your outdoor room to its perfection.

Covered porch is the best option to accommodate outdoor fabrics

Place sophisticated furniture in the open space available at your outdoor area and get it covered by   fancy upholstered along with cushions superbly.  It will be much safer to use outdoor fabrics under your covered porch. Outdoor fabrics are not so expensive.  Therefore, it will not eat out your wallet.  Arrange such type of cushions and upholstered that it may able to shed water easily.  Quality fabrics can’t be faded away and are resistant to stains also.  In this way you can make your outdoor room marvelous all the time.  

How to upkeep your outdoor cushions?

In the event of rainstorm, cushions in the open may come wet.  Therefore, always prevent yourself to sit on the wet cushions. You may keep a storage bench beneath to save the cushion from rain water.  You may lean the large seat cushions against the wall in case of rain enter your outdoor room.  Sliding under a table may create another space for storage that may also protect your cushion perfectly.

To protect yourself from sun in the open outdoor area, make arrangement for shade

You may have enough shade to protect you and your family friends from direct sun light, during the summer.  You may stay in the open during sunny days for about 15 to 20 minutes, not more than that. Then what will you do to save you from scorching heat?  Naturally you will go for arranging shades to protect you, your family and the friends instantly.  

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How to clean carpet at home

Until and unless you know what kind of stains you are dealing with, you can’t arrive at any conclusion or determine the course of action to be taken instantly. sometime, your shoes, spilled milk, tea or chemicals attract stains over your freshly cleaned or rolled out carpets. There are number of customers like you who frequently asked us to know some remedial measures be taken while removing stains completely from their carpets or rugs. Therefore, if you are really keen to know more about the kind of stains and its removal from your carpets quickly, you may go through the techniques or methods described hereunder.

Wipe out stains quickly

Although, now-a-days, carpets are made to be resistant to stains but as a precautionary measures you should wipe out stains quickly lest it may spoil the elegance of your beautiful carpet leaving its impression on it permanently. Always make it a point not to scrub instead use sponge or a piece of cloth or ink-free paper towels to remove the stains. Blotting must be done till the stain area is dried completely. In case of semi-solids, scrape it off the carpet or the floor with using spoon. For removing solids, vacuum can be used to keep the carpet or floor clean all the time.

Test “cleaning solution” before use

Make it mandatory to get the cleaning solution tested before use. Otherwise, it could damage stained carpet beyond description. Choose a testing spot and then apply few drops of cleaning solution. Put a white cloth on wet area for at least 8-10 seconds. If color comes off onto the cloth, then conduct a test on some other carpets. Once the cleaning agent is declared as safe, apply it to the stained area of your carpet instantly and get rid of the stain forever.

Rinse the area and make it all dry

After you apply a cleaning agent to the stained affected area, rinse it till the cleaning agent is removed completely. Some of the agents could leave stains and spots if not rinse suitably. Use blotting until the water is absorbed to make the carpet dry.

Mix water and detergent proportionately

If tea, coffee or cold drink is spilled over your carpet then mix cleaning agent or detergent with lukewarm water proportionately. Mixing of one fourth part of a tea spoon with a cup of water is an ideal ratio. Mixing of excess water or detergent than that of the recommended ratio could be harmful. Therefore, you should avoid the excess use of water and detergent. Make it a point to use mild dish soap only instead of laundry detergent because it contains bleaching agents in excess. 

How to get rid of pet’s foul odor & carpet stains?

If you are having pets within your dream home, then you will have to make extra efforts to make the pet spots neat and clean.  You may face foul odor & carpet stains problem all the time. Cleaning detergents which have strong odors- ammonia or vinegar- has not been recommended for such places. Always use mild detergent or backing soda to clean the pet spots.

How to remove blood stains?

Blood gets dry immediately after it is spilled over the floor. In such cases, take a wire brush, gently loosen the blood and remove debris if any.  You may use dish soap and cold water to clean the blot instantly.

How to remove stains caused by chocolate

Just try to scrape off the dried chocolate as much as you can and then cover the place of stain with paper towels.  Use warm iron to get the chocolate residue melted. Repeat this process till the stain is removed completely. 

Candle drippings may cause stains on your carpet, how to remove it?

Candles are made of wax.  It always starts dripping when lit.  You just put a piece of ice over the spot and let it freeze.  Scrap off the dried wax and the stained area will become neat and clean all the way. You may use vacuum to clean the surface if pieces of wax are seen scattered around the surface of the carpet.

Yet another stain caused by grease, how to remove it?

You may apply cornmeal that would certainly absorb the grease.  Wait for few minutes and then try to use brush with stiff bristles and clean it repeatedly.  The stain would automatically be removed.  You may use cleaning fluid if stains are not removed and then use a sponge to clean.

How to get tomato sauce stains out?

Pour a little amount of club soda onto the tomato stained area of the carpet and apply sponge to clean the stain instantly. To absorb residue, you may use paper towel further make the carpet all clean.

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How to be a Good Neighbor

Extensive search is made if a person intends to buy a dream home keeping in mind numerous things so that he may lead a happy and prosperous life along with his family members and loved one all the time. One of the prominent assets that a person needs is good neighbors. Obviously, you can’t attain peace or solace until and unless people with positive thinking put in to your next door. Therefore, whenever you think of buying a dream home, please ensure that your neighbors are good enough to help you in need under any circumstances.  

Make your children aware of their boundaries

Your kids or grownups should be well aware of the boundariesof their property, lest they may fall prey to the misunderstanding which could further jeopardize your cordial relations with your neighbors to any extent. Therefore, find some time to insist your kids never do any harm to the neighbors instead try to cooperate them even in most trying time. Discuss each and everything in details with your children about your neighbors and their boundaries also. Then your children would certainly pay due regards to neighbors and all elders residing in your locality.

Ask your children not to lose their temperament

Even in most trying circumstances, advise your children not to get angry over petty issues arising out accidentally. Make yourself and your children realize that be calm and quite even when things are going  wrong with you or your neighbors and instead find a concrete solution to solve the problem immediately,  lest an altercation may take place.

When kids get scared, advise them not to be afraid of

Suppose your kids or grownups are playing in their lawn and if unknowingly, a window pan of your neighbor is broken after a ball hit the pan then naturally your kids will get scared out of fear. If such a situation arises, go to contact your neighbor immediately, apologize for the harm done to him by your children and in the meantime, make your neighbor assured that you will get the window pan replaced at your own cost. At the same time, ask your children be careful in future while playing with the ball and not be afraid of. In this way you would maintain cordial relations with your good neighbors. Also assure your neighbor that such kind of mistake would not be repeated by his kids in future.

Children must be taught to serve the mankind

Parents are also the mentors of their children.  Therefore, make your children learn that whenever they find a golden opportunity to serve the mankind (people around you), they must contribute their mite to help the needy neighbors and persons honestly.  Therefore, teach your children to learn the techniques as to how a man is helped out in need.

Interact with your neighbors in a healthy atmosphere

Once or twice in a month, you must arrange a meeting with your neighbors to maintain good relations and interact each other while discussing on the numerous issues or the problems you and your neighbors are facing for the past few months. Find out the solution and extend your all best possible help to solve out any problem.  It is a real source for building confidence and faith among the neighbors all the time and makes the environment of your locality pleasant.  

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Misconceptions About Interior Designers

There may have some misapprehensions in the minds of people about multi-faceted task of an interior designer. Generally people think that a designer always plays with furnishing and fabrics only to make your interior or exterior beautiful and elegant. On the contrary, some people are of the view that TV could serve you better in case you intend to decorate your interior to its perfection. But you can’t depend upon TV shows, as it gives incomplete information about the profession. If you really wish to deflate the misapprehensions of interior designers, then have a look on the following few points, that may enlighten you much to your belief.  

Women supremacy in the field of interior designing

No doubt, women are the champions in the field of interior or fashion designing, but men are not left behind. They also opt for interior designing as a career, now-a-days. Therefore it is thrown open to any sex. Facts and figures reveal that in modern perspective, men are more interested than the women to make it a source of their livelihood. 

Know more about multi-faceted task of an interior designer

It’s a misconception that an interior designer plays with fabrics, paint or other items to be used to decor home differently. As a matter of fact, he also indulges himself with sketching out a plan before decorating any interior, determining about the area of application and the space needed, going through the blueprints obtained from builder or architect concerned. He must be well aware of the buildings codes and rules specified for inspection.

To engage an interior designer is a costly affair and can’t be afforded

There is yet another misconception among the masses that to engage an interior designer is a costly affair and hence most of the house owners even do not think of hiring a designer while carrying out remodeling of their dream homes. You are mistaken. The situation is quite different. To hire an interior designer is not a costly affair. If you wish to get even a small room renovated or decorated then even you may call the designer. You would be much happy to know that he has done his best within your budget. Therefore, engage him even at a low remuneration and decor your room differently.

Designers are more rigid and instead they charge exhorbitantly

Mostly, people have in their mind misconception that designers are more rigid and instead charge exhorbitantly to help transformed their houses fabulously. It’s not a fact. Don’t believe upon false statement. Such statement could deprive you of seeking any help from an expert designer even at a very low remuneration.

Designers are masters of their field

Beware of this statement. None can become the master of their fields. No doubt, designers are expert in decorating your interior marvellously but they don’t have any idea of your investing money on the particular projects. You would certainly give a face lift to your home according to your budget and taste ignoring designer’s advice. Therefore, he is totally ignorant about your liking and disliking and can’t do anything beyond your wish.

Designers decorate their own house elegantly

This is not true. They always have a busy schedule and do not find time even to think about renovating their house exotically. Although they have cordial relations with some of renowned business outlets and could get discounts on all the items to be used in decorating their homes yet most of the time they can’t do anything owing paucity of time.

I am much confident to decor my home, why should I engage a designer?

It’s yet another misconception when you intend to layout a plan for decorating your interior yourself and always avoid taking advice from an expert designer. No doubt, you have vast experience in the line but your over confidence on you could spoil money as well as your time, if you fail to bring magnificence within your dream home. Therefore, don’t be over confident and hire a designer who could give you his best to decor your home decently.

My small home can’t be decorated well due to paucity of space

Never think of it that you are having a small home to decor.  See, if you hire a designer, then he will certainly be able to transform your interior amazingly and even within your budget charging a minimum amount for his timely good advice.  Therefore, don’t be discouraged and try it even within your small home and enjoy with various design or patterns within your home all the time.   

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How to Make Your Long Room Look Beautiful

 Its all depend upon the size of your plot on which you are going to construct rooms of different shapes and sizes as per your requirement. The dimensions of rooms could be rectangular or there may be some squarely designed rooms or even a step further you may go for long narrow room according to the space available with you. Although long narrow rooms are obviously made on an awkward space yet these can be furnished beautifully if you know the techniques as to how such rooms are made fabulous instantly after renovation. Kindly go through the following few tips to make your long narrow but awkward room look much gorgeous.

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