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What type of floorcoverings are best used for each room in the house?

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The right color for the home contributes to a pleasing look for the eye. Colors can warm or cool the room and their existence depends on light. Colors can transform and correct ugly and unpleasing rooms. Light colors reflect light and they make room seem bigger. The dark colors make an area seem smaller.

Color is used for emotional, physical and spiritual healing and they are often combined with astrology, acupunctures, crystals and traditional eastern healing. Colors also symbolize things and feelings.
Red is love, life, power, flames, heat, rubies, roses, berries, blood, hot chiles, fire engines, sealing was, berries, christmas, sex, revolution, cherries.


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Green is grass, leaves,planet, growth, tea, pepper, olive, ferns, mint ice cream, cacti, lizards, vegetables Orange is tangerines, marmalade, rust, oranges, goldfish, marigolds, sunsets, fall leaves, amber. Black and white is 1920s, 1960s, photography, piano keys, penguins. Blue is sea, sky, calm, inteliigence, sadness, heave, aquamarines, cold, sapphires, freshness. Purple is plums, lilac, lavender, violets, mourning, luxury, grapes, psychics. Metallic is wealth, gold, glamour, luxury, worship, celebration, good luck, solidity, weight, shimmer, marriage. Pale pink is softness, baby girls, meringues, roses, candy floss, sea shells. Hot pink is heat, celebrations, spices,lobsters, passion, exotic flowers. Yellow is sunshine, gold, canaries, the moon, warmth, saffron, bananas, custard. Brown is wood, chocolate, coffee, mushrooms, earth, comfort, security, nuts. Aqua and torqouise are ocean, sensitivity, freshness, vacations, summer, mountains, dreams, ancient egypt.

The natural and electrical lights are very important in choosing the colors for the home. An important point to consider in choosing color for the area is the light level aspects of the room wherein the natural light enters in windows and doors.Colors can correct an ugly room. A room that gets afternoon and evening sunlight will work best with neutral colors. A room that receives sunlight early in the morning will work best with mix colors. A room that is cold and only receives warm and sunlight during summer will work best with warm colors, such as red, yellow and orange that can brighten and add warm to the area. A room that is warm and sunny with sunlight will work best with dark colors combined with light colors.




The Picture Gallery

Picture gallery in the wall can become  the focal point in the house.
Arranging pictures on the wall
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The Home Accessories

Why do antiques become one of the focal points in the house?
Decorating show off.
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The Floorcoverings

The choice of floorcoverings is very important the use of the floors.>
Design floor according to its use.
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The Healthy House

What are the points to remember when maintaining a healthy house?
Maintaing a healthy house
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Window Treatments

Knowing how to choose window treatments will turn a room look better.
Decorating Windows
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