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Choosing Outdoor Furniture
We tend to always focus on the decoration inside the house, but with the arrival of spring is time to start arranging the outdoor spaces to enjoy the beautiful weather outdoors.
Gardens, patios, swimming pools are areas that allow us to spend time relaxing and distension, in contact with nature. So this is a good time, besides putting in place the gardens, plants, flowers also renews the furniture.
There are a variety of proposals for garden furniture or pool, of which the most important are couches, chairs, comfortable and spacious to sit back and relax, sunbathe, tables that allow us to have everything you need to enjoy the time and to eat, drink tea or afternoon tea.
Among the preferred materials for outdoor furniture, wood continues to have a place of privilege, but also the rattan is a very interesting and warm, other options are aluminum furniture. In either case, when we choose outdoor furniture repair especially in his capacity as these will be exposed to the elements, perhaps in many cases indoors, but still be exposed to sunlight, changes temperatures, water and therefore must be resistant material and properly treated.
In terms of design, supply of outdoor furniture is very diverse we can find all kinds of designs, from simple and elegant to some more sophisticated and elaborate, but it is clear that tastes and also the availability of space.
Create the Garden Based on Feng Shui
This ancient oriental art is used in every room of the home, outdoors of course, are not out of their applications.
And the gardens with its green freshness, beauty and life are one of the areas of extreme importance to this ancient art for the positive energy it contains.
Plants and flowers are synonymous with energy and force for a feng shui is vital not to let us die of neglect and thus preserved the positive influence of our garden on the house. As this is very important the provision of plants, that do not require much maintenance.
Another thing important to the feng shui is not met in the vegetable garden (gardens) and ornamental plants.
The best thing here is to have a space for each species; another thing that is essential is to incorporate long-flowering perennials as feng shui is vital to keep the garden full of flowers throughout the year.
Let’s talk about the walls and screens are very useful to hide to hide unwanted views and backs to the pergolas and vines.
One of the most used for the construction is bamboo, for its versatility for different applications.
The water is very important in feng shui, a symbol of money is a vital element in nature and fundamental role in this ancient art.
In Chinese landscape made water flowing a symbol that attracted fortune.
This belief is held so far and the water is part of the landscaping always be in motion by means of a pump or naturally and keep it clean.
Making The Courtyard a Place for Leisure
Many homes, especially older ones, have internal courtyards are usually owned by the owners of the first floors. These open spaces in the basement of the buildings are very diverse: from small or large, with inputs from the outsid
e or through the kitchens of the houses… but it is not important as the courtyard, but the utility you want take to maximize space and convert it into a habitable area of the house.
Although each home is different and organization of each part depends on the functions that we give to the room, there are certain indications that will be very useful when decorating the interior courtyard. We recommend in all cases to use the courtyard as a place of leisure for good weather, is an ideal place to carry out dinners and lunches with friends, or children’s play.
In most of the backyards of light is not very good since it tends to affect indirectly covered by the building’s walls that delimit and surround. Due to this circumstance, which dominates most of the houses, you should use light colors on the walls as white to provide light.
For soils can use different materials such as ceramic or slate, both have the advantage that stay fresh in spite of getting the sun, making them ideal for summer. Another advantage of this soil is your options when it comes to form a beautiful picture to match the decor of combining brick patio.
In regard to furniture, to create a resting place and where to meet with family and friends is important to have good chairs and a table. The space we define the type, a little folding table space with plenty of space is recommended a beautiful stone table or peanuts with which colors we like. The combination blue and white Mediterranean-style light will stay and is very pretty.
In choosing furniture is fashionable to mix different styles, so we recommend joining the rustic style with modern, wrought iron with wicker, wood or plastic. To decide on the furniture should be borne in mind that some materials do not stand up well to being outdoors, so if we cannot save during the rains it is best to use specific garden furniture.
Finally, it is important to have plants, the courts seem naked without plants. If light is scarce we use our indoor plants such as vines have lots of colors. If we use a well-lit courtyard garden plants, the aromatic recommend valet or jasmine that will help create a unique atmosphere on summer nights.