Home Design Trends Perfect for Modern Household

Designing our homes the way we want it to look like is vital in achieving that feeling of fulfillment for something we own.

This is why we hear people investing on total remodeling of their houses or installation of newer equipment and home accessories.

If you’re eyeing for a chance to recreate your personal space and make it more personal, then trying out the following trendy designs might work.

Polished stainless steel

The days of the vintage rustic woods and concrete may not be over, but they’ve certainly met their match with the more modern stainless steel designs that are becoming more popular not just around Manila properties but even on the international arena.

The design sports a modern and sleek look prominent among condo units or high-end apartments. Homeowners who wish to have the same appeal as the main motif in their property are in for a real treat.

Floral-designed couches

Before, home furniture with floral designs is only popular during summer or spring, now users are appreciating the design all-throughout the year. Some stores even offer customized designs fit for any preference.

If you fancy flowers and colorful patterns, having your own colorful couch is a good start.

Formal dining area

Who needs something formal when we can just easily combine our dining are with other rooms? Or, we can simply settle for a minimalist look.

While minimalist design has remained popular, the hype for spacious dining places is now returning. With more homeowners loving the idea of tea parties or indoor gathering, having a dining hall that could host a number of visitors with a generally attractive design is a sweetheart.

Marble accents on walls and tabletops

Stainless steels may be the top pick for a lot of modern household, but this doesn’t mean you can’t compliment it with the more classic marble highlights. When not on major areas of your house, marble remains an excellent choice when personalizing tabletops or enhancing a certain part of your wall.

Owners who wish a combined modern and classic appeal for their residence will like this added material.

Personalized kitchen combining varied elements

Kitchens are strategic areas of any home not just for those who have passion in cooking. Now, you have the option to personalize the place by combining rustic woods with stainless, marble and other elements. Aside from the unique appeal that this achieves, it also allows you to exercise a certain degree of mobility.

By combining elements, you also have the option to join cabinets and put more utensils in one place. This, in turn, helps you save some time.

Cozy living room minus the gadgets

We’re so used to having gadgets all over our place that we tend to disregard the idea of redesigning a certain part of our home in such a way that ditches off its presence.

Living rooms, which are intended to give owners solace for relaxation, could work well without the usual television or music set. Redecorating the place for the sole reason of providing a silent and serene atmosphere can do a lot of wonders to enhance your quality of rest.

Technicolor shelves

This design element is in direct contrast to the minimalist design loved by many, but this in itself also has its own allure.

Technicolor shelves are perfect for homeowner who fancy warm and flashy designs. If you have a floral-designed couch, then putting this furniture somewhere near could act as a complement.

Different homeowners have varied preference and what may look great for some may not be as appealing for you. Identify what you want to see in your home and find out which of the things we have on this list work best. 

Brilliant Idea: Bringing Coffee Shop Inspired Designs to the Comforts of Your Home

Transforming your home into a coffee shop inspired designs? Why not? Yes! It's possible! Coffee lovers going to love this!

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Aside from the obvious thing as to why we go to coffee shops, it is also a place where we can unwind and feel relax. For some coffee lovers, they considered coffee shops as their "second home". They find peace and contentment whenever they find an opportunity to go to cafés.  Of course, the smell of your coffee plus the music playing can also be addictive. Don't you know that you can also be productive with that kind of ambiance? Well, we just can't deny the fact that there is something special when it comes to it. Agree?

Some of us here go to coffee shops every day just to get a cup of their favorite coffee mix. While others stay for a couple of minutes just to be inspired to do better on their work. If you are that enthusiastic enough to go to cafés every single day, why don't you try bringing coffee shop inspired designs to the comforts of your home? With that, it is one of the most convenient ways to enjoy your morning coffee. Of course, choosing the right design for you home also matters.

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The Kitchen

One way or another, our kitchen is the most attractive part of the house. Why? Well perhaps, it is where we usually make our favorite coffee mix – be it brewed or instant. And it makes a good and satisfying ambiance when we add some coffee inspired designs in our kitchen. Designing your walls with bricks, for example, can add the vintage aura of your kitchen. Of course, it is not just about the beauty it can offer, but also, bricks can help neutralize the temperature of your kitchen. It makes your kitchen cooler in summer and warmer in cold days. And it's a low maintenance; you definitely don't need to fix a peeling wall. There's a caveat, if you don't know how to install a brick, ask some assistance from the professionals to achieve the desired outcome.

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Aside from the walls, you can also have a vintage dining chairs and tables. The older it is, the better – just make sure that it can still be of use. If it's possible, the design of your dining chairs and tables are the same. If not, then a variety would do. You don't have to be strict with the design actually; you can play with it, for as long as it still fits with the "café ambiance" theme.

And speaking of the ‘ambiance', a regular coffee cup/mug is a no-no. As I've said, you have to play with the designs, and that includes with the kitchen wares. There are actually a lot of coffee mug that fits with your theme that you can choose from, just choose and pick the right one for your use. Well, it doesn't have to be antique though, for as long as it looks vintage and all, then it's your call.

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Don't ever forget the kitchen counter, add some features in it. You can definitely display your coffee grinder, glass coffee mugs/cups, coffee beans, and/or any other things that you want to include. Basically, the things that can be found on your counter doesn't have to be expensive, you can actually buy and have it in an affordable price. So, fret not!

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Other Rooms

Generally, most coffee lovers love to decorate the "café ambiance" specifically on their kitchen. However for some, they also want to have the design on their other rooms. Of course, you can also pull that off. Well, you can always start with the decals. You can have picture quotes about coffee drink and how it can boost our energy, and all. Putting it on your wall would be a better idea for you to make. Also, try adding some flavors on your room. You can add a real bicycle and hang it on your wall, or just merely putting it on the corner.

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Your relaxing moment will never be complete when you don't have a space for entertainment. Of course, you have to make sure that you have a space for coffee table books or a TV screen. With that kind of ambiance, you will be more inspired to get ready for work or school. And one of the must-haves you definitely should consider is the color scheme of your home. If you wanted it to look like a real coffee shop, then you better choose a color that matches with the theme that you like.

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Generally, for some coffee lovers, if not all, having this kind of home design is something that they want to achieve and have. Of course, who would not want to be inspired every day? How about you? Are you a coffee lover? Want to have these designs on your home?

How long can your Home Decor last?

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There are some of you here might wonder whether or not decorations really last long. If so, how long? That is the question most of the people usually ask whenever they decorated their homes in Amaia homes with something that they want to put. Of course, as a homeowner, you should make your home a place where you can be proud of. Who doesn’t?

In a home décor, there are particular trends that are flash in a pan – here today, and gone tomorrow. Some of you here might enjoy the decorations that were put in your house even with the short period of time. However, there are also some home decorations that are trendy yet they stick around a lot longer and end up becoming the iconic and/or favourite accessories of a time period.

Well, if you are one of those people who cares about a long lasting home décor, here are some list of home decorations that you want to have in your home with a long lasting trends. Also, these kinds of trends are popular with a reason. It can adapt to any other type of home decorations and/or personal sense of style. 

Colorful accent furniture

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When it comes to the color of your furniture, it will never be out of style. Of course, it is the type of color that you want to have in your house. Others don’t have anything to care about, every color is also a trend. Moreover, when it comes to a contemporary, eclectic, coastal, industrial, you name it – and add in a splash of color by way of an accent piece of furniture and you’ve got an instant eye catchy furniture in your home. 

Black and white

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The classic combination isn’t likely to go out of style. The black and white accessories and/or furniture in your home adds a grounding element to a space, not to mention a little bit of sophistication and even drama. Whether you prefer a contemporary, a high contrast look of an all black and white room, or the romantic, French feel of black and white toile paired with a vintage pieces, then you will definitely going to love the style it can make. 

Geometry

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When it comes to choosing the right shape and style of a particular furniture, it is best for you to choose the one that is nice and elegant to look at. Whatever shape that you want to have, whether if it is an angular, faceted shapes such as triangles, prisms, and octagons, they are all over fabric prints and rugs, and it can even dominate art and light fixtures. Homes with accessories with geometric shapes are sophisticated for their clean lines, yet can have a playful feel as well. 

Statement mirrors

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When it comes to the decorations of your home, there will always be some mirrors to be included inside your house. Of course, if you don’t have a mirror inside your home, it will be quite be boring to look at. Mirrors have the ability to reflect space and light, and there are few secrets to using them for maximum impact. When you use the mirror correctly, it will definitely give you a satisfying feeling whenever you are in your home. Of course, mirrors can also reflect your personal style perfectly, making this trend worth a second look. 

Thrifty style

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When we have our home, it is just a norm to decorate it the way we wanted it to be. Home decorations can have a huge impact with the world around us. For instance, in relation to the way we decorate our homes, there is a correlation. So, whether you attempt to DIY some projects, shop at the home decoration stores, or buy some items from a flea market or yard sale to fix up and call you own, these thrifty ways to feather or nests are not only popular, they are the only way for some.

How To Choose The Right LampShade For Your Home

Hands up when you have a lampshade on your house!

Most people, if not all, have lampshades placed in their homes in Amaia scapes. Perhaps they know that having a lampshade doesn’t just give light to the house, but it also adds beauty with the decorations placed in the house.

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If you are a kind of people who are into putting fancy furnitures, lampshades can also be one of your assets inside your house. The features of the lamp shades can add the necessary adjustments to add more elegance to the place.

 Now if you are planning to include lampshades as one of your furnitures in your house, you might want to consider choosing the right lampshades for you since there are different kinds of lampshades that would suit your taste. These tips will help you decide on what kind of lamp shade feature that will also fit in your house.

Height

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In choosing the right lampshade, you also have to choose the height of it. On how tall or how small your lampshade should be to fit into your house. You do not immediately have a lampshade that is too small for a big and spacious house. Of course, you also have to see to it that it will perfectly fit in the place where you want your lampshade be.

Selecting the right height can also help the lampshades illuminates its light to the house. If you have a big and spacious house, you should also choose a taller lampshades. And if you have a small house, or you just to put your lampshade on your room, choose the height  will best fit in the place.

Width

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If you want to make the light of the lampshade wider where it will definitely illuminate the house, you should carefully choose what kind of width should your lampshade be. Decide whether you want your lampshade to be wider or not.

The width also helps you in maximizing and/or minimizing the space of your house. If you are living in a small house and you don’t want to have your lampshade that would eat up your space, you can definitely choose the smaller width for you to still have a space in your house.

Shape

There are actually a lot of shapes of lampshades you can choose on depending on what you like to have in your house. Credits to the manufacturers who made different kinds of lampshades for the different kinds of houses.

Yes. The shape of your lampshade can add up the beauty of your house. It doesn’t just add beauty, but you can also feel the elegance of the place when you include lampshades in your house and the shape also varies on how you wanted it to be.

Here are some examples of the shapes of the lampshades you might want to choose from:

Square or angular based lampshades

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Candlestick lampshades

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Drum lampshades

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Octagonal baluster lampshades

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There are actually a lot of shapes of the lampshades, but these pictures above are just some common shapes that most people have in their homes.

Translucency

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If you are a kind of person who is into reading or who just want to have a brighter light coming from the lampshade, you can choose how translucent your lampshade should be. That means, If you want to have a lampshade where you can also read under its light, then you should choose lampshades that allow light pass through it.

Choosing the translucency of the lampshade also allows you to have enough light that can also be illuminated in the room or in your house.

5 Reasons Why You Need To Hire An Interior Designer

What? Hire an interior designer? We can do it in our own anyways!

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A lot of you might disagree, but for some, they would totally recommend that you have to hire an interior designer for your home. Especially if you are living in Amaia homes, you will definitely have to hire a decorator to make your house beautiful and elegant enough to live in.

Yes! You can surely do it and transform your house in your own way, but have you thought of the cons if you do it all alone? If you are a kind of person who keen enough in every detail of your house designs, then it is just better for you to hire an interior decorator.

And if you are still not convinced on to why you should hire an interior designer on your house, you can refer these reasons why you should hire one.

1. They are more knowledgeable

Interior designers were not called such if they don’t know nothing about interior decorating. Before they can be a professional interior decorator, they are trained to be better and even the best interior designers than the other. They have  the knowledge and the skill for them to apply what they learned from their training.

In every detail that you want to have in your house, they will know what you are trying to imply. They know how to do that specific arrangement that you like. It will also be easy on your part, since they already know what they need to do.

2. You will get what you expect

Even if you just tell them or give a simple drawing on what you want your house to look like, they will definitely do the exact style that you want. They can easily understand what specific arrangement that you want to have in your house.

Not just giving you want you expect, they can also exceeds your expectations. You can surely have more than you want. Of course, they will also make sure that you will like and love what they do.

3. They are detail oriented

Interior designers are not just good at the decorations on your walls and/or other decors in your house, they can also see the smaller picture of your house. They also know what to do when it comes to the details of the decorations. They know what matches this particular thing with the other furniture, the lightings, the furnishings, the accessories and/or other details of the interior designing.

They know to balance things, especially when it comes to the color of your house, if it is more appropriate than the other colors.

4. They can get you the right accessories and furniture for your house

Basing from the form and/or structure of your house, they will know what kind of furniture or accessories that are best fit for your house. They know how to evaluate things if it is the right thing to have to make it one of your decorations in your house.

And the good thing if you hire an interior designer, they know where to get a cheap yet quality things for your house. They can have big discounts on it which is also advantage on your part.

5. Lessen stress for you

If you are a busy person, it may be difficult to think of the things that is best for your house considering a lot of things that are also going on to your mind. If you hire an interior designer, you don’t have to think about the decorations and the designs that’s best for your house.

It will lessen the stress and the burden when you hire one. The interior designer will do it for you.

Now, why you need an interior designer? It’s because of these things. Hiring one can sometimes be costly for you, but who cares? It’s worth it anyways. just make sure that when you hire one, know what his/her rate for you to prepare the payments ahead of time.

7 Smart Wall Decor Ideas for your Kid's Bedroom

Aside from having toys for your kids that can make them smart, painting or decorating their walls with wall arts in their room at Alveo condo Cebu, is also one way to make them smarter. They can learn things out of the wall art that you have put and, of course, they will have fun seeing those arts on their wall.

There are actually a lot of ideas that you can have in decorating their rooms. You can transform their rooms from a simple and boring space to an incredible artwork for your kids, which they will surely love to have in their rooms.

Flowers and garden painting

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This wall decoration is advisable for little kids where they can already appreciate the shapes and colors of the paintings. They love to see colorful shapes that were formed into a garden and/or flowers. Little kids will not be bored just be watching those colorful paintings on their walls.

City wall decor

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If your kids love to play toy cars, you might want to consider having their walls painted or decorated with a city art décor. Especially when they see cars, they would love to play along with it. trying also to fit their to the city wall décor.

Cartoon characters wall décor

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Kids love to watch cartoons especially when have a good time watching the show. Now they just don't watch their favorite cartoon character, they also got to have it in their rooms. As a parent, you have to know what kind of a cartoon character your kids love to have for you to know what kind of decorations you would put in their rooms.

Quotes wall décor

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This wall décor is advisable for the kids that already knows how to read and can understand what the quote is all about. Or you can let them understand what kind of quote you are trying to impart to them. Also, use a quote for kids that are also known to them.

Name wall décor

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If you want it the wall decoration of your kids is simple, you can have their name as a wall décor in their rooms. You can have their name painted with some arts in it on their walls. Putting his or her name would also mean that you are proud of their name.

Hand paint wall décor

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Including your kids in decorating their room would mean a lot to them. It also means that you value their creativity when it comes to making or creating wall art decors especially when it is in their rooms. It is not just you who will have fun, but they will also love to be included and have fun putting paint in their hands to decorate it in their rooms.

Picture frames

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Pictures frames are the usual wall décor kids have. You can put their faces on the wall; it could be when they are still infants or a set of pictures where they can see how they grow up every day. At least in that way, they will see and know how they grow up with the care of their parents and how beautiful and charming they can be as they grow bigger and taller.

You can have whatever kind of wall decorations you may put in their room for as long as you put or decorated it with care and love that your kids may appreciate it. There will be no simple and boring room for your kids. Always remember that what you put in their room, they can learn something from it. That is why you have to be careful in decorating their wall.

Trick or Treat: How To Make Your House Halloween Ready

Halloween is fast approaching and it is that time of the year again where your kids are excited to wear their best scary costumes (or their favorite ones), to roam around the neighborhood with their trick or treats baskets on hand and to just enjoy the sweets they will be getting afterwards. On your end, you would also wonder how you could keep up with the Halloween trend in terms of decorating that house you’ve got from one of the Rockwell townhouses. In this way, you could set the mood for a party in your house as well!

Decorate your front porch

Your porch should be scary to begin with since it is the entry to your home. It would not only add some spooky feels but it would make your guests more interested to know the insides of your home. Decorate your porch with some spider webs, some stuffed rats on the floor or a bucket of dead flowers to complete the creepy look. Pumpkins also help since this is the trademark commonly seen on Halloweens.

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Decorate your front door and window

By making your front door look spooky, add some elements like bat caricatures or cutouts and have them attached on the front. You can also add some lettering such as “Happy Halloween” or any kind of message that sends a tone for the occasion. For your windows, you can add fake spider webs to match the eerie feel of the occasion. Fake blood splattered right on your front door and a spooky doormat will definitely match your house set-up.

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Pimp your furniture to make it Halloween-ready

If you were fond of watching horror movies, this would be easier for you. Making your furniture look abandoned and creepy, you can cover them with white sheets. Couches and chairs covered with old sheets to achieve a look that your home hasn’t been touched for years will definitely score some spooky points! To carry goosebumps around the house, you can add fake skulls to complete the look.

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Play with your lights

To set the ambiance to an eerie atmosphere, play with your lights to achieve that spooky feel; just like that of the movies. Proper lighting helps set the mood, which makes it more interesting and exciting. By doing this, it would mean making your house dimmer to add suspense and thrill. The lesser light and proper set up, it will definitely leave your guests tensed.

To make it more interesting, you can tape plastic bats to the insides of the shade of an ordinary lamp to make the bats’ shadows stick out. You can also use candles or orange paper lanterns, draped around the house.

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Use jars for your creepy specimens

By using big jars, fill them with any unidentifiable items like an old doll’s arm, or its head, or anything that would add an element of surprise. You can also add some dead flowers or leaves or dead sticks. Fake eyeballs or body parts are also cool to pull of a creepy façade.

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Pumpkins! They are definitely a must!

Of course, Halloween won’t be complete without the presence of a pumpkin patch. Use this to your advantage; whether it’s a real carved pumpkin spooky head or just a DIY-ed one, celebrating the goose bumps occasion with this is just the thrill. In anyway you want it to be, may it be pumpkins made of balloons hanged around or real hand picked pumpkins, painted in black and some other artsy way, your Halloween experience would definitely keep the hype up!

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Certainly, there is still quite a lot of Halloween preparation one might want to do, and the aforementioned are just some of the most common ideas you could do for this coming Halloween party or trick or treating you and your kids might want to have, the least. On the other hand, you can add up some more tips if you have some things in mind! Share away!  

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