Most people clean their curtains roughly once every never. This is understandable — taking down curtains, wrestling them into a washing machine that may or may not fit them, waiting for them to dry, and then rehinging them with a step ladder is a significant project that gets indefinitely postponed. Curtains require regular attention – […]
Small windows are one of the most common frustrations in home decorating — and one of the most fixable. Whether it is a bedroom in a Victorian terrace, a bathroom in a flat conversion, a living room in a compact apartment, or a kitchen in an older house, small windows have a way of making
Buying curtains without a prior measurement is one of those things that works well in theory. But when the curtains actually arrive, you find out they are twelve centimetres too short, or so skinny that they don’t even touch in the middle when pulled together, or so large that they gather in an unsightly way
Curtain colour is one of those decisions that sound very straightforward until you find yourself in a fabric store or scrolling through hundreds of online options only to suddenly be in doubt of the actual colour of your living room walls – are they cream or warm white – and depending on the answer, is
Sheer curtains or blackout curtains? This is the question almost always raised in a debate about home decorating, and it usually divides people into two strongly opposing groups. And usually, behind that very question there is a whole bunch of other questions: What about privacy during daytime? What if I like having natural light but
If you rent your home, you already know the drill. Or rather, you know you cannot use one. Landlords, letting agents, and rental agreements have strong opinions about holes in walls — and most of those opinions involve words like ‘deduction’ and ‘deposit’. However, you shouldn’t accept having bare windows in a rental as if
Almost every interior design magazine, Pinterest board with dreams, and well-photographed hotel room have that one moment – and that most of the time involves velvet curtains. It is not a fact that velvet is fashionable right now (even though it is), but rather no other curtain fabric can do what velvet does. The heaviness
Let me guess: you have curtains in your bedroom. They look good. But at 5.47 am on a summer day, your room is turned into a stage and you are suddenly wide awake – with or without your permission. Blackout curtains seem like a luxury home item until you see how much they really change
Here is a secret that a lot of people find out only when it is too late: the length of curtains is one of the very few decorating choices that without redoing the whole thing cannot really be corrected. Pick the wrong sofa cushions and you just replace them. Select the wrong paint color and
To maintain a clean marble mandir is highly important to keep its appearance and worshiping corner unprofane. Splendidly marble, as we all know from one of its natures, elegance and durability, takes gentleness during the cleaning process or it will break. This efficient guide not only describes the steps to clean a marble temple but
