Keeping beautiful books close by is our main purpose for decorating every room with layers and stacks of books. Rare titles or the ones we have collected while traveling.
10 Inspiring Coffee Table Books to Own
Decorating with spring colors
Orange, chocolate, ivory
accent pillows
Natural colors such as birch
Shades of blues
Adding color, texture and practical storage space
Accent piece
natural shades of cream, tan, linen
Pastels, and blues to remind you of your favorite beach house
Accents in cool colors
Coral and browns
Aqua, lime, and greens
Easiest way to incorporate these colors to every room in your house would be adding pillows, accent pieces throws and flower arrangements .
Any of the following color combinations are a subtle transition to spring .
1- Yellow and green the classic spring combination
2- Peach, ivory, Chocolate Brown
3- Lime Green, Tangerine, mixed in with white or khaki, for balance.
4- Powder Blue, Birch
Light and airy mix of woods the natural look and cool hue
5- Robin’s Egg Blue, Bubblegum Pink
6- Aqua, Navy, Flamingo Pink
Light fixtures to look for in 2019
One of the key elements in interior decorating is how you create light sources in a room.
Based on your style of decorating here are some trends that cougth our attention for 2019.
1- Industrial style
2- Vintage light bulbs on cables in black and white
3- Giant floor lamp with articulated arm
4- Malleable luminaries
How to keep our skin healthy in winter?
5 Most important facts for healthy looking skin in cold temperatures.
1- lock in moisture:
Pamper your skin by using honey, buttermilk, avocado, yogurt, olive and jojoba oils, almond oil, bananas and aloe.
2- Stay hydrated :
Hydrate with a humidifier, or by drinking water.
3- Eat your vegtables, celery, and cucumbers for high water content, and omega3 fats like salmon, olive oil and walnuts.
4- Choose natural soaps to avoid the alcohol and chemicals that cause dryness.
5- Exfoliate to wash away the dead skin and reveal the glowing skin.
Tips for cleaning
We started our new year with decluttrring and organizing, and in the process we learned a few good tips for cleaning.
Laundry
For those impossible stains from butter, salad dressing, cooking oil, use white chalk or corn starch on the spot. Let it absorb the oil and launder as usual.
Bathroom
Remove stubborn stains around the faucet with vinegar. Soak paper towel or cloth in vinegar and wrap it around the stained faucet. Let it stand for several hours and rinse. Or with a tooth brush use a paste of vinegar and baking soda around the faucet.
Smelly helmets
Place it in a large ziplock bag and leave it in the freezer. The subzero temperature will kill the bacteria causing the smell.
Table linens with candle wax
place them in the freezer, when the wax spot gets hard just scrape it off.
Musty smell
Leave a box of open baking soda in the linen closet.
Persimmons “ The fruit of the gods”
So sweet and delicious these beautiful fruits originally from China are in season from October to February.
More than 100 varieties we are only familiar with two. The fuyu and hachiya persimmons. The fuyu variety the flat and round shape is full of flavor when they are just soft to the touch, but the acorn shape the hachiya needs to be perfectly rip, very soft to touch before it is sweet and flavorful.
Loaded with vitamins, persimmons are good for our heart, immune system, and are an excellent source of powerful antioxidants like carotenoids and flavonoids.
Easiest way to enjoy a hachiya persimmon :
How to live with the “Living Coral”
The 2019 color of the year is lively, fresh, cool and fun. We think a splash goes a long way.
What to pair “ the living coral “ with? Neutrals and primary colors. For home furnishing and accent pieces, gold, and teal are a great match, and for a fresh add to our wardrobe colors turquoise, plum and black are a great fresh look.
This is the year of no clutter
We are aiming for a year of super organize, discipline, and well informed .
These are the reasons why:
It is a fact that less clutter in our living and work space will help with,
1- Lowering stress, we start feeling like we can breath better
2- Creating a safer home, less chance of bumping into things
3- Spreading less germs, easier to clean thoroughly
4- Reducing allergy and asthma symptoms (less dust ..)
5- Lowering anxiety, easier to find things
6- Discouraging insects to stay around, with more space we do better job of cleaning
7- less junk food purchase when we keep an organized kitchen
8- Less clutter, more open space, in the closet, kitchen, and bathrooms
9- Easier time to clean
10- Less chance of wasting money on things we don’t need
Plan on :
Each day for few minutes put things away before leaving the house. It will help to stay organize, and less chance of starting the clutter habit. Start the mind set of, getting things done.
Keep in mind if we purchase something new, it is time to give away something you have not looked at for a while.
Sending Sweet gifts for the Holidays
If you are mailing gifts to friends & family you know how much everyone loves a box of sweets and chocolaty treats as a holiday gift.
Hete are some ideas:
Selling cookies & bath bombs for charity
Most schools have created market places so students can experience how to sell, market and help others during the holiday season.
Our students made ginger cookies, and bath bombs to help the humane society.
some other creative items were, miniature cork people, pickled pudding, hot chocolate, and jewelry.
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